New Necklaces .............

I have decided this year to find the time to blog more and post more of my designs...this blog is about 3 new necklaces, well 2 necklaces and 1 pendant that has yet to morph into a full necklace
NECKLACE 1...£13.00

Necklace 1 is a cord and silverplate donut pendant, I make all the cord necklaces myself as I like to see alot of cord threads,this one has 13 cords..although I haven't as yet put it on my website it is for sale
NECKLACE 2.....£20.00

Necklace 2 is made from hand dyed multiple threads and has a vintage agate slice pendant, This is a stunning necklace and I will definatly be using more hand ded threads in my jewellery.Both necklaces have silver plated fastenings and I can provide measurements should you be interested
And finally
PENDANT (soon to be necklace) ......£6.00

A cute cupcake pendant that follows my russian doll pendants that have been and still are very popular, this cupcake has a scattering of silver dust around it and can be hung from any chain, ribbon or cord...i don't know yet what i will hang it from but if you fancy buing the pendant on it's own get in touch

All 3 designs may end up on my website or they may come with me to fairs but if you like any of them please do send me a message
Becky

www.ticketyboo-jewellery.co.uk

Wishing You All A Prosperous 2010....

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL AND I HOPE THIS YEAR BRINGS YOU HEALTH,WELATH AND HAPPINESS

for all those like me who's regular new years resolution is to lose weight i have found a funny little poem that i may print out and stick on the cupboard and fridge doors


Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house,

Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste

At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.



When I got on the scales there arose such a number!

When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber),

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared -

The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese,

And the way I had never said "No thank you, please"



As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt

And prepared once again to do battle with dirt -

I said to myself (as only I can),

"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man !"

So away with the last of the sour cream dip!

Get rid of the fruit cake, each cracker and chip!

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished

'Til all the additional ounces have vanished.



I won't have a cookie - not even a lick!

I'll want only to chew on a celery stick.

I won't have hot biscuits or cornbread or pie.

I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore.

But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot -

Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet!


Becky

www.ticketyboo-jewellery.co.uk

2nd fair and it sold !!

No pics today , just a post
I really should have more faith in myself,lol, the necklace below that i blogged about sold today...yayyyy!
it was only it's 2nd outing to a fair , the 1st one a friend admired it and was going to buy it for her mum but didn't ...todays fair someone bought it for their mum after they saw her trying it on, her mum had fallen in love with it
so pleased because sometimes my designs can be a little unusual and not to everybodies taste
I have another idea for a "different" bracelet...so watch this space,lol
Becky

www.ticketyboo-jewellery.co.uk

Art Teacher Jewellery ??............

I'm pleased to say my button necklace that i put on here sold at my last craft fair ..the lady who bought it was very pleased with it and it did give a bit more confidence in some of more "unique" designs
my newest is this

my sons girlfriend calls this type that i do "art teacher" jewellery because she says art teachers always wear bold,eye catching designs ...hopefully i havn't offended any art teacher who think they would never wear anything like that in a month of sundays,lol.
If I'm brave enough I may put this one out for sale at my fair tomorrow, or i may wear it myself and see what kind of comments ( or sniggers ,lol ) that i get

Kittens ,Beads and Christmas.....

I don't think i've mentioned on here or on the craft forum but my little ruby cat had kittens on my birthday on the 23rd of September..she had 4 and they are sooo ready to go to new homes now. My eldest son decided to have 2 and he picked them up yesterday ,that leaves me with these 2 monsters


they have loads of character alot like their mother and you can't help but awww and ohhh and them but it will be nice to see them homed and get my house back to normal and book the cat in too be done !...no more kits in this house !!

I mentioned I was doing a grey and white pearl bracelet, well i finished it ...took me longer because i was doing it while watching t.v and as all my family know i can't watch t.v,lol i either fall asleep or find 101 jobs that really need doing straight away !
anyway here it is, i have enough glass pearls left to make another so i think i will make one for the website


and finally ................there are 38 days left to Christmas !!!!

I had a thought while peeling potatos

I have some weird and wonderful and sometimes just dam boring thoughts and clippets of inspiration when I'm doing mundane jobs like spud peeling ,hoovering etc..well while peeling yesterdays spud ( 6 of us living at home and one son visiting,I had a lot of spuds,lol) I thought, people who follow or stumble across my blog must think I do some strange jewellery because the only pics i seem to put up are the ones i'm not sure about
I do do normal stuff....promise, I just don't always get round to photographing it all, as normally i tag,bag and store it in my craft fair boxes once they are done....anyway I did manange to take a pic of these 2 bracelets which sold at last weeks event ( can't remember why i took the pics but glad i did)

The faux glass pearl one is a popular design that I've done in loads of different colours and I'm currently doing one in white and grey



The other one is made from vintage leopard print beads, i had enough to do 3 braclets like this ( kept one for me !) and they have always sold really quickly...sadly i only have about 3 of these beads now , so i will have to think of something to do with them


so todays memo to self is ..............take more photographs !!

I've made so many new designs ...

I've been really busy making the past few weeks that last week we took a few days off and went down south to visit both sets of family

We had a lovely time and I came home with some mouthwatering allotment veg off my dad,I know I should make the time to do my own veg but I never seem to have enough hours in the day and Mr Boo is no gardener !!

I have a weekend event this week and then a 3 day event next week plus I need to put more designs on my website. As most of my designs are one of kind I find it hard to choose between putting them on the website or taking them to events .Most do end up priced up and bagged for events (mainly because I dread photographing them as I really can't seem to get a good pic of any of them)

anyway here's a couple of my newbies ....hope you like

The top one is dyed shell and glass , I love shell at the minute and it features in quite alot of my new stuff , I've had some lovely compliments over this design ,I have quite a few similiar designs like this

The middle pic is glass and vintage acrylic beads, I sold this design when we went down South ( I go nowhere without stock,lol).

The bottom pic is yesterdays make ...natural hollow shells with freemoving white freshwater pearls...I came up with this design over a year ago and it's still very popular and adapts to most beads ( ooh as i was typing a christmas present brainwave came over me,lol,shhhhh say no more)