At last !

At last I have managed to make a jewellery shop on Folksy for some of my designs ... had quite a succesfull selling on ebay and hope to sell some more later .....

http://folksy.com/shops/LadybugJewellery

Also been busy stitching and have designed a sampler for a friend's birthday ... must get on with stitching it soon as her birthday is in September !

As I type this I am waiting for the Wimbledon quarter finals to begin and shall be sending all good wishes, crossed fingers etc to our own Andy Murray - go Andy - you can do it ...

Jewellery and cross stitch on ebay

I have just uploaded some items for sale on ebay .... including some cross stitch charts and books and also some of my hand made jewellery - if you would like a peep then please go to:


http://shop.ebay.co.uk/valbee123/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

A day in York ...

Had a great day in York on Thursday with my best friend Pauline .... she usually has a little grand daughter to look after, but not this week as her own daughter was on holiday with husband and kids so we finally had a day to ourselves !! We decided to go by train as it is only a 40 minute journey from Durham and would save us having to drive there and back .... we were there by 10.30 and got a taxi into the city - both of us using walking sticks so we had to make sure we didn't walk too far in one go !
First stop - The Viking Loom - where I could pick up one or two  'necessary'  stitching items   :)
Had a walk down The Shambles' - one of York's famous cobbled streets and then time for a sit down and an early lunch ....  after lunch more places to visit - we didn't want to go into shops you find in every town and city, but unusual ones - and York is full of them !  Particularly the  'Bear Shop'  where there is a huge 6 foot black teddy bear standing at the entrance !  Soon time for afternoon tea and where better to go than Betty's famous tea shop ..... where we had delicious chocolate and raspberry cake and lovely Java coffee ....  by 4 o'clock we were too tired and aching to go any further so hailed a taxi and went to find a train home ...
Great day out .... and now slowly recovering !

Jewellery for sale

I have finally got round to putting some jewellery up for sale as some folks have asked about it .... will be busy making more, but in the meantime if there is anything you fancy or want making, please ask away ... you can find the jewellery here:

http://valsjewellery.blogspot.com/

A visit to the museum

Yesterday we had a family visit to the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. Our little grandson Joseph loves anything to do with the  'Gyptians'  as he calls the Egyptians and having a week's holiday from school,  we decided we would take him and his parents there. Daughter Julie also joined us as she had a few days holiday from work - so a nice family day out ....
I have a long-time back problem, and on the morning before leaving, I managed to turn the wrong way and completely knack my back ! Took extra pain killers and decided I would still go. The museum is a brilliant place to visit and is free !! We were able to park, with blue badge, at the premises so that was a great help as I was still in pain  and could hardly move even with the help of my stick and my son's strong arm ! ...
It is a long time since I had visited and I was surprised at the renovations which have taken place since then - very modern and seats in every room   :)
After a few hours there we decided to head back home and fortunately I got back in time to see Andy Murray win his quarter final match in the French Open Tennis tournament - well done Andy - keep going !!
Hardly slept at all last night with the pain and had to get up completely before 5.a.m. this morning - when you have bad back problem, bed is the worst place to be ... so taking it easy today as I am still hobbling along and have to use my stick indoors ....
Hope it goes within a couple of days - it usually does - and I am used to it by now .....