Today was going to be Candle Day, but Paul’s at home with some horrible lurgy, so it seemed rude to make the house smell when he’s feeling poorly. They may be nice fragrances once they’re in a candle, but they’re very strong while you’re actually making them!
I’m not feeling too brilliant myself, so I thought I’d start the day gently by making a couple of pieces of jewellery. The earrings above are a little treat for me, and I bought all of the necessary bits from Kernowcraft. They took less than five minutes to put together, and I’m really pleased with them. Despite having three pairs of holes in my ears, I’m always bemoaning my lack of nice earrings – so now I have some lovely faceted labradorite cabochons. They were so easy to put together that I might just have to treat myself to a few more.
This lovely bracelet belongs to my friend Helen, the Bright Lady. It just needed extending a little bit, so I added a couple of extra jump rings, and replaced the original fiddly little fastener with a better one. Again, a simple five-minute job, with all the necessary bits coming from Kernowcraft.
I feel a little bit like a walking advert for them sometimes, but I’ve been shopping from their catalogue since I was a teenager and my Mum had to write cheques for me to send off in the post! Yesterday they announced a job vacancy on their Facebook page, for somebody to design the catalogue and look after the website, and I must admit I spent a little while looking up the price of houses in Perranporth just in case.