Deepest darkest winter

Well, sort of. It's started to get quite cold here these last few weeks. I am currently cwtched¹ up on my sofa with a massive cup of masala tea (ah, I do love living in Leicester!) with the fire on, studiously making a few bits of jewellery for a stall I'm having on Friday evening.

Yes, I'm making jewellery again. It must have been 2 years or so since I actually made any jewellery. I've made the odd stitch marker here and there, but no jewellery. The reason why I'm making again is that I'm thinking of moving so need additional funds to help. Plus my fella is a student nurse and doesn't make much money, aside from the odd shift at a nursing home through an agency, so it all helps.

I have been sorting through what I have made already and having a good look at what I actually think is any good. Trouble is, I'm my own worst judge, so I don't think I'm very good at it. Which is one of the reasons why I don't do it as much as I used to.

I have been attending the ABC in Leicester, which is known as the Alternative Bar Crawl. There are 3 different location and different events are held in each location, with a spin on vintage glamour, crafts, arts, comedy, music and creativity. When the call out for stallholders came, I decided to give it a go and have been making and altering bits and bobs to go on the stall. The event is this Friday, so I will let everyone know how I got on, naturally!

If you're in the Leicester area and fancy coming, please do! The event kicks off at 5:30 at the LBC Depot on Rutland Street at 5:30pm this Friday, the 16th December.

What I also came to tell everyone is that my friend Ruth has entered a competition to open a stall in the Haymarket in Leicester. She is a designer and tutor and would like to get everyone sewing and making things. I would love to see this happen. It's down to the public vote, so if you could see your way to voting for her, you can find out how to here. All you need to be able to do is login to youtube and click on the like button. Right, now back to fiddling with jewellery :)

¹ A cwtch is a Welsh hug, but with extra warmth. It's always given with love and care.  It's a bit more special than a hug.