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Summer time fun – school is out and summer has arrived
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I Saw (at least) Three Ships…..
Unlike the christmals carol, we in fact saw over 20 tall ships, and not on Christmas Day but in August in Belfast harbour, where amongst other things, they built the Titanic! Yesterday was the day we chose to visit the Tall Ships Maritime Festival in Belfast, along with 100,000 other visitors. One of the many…

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Janmary Designs – exciting times for my handcrafted jewellery business
It is all happening here with my business Janmary Designs. I never imagined when I started back in 2009 just where this journey of running my own business would lead within 2 years. Here’s what has been happening recently: a new logo (with the help of Nic Charlton) a new website (with the help and…