Quick News Spot

I'm currently busy creating more polymer clay octopuses while the snow slowly turns into multitudes of icicles. Looks like another intense winter for Scotland.



I have just posted a giveaway on my facebook page



And Suzanne, a lovely fellow McEtsian, has done a little feature on me on her blog.

Double Duty

I'm in a quandary. I can't decide which of two things I want to talk about today. But as this is my blog, for once I don't have to struggle with my eternal indecisiveness because I can do both.

Probably most importantly, I made my first piece of jewellery with my own beads. Technically, this is actually the second piece (as I already made a gift for a friend) but it is certainly the first commercial piece. Now that I've opened the can of worms further pieces should be forthcoming. This also has an added advantage - it's the only way I'm going to be able to let go of the beads. I've included a sneaky peek picture below (the bracelet will now go in my photography box for official shots later in the month).

More excitingly, my second mention is that I made my own lip balm. Not rocket science, I know, but I'm pleased. My son likes it too - in fact, he wants to take it to school for show and tell next week, although I have my doubts about how exciting this will be for his classmates. Maybe this will encourage me to start making more of my own body products - I've always wanted to try bath bombs, I'm fussy about face cream and I've had soap making ingredients in my craft cupboard for at least a year. I knew that list of jobs as long as my arm was getting way to short!

On a final note, my fan page giveaway gets drawn today (as soon as I can accost some passerby and get them to stick their hand in a hat!).

Chainmaille Bracelet Giveaway

Usually Sunday is my feature day but I missed last week and now I haven't been organised enough for today either. It just goes to show that even with the best of intentions things don't always work out how you plan (or not plan, as the case may be). So to make things easy I'm going to feature my fanpage giveaway - almost everyone loves a freebie after all.


I'm offering up a chainmaille bracelet in a weave of my own design, which I even got listed on the Maille Artisans International League website (http://www.mailleartisans.org/). I've called the chainmaille pattern Handfast Weave as it reminds me of two people clasping hands. The bracelet is made using lightweight bright aluminium and has a handmade hook clasp of silver craft wire.

For a chance to win this bracelet go to http://www.facebook.com/DragonflightDesigns where you can find the details of how to enter. Best of luck!