Been lax, lax, lax doing this blog so will promise to do better! Good New Year's resolution along with eating less cake and doing yoga...

Quick update below of the fairs and events I'll be at this Christmas: if you're about, come along and say hello and bring some old jewellery if you fancy doing a bit of jewellery recycling and having it made into something lovely, sparkling and new!

Tom sorting out a lovely new site for me, so keep an eye out for excellent special offers on the run up to Christmas so you can afford to treat yourself as well as do a bit of unique, bargain Christmas shopping...

Things that have been popular for all the glamourous parties this time of year (half a lager down the local pub probably, but we can dream) are; lace necklaces and earrings, vintage necklaces and cuffs, and been doing some really sparkly pieces with swarovski crystallised: asymetric, modern shapes in very twinkly crystal: few photos below:

event dates:

5th/6th December: Fowey Christmas Fair, Fowey leisure Centre, Cornwall, 10 - 4pm: original, affordable jewellery for presents as well as more statement pieces to treat yourself to. Lots of yummy food stalls and Christmassy things going on as well.

10th December: Falmouth Shopping evening, at Falmouth Hotel 6pm. entry £3 including glass of fizz. Mini recycled jewellery workshops for £3: come and make some pressies from your old jewellery!

13th December: workshop, 'Make your own recycled Christmas presents' at the White Hart Hotel in St Austell, 10 - 3: bring your old and vintage jewellery and odd quirky buttons and stuff and transform them into lovely, cheap pressies. £28 to include all materials and coffee and mince pie!

14th December: opening of Christmas exhibition at Stoneman Gallery, Penzance: lots of antique, lace and vintage crystal jewellery and crazy evening headdresses...

See you there!

on the telly on tuesday night!

If you get chance to tune in to BBC2's 'Coast' programme on Tuesday night, you'll be able marvel at me busily foraging on Crantock Beach in Newquay for bits of very useful rubbish to make into, lovely, glamorous, contemporary jewellery!

I haven't seen it myself yet, so I'm not sure just how embarassing it's going to be: but I did enjoy doing it and having chance to waffle on about why I like collecting and using driftwood, sea-plastic, sea-string, pebbles and shells in my jewellery. I think there's a bit (it's only a couple of minutes long) where I'm making a cuff on the beach, crocheting silver wire with seastring like these ones below:

There's plenty of these in my gallery stockists (I've been very busy; crocheting-mad) at a special offer price of 20% off (normally retail price £39, now £31.20) or you can order them from us via phone 07951 960647, email: sarah@sarahdrew.com or through my site www.sarahdrew.com.

To see more info about the 'Coast' program you can go to: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvlc Let me know what you think!

fashion editorial in 'Cosmobride' and 'My Green Lifestyle'

There's a lovely photo in this month's Cosmobride, in the Dollshouse story, of this asymetric flower headdress. The model's wearing a soft sort of french revolution dress and the headdress looks great with it: it's £155 to order and you can have whatever colour flowers you like! To have a look at what else is in Cosmobride this month, go to: www.youandyourwedding.co.uk.

We're also featured in 'My Green Lifestyle, a great ecological online magazine: just go to www.mygreenlifestyle.co.uk to read it online. Any questions about pieces featured, please just email me at sarah@sarahdrew.com.

autumn course dates in Cornwall

Just a quick update on the lovely, eclectic, Vinatge Jewellery and Tiara courses we've got booked for Autumn: all are chosen for their beautiful surroundings and delicious food to make sure you have a completely relaxing, treat day out making:

19th September: Browns Hotel, Myafair, London: http://www.brownshotel.com/

26th September: The Cove, Penzance, Cornwall: http://www.thecovecornwall.com/

17th October: The Old Parsonage, Boscastle: http://www.old-parsonage.com/

7th November: The Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes: http://www.tresanton.com/

14th November: Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery: http://www.mcsj.co.uk/

All materials (such as freshwater pearls, swarovski crystals and antique brooches) lunch (not at MCSJ) and coffee are included in the price so all you need to do is get yourself there and enjoy a wonderful creative day. If you'd like to arrange a special group workshop or hen day please just call or email me and I can sort it out for you: 01726 68433 or sarah@sarahdrew.com

I'm going to be at Hidden Art at Trereife house, Penzance on 22nd and 23rd August if you fancy coming along to see some of the new things I've been working on and get an idea of what you could make oat the workshops. I'll be taking some kitsch sea-plastic necklaces(see left) with vintage brooches; sustainable twig tiaras (below) and necklaces, big bling sea-glass rings and a special recycled 9ct gold collection.

