Blissed out : Mother & Child Neckaces

For my birthday back in August John bought me some metal letter stamps and silver and bronze discs to use them. And they sat in a drawer while I dealt with my fear factor of using them!

I think it was the idea of using a precious metal and making a mistake which, believe me, I've NO problem about mistakes when I'm sewing or knitting - I mean, it's practically compulsory - but then most knitting or sewing mistakes are fairly easily rectified or at least not too expensive. But I had visions of going through each of the discs at the speed of light making mistake after irreversible mistake!

So it's taken me a while (over 3 months) to summon up the courage to start working on them. I really wanted to make some Mother and Child necklaces for some of my friends who are mothers. Ok, I won't deny that there were a few hiccups along the way but overall I'm pretty impressed with the end results.

I've got a couple of friends who don't really wear silver -not for allergy reasons but because they've had their colours analysed and as 'autumns' shouldn't wear cool colours. Actually, I'm an autumn too but I'm not as hard line about it as they are - I quite like breaking the rules a little bit. Anyway, a bit of silver is delightful (and so much more affordable than gold.

But I'm hoping they'll cope with a bit of silver on the bronze discs I've used for them. Actually, the bronze was quite a bit harder than the silver so had to be whacked good and proper to get a good impression.

Now the gift anxiety begins - 'will they like them? Should I have bought something instead? Do they look good enough or a bit homemade?' Silly I know but I seem to do it every year - you'd have thought I'd have learned by now wouldn't you?

This weekend's been busy, busy, busy. I've still not finished my college assignment - so I really shouldn’t' even be writing this post but where's the fun if you don't procrastinate up until the panicked last minutes?

Cole had 2 friends over to stay last night - not too bad - all finally quiet and asleep by 11.45 (!!!) but apparently that's early for them based on other parent's experiences of sleepovers. Cole managed to lose a tooth (but it was a loose one and he didn't seem a bit bothered by the fact it was knocked out by a straying lightsabre!) and one of the other boys decided to draw fake blood on his face with a red marker pen - oh that was a fun half our in the bathroom trying to get it off!

But now the other boys have gone home and we're sat together watching Stardust - him sewing a cushion for his Dad and stepmum for Christmas and me typing away (Yes, I'll get back to the assignment in a minute, I promise!) All the while my lovely husband is upstairs wallpapering so that I can get on with my work.

So that's what I'm going to do before making a big pan of split pea and ham soup for dinner.