P-Shine Japanese Manicure
The P-Shine Japanese manicure is a natural, nourishing manicure process from Japan which leaves you with smooth, shiny, healthy nails (no polish) […]
Curly Hair update
I finally found the best website for curly hair products in the UK, and the prices are oh so curly and lovely! […]
Keala Kennelly at the Eddie
Just an absolute legend. Can someone please write her bio soon? (Can it be me?!) And a biopic, too – feature-length. I […]
Getting Techy
I am about a week into the Code Institute Diploma in Web Application Development…and I love it. As much as I used […]
Queen
I took this double-rainbow shot yesterday on the day Queen Elizabeth II died. There was one in London that they say was […]
Llangrannog Christmas Market
This year’s Llangrannog Christmas Market is being organised by Huna Sleepwear, and I am super happy to have been invited along. Several […]
March Meet The Maker Instagram challenge
This year, I have decided to take on the March Meet The Maker challenge. It runs for the whole of March, and […]
Curly Girl Method Part 4 – wildcard products
I have a three-drawer stacker in my bathroom and two drawers is hair stuff, no joke…so I have my favourites, but many […]
Curly Girl Method Part 3 – I Love Olew
So here’s a premium (I don’t mean ‘expensive’) curly-girl product line called ‘Olew‘ (oil) and made locally in Wales too. I’ve been […]
Curly Girl Method Part 2 – For Your Curls products review
Part two is a review of a set of products I bought at the end of 2020 because they were having a […]
Curly Girl Method Part 1 – where it all began
I’ve been following the Curly Girl Method for about 15 years now, so as it’s gained popularity in the last year or […]
Yoga Zoom
Most people now have a good idea of how to use Zoom, and the etiquette that goes with it. I’ve even seen […]
Imbolc Swells, Snow and Sunshine
I tend to feel spring is starting to spring when I first see a sweet little snowdrop poking through the cold ground. […]
Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus!
Happy Santes Dwynwen Day! Dwynwen (‘She who lives a blessed life’) is the patron saint of lovers in Wales. Her story is […]
Review of my Jewellers Academy Membership – fantastic value, just loved it!
Farewell, Jewellers Academy…it’s a sad day. My subscription has run out! And although they offered a half price renewal, I just don’t […]
Clapping
Warning: not even slightly seaglass or jewellery-related… Apparently Clap for Carers started up again last week as Clap for Heroes – I […]
Launching My Business!
I have been making seaglass and silver jewellery for ten years now, since I moved from Cornwall back home to Wales. It’s […]
Hidden Treasures
Hidden Treasures now stocks Surfergirl’s Seaglass! I was so excited and happy to be asked to stock my jewellery in this new […]
Inspiration
My latest creations are stacks of seaglass threaded onto silver wire…these are ready for chain now, and I am actually going to […]
Waterwomen
Lessons from Jeju – I just love this.
Silver Open Spiral Earrings Tutorial
I’ve had this pair of earrings (left) for years, but never seen anything else quite like them on sale. A friend asked […]
Ocean Warrioress
Mark Visser jumping off a jet ski into the impact zone at Jaws…the clip is only a few seconds, and worth a […]
Winter surf
The surf was great today – light offshores and 3ft plus of clean waves rolling in. Once again I’m not well enough […]
Honey
Honey has been left alone since the marine park she ‘lives’ in was closed in January 2018. She’s fed, but otherwise abandoned. […]
Môr a Mynydd – Sea & Slate
This summer, I worked with an awesome group of local women to open Sea & Slate Gallery in Llangrannog. Its runaway success […]
Coconut oil is not poison
I love coconut oil. It goes everywhere in me and on me. I make deodorant with it, use it as a deep […]
Personal Space Cakes
I went into hospital for a day last week, the culmination of a period of awfulness which I won’t dwell on as […]
World Oceans Day
Happy World Oceans Day… Promised myself I’d get out on the water this week; didn’t happen. I wanted to go and take […]
Under Idris’s Clouds
A visit to the Cross Foxes near Dolgellau, North Wales. A chilled-out weekend, what a treat. The Cross Foxes is lovey, a […]
Second biggest cause of workplace sickness
Lord Dennis Stevenson, CE of Mind, and Paul Farmer, chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, have written an independent mental health […]
NaNoWriMo
Yesssssss…I’ve done it! Wrote 1,800 words today towards my NaNoWriMo novel. I have signed up most years and always failed. But I’m […]
Welsh Wildlife Centre Shop
Surfergirl’s Seaglass jewellery is now available at the Welsh Wildlife Centre! I love this place – a huge reedbed, lots of walking, […]
World Mental Health Day
All right, it was yesterday, but I was feeling like the picture (left)…dark, damp and chasm-y… Everything the Royals are doing with […]
Seaglassing
After a hectic summer working hard, I’ve finally had time to get back to seaglassing. I had a few chances to go […]
