Ruby Slippers

This week, I stocked up on a crazy amount of red glitter.
To make these little shoes sparkle.
It has been worth it!



For more, Click HERE to head over to Temporary:Secretary to browse through our new products.

Last Posting Dates Info.

To avoid disappointment, please ensure you order before these dates (17th Dec) for your parcel to reach you in time for Christmas. We will continue to post orders out on the same day as you ordered or next day during the festive season.

There will be no Royal Mail collections/deliveries from the 25th December - 28th December, therefore, Temporary:Secretary will be taking time off on these dates, and will resume normal business on 29th December 2009.

New Products in for Christmas.

This Reindeer necklace may only be around for the Christmas holidays. We've got some in gold, but after a recent revelations, I have also ordered some in silver - Which do you like best? Gold jewellery or silver jewellery?



This is a one-off necklace, take a look at it here.


People always go crazy over name necklaces. But how about your very own cameo pendant, with your name on it! You can have anything written on it (up to 9 characters). As I mentioned, this could be Dollface, pooface,..... whatever your nickname may be! Colours will be selected at random, but please feel free to email me if you have a favourite/preference colour.


This necklace is in homage to my two favourite shows! Ugly Betty and Gossip Girl! Again, please do let me know if you have a fave colour so I can make your initial in your chosen of colour. If you'd like this in a regular gold or silver chain - just get in touch!

I thought, that at this time of year, where we are all shopping gifts for others - why not treat yourself sometimes! These animal print heart necklaces are only £5. Bargain!

One of Temporary:Secretary's best sellers are the pink ice cream earrings. They've been on the website since Tempsec started. So I thought that it was definitely time to introduce some new ones! The double scoops! Complete with a sparkly, glittery cherry on top! Yum! You can find both ice cream earrings on the site at www.temporary-secretary.com


One sugar and a drop of milk! Just like my mum likes her cuppas! She'll be getting one of these necklaces for Christmas - I hope she doesn't read this.......!


I am very excited about this products, I am a sucker for all things sweet. I can't say no to cupcakes! I can't say no to any cake! I think you all know that by now! Here's a little preview of a new cupcake charm bracelet. More to be announced soon! Keep your eyes peeled!

Last, but not least... I thought I'd let me blog readers in on the treat. For a few weeks now, I've announced giveaways, free offers and discount codes on Twitter and via Facebook. The latest offer is some delish perspex cherry necklace! Add us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more treats. Some apple necklaces coming next!

Here comes the birds!

A flock of birds has made it's way to Temporary:Secretary!

Let me introduce you to them!


Firstly, this is Mr and Mrs Bird. They look cute and soooo in love, right? Look closely.

They have been together for 20 years and they bicker all day long. Look at Mr B, he can't even stand the sight of Mrs B anymore. And she looks like she's about to peck him right in the brain box! Don't worry, though. They love each other really!!

She's small and pretty and very super duper cute! Little Miss Tweet aka Cheryl Tweety comes from the land of Newcastle where she was bought up by a bunch of rogue magpies.

Say hello to these 3 boggly eyed buddies. Coo-cooo.

One is all green and looks like he's about to barf on you. (Don't worry, he will pull himself together by the time he reaches you!) The other is all nice and beige with a rather fabulous dash of blue to the wings. And finally, there's an emo owl too, who sometimes thinks he is a ladybird...

Yesterday, against the emo owl's wishes, they decided they would form a boyband called The Fuzzy Owls. La la la laaaa.

These two lovebirds just want to be left alone!
They have no face.
They have no eyes.
But they do have each other!
True love!!!



Meet the Swooping Swallow. They told him "You'll stay like that when they wind changes direction"... He didn't listen and he's stayed like that with his wings stretched out ever since. Ouch.

Meet them and more creatures over at www.temporary-secretary.com

Strange meowmeow.

Here's Oscar. My little helper. Slacking off for a little snooze!
Just chilling in the sink....asleep whilst sitting up.
He is a strange one.
What strange things does your pet do? Share your strange pet pics!

Brrr!

