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A few weeks ago,I asked Justyna to take a few photos of some of my pieces with the lovely Orla again.  Some of them are really lovely!  see what you think!!  Now I just have to get them up on my website!!

I was down at the Ploughing match for the second time ever 2 weeks ago. I’m still tired!!

The Leader tent were we all were is still a little out of the way and hard to find, but still good crowds found us!  Lovely to see some old faces and some very old faces that I haven’t seen in over 30 years!!!  ( Since I was 1 year old!!  I wish!!!!)

Hi Catherine, how are you, and Lucy, it was brilliant to see you too after so long!!  You haven’t changed a bit!!    Ann you are an angel, still beautifully curly dark hair!  And Denise!  So full of life!!  I have those gold pieces almost finished!

Yes, I enjoyed myself!!   I stayed with some lovely cousins of Davids who made me soooooo welcome!!     Thank you  Hazel + Thomas + boys!!

Hi all. It was a great festival, the weather was fine, the crafts were fabulous and the entertainment was top class.

There were a lot of interesting people. I met a couple who loved my children of lir jewellery so much that the husband got a gold children of lir ring as his wedding band.  Then, while on honeymoon, he had the design tatooed around his ankle! Amazing!

Enda (Taoiseach) stopped by to say hello, his wife Finola has my 3 children of lir pendant, as they have 3 children, and loves it!

I am going to be at the Tall Ships Festival and I might even be doing a workshop making wax coins, like pirates pieces of eight, or treasure!! . Come and see, it will be  a lot of fun!!!

The Tall Ships Race is set to be the biggest event in Ireland in 2011 with over 50 majestic Tall Ships, 1,500 sail trainees and an anticipated 500,000 maritime, music and festival fans on the quays of Waterford, Ireland’s oldest city.

The festival will take place from Thursday-Sunday, June 30-July 3, 2011 and will include a wide range of events and activities including the very best of Irish and international acts, street theatre, fireworks, craft, music and food.

The craft presence is a new addition to the event and will include an exciting market area just off the quays, in the heart of the festival area, as well as demonstrations and workshops.

The Crafts Council of Ireland’s objective is to raise the awareness of craft by offering consumers the chance to see it, feel it, engage with it and purchase it – and hopefully develop a life long affinity for craft in all its forms.

Children of Lir 3 swan piece, as a pendant or a brooch.

My work has been picked to be part of a small group of Irish crafts, showcased at the The Interior Design and Art Fair 2011, which I’m thrilled to take part in. The Fair will take place this weekend from 13th to 15th of  May at RDS, Dublin.

My first forget me not flower jewellery should be back this week, so I’ll be uploading photos !

I’m really excited to see how they look when cast!!!

I’m going home to Roscommon!  On the 29th, 30th April and 1st of May, I will be in the Craft Village at the Roscommon Lamb festival, in a dedicated Craft Marquee in The Square, Roscommon Town.  The website, with details of all the goings on at this family orientated festival, is :http://www.roscommonlambfestival.com
The whole event runs from Wed the 27th – Monday the 2nd May. Come along and have a baaaaaall!!!!

Recently I was asked to make a plectrum and plectrum holder in silver to the customers own design, as a valentines present for her boy friend, who is a musician.  What a lovely idea, so personal, so special!  She went to the trouble of making it up in silver card, so that I would know exactly what she had in mind.  Forget the wine and rose’s, now that’s true love!!

Hi all,

Come and see my stall at the Roscommon Sheep Festival. It takes  place on the May Bank Holiday from Wed 27th April – Monday 2nd of May 2011., in Roscommon town.

For more information, go to : http://www.roscommonlambfestival.com/

I’ll have lots more sheep, cows and horses.

So make sure you come over and say hello!

I seem to be having a thing about sheep these days .. Anyway, for you sheep lovers out there, check out Liz (Christy)’s gorgeous sheep brooches – I especially like the multicoloured rainbow Aurora - http://www.lizchristy.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=22