103 and still rambunctious!

Hubby & I went to visit his grandmother this weekend. The first time she's seen me in ages...
I was feeling pretty cool with myself until she pointed her bony finger at me and with a gleeful smile said "You've got fatter" followed by a fit of giggles that would've made a octogenarian blush.

Did I mention she's 103? I suppose she's lost her "middle age" inhibitions (I call them middle age as young kids are just as uninhibited). According to the Science Daily it's something to do with the brain...so I guess using my logic, if you think I'm anything other than "beautifully curvy":

i) You're older than you look
ii) There's something up with you brain!!!

A Diamond To Die For....

If you ever read comic books when you were a kid, you probably still remember when Superman proposed to Lois Lane. The first thing Kenty-boy did was get her a ring. But it wasn't any ordinary ring, oh no -- not for the boy scout in the blue tights. To prove his undying love for her, he actually created his own "I'd kill for that Rock" diamond by crushing a hunk of coal (in his bare hands - swoon).

In comic book land this resulted in a perfectly cut, precisely formed diamond, because as kids we all knew that diamonds are formed deep in the earth as a result of coal being pressurized, but also as kids we didn't know they actually had to be cut.Well, guess what? I'm pretty sure Superman has another job, because it turns out there's this company called LifeGems that will crush the crap out of your loved one and turn them into a diamond that you can wear forever. Well, technically they crush the crap out of your loved one's ashes, since they need the carbon to make the diamond.

The jewellery geek in me thinks this is pretty cool, but the rest of me (granted, there's not a whole lot left after you extract the geek) thinks it is Pretty Screwed Up...
I find the whole concept extremely disturbing, I mean what happens when they get into general circulation....you know, in 20 years time, granny dies and you inherit her treasured heirlooms.With these things in circulation, buying antique rings and necklaces would be an entirely different process.
Imagine Murano Silver in 20 years....
"Can I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like to see that diamond ring in the window, the one on offer."
"You mean Harold? He's been with us for quite some time. He's in a lovely platinum setting."
They can even laser ID them. Can you imagine the ID's
"On your finger lies squeezed Edna, and her dog Mr Snuffles."
I'm not kidding about the dog either, they can even do this to your pets!!!














So I won't be selling these (no matter how much you want one) I just couldn't be responsible for the future dinner party conversations relatives might have...

Host: "Oh, I just LOVE your ring! It's beautiful."
Your Great Niece: "Thanks so much. It's made from the cremated remains of great Aunt Edna. Oh, and her dog Mr Snuffles."
Host: [insert vomming sounds here]

**Please note: I do not want anyone to do this to me, I'd haunt you if you did, besides have you seen what people do with their rings on....Would you want me to be watching from the afterlife???

This Recyclings - Da Bomb!

Ok - so I work with metals, I understand recycling scrap and turning it into something useful again...but this???
On the positive side, I doubt anyone's gonna mess with his water supply ;D

Feel your Grollies!

Hubby read my post and quite rightly said "Hey what about us???" Naturally I missunderstood (he was offering to check for me - ahhh bless aint he helpfull?). It did get me thinking though..

maybe men should have their own campaign??

So here you go - forget the "staid" approach, here's my offering to the world....

So go on boys "Feel those Grollies"
(P.S> The grollies site is fictional - but it ought to be Fact)

Feel your Boobies!!!

Sad (but true) that until I stumbled upon this American site I had no idea that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month & after visiting http://www.touchlookcheck.org.uk/ & www.breastcancercare.org.uk/ I still had no idea. (They say there's a "month" but no big banners there saying it's in OCTOBER!!) We're only 3 days away from October and the whole thing nearly passed me by....

Thankfully I still have time to sort something out & support the cause, but the Americans seem way ahead in the "pass on the message" stakes.....
So I'm paying it forward & Linking to the USA's "feel your boobies" campaign, because I think it's a superb idea....Yes it's bang on trend, yes it's fun and yes it gets the message across.

So go on girls - Feel your boobies!!!

Secrets out....Kooky vs Artistic???

So, I never thought it would happen! Me, venturing out in the blogging world and putting it all "out there". Now, I have to say that I am slightly un-nerved by writing (or typing) my thoughts down for others to read, I mean what if someone finds out that I'm more than a little bit kooky???
Hmmm then I suppose I make jewellery for a living, so do I qualify just a little bit for the "artististic" category??? In which case I can be as "artsy" as the next odd bod.

Here's me (on the right) with Jude, another artsy odd bod! I think we got a bit too "creative" with the definition of a little drink after work ;)

Who & Where is Murano Silver??

So this is my shop,
and there's the window &
often inside there's Deeping People!!

Anyhoo enough of the Nursery Rhymes, I thought I'd start a blog so people can find out a little bit about me and where my designs come from....(scary stuff seeing inside my head, don't say I didn't warn you!!)

When you want to find us and parking spots (like gold dust)) you'll discover them on this handy map of Market Deeping....

Enjoy :)