Yes, it's been a while... again!
Whilst I can comfortably sit at the PC/laptop now, it's a question of having the time to. As our little girl is growing fast (she'll be 10 weeks old on Thursday) she is eating, needing changing, and interacting lots. So a lot of my time is taken up with changing nappies, pulling faces, cuddling, kissing and generally spoiling her.
However, by way of a change, as you can see if you've visited Ravenstar before, I have changed the appearance of the blog - I came across these new templates today at Cute n Cool Blog Stuff and they're much better than the one I've been using. Go take a look and check them out for yourself, there's bound to be one to suit you.
Apart from updating the cosmetic appearance of the blog, things have been fairly quiet. I did an event a few weeks back - teaching a group of 12 year olds how to make bath bombs for their own use. We made Rose & Lavender ones and Chocolate Orange ones, the latter smelled especially yummy as they contained some real chocolate. Thankfully nobody tried to eat them! I have a couple of other events lined up now too, so will have to get making stuff all over again.
I've just got a big batch of stuff in from Bathbomb.biz so I'm really looking forward to trying out all the goodies I just bought. Although all the ingredients I use are certified, and although the people I have 'done' events for are happy with that, I'm concerned about the long term legality of doing these so I'm looking into getting an approval certificate for myself. It will initially be a bit of a financial outlay but it will permit me to sell a wide range of products legally, rather than having to give them away as a free gift with purchased items, or give solely to the family. Plus, being legally approved to make & sell products should avoid any potential issues with concerns over ingredient safety, if you see what I mean. Anyway, I ramble too much...
Business-wise things have been relatively quiet. Unfortunately Jac's Path, a pagan/wiccan shop in Colchester where I was retailing my jewellery has closed. Great shame as it was a wonderful little place. But hopefully the owners will move on to bigger and better things. It does mean that I have some jewellery available for sale - I have to sort it out and photograph it to post up on the web.
My most exciting new of late is that I have a commisison to make wedding stationery for my sister. We've been discussing ideas, colour themes, styles, paper weight & texture for a few weeks now, and we finally have the 'right' proofs all approved. So the next few days will see me frantically printing, paper cutting/tearing and assembling things.
I'm also working on getting my website up and running. It's been dormant far too long, waiting for me to do something, and if I don't press on, I'll be back at college, swotting away for my final year, and won't have any time to do anything. At the moment, you can see examples of my work on facebook in the various albums.
Well, I think that's enough for now. Enjoy the spring, now it's finally here. :-)
