I’ll show you the finished article when I remember to photograph it!

I’ve been lucky enough to be featured today in an interview for Donna’s blog! She makes the most beautiful fairies and art dolls which she sells in her shop. You can read the interview here.

A few weeks ago we watched Somerset play Sussex at their home ground of Taunton. It was a good game (Somerset won, woo!) and went on fairly late because it was a day-night game. (At this point I’d like to apologise to any non-cricket fans, a day-night game starts in the late afternoon so people can often get there after work and goes on with floodlights after dark. Try here if you want to know anything about the game.) Because of the huge queues to get out of the ground and the car park we decided to hang around a bit to see if we could meet any of the players. The only other people doing this were a crowd of 10 year old boys wanting autographs and some of their pushy dads (“Get that one boys! He’s a good one to get!”)

Moopy is quite the cricket fan so we’d taken him with us, and he insisted on staying right until the last minute so he could meet the Somerset captain, Justin Langer. Luckily for us, when he finally emerged Justin was most obliging and even gave Moopy a kiss before posing for a photo. (Even if he did look completely mystified by the whole thing. I guess it made a change from all the young lads asking for autographs!)

Thanks very much Mr Langer for making a little rabbit very happy!

Maybe it’s the change in the weather making me restless, moving towards autumn when we were promised another week of sunshine! Anyway… Here are a few new bits of jewellery I’ve been working on. They’re all available in my shop.

1. Betty earrings, 2. Polly earrings, 3. Spirit of the Sea, 4. Margaret earrings

Off to try to get something done with the day, I think some list making is called for…

There are lots of pretty cobbled streets with flowers spilling out from around doors and old fashioned buildlings and lamps. There are also a lot of traditional pubs and souvenir shops and it’s a very popular area with tourists.

Every friday evening throughout the summer the quay fills up with car fanatics showing off their shiny vehicles in a different theme every week. It’s quite good fun to watch them all driving along the seafront and the noise frm the engines can be amazing! That was certainly the case this week as it was classic American car night.

There were some very pretty cars, especially the red one and the yellow and white one, (I’m not an expert- can you tell?!) My favourite picture is this one above which was actually captured by Matt.

Hope you had a nice weekend too, I’ve got a work in progress to show you soon, and hopefully finish in the next couple of days.

1. Hurrah craft Moonstitches Owl, 2. valentines day, 3. -:::-*Milky* Time-:::-, 4. A Side of Hanging Heart Collage, 5. Can You Feel the Love Tonight …., 6. You can now adopt… The Felt Orange Bug!, 7. Felt Galaxy, 8. Stay away from me weirdo !!, 9. Strip-tease!!!, 10. ‘Strawberry Sundae’ wall art closeup, 11. 3 for Tea, 12. rockpool shells, 13. the new happy bed, 14. Altered matchboxes, 15. Frog Moving Into Triplex, 16. Vintage block print illustration

If you enjoyed the first installments of Moopy’s adventures and would like the chance to win a lovely mini moopy doll of your own, head over to Lisa’s blog where the talented lady is hosting a giveaway to win one!

I wanted to capture the lazy happy feeling of a late summer day with nothing to do except sit under a tree with a good book. You can see it here for the next day and a half or so.

Even though it’s a bit grey here today I’ve got that lazy happy summer feeling too (probably what inspired the colour choices in the treasury). The reason is the celebration party we’re having this evening. What are we celebrating? Well a few months ago Matt asked me a rather special question that resulted in this…

We’re having a few friends and family round to celebrate with a glass of homemade elderflower bubbly.

Have a nice weekend!

We visited the Weston Park Museum where there was an excellent exhibition about insects as well as the regular rooms showing the history of Sheffield and the metalworking industries, and a lovely natural history section.

Moopy wasn’t scared of the bears but prefered to play with new friends in the polar exhibit.

We spent a lovely afternoon in the botanical gardens. It was a warm sunny day so most of Sheffield had the same idea and it was hard to find any space on the grass! We eventually negotiated the footballs and frisbees and sat under some magnolia trees with the radio to listen to test match special. Unfortunately it was the last couple of hours of England’s dismal defeat in the 4th test of the Ashes, but as we new it was inevitable by that point it didn’t spoil the afternoon too much! (Better luck this weekend boys, although judging by the start today you’ll need it!)

There is even a bear pit which I didn’t know about until this visit. You could go inside which was a bit spooky, there are still little alcoves in the sides leading into the ring.

I hope you enjoyed the virtual tour of Sheffield, I think Moopy will be back on the blog in the future!

My partner was the very talented Lisa and she made me a lovely mini moopy:

Moopy came to Sheffield with us so that I could show you some of the places we visited without having to get in front of the camera myself! The photo above was taken in a little pub in Bakewell, where we spent a nice relaxing afternoon pottering around the shops and walking along the riverbank.

Of course, being in Bakewell we had to try a proper Bakewell pudding!

It was deemed acceptable by the highly critical panel.

Since we were last in the city, the Wheel of Sheffield has been put up at the top of the high street. It is a bit like the London Eye but smaller and you get your own little capsule as long as it’s not really busy. Of course we had to have a go, but unfortunately Moopy wasn’t with us as we were on our way back from quite a smart restaurant (Silversmiths, the one Gordon Ramsay sorted out last year).

It’s getting late so I’ll save the rest of the trip for another post. Happy Tuesday! (just)

I just wanted to share one of my brooches with you.

I made this little guy a while ago and I’ve been lucky enough to have it featured today on the Handmade Jewelry Club website! This is a great site promoting handmade items as well as sharing techniques and tutorials.

Also, head on over to Lazy Daisy Glass where Kathryn is having a fantastic giveaway of some of her beautiful glass creations, they really are stunning!