Isn't it funny, every day is a school day whether you want to learn or not!  But why is it the trivial stuff that stays in your head while the brilliant strokes of genius disappear into air like a brain burp?

For example, every night after 8pm I would hear a whistling sound, every single night! I assumed there was some youth club near by coaching kids to play football, taking them off the streets, reducing crime, bringing something in to the children's lives and promoting the greater good in the world, but my hubby informed me it was the local ice cream van.  Apparently after a certain time at night they are not allowed to play their jingle, so it uses a whistling sound instead....to say I was disappointed in my local council is an understatement.

But the really, really interesting things that happen in your day don't come into your head when you sit down to write a blog (well they don't come easily to mine anyway).  I admit, I am a bit fascinated with blogging, I am fascinated with those people who have a lot of followers, how do they remember their news?  Since I have started to blog I find myself constantly thinking 'Oh now that would be good to write about' but then the interesting story disappears off somewhere, possibly the place socks go or teaspoons......but it just goes.

So I now feel the need to buy a diary, well I have a diary so what I mean is I now feel the need to actually use it.  But to do that I would need to carry it and a pen about, which would require a bag, so already its sounding like too much work ;)

On a more interesting note, we are now kind of a bit like 2 fifths of our target for our giveaway

Taylor Bracelet, 'Aventurine gemstones and sterling silver'

The Taylor bracelet is worth £25 and will be won by one of our Ruby & Rose Jewellery followers.  All we need to do is get to 50 followers and a name will be drawn at random.  If we can do it, then there will be more giveaway goodies in the future, you help us....we treat you!

A Ruby and Rose Jewellery Giveaway

Today's blog is a simple one.  We want to give away a piece of Ruby and Rose Jewellery.  So what we would love is for you to recommend our blog to your friends, we would love them to join us.


If we can get to 50 followers we will giveaway....

Taylor Bracelet

The Taylor bracelet...for more info on this bracelet click here


Your support is always so very appreciated so we love to give something back.  Can you help? There is a 1 in 50 (or so) chance in winning if you can.

The summer is here, so it is now officially OK to wear white.  'No white before memorial day' I've seen this saying lot, apparently its origins are in not wearing white shoes before this day and of course your shoes should match your bag right ;) so no white bags either...

But if you are like me and you like what you like simply because you like it then white rocks any time of the year.    Again if you are like me (then we are becoming pretty similar!) but seriously, if all over white scares the heck out of you (I have 4 kiddiewinkles, who I affectionately call the Goblins so white clothes are a general no no) then why not accessories with white, all the big style gurus say if this years trends don't suit you then why not add it in gently with accessories?

Our Floral collection is great for Summer, loads of fun bracelets and necklaces 

http://www.rubyandrosejewellery.com/cart/floral-cord-bracelet-p-34.php

http://www.rubyandrosejewellery.com/cart/beige-cord-bracelet-p-122.php

So yeah my main message today is accessorise in white.....

Speaking of which my youngest, Isaac, is now sporting his very own pearly white accessory, his first ickle toothy-peg.  One whole tooth! I wish he would keep it to himself though and stop sharing it with my skin, ouch!

I'm a Twit? Twitterer? Tweeter?

Trying to master Twitter, is it supposed to be hard? Or am I missing something?
Supposing I do manage it and then become addicted (as I have been warned can happen) then what if I can't get out of the habit of describing events around me in 140 characters or less? I'm not even sure I know what 140 characters looks like, probably less than I think though huh?

Speaking of which I have a 3500 word essay to complete, on a topic I seem to know very little about.  So why am I trying to figure out Twitter?  Well because I was told to, apparently its good for business and if thats the case then I must try!  If there is the SLIGHTEST possibility it will make me a millionaire then its worth a shot, even if all the hash signs and @ signs are driving me mad by making my page look messy.

If any of you Tweet, leave me your link....mine is @emilyrmcintyre (I think!) You never know I might tweet a 140 character or less nugget of gold and it would be such a shame to miss that ;)

Bank holidays, I hate them! They are just another excuse for things not to get done, we are waiting on a few things to happen, one of them being to do with a bank so as the title of the day suggests, this just wont get done. Also they mess around with This Morning schedule and I do like a bit of This Morning, think it stems back to my childhood where This Morning meant DAY OFF!!!

Anyway with the kids all home its been a fun day, after all the usual boring chores etc we decided a tent was required in the house.  So we spent a little time scouting about for the best place, which in the end was under Oliver's (6yrs) midi sleeper bed.  The tent is fabulous and still standing actually, even although Elliot (2yrs) is the human equivalent of the tazmanian devil (with slightly less hair and probably just as much slobbers).  So they played in that for a bit and then we got hungry...usually when we get peckish on a day off its cake or biscuit making time but our oven packed in last week and still waiting on getting it fixed so that wasn't an option UNTIL I remembered the 5 min choc microwave cake my sister told us about.

4 tbs flour
4 tbs sugar
3 tbs cocoa power
3 tbs milk
3 tbs oil

all into a mug, mix and into microwave on full heat for 4-5 mins (hope thats everything)

This was followed almost immediately by 2 full bowls of fruit salad each, I sometimes wonder why kids are blessed with teeth ??? they never chew their food anyways ...

So that was all thats new today, it was a kid day rather than work day so not much R&R news from me.  I had an email this morning from a lady in America asking if she can write an article about us on her fashion blog, which is always nice! and mum emailed me earlier with some other very exciting news which I need to keep quiet about just now, honestly though if she wasn't reading this blog, like right now, I would just spill but I can't so it will be news for another blog.

Was that you in the paper?

This week has been a mass of bead deliveries.  Its been like Christmas but on a shinier scale, yes really!  One of the wonderful things about working with precious gems is the wonderful array of colours you get, one gem can have loads of varieties and just when you think you've found your favourite another comes along.  I liken them to a box of chocolates, you have general favourites, maybe one actual total favourite and others you can see a reason for and like just because they add variety to the box.  There are also the ones you don't like so much but someone in your house likes so there is still a reason to have them there.  I am going to move away from the chocolate analogy as its 3.30pm and I get a sugar dip at this time every day and always end up eating something belonging to one of the kids!!

We had another article in a newspaper about Ruby and Rose Jewellery today, this one has been put away safely until I get round to framing it.  The last one is covered in kiss marks (my kids got hold of it!)  The pic in it is lovely, I really like it!  The photographer was over yesterday to take it and he rendered my mum speechless, no idea why, she just couldn't get any words out.........which was nice ;)

So after a busy week already I am wondering what the rest of the week holds, but tonight is Apprentice night, I'm hooked!

(since I have mentioned my 'kids' a few times, I thought I would upload a pic of one of our pieces which happens to be named after my little princess.....this is the Ava Bracelet)

Family/work part 2

Yey! Following on from my last blog, I am over the moon for 2 reasons;

1. Isaac is back to his usual self and is eating his food and smiling again, he is currently having a wee nap beside me after having a huge lunch (well huge for him!)

and

2. The photographer has rescheduled for tomorrow morning so we will still be in the paper! Now to think what to wear ???

I have been spending a lot of time optimising our website for search engines, mainly Google just now, after attending an intense course to show me the ins and outs of it all.  Well I think my brain is trying to tell me I've been spending too long on it as I spent most of last night dreaming about rose quartz rectangles, I think they were edible like ice lollies though, yes thats coming back to me now actually.....

Like these from our Florence collection, I think they look like flavoured ice now.

I would like to say thank you to those who have started to follow us, I have been having a good read of your blogs too and your pages look amazing! Hopefully I ll get more used to this as time goes on

Lovage to you folks xx

Emily