Catching Up - and Thinking About Jewellery Tutorials

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Beginning Again

Goodness, the sun is trying to shine. Well, of course it is shining constantly and that’s always been a reminder to me that the clouds, metaphorical and actual will pass, eventually.

Ah, everything seems magical through my window. The condensation, which is always there because it’s caught between the double glazing panes, suddenly makes its presence worthwhile, as each drop is a prism of colour and if I tilt my head they shift and change through the spectrum briefly. 

Little things mean a lot.

 It’s been a funny year so far, as we say when things are really hard going. My daughter had a near fatal car crash at the end of January, when a very drunk driver hit her at 60mph in a 30mph village as she was driving home from work. Her car was a write-off but miraculously, she was more or less ok.

Twelve hours later we got a phone call to say that my husband, as in ex-husband of 50 years ago, had suddenly had a heart attack and died.

 

I think we were already emotionally primed or at least on guard as we all seemed to navigate the journey without falling apart. In family terms we were the only ones left standing to pick up the pieces.

 

He was my son’s father and we were all very, very fond of him. We loved him and we certainly didn’t expect him to have a heart attack, as a year previously we’d been told by his doctor that he had a very strong heart.

 

I have been exhausted in a way I didn’t realise would happen. My memory has visited a thousand places. So lovely and sometimes so confusing, so sad… and everything in between.

 

Plus, we had only a short time to sort out all his things. There were a lot. A lifetime’s. Things I had no idea about, and memories shared and kept.

 

Life in perspective. Again.

 

So, I’m trying to rebalance my life and, as I have a wealth of collected inspiration and beauty and ideas to share, and because technology has changed so much since I started this blog, I thought I would try to divide my time and rebalance my life.

 

In the last year I have been writing full time, as I had previously been writing part time for 25 years, and there was a lot to sort out and work with. That’s all going well, but I can see I need more balance now.

Different things I do need different sorts of energy and, as I have had a habit of going all out on whatever I’m doing, some 

  are overlooked. Things that I really want to do.

 

This morning, I thought about tutorials. I don’t think I have done enough. I love making them and as I’m going to be exploring more of the U.K this May and sharing that I want to see if I can link them.

 

It’s all going to be on my terms, as I’m the one doing it.

 

Does that sound rather bolshy? Probably. But it’s true.

 

Papier-mâché beads. Also including pendants, brooches and rings, plus bracelets. So, we keep it in the jewellery arc at least.

 

They can be worn and they can be sold. I have done both.

 

Nowadays I like to make them into objet d’art.

I have had a Wordpress for years that I haven’t really used called The Golden Acorn that I am going to use for a new venture.