The Big Day

Ok, on an earlier post this week I explained that I had been offered a market stall every Saturday in Newton Abbot, the next town to ours. I wasn't very sure if I would have the insurance sorted in time but I managed it and come Saturday morning it was up bright and early to drive to the market and set up the stall. We had a few showers of rain but on the whole it was an ok day weather wise. I have discovered that the weather I have to worry about is the wind. I had an ok day, managed to cover all of my costs and make a little profit and the best bit is I had such an almighty buzz. It was better than a fair, people were not there to specifically look at handcrafted  items, this was just Joe Public, walking past and hopefully liking what they see. By the time I got home all I was fit for was a takeaway for tea, a very simple bracelet and an early night. I decided to make a bracelet to match the necklace from yesterday. It is called Yellow Peril also.

  

Jade is green isn't it

Well, I always thought so, until I bought some Lemon Jade from Beads Direct. It turns out you can get Jade in nearly any colour you can imagine, from green, to honey colours to lime, to lemon and even lavender. The beads I have used are Lemon Jade and are a lovely greeny yellow colour with white markings. The pendant is also Lemon Jade. The black beads are Lava Rock and I think they make a great contrast to the Lemon Jade beads. It is very simple stringing but I think it is very effective. I have called it Yellow Peril.