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Good morning ladies.  Well, it's starting to feel a bit like Christmas round here.  I finally put some tinsel on my desk on Friday, along with my mini Christmas tree topped off with a decapitated Santa's head I found in a bag - a bit scary, but festive!  I was presented with a lovely present this morning from one of my colleagues.  She'd asked me to replace the zip in a pair of jeans her daughter had bought.  I set about it with a lot of trepidation but you know what?  It wasn't that hard!  She also asked how much she owed me, even though she'd bought the zip.  I know my time was involved but I can't charge my friends and colleagues for things like that.  I was pleased with the experience anyway as it made me feel confident about doing things like that again, so that was my reward.

We also did Secret Santa in the projects and purchasing teams last week.  Some cheeky bugger bought me a rear view reversing mirror!  They all laugh at me here for hitting the gate post 3 times, and a wall, and 3 parked cars, and one car doing an emergency stop... 

Anyway, enough of the waffle, today I bring you brooches.

 

I don't know if you remember that me and my wonderful mum did a Mixed Media jewellery workshop earlier in the year?  Mum loved the fantasy paint and has used it to make these brooches.  The effects are just lovely.  She's used a variety of charms and spacer beads in the centre. 

 

We had these on sale at the craft fair, along with my knitted wire tube brooches and needle felted creations.  She sold a couple as did I so we were quite pleased.  They are pinned onto a piece of velvet mounted inside a frame that she painted white.  They looked fab, I have to say!  I do confess to having stolen one of these brooches since the fair (as they ended up at my house) and I have my eye on a couple more.  I LOVE brooches.  She also made some pendants on a ribbon "chain" in a similar way, but I don't have photos.  I'm going to work on getting good pics over the Christmas break and hopefully get them in the shop early next year.

 

I've noticed a lot of bloggers saying goodbye until after Christmas or January.  I have no specific plans to take a break, but in case I do drop off the radar, or if you drop off the radar for a few weeks - have a wonderful Christmas!