What will be under your tree

[bustagasket]

Dear Santa,

I have been a good little girl alllllllllllllllll year, and so my Christmas list is as follows.

WORKBENCH!
The photography set up that i fell in love with at IJL
Kiln
Lots of wonderful one day courses
Gorgeous stones and beads to work with
In fact all items in abundance
A younger body (and a nice one please not whats left at the back of the cupboard!
A loving husband (yeah like hes gonna change overnight)
.....................and a partridge in a pear tree.

Lots of Love

"Goody Goody" Su' xx

[caroleallen]

I'd like a course too. Trouble is all those sort of things have to come out of my business account for tax purposes, so I'd end up buying it for myself, as usual!

[mizgeorge]

microflame (a hobby flame would do....)
sinusoidal stake
enamelling kit

Plus the contents of my Rio Grande wishlist of course!

I think I can find everything Jason wants on ebay.....

Oh, and, er, world peace and stuff.

It is only September though

[Emerald]

i want i want i want lampwork lessons pleassssssex

[lesley]

Can I have a bigger house please, Santa, so I can have my own room/workshop? And if someone is reading this I don't mean a cold drafty shed.........I do not want a shed!

Everything needed to start soldering.

My own personal lampwork bead maker.

A big fluffy rug 'cos I like to lie on the floor and draw and my elbows are suffering somewhat.

If the partidge doesn't want it I'll have the pear tree as well.

Felix Economakis wrapped in tinsel.

[EmmaRose]

Sounds good to me Jason. Especially the eyeshadow
Pretty please Su what was the photography set up you saw at IJL??
Em

[bustagasket]

Sounds good to me Jason. Especially the eyeshadow
Pretty please Su what was the photography set up you saw at IJL??
Em

It was in the Techinal Lamps stand, they had some lovely light boxes but i was most impressed by the mechanical arm that held the camera instead of a tripod, it was so much more postitionable and wouldnt stick out in the room like a tripod, and i also fell in love with the camera and software package, it dealt with the photos so welll

[EmmaRose]

Link? I missed them!
Em

[MuranoSilver]

Technical Lamps UK - A premier supplier of quality shop display lighting, lamps and light boxes
There ya go

[Ominicci]

Nic - What is a 'water torch'.

My list would include books (jewellery related), books (fiction), and books (non-fiction) - I have a large Amazon wishlist .....OMG!!!.... as I was typing that there was a knock on the door and the postie delivered an Amazon package (textbooks for Stepdaughter and Elizabeth Olver's The Jewellers Directory of Shape and Form for me!! Cup of tea time!!).

Carole how do you get away with putting courses down as business expenses - the HMRC man said only CPD (Continuing Professional Development) courses such as re-certification/updating of qualifications for professional purposes (something you have to have in order to do your job) e.g. a plumber and his Corgi certifcation? And the initial course cost to gain the certification/quals aren't allowed either e.g the plumber has to pay all the costs out of his own pocket to get qualified (that's why there are apprenticeships - the employer pays for it normally).