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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by
 Hello people, how are you today? Caprilicious is eleven years old this week! You have all helped me to enjoy myself for eleven whole years, and I am very grateful. To my followers on Facebook and Instagram, and to those who follow my blog - some openly and the others lurking in the background, pretending not to exist - I know you are out there, and yes, I thank you to you too. When I first started to make jewellery, one of my friends asked whether it was going to be a passing fancy, or I was being serious about jewellery making - at that time, I had no idea that I would spend so many fun years researching, buying, designing, making, marketing and selling jewellery - I'd have been shocked if I had known it, myself. I've taken on extra responsibilities at work and have been spreading myself pretty thin - but however tired I am, it is so nice to change out of my street clothes and sit down with a project in my hands and eventually have a finished object to photograph and love. It certainly helps me to enjoy my downtime, and it is so satisfying when I wear something I've made myself and get compliments for it.  I spent this week beading a bezel around a rather large ammonite fossil - it was an exercise in patience to bead around it mainly because it is about 3.5" in diameter and the back is irregular. I had to find a way to pad the back with felt and other materials to stabilise it so that it didn't rock about in the bezel I created. Now I have to decide what I'm going to do with it - I have some ideas, which I will share with you next week. For Caprilicious' eleventh birthday, I have decided to treat my tribe of key workers to a discount. I have been negotiating with Health Services Discounts to put an offer on their pages - they also have separate sites for ambulance workers, teachers, and care workers, so Caprilicious will reach a whole load of people if I can pull this off - stay tuned on this one. That's me for this week, folks. Have a wonderful week, and I'll catch you next weekend, same time, same place,
Until then xx
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