Dare I mention the 'C' word already..?

Well, the good news is I'm much better now, so toast for every meal is hopefully a thing of the past.  I still felt pretty rough last Sunday, so I indulged myself by watching The Neverending Story, and making myself a bracelet and earrings from some of my sickbed beads, to go with the Abby necklace I made a while ago.

This week I've also made a sterling silver teardrop pendant, which you can see for sale on the Pendants page.  I was quite pleased with how this turned out, but believe me when I say I find wire-wrapping laborious and finger-punishing in the extreme (never mind the damage to my poor fingernails!).  It wasn't strictly intended to be a Christmas (sorry, it's that dreaded 'C' word) pendant, and it doesn't look especially festive, it was just that the flowers reminded me of Christmas roses.

I have also started my ongoing project of making Christmas presents (yes, I know the mere mention of it makes people shudder in August, but I have a lot of presents to make and only one pair of hands, so I have to start early), but for obvious reasons, I won't be able to post piccies of those until after the occasion.  I should warn the festively phobic among you now, though - I LOVE Christmas, so you can expect lots more references to it in the coming months... sorry about that... no, really...   ;D