I must wax lyrical about on of our local Churches. I have been walking with the boys every morning up near St Andrews Church and it is stunning. Nearby used to be an Abbey before good old King Henry decided to demolish it. Apparently King Edward killed the King of Wales and kidnapped his 18 month daughter and she was brought to the Abbey and raised as a nun. Today a group of people from Wales came to see the site and they sang in front of the memorial stone and laid out the Welsh flag - what a way to start the day! The views are spectacular and they have given me some inspiration for some new jewellery. I will keep you updated! Well off to make a lily ring - no rest for the wicked!

The boys love paddling in the stream - especially in this glorious weather we have been having.

Had a fab day off yesterday. The sun was so warm we decided to take our dogs, or as I call them 'the boys', to Sutton beach. Surprisingly it was quite deserted which was great for us! The boys chased ball and splashed around in the sea and we finished the day with an ice cream - the first one they have had. Ah bliss!!!!!!!!!!!

Made my yearning to live by the sea intensify. The number of shells there are at Sutton is amazing I selected a few and added them to my collection. I have a vision of a tiara made with real shells which will be a one off and I will aim to make in the summer. Have a couple more commissions to make first!

I made an ivy tiara with hairgrips and earrings to match for a theatre costume designer in the USA. I am over-the-moon with them and my Mum (oh she of few compliments) says it's the best I have ever made. The lump from falling down with surprise is starting to go down a bit! No pictures yet - as the bride-to-be hasn't seen it!!

I know the title is a bit corny but hey I couldn't resist! Ah Donny Osmond YUM! Anyway enough about my youth, I have finished the poppy tiara to add to my collection. I studied the poppies in my garden and played around with the design as I wanted to give the petals the delicacy and movement of the real thing. I am so-o-o-o-o pleased with it, hope you like it too!

Ok, OK, I know I promised to keep up with my blog - and failed miserably. Excuses, I have many, any that are good enough - no!!! My big news is that I made a different tiara for the Rose Collection. I have made the design very contemporary as I decided the previous design needed updating. I have interspersed the roses with wavy lines of silver wire which I flattened slightly. A couple of people have tried it on who had wavy hair and it look great. I am really pleased with the overall look of the tiara.

I was over the moon when the Rose Tiara was chosen by the Newark Advertiser to crown their Bride of the Year at a competition held on 6th April 2008 at Southwell Racecourse. Amanda Aitchison was crowned with our Rose Tiara and our congratulations and best wishes go to Amanda and her husband-to-be, Christopher. We are not sure of the jaunty angle for the tiara but who are we to judge!!

Finally I have put the finishing touches to my new website. What a nightmare!! I have no experience or training in creating websites and so everything has taken ages but on the plus side I have been learning every step of the way!

I am really thrilled with the look and am now at the point where I need to upload to go live - a bit scary I don't mind telling you. I had just put the finishing line on the inspiration page when I wrote over it by mistake - a few chosen words later and I sat down to rewrite - so if there are any spelling mistake please forgive me!

Finished the poppy tiara this week and I am thrilled with it. Have started to redesign and make the rose tiara, the first one wasn't as contemporary as I wanted, on paper it looked great but in reality it looked like it had been done before - and we don't want that!