Can you believe it? In addition to the Valentines competition I've decided to do this... on all orders made through the website that are £12.00 and over, I'm going to throw in a free handmade Valentines card. This website has all the ingredients for that thoughtful and perfect gift.

Not only do I include p+p in all my prices, but I will thoughtfully gift wrap each item you buy, include a gift tag (which can be written for you if you wish) and now also send you a free Valentines card made by my own fair hands. These cards are not to be sniffed at... especially as they range from £2.00-£4.00 per card. Each has totally unique and you can choose between male and female cards.

Just make Handmade Jewellery your first stop for Valentines goodies and you're halfway there!

So it's here!! The new giveaway competition. I've been madly making lots of lovely gifts for Valentines and I want the world to know about it! One lucky fan will win a very fine piece of jewellery worth £20.00 for five seconds of their time and a few clicks... this is what you have to do:

The next status (which will go live at 20:15 GMT today) is my special Valentines post. To be entered for the competition, you must share it with your facebook friends (a little personal comment would also be much appreciated!). New people who become fans of the page, can also share and enter. The status will re-entered regularly on the wall throughout the competition for easy access. After the first five shares from different people the competition is officially on!

The deadline for shares is Thursday 9th Feb at 19:00. All those who share starting tonight, will be entered into the draw, and a winner chosen by random.org. The result will be announced later that evening. Any deleted shares will be withdrawn. Lets hunt some fans!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Becky-Toughill-Handmade-Jewellery/231722233521230

For those of you who live locally, I've added a new left hand tab called 'Events'. My New Year's resolution is to 'get out there' a bit more, as it's always nice to meet new creative people, as well as forge links with new clients. So, I have named a few events I did last year, and hopefully the list for this year will grow and grow. If you want to hold an event in your area, please fill in the contact form and I will get straight back to you. Here's the link for events:

http://www.beckytoughill.co.uk/events.html

In other news, I'm currently putting the finishing touches to my Valentines cards during the day. New photos are going on in the evenings, and I will be listing new pieces on Folksy this week to get a wider audience.

This evening, I will be announcing a Valentines competition for anyone who shares a magic link, and all Valentine's orders made through the website will receive a 10% off next order voucher.

If you've not been over to the galleries yet, here are a few new pieces to wet your appetite with links to each.

Hi everyone and hope your January is going swimmingly. Here's the link to my 'sold' gallery, if you've not noticed it mysteriously springing up on the left hand side.

http://www.beckytoughill.co.uk/sold.html

It features recently made and sold items, so you can keep track of what is popular and what you may have missed.

The good news is, if you see something in the sold gallery you like, you can always email me and if I have enough beads that are similar, I will always try to design a piece that fits your requirements. Remember, I don't make duplicates, all my work is one off and embraces the beads I manage to source and find on my hunt for treasures. I will endeavour however, to match colour schemes to be the best of my ability.

News of events up and coming to follow, along with more content in the galleries when I've photographed everything.

Tomorrow evening there is going to be a discounted sale of items for FANS of Becky Toughill Handmade Jewellery on Facebook, beginning at 7pm, one every ten minutes. The first person to comment on these specific items will get it at that price. Each item will come giftwrapped and posted first class. Any items not commented on by 10pm will be removed. Please spread the word!!

To celebrate Christmas, I am giving away free postage and packaging to orders, with luscious gift wrapping, care cards and money off the next order when a purchase is reviewed on Free Index. And the Christmas orders are arriving thick and fast, so bag yourself some handmade jewellery now, before it is too late. 

I recently made some great memory wire bracelets, which I've put on Facebook, and in a bid to get more likes, when we hit 100 likers, I'm going to select one person at random and they will win a beautiful piece of handmade jewellery worth £15!! The more you spread the word, the higher the figures. When we hit 200, there will be two give aways and so on. Thanks to all the lovely people who have been sharing my link on facebook too and following me on Twitter. You're fab and great and totally on the Christmas card list!! 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Becky-Toughill-Handmade-Jewellery/231722233521230?ref=tn_tnmn

Thanks to everyone who has been showing their support and placing orders for Christmas - I have been dreaming of beads and threading and my eyes have gone googly with joy at the amount of commissions I've been making.

I have new designs that I am currently working on too - these will be going online very soon and I will put some links on here too.

Lastly, a big push on the facebook front! I'm working towards a target of 100 likers by the end of the week, and 200 by the end of next month, so PLEASE, share the Handmade Jewellery link, and get word out so we can run more prize draws and touch more people with the beady bug.

This is a post to thank Rikki Scott and all the wonderful staff and patrons at The Crown in Melton Mowbray, for their warm welcome and support at this evening's jewellery event. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and was made to feel welcome from the moment I entered. A fab group of people, with a passion for jewellery which is always good to see. We raised a really encouraging amount of money for charity from the raffle, and with more commissions to come, hopefully the total will go up further. A lot of the items on the site have consequently sold, which is wonderful, and I will be madly making more pieces very soon for more Christmas purchases. 

Thank you to everyone who made the evening fun, and bought an item of jewellery, greetings card, bow or tag! And thank you to Rikki for letting me show my pieces, it has been an absolute pleasure! 

On 10th November (Thursday) I will be holding a jewellery exhibition and craft sale at The Crown pub, in Melton Mowbray, just by St Mary's Church. Please pop down and show your support, or have a quiet drink. There will be jewellery, gift tags, Christmas cards and handmade rosettes on sale and a raffle will be held in aid of MacMillan Cancer Charity, which I will be donating to personally.

Grab a great Christmas gift, from 50p stationary, £5 earrings and luscious necklaces for under £20.

I am so grateful to those who take the time to review their purchases from me. Here is the latest feedback from a freshwater pearl purchase:

'My friend loved it thanks. She has worn it every day since I gave it to her. Thanks, your work is always great!'