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Recycled glass bead earrings | beads made from a wine bottle

Simple leaf earrings

I have been making lots of leaf beads, and I have tried a few different bracelet designs already. See hereĀ and here and here! Today I thought I had better start…

Recycled glass bead bracelet | beads made from wine and gin bottles

Change one thing

I am slightly obsessed by the idea of “changing one thing” at the moment. In this latest series of leaf bracelets I have changed one thing about each design and…

Recycled glass bead bracelet | leaf beads made from wine and gin bottles

Leaf bracelet #2

The previous leaf bracelet might be a bit much for some people, so I thought I would change some of the beads around to make a slightly daintier version of…

Recycled glass bead bracelet | leaf beads made from wine and gin bottles

Leaf bracelet #1

Ever since I made some leaf beads for “Glasblumengarten”, my SALA exhibition at Bethany Wines, I have had a vision for a bracelet that included only leaf beads! This is…

Recycled glass necklace | beads made from a Hendricks and Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle (with a Fever-Tree tonic water bottle bead in between)

Gin and Tonic Pendant

I made this sweet pendant for a gin lover! She liked the Hendricks and Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle beads, so we used both of them in this pendant with a…

Recycled glass earrings | handmade glass beads made from gin, wine and champagne bottles

This morning…

This morning I think I put about 20 different combinations of recycled glass beads together. I was over-thinking the design BIG time, and it wasn’t much fun. As I put…

Recycled glass earrings | contrasting beads made from wine and gin bottles

Pretty colour combinations

I think I might have mixed feelings about mixing colours! On the one hand, I love it and I love wearing mixed colours. I am sitting here with a jumper…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from a Bombay Sapphire Gin and tonic water bottle.

Pretty gin and tonic earrings

I made this bracelet recently. I liked how the red and blue beads mixed together. I thought a pair of earrings might work well, so I was glad that I…

Recycled glass beads | handmade glass beads made from a wine bottle are using in this cute eco-bracelet.

Green Wine Bottle Bracelet

I had some leftover beads from my SALA exhibition at Bethany Wines, so I thought I would try a different type of bracelet. I am loving the textures and shapes…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from Hendricks and Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles

Hendricks and Bombay Sapphire Gin

I know it can be a hard decision to make – Hendricks? Or Bombay Sapphire Gin? Well, these earrings mean you don’t need to choose as it combines the two…

Recycled glass bead earrings | glass flowers made from a wine bottle

New flower earrings

I have loved getting ready for SALA this year, and sharing photos of my work along the way. It’s always nice to see what people respond to, and these little…

Recycled glass bracelet | beads made from wine and gin bottles

Blue and green should always be seen….

I think so anyway! I love how beautifully these colours work together. They remind me that warmer weather will be here eventually, and we’ll all be able to go swimming…