I'll also be at the Newlyn Fish Festival for the first time on Bank Holiday Monday (31st August): it's supposed to be a good day so looking forward to that: see you there!

Brown's Hotel Vintage Jewellery Workshop: new date!

Just a booked a special treat workshop day at Brown's Hotel, Mayfair, London! It's aVintage Tiaras and Wedding Jewellery themed workshop, to be held on Saturday 19th September: it's £125 for a full day course to include all materials, vintage brooches and crystals/pearls, coffee and their delicious, prize-winning afternoon tea (for lunch!).

The idea is that you can bring 'something old' such as your Mum's brooch perhaps, to make into a special headdress or jewellery for the big day. If you choose to come along as a creative hen day, all your friends and family can make gorgeous vintage jewells to match their wedding outfits as well! If that date's no good, just let me know and they're happy to book in different days to suit your hen party plans. Any questions, just email me at sarah@sarahdrew.com.

more workshops: make your own wedding jewellery and tiaras at lovely, Cornish locations!

Had the first Recycled Jewellery Course this Saturday at the Windswept Cafe in Newquay: it was great!

future workshop and fair dates and details

April

Tuesday 21st: Cornwall College St Austell

www.cornwall.ac.uk

Friday 24th Golden Mill, Grampound www.goldenmill.co.uk/courses.html

Thursday 30th Archie Brown’s, Truro

www.archiebrowns.co.uk/

May

Saturday 2nd: Golden Mill, Grampound

Saturday 9th: The Cove, Lamorna,

www.thecovecornwall.com

Tues 12th

Thurs 14th Cornwall College, St Austell

Sat 16th www.cornwall.ac.uk

June

Friday 12th Golden Mill, Grampound

Saturday 27th Windswept Cafe (TBC), Newquay

www.windsweptcafe.co.uk

July

Saturday 25th Golden Mill, Grampound

10week Fashion jewellery: £54

Recycled Jewellery

£75 including drinks/lunch/cakes!

talk and taster session: £3

Beach-find jewellery

£140 for weekend: drinks/lunch/cakes included

Vintage Wedding jewellery and Tiaras: £49 including drinks and lunch

Adult Education week: free taster sessions: call 01726 226626 for more details

Beach-find Jewellery, £75 including drinks/lunch/cakes!

Recycled jewellery, £35 including lunch and coffee

Beach-find jewellery

£140 for weekend: drinks/lunch/cakes included

The idea is everybody brings a bucket, collects materials from the beach in the morning and we make them up into contemporary jewellery in the afternoon.

It was a lovely sunny day on Saturday, the cafe is very chilled with gorgeous views and we had a delicious lunch and drinks included: all for £38.

Here's a link to the cafe site: http://www.windsweptcafe.co.uk/. The next one there is booked for 27th June: I'll put a list of other venues for workshops below; and I'll put some pictures I took on the day on blog later.

Here's a comment from one of the participants:

"Hi Sarah
just a quick note to say thank you so much for Saturday - I came home absolutely buzzing!!
keep me posted for any further workshops I have some friends who'd be very interest in coming along."

