:: work in progress ::

I would like to introduce you to a new member of the LBD team....

Dolly!

I always find it difficult to get friends in at the right time to photograph them with my jewels on, plus the nights are getting a wee bit darker sooner now. So I decided to invest in a manequin kind of thing. It was so funny when the postman handed her to me the other day... she is a 3/4 length form of a lovely lady. He just smiled and said "is this for your work?". I came clean and told him that I make jewellery and he just smiled!

I am really please with how my necklaces look on her, she has a lovely long neck, and no double chin! Plus you now get a much better idea of how each one will sit.

Things have been quiet on the home front this week. My lettice crop seems to be dwindeling and I am between batches of courgettes so I picked a little bunch of things to make a salad with on Thursday.

I added some chopped tomato, cucumber and red pepper and rustled up a little vinigarette to drizzel mmmmm it was delicious! I just make a simple mix of 3tsp of olive oil, 1 tsp of apple cider vinigar, the tip of a teaspoon of dijon mustard, salt and black pepper. I have a little jar I use and just shake it all about and then pour.

I would love to know your favorite homemade dressing recepies, if you want to share!

Seedlings # 2

Let me cast your mind back to my post from 1 month ago seedlings # 1 . I planted 5 tiny seeds, water, hoped and watched for 3 weeks. Then to my delight I had little srouts of green!

Well my front room is blossoming now with plants, and dreams of tomato recepies. They are coming on so well, each night I sit beside them to eat dinner and I'm sure they have shot up by another inch. I now have this strong urge to grow more and more veggies. I have dreams of a secret garden like plot with green beans, lettice, courgettes and peppers, Californian Peppers no less!

No less said than my friend Katie came for tea a little while ago and brought me another little grow bag! It has taken about three weeks for anything to happen, but last night my heart lept when I saw these tiniweenie sprouts in what looks like dry cork!

Now for the fun part, when I have my first crop (listen to me!) what should I make?

I'll have tomatoes, peppers, sage, thyme, chives, mint, marogam and rosemary all in my garden so give me your suggestions please!