I've been very quiet on here lately, not because I'm lazy, but because i have a lot of projects in the pipeline, all very exciting!
One has been getting ready for the launch last week, of this lovely new website Magpie Colours which are stocking quite a bit of my Jewellery. This is a new start up from two very lovely women based in England and is well worth a check out, give them a bit of time and they'll be mega!
I'm also working on some new designs and ideas and thankfully I haven't burnt the apt down yet....some close calls! More to follow as it develops, all a little hush hush now :)
Herculeus
And of course I have been adding to my collection of constellation jewellery with some more random constellations, and as always if you have a favorite you'd like to see let me know!
Missed my girls while I was away and they were angry at me for leaving! But I think we're back on good terms now!
Oh I had a lovely week off! I went back to Ireland for a family wedding (which was amazing) and got to meet up with lots of people both family and friends. I did miss my bench though! But hopped right back on when I got home on Tuesday, and it felt great! I have some lovely designs I’m waiting for a sunny day to photograph and show you guys, but given the crazy weather at the moment that could be a while!
I’ve also set up a brand new shop over on Art Fire, please check it out and let me know what you think and if you have heard good or bad things about the site, please pass them on!
And I just got a delivery so it’s too the bench I go!
Well I've been bold with my blog, no real surprise there, but I have been busy fine tuning my stamping skills and having a serious amount of fun doing it! Expect way more stamped items to follow! And as such I am looking for quotes and phrases that you would like to see and wear :) embrace the inner nerd/child/sap and let me know any ideas you have.
And of course in Blue Peter fashion, here's some I made earlier; all up and available on my folksy and etsy shops
I'm getting very excited for the new Avengers Assemble movie!
Do or do not yoda ring in sterling silver
Winter is coming ring in sterling silver, ... can't wait to see season 2 of Game of Thrones!
Well I've been a busy busy bunny the last few weeks, and there are lots of new listings up on both my etsy and folksy shop for you to check out and lots more coming. I'm sending off a bunch of hallmarking tomorrow just getting that together now, and it's my biggest batch yet! Woohoo!
And I have a crazy bunny jumping around on the carpet behind my chair as I type...very distracting! Life is good! I hope everyone else is doing as well!
So without further ado here are some of the new designs that have just arrived to my shop and or will be arriving soon :)
Inspired by a Guinea Pig named Nibbles that got me thinking about my Guinea Pigs when I was a kid, I had a girl and boy Delilah and Samson and they had two litters, Hugie Douie and Louie and then a second bunch eney meany miney and mo, unfortunately mo died :(
This week I learnt frogs are associated with fertility and life changes.
The Egyptians believed that seahorses carried the souls of the dead to the underworld
keeping them safe and protected along the way! Big ask for such small little creatures!
See Cats and Dogs can get along!
My models were not working today, they were on strike demanding more banana and broccoli.
Well its almost Easter guy, and there’s bunnies everywhere! Or at least there is here! The two girls are in flying form lots of crazy little binkies and running around like lunatics! But since it is that time of year I wanted to say a little something about suitable Easter presents or more to the point the fact that real life bunnies ARE NOT suitable presents!
Now don’t get me wrong, I love my two little girls to bits, but wow are they a lot of work! I’ve spent hours cleaning up litter trays, cleaning out cages, sweeping up poo, stopping them chewing the lamp, making them toys so they stop chewing the carpet! Hours learning what they’re body language means, because unlike a dog bunnies can’t tell us if they are happy or sad with a bark or a whimper, you have to be able to read them. And they have not been cheap! Sure their food seems cheap, but include, hay, straw, litter and toys on top of that and then there is vet bills, each one needs £50 worth of shots every year so they don’t get nasty disease like Miximotosis, they need to be neutered, which cost us in excess of £100 EACH! And if you choose not to neuter you’re looking at extra damage to your house, and if more than one bunny more vet bills when they start fighting, I’m presuming here you didn’t get a girl and boy cause that of course is a whole different problem!
Having said this I would fight with everything I have if someone tried to take them away from me! They are wonderful company, great stress relief and can always make me smile even after the worst day. So I would of course recommend them as pets to most anyone, but wow you need to be prepared and as cute as a surprise bunny would be on Easter morning, they’ll look a whole lot less cute when they pee on your carpet and chew your sofa up, and as for the poor sods that end up in a hutch in the back garden, I think this video says it all!
I’m a fan on facebook twitter etc of a lot of rabbit groups/charities etc and I’m hearing the same thing again and again from them, that every year thousands of bunnies end up unwanted and abandoned by May. Lots don’t even make it to a rescue they just get released into the wild, you’re not freeing that bunny, your sentencing it to almost certain death, generations of selective breeding have made it so the average domestic bunny is very, very ill suited to the wild.
So if you are thinking of getting a bunny just wait a little and take on a rescue, if you get lucky they might have already gone through the worst of puberty! If you think that someone special would love a bunny then why not get them the cage etc with a voucher saying you’ll go to a rescue and pick one out together after Easter.
It doesn’t matter where you live, there are lots of rescues out there, some run by big charities like RSPCA some run by one hard working person just trying to help. Bibbles Bunny Sanctuary is an example of one person trying to make a difference, this woman has turned her house and garden into bunny playground and on top of that has put lots and lots of bunny information online for people to see, so if you do decide you want a bunny or you already have one this is a great website to check out information from, or maybe even adopt from?
I'm loving the reaction from the review and give away on Momma Told Me blog! Lots of new followers on twitter and Facebook! and if you haven't already liked my Facebook page pop over there for a special offer going until Friday!
I'm also really happy because every so often I Google myself just to see how I'm doing and what comes up and now if you Google Fragment Designs my Facebook page shows up 3rd, and if you Google sjegan you get my Etsy shop at the top of the page! Woohoo!
Another nice little part of the Momma Told Me effect (as I'm not going to call it from now on) is the amazing amount of comments and feedback I've gotten on what people like and would like to see in my shop. Armed with this info I have been in the workroom, annoying the poor long suffering neighbours with my hammering and here is a sample of the new items which will be listed over the next few days.
My first bezel set ring!
The stone is amber and I'm keeping this one for me!
Of course a huge amount of my shop features bunnies, making these items the ideal Easter present, and don't forget if you're in North America and want something for Easter it needs to be posted over the next day or two!
I woke up to a lovely email this morning, pointing me to the blog Momma Told Me which has a lovely review of my work (I may need help getting my head out the front door today) and is running a give away for $75 voucher for my shop.....I did know it was coming, just not an exact date, so happy Sarah this morning!
So what are you waiting for! Get over there and check out how wonderful I am :)
.......Here's just a taster of some of the new items I'll have available soon
