It’s not that long before we celebrate Mother’s Day here in the UK, so if you’re wondering what a suitable gift may be, then think no further!

Silver fingerprint charms are the most popular gift this year and so, whatever age your child, or in fact, you, are, then why not treat her to a memento she’ll be thrilled with?

From a young baby to adult size prints, we design charms to meet all requirements. A pendant with her precious child’s fingerprint impression captured in solid silver is a truely thoughtful gift that will be treasured for ever. A charm bracelet with silver fingerprint charms of all her children will delight!

Was your child born at the end of last year? If so, 2010 is her First Mother’s Day which is a very significant event indeed. Melt her heart in March!

If you want an extra special version, then choose to have her charm gold plated, or even made in solid gold!

Have a browse through the gallery on our website and do ring for a chat to discuss how we can make this Mothering Sunday one to remember.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of the snow now. It was a novelty at first but is now a bore, however we had a fair amount of drizzle today resulting in a respectable amount of thawing going on, so  with a bit of luck the end is in sight.

I keep chickens and they haven’t been at all impressed by the layer of cold white stuff preventing them from scratching about all over the garden as they normally do. A few wooden pallets in their enclosure enabled them to keep their feet out of the wet, thus preserving their body heat and consequently, they all continued to lay throughout the cold spell because they didn’t need to use all the energy from their feed to keep warm. The cardboard, thick duvet and gazebo over their house helped too.They may be moving to new accommodation soon; I’ve agreed to take on three more chickens currently owned by an elderly lady who can’t look after them any more due to her dementia. They’ll need to be in quarantine as having spoken to the lady’s daughter, its sounds as if a bit of tlc is required and possible treatments as I don’t want my flock to be struck down with anything. All being well though, all the chickens can go in the new ark I recently acquired and the ducks that I may be rehoming can enjoy a small pond in the enclosure which will be away from my toddlers, as obviously, their safety is paramount.

I hope all the birds will settle down quickly to their new surroundings, and I’ll post some photos at a later date.

Whilst I’d hoped for a quick start to 2010 I hadn’t expected to get my first order on the afternoon of the first! A repeat order from a customer I’d seen in the Autumn is coming tomorrow lunchtime for me to make some cuff links for a birthday gift. A positive start to the New Year indeed

The twins go back to nursery tomorrow and they’ll really enjoy that and have a great time playing with their friends while I get to grips with some new designs I’ve been thinking about over the festive season. I’m going to combine the silver fingerprint charms with sterling silver sheet work and semi precious stones, so watch this space for new ideas for Mothering Sunday, including a unique design for a new mum’s First Mother’s Day!

I think I’ll restart The Diet again next week as I discovered a packet of mince pies which need eating………..

This week of the year is a strange one as it’s neither one thing or another. We’ve celebrated Christmas in our own individual styles and are, in the most part, planning a horrendous hangover for this coming Friday after the New Year’s Eve parties, but what do we do for the few days between both events? Our festive decorations are still up but it doesn’t feel Christmassy anymore and each day runs into the next from the last in a blur.

I guess the main point of this week is to eat as much food as possible so we can all feel righteous when we start The Diet on January 1st. I should start a diet and a daily diary to see which I fail to adhere to the fastest. I used to write a diary when I was a lot younger and now I wish I’d stuck at it as it would provide “something sensational to read on the train” or rather, while we wait for hours for one to show up. My late godfather wrote a diary all through the second world war, which was not a good thing as who knows who might have stolen it to try and assertain what potential secrets its held, but much to my dismay, shortly before he died he threw every volume away as he considered it worthless to anyone else. Imagine all the history we’ll never know about! Perhaps there were personal things written he didn’t want anyone to read but as a God -Fearing bachelor man of the cloth, I seriously doubt there would have been much scandal, only a first hand account of his time in the desert on active service.

Perhaps I would do what he did, if I had the self discipline to write my life story as it unfolds, and think nobody could possibly be interested in me, but the flip side to that argument is that I occassionally read biographies and find them incredibly facinating, so is my life really that boring? No, it isn’t, and this New Year’s Eve I’ll be reminising,  and remembering those I love, and have loved, all of whom have left a great impression upon me and helped to make me the person I am today.

So this week in the eye of the hurricane, the calm between the storms of Christmas and the New Year, let’s be thankful for all we have spiritually, emotionally and personally, and whether we do start that diet or diary, be determined to count our blessings in a quiet moment, regularly, come what may.

