tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28973749170998316792024-03-18T20:19:35.789-07:00handmadebyzeniahandmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-39421503874784122742013-07-11T05:14:00.000-07:002013-07-11T09:50:13.577-07:00It's been so long! and Creative Block hasn't helped.<h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">A lot has happened since I posted last. While I have still been making my jewellery and gifts, over the time I needed to reflect on which direction to take. Also having a creative block for several months hasn't helped but don't worry I am starting to get back on track. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Have any of you Creative Lovelies had Creative Block and how did you deal with it? <br />I have found it quiet hard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Having decided to cut back on some Craft Fairs this year, mainly because of the recession, I have decided to concentrate selling my products more online and maybe try and find some stockists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">While I have been away from my blogging ...... <br />What have I started to<b> </b></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">get</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> up too?</span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">I now have a brand new website <a href="http://www.handmadebyzenia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.handmadebyzenia.com/</a> <br />Please have a look, I am always updating and tweaking my site with new stock.</span> My website was only several weeks old when I decided to enter it into the MumpreneurUK competition. Too my surprise they came back to me awarding my website a Bronze Award. Which I happily display on my Homepage. This was a Great boost to me as I normally don't win anything.<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Starting to get back into updating my Facebook page showing new products and other interesting finds, also need to do more with Twitter. So if you are on Facebook or Twitter <br />please let me know and I'll follow back. See my links below.<br /><br />Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HandmadebyZenia?ref=hl" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/HandmadebyZenia?ref=hl</a><br />Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/todayscrisisis" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/todayscrisisis</a><br />Pinterest <a href="http://pinterest.com/handmadebyzenia/boards/" target="_blank">http://pinterest.com/handmadebyzenia/boards/</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">My sketch book has been quiet, but now I have some focus, lots of ideas are starting to flow again. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Last but not least updating my blog. ;) </span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">So while I try and keep focused, I am still trying to take my hobby that one step further to making it into a business one day at a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">A Huge THANK YOU for your patience and support.</span><br />
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In June I had a pair of my glass cufflinks published by "A Kentish Ceremony Magazine" from my WowThankYou shop. Showing them for the Groom Fashion page. I was so excited, never had any of my work published before, it was lovely to see them in print.<br />
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As the end of School term approached, I made and added some Teacher Gifts to my Glass Collection of products. We rented shelf space for a day at on of the local shops, and they went down well with the customers. I love the feedback you get when talking to people.<br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes!</span></b> I now have a Etsy Shop just opened the other week. You can go straight there by scrolling up to the top of this page and you will see it listed with my WebShop and WowThankYou Shop. All you have to do, is just click on the shop you want to go too and it will direct you straight to my products, easy as that. I am looking forward to joining a few teams and see how I get on. </div>
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I have cut back on quite a few Craft fairs this year.......but I will tell you all about that in another Blog!<br />
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<b>Congratulations to the WINNER of my first ever GiveAway!</b></h4>
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which was <b>StitchMinx</b>, hope you liked the pendant?<br />
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<b>Will do another GiveAway in September so keep your eyes peeled.</b></div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-58450387068229772032012-05-10T07:54:00.001-07:002012-08-04T03:47:08.469-07:00Give Away!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have heard me right, this is <b><i>HANDMADE BY ZENIA</i></b> first (of many I hope) Give Away.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have thought about having a Give Away for a while and at first I was going to run it on Facebook, but they have rules for that which totally left me confused, instead I decided to run it on my Blog.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm So Excited!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">This is what I am going to Give Away!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't worry, I will only be sending out newsletters once a month (if that) only to let you know the latest News, be the first to know of New Stock, Offers, more Give Aways, Events and Sales.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Feel free to spread the word............Thank You!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>CRAFTfest starts on the 10th till 18th March 2012.</i></span><br />
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YES! A Whole Week!<br />
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What is CRAFTfest?........ I hear you say.<br />
Well, it's a Online Craft Fair....... a virtual Craft Fair, where you can browse at your leisure.<br />
You will find many talented Crafter's all in one place and from all around the world.<br />
As Mother's Day is approaching it is definitely worth a look.<br />
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You can find me on there too!<br />
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<a href="http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/handmade-by-zenia-craftfest-stall">http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/handmade-by-zenia-craftfest-stall</a><br />
