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beer bottle bracelet

The humble beer bottle

I love that I can use beer bottles as the base of some of the beads that I make. This particular bracelet features Coopers Ale and Coopers Clear. (Luckily my…

blue recycled glass bracelet

Four different beads, four different bracelets

It started out simple enough. Make a bracelet using four different types of blue beads. But as I started to make the bracelet, it made me think about other ways…

recycled glass earrings

All the pretty blues…

I have used a combination of Skyy Vodka, Banrock Station and Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle glass in these earrings! So pretty….

recycled green glass bracelet

Green bracelet

Remember this necklace? Well, I had all of the seed beads still on my table, and I thought it would be nice to make a bracelet to match it. The…

colour wheel necklace

Colour Wheel Jewellery #4

What a lovely time I have had with Colour Play for this month. I have made all sorts of necklaces and earrings with the Colour Wheel as the theme! These…

recycled glass bracelet

Purple and Brown

I think purple and brown is a delicious colour combination. I have used purple frit to decorate some beads made from a wine bottle, and added some Coopers Ale beads…

recycled glass bracelet

Pink Depression Glass Bracelet

I had some beads leftover from the Pink Depression Glass test beads that I made, so I decided to mix them with some of the silver and gold pixie dust…

recycled glass necklace

Tanqueray Gin Bottle

I have tried some different types of glass this week.  Friday. Saturday. And some different types of jewellery! Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Today I have made the beads from a Tanqueray…

depression glass earrings

Pink Depression Glass

A while ago I found a little Pink Depression Glass bowl in an antique shop. It was slightly damaged, so they were happy to sell it to me for a…

recycled glass necklace

Happy Australia Day!

I have tried to capture the colours of the beautiful countryside that I am surrounded by in this necklace that I made this morning.  I have made the beads from…

recycled glass lariat

Something a little bit different

Over the many years that I have been making jewellery, I have collected lots of different types of seed beads. I used to use seed beads a lot, but I…

recycled glass earrings

Oh, these are lovely too!

Yesterday I showed you the earrings with three beads like this.  I have been wearing them ever since I made them, and they are so comfortable that I forgot I…