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recycled glass bracelet

Monochrome bracelet

I have been loving getting my seed beads out this year, it’s been a long time since I have played with them! Anyway, here’s a bracelet to match the necklace…

recycled glass necklace

Hendricks Gin bottle necklace

Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who sends me their empty gin bottles! I really do appreciate the effort you make to get them to me. Secondly, the necklace I…

yellow glass earrings

The cutest yellow earrings…

Remember that yellow vase from yesterday? Well, I had some beads leftover after finishing the bracelet, so I decided to make a pair of earrings with the smallest of the…

remake, remade, reuse

When a vase is no longer a vase….

…the other day my friend Jenny gave me a vase that was no longer able to function as a vase. She thought I might like the glass to make beads…

red jewellery

All about red #3

Last week it was all about the seed beads. Oh, and the beautiful red glass beads in between all of those lovely seed beads! This week, it’s all about the…

Green recycled glass bracelet

Green recycled glass bracelet

I love how the light sparkles through this bracelet! I have made the beads from a mixture of wine and beer bottles. I have decorated the beads with smashed up…

Recycled glass necklace

Cheers! Here’s to recycling…

I am given lots of old bottles from all sorts of people, and I really love that people are using me like a recycling bin. Sometimes it takes me a…

Recycled glass bracelet

Playing with recycled glass beads

I have to admit, it’s lovely when I have a bunch of beads here and I can just start playing with them, putting them together this way and that way.…

Recycled glass earrings

Coopers Ale and Gold Leaf earrings

I pretty much love everything about these earrings: Made from a Coopers Ale beer bottle Embellished with gold leaf The shape of the beads The style of the earrings! Grateful…

recycled glass necklace

Clear flower necklace

I have to admit that after making this red flower necklace, and this Hendricks Gin necklace, I have been a little bit obsessed with making flower necklaces lately! This is…

recycled glass earrings

Champagne bottle beads

I have made this pair of earrings with beads made from a Champagne bottle! I love the richness of this colour, and they do look a little bit more sparkly…

recycled glass necklace

Blue enamel jewellery

So I mentioned in this post how much I enjoyed the process of enamelling last year. I also mentioned I was looking forward to making more enamelled pieces this year.…