09/06/2026
I hope your Tuesday is amazing. I had a lovely day with my 4 kids yesterday we went out and about and it was sunny. When we got back we decided to sort through this gigantic tub i had in my shed. It was filled with hundreds of beads , bits of tangled chain, old charms etc from my time when i used to do more costume jewellery. I put my 1 yr old in the cot as obvs a choking hazard!! But my 4 yr old , 5 yr old and 8 yr old spent about 2 hrs with me sat on a rug in the sunshine pawing through all the beads etc and sorting it all out. Was fun. I got them a special pasty lunch and some choccy cake so they were well happy! Had a nice dinner, read them stories and put them all to bed but my 8 yr old stayed up late and helped me sort my studio. So once the bead box was out the way in another shed and my china plates ( i sometimes use broken china to make pendants with , they are pretty and unique) we had much more space to work with. We went through my whole studio , cleared it and started again. I now have a whole workspace my students can sit at and its alot better layout. I had a shelf with a tv on that I never watched so took that out , that left shelf space for my gemstones. I bought some cheap drawer storage things that stack so we sorted all my seaglass and gemstones into those. I put a old slow cooker in another gap we had created by moving and sorting things into the cupboards underneath for my pickle to go in. On the right hand side there was now room for my tumbler and my grinder. Im waiting for my foredom to turn up today , my saw and ball vice and some tool organisers to finish sorting it but im so pleased so far I have a workable space for my 1 to 1 tuition classes. So excited! Will show pics when everything is even more sorted but im surprised how much we got sorted. My 8 yr old daughter was absolutely amazing and took over most of the sorting seaglass and gemstones into colour order. I then gave her , her first lesson in cutting out shapes with the piercing saw. She sat where my students will sit and tested out the space. She cut a copper shape and next week we will do the next steps as I believe she is now ready to learn silversmithing! She loved it!