Index of Posts
This is a list of all my posts in descending chronological order.
Everything prior to 2015 was imported from my original Blogger blog, so earlier posts may contain some odd formatting and text colours that don’t necessarily fit (especially very small text for photo captions). I’ve worked on more recent and popular posts, but earlier pieces I’ll leave as they are, just retained for posterity.
- Tinkering with cameras again – old and new
- Finally some sunshine and colour
- Christmas giveaways and free digital papers
- Summer wildlife and curly hearts
- Reworking old designs and new materials
- Spring is finally visiting
- Leaves and hedgehogs; given as gifts
- Christmas 2016 leaf earring giveaway
- Adventures in Aussie Metal Clay
- The unmistakable signs of late summer
- Roe deer bucks and late-onset allergies
- Daft bunnies, squirrels and a new shop
- Garden birds and daft squirrels
- Will I ever figure it out?
- It’s bluebell time again – what a treat
- It’s April, what happened to the weather?
- Coiling copper and spring sunshine
- Revisiting my jewellery gift wrap
- Christmas 2015 Swarovski giveaway
- Bad weather has at least made me productive
- A slight diversion for me
- The English Lake District in September
- Getting closer
- Take 2 on my camera considerations
- Appraising camera equipment and workflow
- Wild birds and panoramas
- Incredible showing of bluebells this year
- It felt like summer for a moment
- Mad Easter hares
- Paper becomes metal
- Mother Nature knows how to cheer us up
- Snowdrops, paper roses and daisies
- Etched copper earrings
- My first pieces utilising the Silhouette
- I really am going to try harder
- Garden bird pool party
- It pays to look a little closer
- Simple pleasures
- I do so love spring
- Congratulations Dr Who
- New woodland friends and new designs
- Garden progress and woodland evenings
- I wondered why it had gone quiet
- Egg slicers and lessons learned
- Making the best of a bad job
- If only I were a piggy . . .
- I have a date tomorrow with mud
- New adventures in bronze
- Bringing copper clay to life
- Ladybirds and pine shoots
- Spring green – such an optimistic colour
- Woodland pretties
- Nursing duties and more copper clay working
- Maybe that was summer?
- New adventures in Precious Metal Clay
- Revisiting Polymer Clay
- Clearing the decks and sub-conscious solutions
- Trying to think a little differently
- Birthday walks and extreme picnicing
- All copper and earth tones this week
- Frost and blue sky – perfect for a walk
- Rings, raffle prizes and lots of copper spirals
- Anniversary, the last few leaves and new puppies
- PHP server upgrades, autumn leaves and lots of coiling
- Can you take decent product shots with a low end camera?
- The clocks go back this weekend – sale to cheer us up
- I didn’t expect that today
- Autumn scenes and a heatwave
- A pocketful of conkers
- Fungi and Blackpool Illuminations – it must be autumn
- Beaded beads – trying something new
- 500 items – reason to celebrate!
- But it’s only the middle of August
- Introducing my new Credit Cruncher range
- A leisurely approach proved very productive
- This weeks fixation is . . .
- A postponement and an opportunity
- We managed to eat lunch al fresco every day
- Close up photography experiments
- A hidden gem we’ve walked past many times
- The best holiday weather since 1996
- Garden abstracts
- An advance taster of summer to come
- Revisiting my image processing workflow
- Mother Nature knows how to cheer us up
- Fresh air, peace and quiet – just how we like it!
- Spring is tapping on the window
- Christmas presents to enjoy some time later
- The best I could manage on a damp February Saturday
- The ingredients of a good walk
- Cufflinks born on a woodland path
- Sunlight through trees, one of my favourite things
- A frosty workout for my new camera
- The mixed blessing of a good tidy up
- Where are my sultanas Boo?
- My scrap pot bracelet and Christmas gift makes
- All tied up in knots
- Necessity is the mother of a new design
- How did it get to 3 years already?! Sale to celebrate.
- Why do the simplest ideas take longest to drop?
- If you go down to the woods today . . .
- New Adventures in Etching
- Recent work in progress, now completed
- Lovely customers make it all worthwhile
- Etsy UK sellers collaborate on the ‘UK Silly Sale’
- It was a fungi sort of a day
- I can’t imagine life without trees
- I’d really rather just be making pretty things
- My work this week
- From hedgerow to plate – a dying trend?
- Sunshine after the rain and a trip to the seaside
- Piggies and other farm animals – what’s not to love
- Summer raindrops – precious jewels
- The camera you don’t leave at home is the best one
- Aren’t hoverflies brilliant!
- Ribbon rosebuds – free tutorial
- I wish they’d just organise themselves
- Keep up the good work!
- A rare event – a holiday with actual sunshine!
- 50 years to bloom – and my 60th blog!
- Supper on the wing – truly fast food service
- This week I have mostly been photographing and measuring
- My garden is now ready to face summer
- Spring – full of optimism
- Gift packaging – important and appreciated, or plain wasteful?
- The evolution of a design
- This week I have mostly been spiralling and coiling
- This week I have mostly been photographing copper
- This week I have mostly been working in copper
- Bringing a piece of metal to life – part 2
- Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes . . .
- Why I include ‘shipping’ in my on-line prices
- Weekend wish list
- I’ve pimped my lighting diffuser
- Knotty issues
- I stole some time to get some fresh air
- One Christmas present finished, many still to go
- Design or serendipitous accidents?
- Inspired by an ancient design
- Copper loop in loop bracelet – part 2
- The perpetual gift-giving dilemma gives rise to a new piece
- A personal caller in disguise
- Tutorial: wrap your own cord ends
- Set dressing your product photographs
- Using reflections creatively to remove hot spots
- They were so full of promise
- Bringing a piece of metal to life
- My One Pound hanging basket
- It was a butterfly sort of day
- The biggest raspberry in the world . . .
- One thing tends to lead to another
- One piece at a time . . .
- My garden may be small . . .
- The best thing about summer . . .
- Some things are worth the sacrifice
- This is just taking liberties!
- Things you don’t expect to see
- Squirrel with an identity crisis
- Aluminium kitchen foil as a photographic tool
- 250th item added to my shop!
- What were you doing to make that discovery?
- Can anyone identify this plant?
- One of natures great engineers
- It’s amazing what there is to see when you look closely
- Please excuse me while I rant a little
- Bonus earring display stand:
- My jewellery bust templates in use
- Free necklace display bust template
- Why didn’t I think of it sooner!?
- What camera should I buy for small item photography?
- What will I need to take for a craft fair?
- The mystery of the craft fair
- Serendiptitous jewellery making
- Shaggy Loops has been my bag baby!
- Craft fairs and markets I will attend:
- Exposure of items on dark backgrounds:
- Common product photography problems:
- Some free software that you might find useful:
- Jewellery and photography