I've sorted out more courses at some of the best venues in Cornwall including:

* The Hotel Tresanton ( http://www.tresanton.com/) in St Mawes: 'Vintage Wedding Jewellery and Tiaras' 7th Nov
* The Cove ( http://www.thecovecornwall.com/) near Penzance, 9th May
* The Golden Mill, Grampound: http://www.goldenmill.co.uk/: 'Beach Finds' and 'Wedding Jewellery' 2nd May
* Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery: www.mcsj.co.uk: 'Wedding Jewellery', 14th Nov

Wanted to make sure that if you come on one of the courses you will:

* have a relaxing, 'treat' day in a fantastic location
* have a delicious lunch
* enjoy a laid-back, creative group atmosphere
* get value for money: workshops between £38 and £85 (depending on venue lunch etc)
* as well as learning a new skill which you can use to save (or even make) money: making jewellery for presents or even to sell for eg

Another course that's coming up soon is 'Vintage tiara and Wedding Jewellery' Course at the Cove on 9th May: this is aimed at brides and their friends/families who want to

* make something individual to wear on their wedding day: perhaps using family brooches for 'something old'
* save money and learn a new skill: £58 for the course is a lot cheaper than buying a tiara!
* perhaps have an unique hen weekend: making their jewellery to wear on the wedding day on the Saturday; and spa treatments, lazing by the pool the next!

Of course, anybody is welcome and people may come who are thinking about setting up a business making jewellery; or they might just like vintage style jewellery to wear and give as gifts: have a look at my Picasa album to give yourself an idea of what you could make on the day: http://picasaweb.google.com/sarahdrew50/RecycledJewellery#

The Cove is in a fantastic position, set in the cliffs over Lamorna Cove. The course would be £58 including coffee and lunch; we can offer overnight deals from around £30per person (£120 for 4 bed appartment).

Here's some more dates: just call or email me if you'd like to check anything or arrange a private workshop for a hen party or group of friends: happy making and might see you in Cornwall soon!


future workshop and fair dates and details

April

Tuesday 21st: Cornwall College St Austell : Fashion Jewellery: £54 for 10 weeks
www.cornwall.ac.uk

Friday 24th Golden Mill, Grampound: Recycled jewellery: £75 including coffes and lunch www.goldenmill.co.uk/courses.html

Thursday 30th Archie Brown’s, Truro: Talk and taster workshop: £3
www.archiebrowns.co.uk/

May

Saturday 2nd: Golden Mill, Grampound: Beach Find Jewellery: £140

Saturday 9th: The Cove, Lamorna: Vintage WEdding Jewellery and Tiaras: £58 including coffees and lunch; www.thecovecornwall.com

Tues 12th
Thurs 14th Cornwall College, St Austell: free taster sessions; call 01726 226626 for details
Sat 16th www.cornwall.ac.uk


June

Friday 12th Golden Mill, Grampound: Beach finds: £75


Saturday 27th Windswept Cafe (TBC), Newquay: Recycled Jewellery: £35 including coffee and lunch; www.windsweptcafe.co.uk


July

Saturday 25th Golden Mill, Grampound; Beach Finds: £75

beat the credit crunch and do it yourself!

Booked lots of courses in so you can have a go at making your own for all the fashionista, sparkly divas on a budget at the moment. Courses cost from £35 and you can go away with loads of jewellery.

The first one coming up on 18th of April is at the lovely Windswept Cafe on Fistral Beach: http://www.windsweptcafe.co.uk/ If you fancy actually making something gorgeous from all those bits of seaglass and appealing pebbles you collect, come along to this Recycled Jewellery workshop, and take home some lovely, unique seaside jewels!

The cafe is in a fantastic position, right on Fistral beach: so after a sustaining coffee and delicious brownie, we can take to the shores in the morning, foraging for seaside treaures such as:
* lovely opaque seaglass,
* bright seaplastic,
* worn driftwood
* smooth pebbles
* quirky seastring

Then it's back to the cafe with our horde, scoffing some delicious lunch and a laid-back, creative afternoon making our finds into stylish, wearable jewellery.

I'll go through wirework, crochet anbd stringing techniques from scratch so the workshop is perfect for complete beginners with extra challenging projects for more experienced makers.


The first workshop this year is on Saturday 18th April, 10-4pm

Course cost: £35 including lunch, coffee /tea and cakes!

call or email Sarah for details and bookings: 07951 960647 or 01726 68433

Bring a bucket and see you there!