Made these today and finished off the cards

I made these earrings for an order I had,

the customer requested long pink pair and short green pair.

These hoop earrings were my first go at this style,

I think they look quite special.

They are shell tear drops.

These are the same cards as the last entry to my blog,

just that now they are finished with metal greetings.

'Happy Christmas' or 'Let it Snow'

I have also added some wooden shape embellishments that are covered in glitter.

I think they add to the final finished cards.

I am pleased with these final cards, I am sure my children will look forward to giving them to their Daddy.

Been a tough weekend, but doing ok!

I have taken some time away from my crafting forum for a while, as I have not felt like chatting much. I have had a lot to think about this past weekend which has been quite emotional and it's kinda worn me out.

I will be back to my forum friends, but need the support of my people around me right now. Saying that though there are very few of them I can really talk to about what has been going on. Even then some of them will not understand whats happening around me.

Today is my long day at home without my OH, as he goes off to play snooker this evening. I enjoy my time don't get me wrong I just wish I could talk to people who need me right now!

So my card making has had to lift my spirits again and keep me going, I am so pleased I can loose myself in something I love.

Below are all the Christmas cards I have made for my close family members, plus two from the children to their daddy.

I love these fairy's, again from http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/LILIOFTHEVALLEY.CO/index.html

These cards have the advantage of having two fairies per card.

My other Christmas cards only have one per card.

I also love the polar bears, I have matched the two smaller cards to one big one, so my OH has a whole set of PB's for himself.
The one above and below will be for Daddy!

All of these cards need the finishing touches, of greetings and names. Again though I had a fight with my glitter pot and ended up looking very pretty. Not sure what I feel like doing today... not that there is much time left before I return to the school to get my son.

And Here They ARE.....

Here they are the six I worked on yesterday and the six I made this morning.

I am really pleased with these stunning images again from lili of the vally.

http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/LILIOFTHEVALLEY.CO/index.html

I wanted my theme to be blue this year as most of my cards last year were purple.
I think the fairies work really well on both the background papers.

I have included each fairies name on the cards, as I hope to pop the description of each one on the back of each card.
Below are the really cute Polar bears, I fell in love with these too and just had to use them this Christmas. I love adding glitter, just that I end up covered in it too!

I hope that everyone who has a card from us this year loves them as much as I do. Though my photos are a little shaky, not the best focus this time!