Joshua Tree Pendants

Joshua Tree Pendants, originally uploaded by AlphabettiSpaghetti.

Custom order. Sterling silver and bronze pendant featuring pierced out Joshua tree.

Why cats should eat meat and not grain...

Fabulous new Feline Nutrition Site

I stumbled across this really informative and beautifully laid-out website by the Feline Nutrition Education Society, dedicated to the proper feeding of cats. I, and thousands of other cat owners and vets believe that a grain-based diet is not suitable for an obligate carnivore like the cat and therefore feed a raw meat based diet. This diet consists of as many parts of an animal as possible, so as well as muscle meat, cats are fed raw bone which helps to balance out the phosphorus in the muscle meat. Too much phosphorus is bad for renal health. Hearts are rich in taurine, something that cats cannot produce themselves but die without, so are fed as part of the muscle meat part of the diet. The rest of the diet is made up of various "innards" such as kidneys, livers, etc. Thousands of cat owners can testify to much healthier pets with renewed vitality. Raw meat is also a brilliant teeth cleaner. Oral health is something that is very important in the prevention of kidney disease and obviously healthy teeth mean a happy cat with that beautiful and impressive set of teeth that characterises this little predator!
I have an article that the owners of this site very kindly published, outlining my experiences of raw-feeding and how I get on with it in Italy.

Two new sparkly pieces

Sterling silver necklace with two 3mm aquamarines, two 3mm iolites and one 3mm dark blue sapphire
11mm claw-set champagne topaz on 1cm textured sterling silver band. Bling bling!!

Autumn Bangles

Two new bangles for the autumn collection. The top one features oak leaves and a 9k red gold acorn. The bottom one is a willow leaf. I have left this one unsoldered so it is in fact adjustable. The willow leaf bangle is made using 3mm round sterling wire and the oak bangle using 2mm.

New Work

I thought I'd have a bit of a change from my usual work and have made these cute spoons and a little fork. You can use them to scoop up your breakfast marmalade or honey!

Help me raise $1000 for cheetahs

Every donation made this month is being matched by CCF until the end of August. I've sold 2 cheetah cuffs, so that's $300. Please help me make it $1000 by the end of the month. The race is on!