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<br />handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-30508573760155692922012-01-25T04:15:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:35:01.213-08:00Hello Again!<br />
I can not believe it's a month into the New Year already.<br />
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I know............it's been a looong time since I last updated my blog. Shame on me.<br />
No excuses but wish only sometimes I had my own pause button, which I could press when needed, so I could catch up with myself and the world.<br />
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What have I been up too................................<br />
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I was lucky enough after waiting <i>(patiently I might add and I didn't nag to much)</i> several years to convert the garage into a Studio. Which has been Fantastic, it has made a huge difference on the way I work.<br />
Before I had taken over the whole dinning room. When we had family and friends round, meal times was interesting, all done in relays on the kitchen table. That <i>was</i> entertaining!<br />
Having my own space is like having freedom, I can just close the door anytime and leave my creative chaos without it disturbing other people.<br />
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I thought I would post some photo's showing you the progress, and the finished Studio.<br />
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This year I intend to keep on top of my blog, showing you what I have been up too, having <i>Give Away Competitions</i> so don't miss out, but also I would like to show you other crafters.<br />
Their is a fantastic range of talented people out there, that sell their wares, you won't stumble upon in the High Street. However this will take time as I will need to get in touch with these lovely people or if you know anyone that would like to be featured, please let me know!<br />
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As well as launching my Website last June <a href="http://www.handmadebyzenia.com/">www.handmadebyzenia.com</a> I have also joined a online shop a few months ago which also sells a handful of my pendants, <a href="http://www.wowthankyou.co.uk/handmade-by-zenia/products/">http://www.wowthankyou.co.uk/handmade-by-zenia/products</a> <br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">If you go up to the top of my blog page I have added tabs that will direct you straight to my website and WOW Thank You shop. Please give it a try.</span></b><br />
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My job this month will be adding NEW STOCK to both my website and wow shop. So please keep popping by.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">ALSO..............!</span></span> I am going give Etsy a try. So I will give you a link when I am all set up.<br />
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Thank you for your support and........ I better get cracking!<br />
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<br />handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-81121236852044264352010-09-15T03:10:00.000-07:002010-09-15T03:10:12.508-07:00It's September Already!!!Sorry to have neglected you, for a while.<br />
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Now that we have the Summer Holiday's over, kid's back at school and we are slowly returning to a routine.<br />
At the moment I am playing catch up with work and trying to relaunch my website with a online shop and making new stock ready for Christmas. Busy times ahead! :)<br />
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I was ask to restring two vintage necklace's over the holiday's. So I tried knotting for the first time using a knotting tool gadget, which worked brilliantly. So I think I will incorporate knotting into some necklace designs.<br />
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Just a few photo's below on what I have been up to.<br />
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Watch this space very soon because I am going to do a giveaway of one of my pendant's to celebrate the relaunching of my website, so keep tuned in the next few weeks......!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-79957564576032916122010-05-25T05:37:00.000-07:002010-05-25T05:40:11.453-07:00Summer's Here!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gosh! The sun was out in full force this weekend, so it's barbie weather again, we dusted off the cobwebs and powered up the hubby to get the barbie going. Homemade Burgers. yum yum!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As usual when the weather is like this people go mad at the supermarket and sure enough you just pop in to get some bread rolls, and what do you see, the shelves empty....!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then their is the wardrobe issue, you look at last years summer clothes, and see if any will keep you cool, that you can still fit in, of course, also their is the kid's summer clothes, knowing that they can't squeeze into any of their summer things (why do I keep them till the following year, I ask myself, is it that I secretly don't want them to grow until I am ready for buying them the clothes).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it begins hopefully a Good Summer!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's fast approaching Father's Day (June 20th) so I have been making more cufflinks for the up and coming Fairs and maybe the odd Glass Hanging.</span><br />
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</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-12018486464172500592010-04-20T08:53:00.000-07:002010-04-20T08:53:56.483-07:00Easter been and gone already!Having the kids off for Easter seemed to go quickly, sunny days, no rain and lots of chocolate but best of all, seeing family.<br />
Seeing my sister in Salisbury and visiting Grandparents, who put on a good easter egg hunt in their garden with great clues was fabulous.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Egg said "Don't Eat Me All At Once" </div><div style="text-align: center;">mmmmm! Is that possible!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Upton House was another visit in the holidays, just the other side of Banbury.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Definitely worth a visit, the kids did a trial game which led you to clues around the house and gardens, great fun. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">You should have seen the kids faces when they were given an easter egg each for bringing back the game. We are going to come back in the summer with a picnic and spent the day there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have had a peg loom sitting in my cupboard for a year - naughty I know. So I thought I would let my daughter have some fun and make something. She decided to make a scarf, I have a photo of what she has done so far.....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Last Saturday was my local Craft Fair, the weather was kind to us, so that brought more people out.<br />
