Pouring Concrete in the rain!

One of the joys of working from home is being able to take advantage of the weather. When it is sunny I can take a break during the day take the dogs for a walk then work into the evening to catch up. Unfortunatly, working from home also means I'm around when the ready mix concrete arrives for the base of the shed. So yesterday, instead of sitting in my nice warm studio making lovely jewellery I could be found in the back garden, wet and muddy shovelling ready mix concrete out of wheelbarrows.

Back to normal today and just finishing an order to go to Love the Lakes in Bowness, Cumbria this afternoon ready for a busy Easter weekend. Love the Lakes is one of the nicest shops I know in Cumbria. Full of lovely gifts,jewellery all made in the UK and all beautifully merchandised. If you are in the Bowness area you must visit.

Friday 26th March

I spent yesterday at a SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) workshop so the challenge now is to get to work on www.firefrostdesigns.co.uk to see if I can improve our ratings with Google. But what keywords can I use that our customers might use to find us that are not already in use on 1000's of other websites? After that I need to get to work on adding more links, if anyone reading this blog would like to link to us or swap links then please let me know.

As well as working on the website I need to make some more jewellery. These little 9mm striped Zebrato Heart earrings are unusual and very popular just now so first a quick cup of coffee and then time to get making.

Wednesday 24th March

Its raining today in Keswick so I'm not tempted to pop off for a quick walk up the fells with the dogs, even tho' there are three of them today as Tam has come to visit.

The Dogs are not allowed in the Firefrost Studio so the three of them lie in the hallway looking bored and making me feel guilty - their only pleasure this morning is to make as much noise as possible when the postman arrives.

In the meantime here in the Firefrost studio I've been making some more Bella heart pendants. Bella Pendants are made from Murano glass hearts that we buy from Murano. They are one of our most popular lines. The pendants I am making today are
destined for one of our outlets in Scotland - Gifted in Clarkston just outside Glasgow. Gifted is a fabulous shop with lots of lovely goodies for all occasions so if you are in the area to visit them or their website. I'm looking forward to popping up to see them myself next month to treat myself to something lovely.

Bella Pendants




Back now to some work next on the list to make some Zebrato Heart earrings

Our first Blog

Well this is our very first blog so we are learning as we go along. So what better than to introduce ourselves. Firefrost is a fairly new business based in Cumbria. We specialise in designing and making jewellery using beautiful Murano glass from Venice, Swarovski Crystals and Sterling Silver. We have a ready made range which we supply to selected shops and galleries but we also love making bespoke jewellery for special occasions.

The Firefrost team consists of me (Karen), Ellie who comes in twice a week,my long suffering partner and business partner and my grown up kids who are drumned in to help when things get really hectic. And of course there is Poppy the Dog and Scooby our new recuit - he's a dog too.