I’m a day late, but I would like to wish all of my friends, customers and anyone who happens across this a happy festive season, whatever it is that you may or may not observe.
I’m spending the season with my family in rural South Australia. Above is a photograph of my family’s traditional Christmas pudding, as devoured after a long roast turkey lunch on Christmas Day. The pudding is a bit different to the regular ones as it’s quick and easy to cook, can be made on the day and – being a recipe from clearly poverty-stricken times – it has no eggs, no suet and cold tea for flavouring rather than alcohol. And, oddly enough, it’s delicious – especially when smothered in brandy sauce!
As the new year looms I hope all of you have a wonderful 2009. I’m certainly hoping for some major improvements on 2008, which has been a very difficult year for me personally.
Some succulents in my parents’ garden and their lovely bird tap – taken on Christmas Day.
Well, nearly – Christmas is almost here! And once it arrives I shall be collapsed in a heap after a few very busy weeks involving lots of jewellery making.
I thought I would provide a quick update about festive season shipping for those of you who are still shopping for gifts.
It’s now getting very late in terms of delivery outside of Australia, but it’s not yet impossible that your gifts will arrive in time as I find the post office to be very efficient at this time of year. However, as each day passes it becomes less likely. If you’d like to take a chance, visit my handmade jewelry shop to make your purchase asap.
For Australian customers, you should be fine to order by standard delivery until around 17 December. From then on I strongly recommend that you upgrade to Express Post, which you can do when you checkout from my Australian handmade jewellery shop.
Note that my suggested cut off date for Express Post within Australia is for orders to be placed by the end of Sunday 21 December. After the following day I will be away in an area where overnight delivery is not guaranteed – I can still post your items, but it’s not certain that they will arrive in time.
