Going to war in a 6 years olds bedroom is not for the faint hearted. There is blood, tears, damage, and sometime if it all goes terribly wrong (as wars almost always do), there will be no winners.

If you stratsgise, and plan your attack well, all the above destruction CAN be avoided.

My plan of attack…

1. Wait until said 6 year old is at school (devious to have a war when the enemy is not there - but all’s fair yes?)

2. Stealth missions are a must. Full body camouflage is essential.

3. You must remove offending articles slowly as to not attract too much attention. Hopefully, if this is done for an extreme length of time, there will only remain a mattress on the floor and one box of clothes.

4. Never let the enemy see you.

5. Never let the enemy’s platoon see you. This includes younger siblings who will give you away.

6. Be ruthless. Those illegal broken plastic toys and the bits of paper with important codes written on them must go. Be strong.

7. Hide all evidence of the war. This includes burning the material or dumping the waste in the desert. Do NOT pass objects into the hands of your comrades. They will pass them onto their grunts, who will in turn show them to your 6 year old. Then you loose. Forever.

8. Do not think the kitchen bin is a safe haven for expelled objects. The enemy checks this location daily as part of their routine.

9. You may need to use lines such as ‘I don’t remember that toy’, ‘Hang on, let me just clean out the bird cage then I can help you look for your paper later’, “It might be under your bed…go have a look’, ‘Did you leave it at grandma’s? Ask her next time’.

Never, ever, own up to throwing out that MickeyD’s, fleuro car that turns into a pen and wallet. Not at least until they have moved out of the house, have married, got their own kids and are in a really comfortable place emotionally.

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‘Mr Darcy and I’ is the name of these latest earrings. After a while of trying to think of names for jewelry to sell on ETSY you start to go a bit troppo. Well at least I do!

I discovered a while back not to name items that would be embarrassing. Protected by the illusion of animosity, I once named a necklace ‘Chain Me to the Bed’ I’m not into being chained to a bed, but it was a catchy name. Unfortunately, I started handing out business cards to friends and aquaintances. Great for traffic! Not so good for realising that they probably thought I was into that kind of stuff.

I love using vintage chain, so I have resorted to equally as strange names, but not at all blushing material, like ‘Sea Chain’ and ‘Circles of Love’ (ok, kinda corny).

But what’s a girl to do?

I wonder if the name of an item makes it more desirable to buy??

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Image courtesy of Grinders 

I have discovered a new, hot, wet, love. Grinders coffee.

*I decided that this was a boring post. So instead of deleting it, you can read it here if you really have nothing better to do*

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I always wondered where that snickering came from.

You know, when you realise that two hours have just passed and you were meant to be somewhere with both offspring two hours ago?

I have been enlightened.

Take a 10 minute journey.

‘How to Kill Twelve Hours’

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I love making jewelry. It just does it for me. In one sitting I can MAKE something. Not half make it, or almost finish it, but COMPLETE it.

And the piece that just makes my heart complete is this style of earrings. It’s something I created entirely on my own. No outside influences. Born out of depleted materials and a *need* to have funky earrings for a ball.

I am sometimes over it…so I make something else. But I always come back to it. A bit like how I feel about coffee. I always come back. *slurp*

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So I have this friend, who lives in London, who doesn’t have a blog. So I have no idea what’s going on in her life unless there are emails, txts or phone calls. If she had a blog, then I would know SO much more.

However, her tres cool husband, Oli Freke, is a blogger. Fantastic! I get to listen to the smooth tones of Cassette while doing my own blogging.

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I’m addicted to things earrings that dangle. Feather light chain that swings around when you move your head feels so damn sexy!

And I have to admit that I enjoy making them MORE than wearing them…seriously! I was just beside myself making these starry ones. When I combined the four different colours of chain. I felt like I was the bee’s knees.

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I complained. In fact, I do believe that I whinged to husband about low stats, no love and very few comments associated with my blog.

Self absorbed? You bet.

His zen advice ‘Comment other blogs, be noticed’

So you mean that not only do I have to post interesting material that will make “others” lives more enriched…but I need to spend MORE time perusing “others” blogs?

I’m taking that as permission not to wash the clothes today, make the bed or organise a nutricious evening meal. It’s gonna be all about the love!

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It was sooo cute! After lunch today there remained this reminder of how tiny 3 year old teeth can be!

Leia had quietly munched through her fruit, leaving behind a work of art for my brother and I to marvel at!

My brother did think I was a tad strange photographing the evidence.

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Gorgeous ‘Chandelier Love’ earrings from ETSY.

Made entirely from vintage materials. They definately stand out from the crowd.

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