Happy New Year to you all

Pass the chocolate…………

I have been delighted to have had so many Dads contact me who wish to splash out a bit more for an even extra special gift for baby’s mummy, and have decided to get their silver fingerprint charms gold plated. This is a service we offer as an alternative to solid silver or inded solid gold. If this is an option that would delight the lady in your life, then hurry to contact us because gold plating takes longer than plain silver and therefore more time is needed to be certain of delivery before Christmas.

I had a wonderful evening last night at the Weald School’s Christmas Pamper and Shopping Evening which was the first event of this type for the school, and was a huge success all round. Lots of stallholders were there, the hall was decorated, ladies were treating themselves to being pampered by manicurists and beauticians, and I was eating mince pies The event raised over £800 for the school, everyone enjoyed themselves and I had a lot of interest in my fingerprint jewellery stand with jewellery parties planned as a result of them seeing me, so all in all, a brilliant night, and well done to all involved.

It was great to meet lots of new people at the Designer Baby Show in Slough yesterday, and I’m delighted to have been asked to make bespoke charms and silver fingerprint jewellery, as I love to design one off pieces that I know will be treasured by the recipient.

I’ve been very busy finishing silver fingerprint jewellery secretly ordered by Dads and have had such positive feedback from them, and the other mums who’ve collected cuff links for their husbands, that I’ll include some more comments in our ‘What People Say’ page on our website. I get such a buzz when I receive remarks such as “it’s beautiful and my wife will love it!” or “my husband will be thrilled with his cuff links that have his daughters fingerprints on them!”

If you have a nickname for your husband or wife and would like it included on a silver fingerprint charm, pendant or key ring, for example, then contact me and I’ll be delighted to design a piece especially for you! Pet names I’ve been asked to engrave have included Didi, Avo and Mouse, so don’t be shy and let me know how to make your silver fingerprint keepsake extra personal.

This is a particularly lovely charm bracelet that is both silver and sparkly for the lady that loves crystals. The chain is a light weight paperchain decorated tastfully with three Swarkovski crystals in a choice of colours, either clear, blue, pink, lilac or green.

The solid silver fingerprint charm can be made in a heart, oval as shown, circle, square, teardrop, blossom or rectangle, and there’s a small space on the back for a date.

The light dances off the crystals beautifully and this jewellery is bound to be noticed, so get your orders in quickly!

The Create An Impression studio is based near to Dorking in Surrey, so if you are able to come to us so we can take your childs fingerprint then the absolute last day for appointments is December 11th, provided you are able to collect your finished jewellery. If you can come to us but wish your jewellery to be posted to you then the last appointment is on 4th December.

If you require a moulding kit to be sent to you then the last order date is 27th November.

We reserve the right to turn orders away if we are so inundated that we can’t guarantee their dispatch in time for Christmas, so please order your silver fingerprint charms early to avoid disappointment.

Please also think ahead to order gifts for New Year birthdays.

Create An Impression are thrilled and excited to be exhibiting at the forthcoming Designer Baby Show which is to be held at Spirit Conference Centre, Farnham Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4U between 10am until 5pm.

“The beautiful range of maternity wear, baby clothes and accessories the whole ambience is designed to make this the most valuable, inspiring and enjoyable way to source everything you need for your pregnancy, baby & toddler. In a single day you’ll meet more than 100 of the finest specialists and enjoy a truly superb day. Bringing together both high-profile brands and less well-known names (those hard-to-find but brilliant-to-discover companies), The Designer Baby Show presents the most covetable collection of 100 companies offering everything for stylish mummy’s to be to babies and toddlers.”

Annabel Karmel is going to open the Show at 10am and there will be demonstrations and celebrity speakers.

Create An Impression is offering 10% off all orders taken at the show so come along and see us at stand C19.

Does the Grandfather in your family tend to be the most difficult to buy a gift for during this holiday season? Ours is and often says, when asked to come up with an idea, that he doesn’t want a gift as just being with his family is enough, but he always needs more socks.

The Grandfather in your family may be your Dad, the Grandfather of your children, so, instead of socks, it’s a certainty that he would dearly love to have the fingerprints of his young grandchildren close to him, so he can show them off to his friends at the bowling club, just as mine did. It’s usually the doting grandmothers who can whip out the boasting book in a flash, so give Grandad a chance with one of these sterling silver key rings with the impression of his grandchildren on a square, rectangular or circular charm in solid silver, which he will treasure forever, and show his friends with at every opportunity.