Its early in the year and people are still watching their pennies. Mind you, its school holidays and I have had to buy school shoes for the kiddies, which cost an arm and a leg, as you know. So even I wasn't spending.<br />
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Its a friendly Craft Fair and some of the stallholders are really good friend's, like Sarah from Noahs Ark Crafts she had the most colourful stall there, here's a photo to prove it...<br />
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another friend, Lucy Tustian who makes lovely items using Stained Glass was there too.<br />
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Next Craft Fair is in June, so I better get making.......!<br />
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</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-70258563529619854242010-03-12T04:25:00.000-08:002010-04-19T11:35:32.828-07:00Great Week!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a bit of a high this week as some stock has been sold at the library, also my Hubby took some jewellery into his work and the girls loved it and bought some too. So very happy that people like my work.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I would finish scanning in some jewellery before labelling up this week but still need to make some more.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZ2PnksokFYxgkLYHACo3u2A9mm0XRG6KeAY7cskswP-_Smw2SqvaQGw72JMqbvVqScverNUEFz5iIpabM3hmgyu4SbwgolSB7yzr49V1avw0XNg67P0lbqk0ar9vzqXjdda7rZB1CQE_/s1600-h/ZME014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZ2PnksokFYxgkLYHACo3u2A9mm0XRG6KeAY7cskswP-_Smw2SqvaQGw72JMqbvVqScverNUEFz5iIpabM3hmgyu4SbwgolSB7yzr49V1avw0XNg67P0lbqk0ar9vzqXjdda7rZB1CQE_/s400/ZME014.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA1l9ijkeGYPg_uAn3ByaCEjWslevcYLikga0fPHtrq1Lf5YgImMv7BThmAYc7SE3BuTfpMi7_kJMXKPhhNugET2hTHNwa1gTlF-MOfxe66m1Hb4lKJTBUQlhXjoqcGTIUfNO2dHtThql/s1600-h/ZMB032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA1l9ijkeGYPg_uAn3ByaCEjWslevcYLikga0fPHtrq1Lf5YgImMv7BThmAYc7SE3BuTfpMi7_kJMXKPhhNugET2hTHNwa1gTlF-MOfxe66m1Hb4lKJTBUQlhXjoqcGTIUfNO2dHtThql/s400/ZMB032.jpg" width="384" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Glass arrived this week so I need to start cooking with my kiln again, going to try some slumping this week. I will take photo's of how I get on and write a blog on how that turned out. Hopefully for next time....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made some Mother's Day Card's the other week to go with the other Greeting Cards I do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it's Mother's Day this Sunday I am going to sit down watch a movie with the family and some popcorn and be pampered. Hope all you lovely mum's will be doing something too ......?</span></div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-29225385681825967422010-03-03T03:42:00.000-08:002010-03-03T03:52:31.466-08:00Library Showcase<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We (my friend Jenny from JeminiCrafts) have rented some space with our local library to showcase some of our work. <b><i>It is a great place to start getting yourself known,</i></b> we have priced our items up and the library can sell them on the spot.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As we have the 2 showcases for a month, we are going to change the products every week. The feed back so for has been great and the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">library wanted to put a comment book out too.</span> </span></span></div></div></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Might be worth going down to your library and see what they have to offer, you never know!!</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-76112635381530826232010-02-23T03:23:00.000-08:002010-02-23T03:26:47.653-08:00Must get Busy!I had a Craft Fair the weekend, it wasn't that busy, but I put it down to being still early in the year.<br />
I thought I would show some of the pieces I had fired in their finish state.<br />
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These are the cufflinks I had sold just as I had made them. All the item's that came out I was pleased with just itching to do some more, still waiting for the glass to arrive but it is on back order at the moment.<br />
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Here are just two of the pendants that have been finished.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just need to maybe set a shop up on my website and also on Folksy and Etsy.</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-47700856888838951442010-02-16T09:36:00.000-08:002010-02-16T12:50:39.953-08:00New Beginning's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left;">January was very eventful, as you know with the snow causing chaos everywhere. Kid's off school for day's which they were quite happy about.</blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">So it was nearly the end of January that I seemed to get back into a routine.</blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">Well, I have taken the plunge and bought myself a small kiln, on Saturday I managed to play with some glass and fired the kiln up for the first time.</blockquote><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of my kiln preloaded with stacked glass, as this is the first time the kiln has been fired up I have just quickly put the glass together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is when the glass has had a Full fuse.</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897374917099831679.post-10357345969889962792009-11-30T08:26:00.000-08:002009-11-30T08:31:12.775-08:00Busy weekend doing Craft fairs one at Sulgrave Manor and the Leisure centre.<div>Also daughter was doing a show with her Dance School the past three nights and hubby helping with the lighting of the show as well. So pretty manic in our household of late.</div><div>Must try and do some more jewellery making for the weekend.</div>handmade by zeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666076957713366798noreply@blogger.com0