Autumn!

I love autumn. The cool, dry weather with the hint of winter frost. The smell of leaves burning and leaves changing colour. Lighting the fire in our front room at the weekend and the smell of the turf. Roast dinners replacing the bar b q and salads of summer.

I took some photos this week of the village where I live. It is not a picturesque village, but the surrounding County Antrim country side is gorgeous at this time of year.


This is taken at the end of the street I live on.


Across the fields.


In the garden of a neighbouring house.

The clocks will change in a couple of weeks and as the days become shorter and the weather colder, I start to look towards Christmas. I'm lucky that my children still believe in Father Christmas, so that in itself makes it special. However, I dread the period after Christmas when the lights stay on all day and the weather is usually wild, wet and windy.

So for now, I'm enjoying the mild autumn weather and the beautiful colours of nature at it's finest.

August Roundup

I decided today to do an August round up instead of a weekly round up.

Thanks to the Weekend Deals article it has been my best month by far on Etsy. I've had 44 sales and have found it's remarkably easy to get used to being busy!

I've decided to concentrate on more autumnal items and have been working on more memory wire bracelets again.

This Golden Brown Bracelet is made from a mix of golden brown, gold and ivory roughened glass pearls with gold bugle and seed beads.



This Blue and Grey Memory Wire bracelet is made from blue and grey roughened glass pearls with silvery grey bugle and seed beads.



And 2 of my favourite colours together, this Duck Egg Blue and Ivory Bubbles bracelet is not classically autumnal, but I just love them together!



Just to say, watch this space on Sunday as I am celebrating my birthday and will have a special deal going on in my shop!