Proud Mother Moment

My chest is all puffed up with pride for my eldest daughter Phoebe at the moment. It often is as she is a good girl despite the obligatory 14 year old outbursts which incidentally are more often than not directed at her father or her brother (phew). My latest pleasure with her was watching her pass her black belt karate grading:

It's quite difficult to snap her as, like me, she hates being photographed; which is a shame because she really is beautiful ( not all down to me).

She's been learning the art of karate for almost 6 years, training 5 times a week so it was well deserved.

Today I took delivery of ear wires courtesy of Cinnamon Jewellery via her Folksy shop. She too seems to be addicted to spirals, but her work is much more refined than mine - ah well! I've decided that I should make a feature of the more rustic style of my stuff & I've set a friend the task of coming up with some marketing words that reflect this ( that's you Dave!).

Receiving the wires meant I had to spend a couple of hours making earrings ( I know, it's a hard life!):

Beaten Silver Spirals

My favourite: Sea Glass encased in silver wire with spirals

Another silver clay nugget ring:

And then I finished off a "proper" ring that I'd started at the weekend. This I cut out of sheet silver, soldered, retriculated & soldered more. I do like it, but it's taken an absolute AGE to make. I'll wait for your verdicts to see if it's worth the effort. I'm calling it my Lady Morgana Ring: