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8月13日 New Eastern Inspired JewelleryI have just added some new examples of my Eastern Inspired collection to my Ebay store - there is one example of each design for sale at the moment, but don't forget that you can order commission made pieces through my website which will be tailor made to you exact specificaitons. www.thedaisydell.com 8月9日 SHINY NEW WEBSITENow that my website is up and running again I have decided to give it a facelift. The new site works better and looks better than before, with links to my e-bay store, and news on past and upcoming events.  8月7日 New stuffI have spent the weekend adding lots of new items to my E-bay store, brand new designs, necklaces, brooches and bracelets. My website was down for a short while but is now working again, and all e-mails are coming through so I can take orders once more! Other news, my friends at Tam-Tam have got their own space now, so please take a look - just click on the link - http://tam-tam-uk.spaces.live.com. 7月10日 Tam-TamTam-Tam designs at The Daisy DellTam-Tam are two exciting new designers working
in the East End of London, using traditional African wax printed fabrics to create
a range of contemporary accessories such as belts and wrist bands. If you would like to see more, or would like the chance to buy any of these designs, please visit my ebay shop at the link below. Tam-Tam at The Daisy Dell 7月8日 Boot sale bargainsI have just joined up with Ibootsale - a new on-line site set up like a car boot sale. Join up and get your pitch - it's free at the moment! - and list up to 25 items for sale! It's a great way to clear all those items you've been hoarding for years, and know you aren't going to use. Click here to see my new pitch, with books and jewellery, and access the site. 7月2日 Sunday (Up) MarketIf you're around London this weekend please check out the Sunday (Up) Market at the Truman Brewery near Brick Lane. Just click on this link for more info. My friends Lizzie and Georgie have their stall there again today, selling their hand-embroidered belts, but this is their last time for a while, so don't miss it! 6月30日 The Daisy Dell - open for businessThe Daisy Dell ebay store is open again for the summer season, filled with new designs for sale. Please take a look and let me know what you think. For sale I have new designs from my 'Floating Garden' and 'Cool as Ice' ranges, as well as glass bead bracelets and brooches, and a small selection of beads. I am also showcasing the hand embroidered fabric cuffs made by my friends Lizzie and Georgie (Sunday Up Market this Sunday, don't miss it!), and have 4 pairs up for sale through my store. If you would like to have a look just click on this link  The Daisy DellMy photo albums contain picture of some of the jewellery I make. I have been doing it as a hobby for a long time, and have started selling within the last year. I always love to get feedback, so please check out the pics and let me know what you think. www.thedaisydell.com - for all my designs  www.stores.ebay.com/The-Daisy-Dell-Beaded Jewellery for all my designs on sale through ebay. 6月26日 Cold SkinJust realised that after all that I didn't mention my absolute favourite book of the last year - Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol (see link in book list - right). This book starts off as the story of a young, disenchated man, about to take up the position of weatherman and researcher on a tiny, isolated island. Arriving by ship he and the crew who brought him find the cottage he is to live in ruined, and the man whom he is to replace, missing. Desperate to put his past behind him, the young man refuses to leave, despite the strange circumstances, and insists the boat leave without him. As night falls you get the feeling that he might not get to live long enough to regret his decision; suddenly the novel switches from the strange, to the surreal, to the downright bizarre - but just as I started to wonder what on earth I was reading, I realised that I was totally hooked. What appears from the start to be your classic monster/horror story becomes a profound disection of human nature, prejudice and above all despair, but with odd patches of hope and even eroticism. One of the oddest, most desolute and yet most beautiful books I have ever read, it took me weeks to stop constantly thinking about this novel, and I know I'll re-read it before long. Please give it a try and see what you think - and if you read let me know. I want to see if it makes anyone else feel the way it did me! (Or am I just a freak.....?)..... Books, books and more booksWhen I'm not making jewellery I read alot; I work in a bookshop and am constantly buying more than I can ever get through! I'm not a big Da Vinci Code fan I'm afraid, but I do tend to read quite a diverse range of things - from classic literature and sci-fi to kids books, a bit of popular history and science, and my main vice - Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles  ........The only thing I hardly read is modern crime as I am a little bit squeamish so if anyone can recommend a good (not too gruesome...) book to get me started then I'd love to hear from you! Having said that I love American Psycho and Bret Easten Ellis in general so I guess I can't be quite as pathetic when it comes to gore as I think. I love Patricia Highsmith, David Mitchell, Garth Nix, Anne Rice for starters and have recently started to read some Neil Gaiman, and I'm always on the look out for new ideas. Some of my favourite books are listed in my booklist on the right, so please take a look and let me know what you think if you've read them, I'd love to know.  