Handmade Monday - running late!

I am running so late with my handmade Monday post this week - where does the time go?!

Seem to have lost a filling/broken a bit of tooth over the weekend so feel like I have a 'gaping chasm' in my mouth but in reality we are probably talking a few millimetres! Forced to call the dentist to arrange an appointment to get it looked at - mainly as my tongue is getting scratched to pieces on the rough edge.  I remember the day when you could call your dentist and they would just tell you to pop round - not any more apparently.  I could only get Wednesday or Friday - both at really inconvenient times!  Plumped for Wednesday as I'm not sure I could put up with this till Friday!

On the making front, I made a few bracelets this weekend. One with a slight Valentine's theme - but not so much that you couldn't wear it everyday.

This next bracelet wraps around the wrist twice -

Son has been home this week as he had nothing much to do before an exam on Thursday and then classes restart on 30 Jan so it has been a nice week having someone here when I come in from work.

Pop over to 1st Unique Gifts to see what everyone else has been making this week.

Mich :)

Equipment failure!

Well I missed Handmade Monday due to my camera's connection with my computer!  For some reason when I tried to download the picture I had taken the computer kept saying 'no pictures or videos detected' but when I looked at the camera I could see the picture there!  Faffed around with it yesterday to no avail, however today I tried something (copied the picture to the internal memory) and low and behold the picture appeared on the computer.  Just a day too late for handmade Monday though!

I thought I'd make something 'valentine-ish' for the website and came up with these bracelets.  I used bamboo yarn for the purple one and a crochet cotton for the black heart (not too easily seen on the picture that it is actually a heart!) and the red and black one is crochet cotton and embroidery silk.  Was pleased with how they turned out.  They are crocheted into chain. Not over-the-top valentine looking - you could wear all year round.

Yesterday was the first real day back at work after the holiday break - well actually we were back on Friday 6th but it didn't really feel like the first day back as it was only the office staff who were at work! Plus, it was a Friday so it was only one day then off again!  But we are definitely back now!  It always feels that Christmas has passed in a flash when I go back to work in January - we spend ages preparing for it then it is gone in a flash!

Ah well, roll on spring!

Mich :)