catherines confessions

Today is Wednesday and once again it is time to play my two favourite alphabet-memes, Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday and Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday. This week both memes have the letter "S". Similar to the letter "R", there are lots and lots of S-words to choose from. After so many R-words last week, I have decided to try to limit myself to S-words that are related to my main subject, jewellery-making. So my S-word is Silver , a precious metal that is widely used to make pieces of jewellery . Here we see a finger ring and a bangel that I made of sterling silver at a beginners' silver-smithing course that I took a year ago. Not very exciting? No. But I learned the basics of how to solder silver. Until that time when I can afford to invest in silver-smithing equipment there are already good silver smiths who can do the kind of jewellery that I would like to be able to do one day. Take a look at Trudie Davies' ring here. You c...

Harvested Rudabagas from Wikipedia My own photo of one of our Easter rabbits. Tiny rose brooch made by Maria Gower, London. A simple pin of a pink rose that my mother gave my daughter. ------ Let's face it. When you are dealing with me, you are dealing with a Swede. And this is what swedes look like! They are (swedes) yellow turnips that are also known as Rudabagas . This week's lette r is "R" and Rudabaga is one of my favourite R-words. These are mashed turnips/rudabagas courtesy of Wikipedia "R" is not a rare letter. Today is already Thursday and once again it is almost too late to play Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday and Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday. The letter "R" is one of those letters that I have really been looking forward to. There are so many really interesting R-words. Looking at the animal kingdom, there are rabbits Hopping rabbit from Wikipedia Rabbit from Wikipedia or a rhesus monkey or rodents such as...