Hi everyone,

I have had such a busy few weeks making jewellery. A new publication called Making Jewellery has asked me to create a few projects to include in their magazine. So far I have submitted a silver and swarovski crystal cuff for the November issue and are currently working on a PMC holly leaf (for the Christmas edition obviously!) and will then be appearing in the Februrary issue with a colourful Mardi Gras Lariat so look out for it! Its available to buy in most bookshops and also you can subscribe for it by clicking the magazine!

Perdi from Newcastle and Doreen from York on their 3rd day of Wedding Day Silver training proudly showing off some the pieces they successfully made on the course.

 Denise did a special jewellery making course for Lisa's hen party at her home. Ten ladies joined in the day. Here are all the hens eagerly awaiting to start making their pendants. Everyone made their own individual design after watching a demonstration by Denise and all the hens were very pleased with what they made during the afternoon.

Latest keepsake jewellery made for Photocentric made for their forthcoming exhibition in the US. Photocentric supply Clarise Jewellery with stamp making kits ideal for transferring those special images onto PMC. They will be advertising for Clarise Jewelley as we are now distributors for their both their daylight and UV light stamp making kits.

Imagepac have just developed new uv light sensitive gel pads so new kits will be available from July. I have ordered some in so I will try them out and let you know the results.  They process quicker than daylight sachets so should be a great asset for you fingerprint  keepsake artists and card makers out there. what this space!!!!!

Emma and Clare from U-Neek LTD are hoping to start a new keepsake jewellery business very soon. They came for a special Baby Fingerprint course last Friday and will now be busy practicing on their families!

Children's artwork and hand and footprint class held last Saturday was full of enthusiastic students all wanting to start their own keepsake businesses. Good luck to everyone.













Memory Makers , Amanda and Jen busy learning how to roll and stamp the clay. They hope to expand their current hand and foot casting business to include keepsake jewellery.












Hazel and Victoria tidying up their pieces before kiln firing.














Silver keepsake jewellery using hand prints and childrens drawings. The standard of the final pieces was very high and all the students should be proud of what they made in just one day!

The first Wedding Day Silver training session with Cath McRae from the Blackburn area. Although she had only previously studied Art Clay Silver at beginner level she completed the 3 day without any problems. Cath will be back in a few weeks to receive her certificate and  start trading under the Clarise Wedding Day Silver name.

Next Month we will have another new team member Linda Rowland from Cumbria she will be covering Cumbria and Dumfres so being able to enclude Gretna Green. Linda already has a diploma  in Metal clay from the Mid Cornwall school of jewellery so will have no trouble in completing her course with Wedding Day Silver.

Sorry there no photos as yet but waiting for Alyssa to get back from her Holiday in Zante to get them of her mac. Off she went  on her jollies without leaving me the password  She'll be back next week and you can look at all the piccies then.

So sorry for not updating the blog for a while but many things have happend since May.

1 Pc got bad virus and had to be sent off to IT hospital  Pooh!!!!

2 Went to Ibiza for sun and sangria Hurah!!!!

3 Went to the Hattie Sanderson masterclass ans made a fantasitc spinner ring wooh!!! (Pics to follow)

4 Held the 1st Wedding Day Silver trainning with Cath McRae who will be cover the Blackburn Area (BB Postcode) Pics to follow

Well done Zoe and Louise on completion of your 6 week beginners silversmiting course. Both Zoe and Louise completed their projects last night  each making a floral pendant. Zoe made a ring and Louise made a Bangle.

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Success for Suzanne tonight in silversmithing class as she managed to solder 5 panels perfectly. Pretty good going for a beginner. Well done Suzanne.

It is a very exciting time and I have been working on a new site that will  help to promote my students who have started their own businesses as well as My Wedding Day Silver. I have been busy keeping my Clarise sites well up the google rankings and this new site will help new keepsake busineses compete with some of the bigger companies. It is structured in a way of a cooperative so everyone involved will benifit. I will post more once the site is launched will will be very soon. If you are interested in being included on this site let me know.

Copper and Bronze Clay is cheaper then Silver Clay and ideal for keyrings and pet tags as well as larger scale jewellery items and even dishes and bowls. I will be experimenting with this new invention  so watch out for my efforts which I will post shortly.

Alyssa has designed a book of inspirational designs by Clarise Jewellery which is available for you to view online at Blurb. This book is also to buy if you wish to keep a hard copy. Alyssa did all the photography and layout and all the jewellery in the book is from three collections which are currently out on display in galleries around the UK.

The first class of the 6 week silversmithing course will start this week and  as there has been great interest in this course I hope to run it again later in the year so look out for new dates on the course list

I am at the moment sourcing some inkless wipes and pads for your baby/childs hand and footprints and fingerprints these will be available on the online shop shortly.  The reason I'm doing this is to be able to provide all you students who have started their own keepsake business the opportunity to purchase these at a reasonable price. Keep checking the shop.

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to provide PMC, Art Clay Silver, Photopolymer stamp kits and PMC tools online. Please take a look at the online shop for all our new products. More to follow in the near future!

Last week Lesley and Katie from Babybrite 4D scanning clinic came down from Middlesborough to attend this new course. It was a great day and their efforts were well rewarded as katie now has her daughter drawing of their VW camper van on a lovely silver pendent. They will be setting up a new silver keepsake service from their new shop premisses very shortly.

This week has been really busy with classes particularly Baby Fingerprinting. It's nice to know that people realise they can start up their own business without out having to go to the great expense of buying a franchise.

Here is Vanessa and Helen looking pleased with their efforts.

After meeting Robert Dancik and Tim McCreight at the PMC symposium last August I was inspired to start work on some pieces for the Master's Register. The Master's Register is a worldwide mark of excellence. At the moment there are only 11 artists achieved this standard. It has taken me until now to get started.