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September 18, 2014 By silverpebble 17 Comments

Silver cotton reels and a lost summer

It has been a busy summer. Open Studios was as lovely as ever. In fact the Saturday afternoon of my final open weekend turned into a sort of woolly garden party to which Celia, Val and Deborah brought their respective yarn projects and crocheted in the sun whilst I brought them pots of tea and homemade biscuits. I was on Radio Cambridgeshire for five minutes on Friday 25th July talking about Open Studios. New friends were made, necklaces found new homes and, as ever, the phenomenon of Open Studios and its power to bring like-minded people together surprised me and introduced me to creative folk with whom I will stay in touch. 

The summer also brought new plans for Comic Relief 2015. There’ll be more news on this soon, but I’m working on something potentially very exciting with Jane Toft, ex-editor of Mollie Makes magazine. We hope that the project will build on the success of the Red Nose Day Dolls and the £4300 of handmade cash that we raised thanks to the wonderful support of bloggers and the talent of the 22 designers who contributed, amongst other handmade wonder, diminutive blankets (above) perfect tiny dresses, needle felted dogs and miniscule handmade books. 

In the last few months I have been writing articles for an exciting new online magazine that will launch in the next week or two. I’ll be able to reveal more once the first edition is out.
All these offline adventures alongside the school holidays have meant that there have been tumbleweeds blowing around my blog, but now that the girls have returned to school there will be more time for sharing the news here.

I have been working on commissions as busily as ever, including this moon gazing hare pendant which was an honour to make. Every week or two I receive a request to make one of these fine silver cotton spool necklaces. It hs become such as regular design for me that I decided to make a small batch of them to list on Etsy. This allowed me to imagine that I had my own very small haberdasher’s shop in manner of Sylvanian families. Click here if you’d like to have a peep at them. You can choose your own thread colour.
Meanwhile my sweetpeas continue to flower and it’s still sandal weather. Unlike most months, September’s sunshine seems to be reliable.

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  1. itsjustperi says

    September 18, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    It sounds like you have been busy, busy, busy just like a bee. The hare pendant is totally adorable .

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  2. saffa says

    September 18, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    So glad to hear you had a lovely summer emma, sounds like it was very productive too! Love the cotton reel necklaces, so beautiful 🙂 I love to collect vintage ones too, safxxx

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  3. Locket Pocket says

    September 18, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    Golly that hare pendant is just beautiful! Lovely to hear your news 🙂 I've been a terrible blogger but plan to write a brief post tonight about a treasured new arrival!!

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  4. Rachel says

    September 18, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    The hare pendant is a great success.

    Since I follow you one Twitter, I knew you were busy!

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  5. CJ says

    September 19, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    I'm glad the open studio was so enjoyable. It does sound as though you've been busy. The cotton reels are lovely. I shall look forward to seeing more about your new writing venture. Wishing you a good weekend. CJ xx

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  6. Jodie says

    September 20, 2014 at 3:37 am

    wow ! You are busyness itself these days !
    Love the cotton reels.

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  7. SuperMomNoCape says

    September 21, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    Oh I love the hare pendant. It has a fairy tale or children's story quality to it that I love!

    And those spool necklaces are wonderful. I'm sure you'll sell lots.

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  8. Annie Cholewa says

    September 22, 2014 at 8:35 am

    Hello! That hare pendent looks absolutely fabulous … I'm in awe of your skill and in envy of it's owner. And so many exciting projects planned … I can't wait to hear more!

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  9. julie says

    September 26, 2014 at 7:54 am

    Busy times Emma, sounds like you have lots of exciting things on the go, looking forward to reading more soon. Love those little cotton reels with their colourful threads – such a sweet idea x

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  10. Caroline South says

    September 29, 2014 at 10:43 am

    It sounds like you've been very busy! And exciting news about the writing, I'll look forward to hearing more.
    I just love those little cotton reels with the coloured threads – so sweet! xx

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  11. Joyce says

    September 29, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Great information shared. Thanks for it.

    Custom Jewelry Montecito California

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  12. Anonymous says

    October 6, 2014 at 5:07 pm

    I like much of the things on this blog and should like to buy at least two of them.

    Thank you for this blog and thank you for writing it and thank you.

    Shaun Wadsworth of London

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  13. Paul Wood says

    October 6, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Super stuff Emma. Might be looking to purchase something for my partner come Christmas time.

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  14. Anne Williams says

    October 28, 2014 at 7:19 am

    I am working in this area from the last 5 years but never seen such a creative jewelry. got so many tricks.

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  15. Bijuterii says

    November 14, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Emma I love your creative jewelry. Amazing!

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  16. zarah nitsa says

    November 15, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Its really amazing.I would appreciate your amazing workers.Zarah from Bizbilla

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  17. Alison - Belovedly says

    December 4, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Haha, I was dreading reading the article as so many oneupmumshippers are blissfully unaware that they are so. Very well written and an enjoyable read. I just about coped with my 1st but when the 2nd joined the tribe I was scuppered. I like you had an equally scuppered partner in crime though … although she has now 'got it together' as stopped at one child and I'm still flailing around 6 years later haha!

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