I've had a pretty productive day.

Made a few new pieces, set up an advert on Facebook and I've been researching ways to improve my business....that is, I've been trying to find places who'd be interested to sell my jewellery. I've had offers in the past but never felt I had time or enough stock to do it. At the moment I have unlimited time!

These little pretties came to life today and I'm quite happy with them if I may say so myself : )

Art Deco Flapper Earrings in silver with ruby red crystals.

Haven't written in a few days, sorry about that. My darling dog is at the vet having surgery on her tummy. I'd found a few lumps and it got decided they would be removed today. Greyhounds and sedation is always a bit risky so I'm quite nervous.

I do have a bunch of new jewellery to photograph and list but it will have to wait just a little bit longer.

It looks like summer is finally here! I love the sunshine, the higher temperatures and all the flowers and insects. I just wish it would stay longer! Oh, well. Time to get off the computer and go ouside and enjoy the weather while I can.

Ok, my great plan of making a flapper headdress fell apart. I'm just not motivated enough at the moment to fight the cats about the feathers. What I am doing currently is to try to take better photos for my website and Etsy shop. I'm no pro but I think they look alright.

Using a lightbox has helped a lot. I don't get the glare and reflections I got when taking photos in daylight on my kitchen table!

And while faffing around with the camera I found an old necklace of mine with a pic of Theda Bara. Such a cool lady! She's now something of a gothic cult figure. I know some fusion bellydancers have a thing for her as well.

The birth of a 1920s inspired headband. My healthy obsession with the 1920s esthetic goes quite a few years back. In 2007 I discovered Tribal Fusion Bellydance. I fell in love with the whole package, music, dance-moves and costume. Since then a part of the ever evolving tribal fusion community's costume style has been drawn towards a vintage inspired look. Everything from saloon-girl style skirts and boots to heavily beaded Art Deco patterned dresses has had it's time in the spotlight. Having had a preference for flapper-clothing even before discovering the dance I naturally got stuck in the 20s style. Anyway, enough about me and let's get back to the "making of the shiny stuff"! So,I'm about to make a 20s inspired headdress. I'd like it to be extravagant, made of vintage materials when possible, positively dripping with jewels, beads and feathers. We'll see how that goes...

I rarely wear pink. I'm just not a pink kind of girl. But I cannot seem to stop myself from making pink/gold jewellery. I just think it's such a pretty combination.

I also can't resist the cheeky ladies in some vintage photography, they are simply the best!

So, yeah! Pink rules!

Why is it that having a cold in the summer feels worse than when you're sick in the winter? This cold of mine effectively halted my plans for a while but it's time to go back to the drawing board...or in my case, my sofa-table!

This week I've been meaning to finish a new collection for a racing stables shop. I've come across pictures of edwardian ladies and horses which I think would make lovely jewellery for the horse-lover! I thought I'd take some photos but since it's raining today the light isn't sufficient enough. I do love antique prints though so this will have to do for now!