If you haven't I totally recommend them all - I've put brief comments but don't want to give too much away!At the moment I am reading 'Wicked - The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire. I wasn't sure what to expect at all (especially as I've somehow managed to never see the film or read the book of The Wizard of Oz on which it's based!), but I am really enjoying it - not very far in yet though so please don't give me any spoilers!  There is currently a Broadway show of the book, which moves to the West End this summer - not usually my kind of think at all, but I think I will definately give it a go? Has anyone seen the U.S. production? What did you think?The last thing that I read was Embers by Sandor Marai, as I had been on holiday to Hungary, where he was originally from. Again I really enjoyed it although it is slow paced, and the story fairly predictable - it is more about the emotions of the main characters, and the idea of friendship and whether it can last throughout your life, despite the circumstances you might find yourself in, rather than about the actual events the characters live through; before that the book I have enjoyed the most in recent months is Les Liasions Dangerous, the book Dangerous Liasons was based on. It is full of thoroughly vicious and, conversely, rather pathetic characters, sex, scandel and intrigue. Told in the form of letters between the various characters it is very funny, and very addictive (however frustrated you might become with those in it!). Even if you have seen the various film adaptations the book is well worth a read. The only thing I haven't enjoyed lately? The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - currently on the UK Richard and Judy Summer read - dull, formulaic and a terrible idea - I won't give away the end, but isn't Dracula supposed to be scary? Kostova's is about as terrifying as a bookworm. (And that's a slight clue there to the rather bizarre twist on Bram Stoker's original character.....). This book may well keep you hooked, with evocative descriptions of Istanbul, Budapest and various parts of Romania - but what started out as a really good read and a novel idea, left me feeling really let down and downright bored at the end..... One of the few books I don't recommend at work! Again let me know what you think - I've met plenty of people that disagree with me (although none of them have read Dracula itself). Anyway that's my recommendations for this week! Please let me know what you think of my faves, and even better let me know about yours and give me some new ideas - but please, no Dan Brown, I put my foot down on that one!  6月25日 An example of Lizzie and Georgie's designsFor more examples of Lizzie and Georgie's stuff (and mine) check out this link to my ebay shop and let me know what you think. Sunday (Up) MarketIf anyone is around and about in London today, and fancies a spot of
shopping, pleeeeaaaase visit my friends Lizzie and Georgie at the Sunday (Up) Market,
just off of Brick Lane. They make gorgeous embroidered belts and cuffs,
and are there from 10am-5pm. The rest of the market is great too! ThanksThanks to everyone at Courtwood School for letting me have a stall there yesterday - the rain cleared to leave a glorious day. Next eventNext event - 24th June 2006My next event is a stall at Courtwood School summer fair, this Saturday, 11am-2pm. Busy, busy weekendThis weekend just gone has been a busy week in terms of my jewellery business. As well as selling through my website and e-bay shop I also like to rent stalls at fairs/fetes and recently started to think about markets. This weekend I not only had a stall at a local school's summer fair, but also shared a stall with one of my friends at the Sunday (Up) indoor market in Brick Lane. This market runs every sunday, 10am - 5pm; it is full of stalls selling everything from clothes to paella, and is definately well worth a visit (click on the link in My Favourite Places to see more info on the market). Thanks to Lizzie and Georgie for letting me share their stall, and also to everyone at Ranelagh School for allowing me a stall at their summer fair. I had a great weekend. HelloHello.....Hi |
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and welcome to my new weblog. My name is Mel, I live in London, and as
a hobby I design, make and sell jewellery. I am using this blog an a
way of keeping my customers up to date with all my recent events, and
current ranges, as well as to provide an area for customers to leave me
feedback. The blog contains links to my website and ebay shop, but will
also contain links to my favourite websites and other blogs.
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