Jewellery By Shalini

This week's specials from Jewellery By Shalini: £5.00 off everything Blue in the On-line showroom Click on the image below to visit my shop and read more about the items! And if I add anything new which is blue the offer will apply to the new listings too! So do check back again later if you don't see something that immediately takes your fancy right away.

In my world everything stops for Cake! So am I actually going to get any work done this week-end or will it be spent eating  Cakes and Crepes at Oakham Castle ? I will be at this Hand-made Craft Market at Oakham Castle on 28-29 April 'via Blog this'

New pendants added to my online jewellery showroom: This is my first  Labradorite and Copper pendant . I personally feel the two really compliment each other! And some Lapis Lazuli & my personal favourite:

Bespoke Wire Sculpture Tree by Dave Austin , a photo by JewellerybyShalini on Flickr. Dave has done a fantastic job on this hasn't he? :-) This tree was commissioned by a family in memory of their little boy and will be placed at their Church in Edinburgh as a prayer tree.

You get to meet some fantastic people on it! I joined twitter long before it was "cool" and remember getting really excited when anyone followed me! Well over the years I have learned that there are some rather nasty, rude and silly people out there who are not worth my time and I am more careful about who I follow and who I block. These days looks like everyone has a twitter account and some of those who do really have no idea of how to use the internet and especially a public platform like twitter in a responsible way! I am not going to go into specifics but I do see a lot of nonsense posted on twitter and have encountered a few keyboard warriors who are an embarrassment to humankind! BUT  for each one of these morons there are a 100 good guys and gals who are a pleasure to know.  I am happy to say I have met really lovely people on it, some I knew before and twitter has just given us another way of sharing information or occasionally havi...

Came across this on Facebook and I have posted it on Stamford Artisans Guild website. What a good initiative! Please feel free to share this :-) " A pop-up shop in Peterborough for DIY mending, tea and cake, devised by the women menders of HMP Peterborough with Futuremenders. Mar 30 - Apr 5 2012" The Mending Shop, Peterborough : 'via Blog this'

Brrr! Bit chilly today. (Update 14:03) Its Snowing! This is the best plan for the rest of the day I think!  Light a fire and play with wire. I have to get a few more bracelets finished for the SKDC Tourist Information shop at the Stamford Arts Centre. Mary the shop manager has asked for new stock :-)