We were very lucky that the sun decided to stay throughout September.
Autumn is in full swing, but Temporary:Secretary has the solution to keep you cheerful throughout the cold and grey days! We have some new products on the site, and some exciting new things to come during December. Look out for some new goodies after the New Year.

Please check out www.temporary-secretary.com for more info and price points.

Dream solution

CLICK HERE for Miss Dollipops blog see the dream solution that Lady Loveheart & Crosses and my other craft sisters have come up with to tackle this strike! It involves lots of tea parties, a bunch of kitschy craft girls, and a pink delivery bus! (/ our very own mobile boutique! Honk Honk!) You can imagine how whimsical and kitsch it could be!

No rules other than parcels will be delivered... and our cupcakes must be accessorized! A show of hands to those who would like to see the reality of this happen one day! me me me!!

Image credit to "A Fanciful Twist"

Image credit to "A Fanciful Twist"

Postal Strikes for the 112239th time this year...

Since this summer, there seems to be a postal strike at least twice a month. Many of these occasions were not publicised and initially, quite naturally, I assumed it was over money and wage. I never knew the extend of consequences bought on by strikes. I thought things would move on very quickly and tomorrow would be back to normal. For some reason, I didnt think so much about the result of backlogs. When I heard 25million undelivered parcels were stuck in a london depot, I got angry!

At first, I got angry about it not because it was affecting Temporary:Secretary, (important things that I ordered for wholesale clients have still not reached me. I've been waiting 5 weeks for my parcel now.) but because I thought it was selfish of the postal workers to not be thankful that they've already got a job and income in this difficult economic climate. As a newly graduate who is not able to find a job, I felt that if I was a post(wo)man, I would be more grateful and get on with the job as intended.

Recently, the postal strikes have been on the news, and all the bad publicity they are getting are no doubt going to hit Royal Mail Company hard in the nuts! Royal Mail have had multiple opportunities to stop these strikes, to sort the problem out, regain customers confidence, and to get on with that funny little thing called life. To no avail.

It made me think the other day, why these postal strikers keep doing this, for biting the hand that feeds them. Things must be bad. I have read stories from postmen and they seem to be pretty unhappy how things are managed. I'm starting to understand some of the questions I used to have. Like why does my mail used to come at half 8 in the morning, but now it's half 1 in the afternoon! Perhaps, at the end of it all, the strikes are ultimately about pay, about the possible loss of jobs. Whatever the problem, Royal Mail and the government can intervene and fix it. The company itself, are too, biting the hand that feeds THEM.

It is easy to blame the postmen and to rant about how useless and selfish they are being. But the lack of compassion shown by Royal Mail goes to show. As a company with a lot of responsibility and one that the nation relies on, why are they not doing all they can to stop the strikes from happening? They know that without postmen, there's no one to keep their company running. Is it not common sense to prevent events such as strikes?

Late bill payment fees and interests are being charged, school and job applications delayed, deadlines missed, charities sufferring and affected, and the people anticipating hospital results through the post - it must be frustratingly agonizing.

Please know that all Temporary:Secretary orders will not be posted until the strike is over. (from 21st October - 26th October). I'm sorry for the delays and inconvenience.

ps. 25million backlogged mail has now become 30million. Let me know where I can volunteer to help shift this and LETS JUST GET ON WITH IT!

New products!

A few new products are or will be about to emerge on Temporary-secretary.com this week. There are so much more coming soon in preparation for Christmas! Its never too early to make a wishlist!

Keep an eye and don't forget to let me know what you think, and which one is your favourite. I love the Mitten brooch!

I am also open for requests, suggestions and custom order - especially with Christmas coming up and you want to purchase something extra special for your extra special buddy old pal!

You can find all these item at Temporary:Secretary website.

Summer is officially over.

Summer went by so quickly, I can't remember much of it!

This is the first september of my life where I don't feel that horrible "dreaded" feeling of a new school/college/uni year. Little sister V started her first day at secondary school last week, it makes me feel like I need that feeling back. That is, until I saw her new timetable. Maths on Monday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and Friday morning! Oh, yuck!! Glad I'm not her!

I hope you all had a gorgeously sparkly summer! Roll on Christmas!

It will be summer again before we know it!