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Recycled glass earrings | silver and gold beads made from a wine bottle

Day 14 – Gold and Silver

Inspired by Monday. Today’s earrings are inspired by my absolute love of mixing gold and silver jewellery together. I wear all sorts of gold and silver rings, and gold and…

Day 13 – Bracelet and earrings set

Sometimes a pair of earrings matched with a bracelet is all you need to wear. These earrings were made from a Bethany Wines bottle. The bracelet features some additional gin…

Recycled glass beads | behind the scenes

Day 12 – Behind the scenes

Making beads from recycled glass can be tricky. I need to warm the glass up first to limit the shattering of the glass when it hits the flame. I use…

Recycled glass earrings | green beads made from a green carafe

Day 11 – Green carafe earrings

A friend of mine found this green carafe and thought I might like to make something with it. I certainly did like melting this glass. It melted really nicely, no…

Recycled glass bracelet | beads made from gin and tonic bottles

Day 10 – Gin and Tonic Bracelet

I love how all of the beads work together to create a very elegant and very wearable bracelet. I made the beads from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles.…

Recycled glass necklace | beads made from a Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottle

Day 9 – Gin and Tonic Necklace

Is it too early to say that this might just be my favourite necklace for 2019? The beads are made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree Tonic water bottles. The colours…

Recycled glass earrings | this mix-match pair of earrings features beads made from a Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottle

Day 8 – Gin and Tonic earrings

Tuesdays are for featuring earrings like this pair of “gin and tonic” earrings. Beads made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles. This mix-match look is not for everyone,…

Recycled glass necklace | double strand necklace featuring beads made from recycled glass

Day 7 – Double strand recycled glass necklace

Inspired by Monday! On Mondays I am going to share a piece of jewellery inspired by “something”! Today’s double strand necklace featuring beads made from gin, wine and vodka bottles…

Recycled glass jewellery | glass flower beads made from a champagne bottle

Day 6. Sunday sets

I know from doing the markets, and from orders that I get, that lots of people like wearing jewellery that matches. I think there are lots of ways to make…

Day 5. Behind the scenes.

Behind the scenes Saturday! This year I am giving myself permission to rest on Saturdays. While it is awesome to create something every single day, I thought this year I…

Recycled glass jewellery | featuring beads made from a Bethany Wines bottle

Day 4 – Bethany Wines

On Friday’s I am going to feature jewellery made from new glass! It could be anything and I am quite excited to make that happen this year. It’s always interesting…

Recycled glass bracelet | beads made from a mix of bottles

Day 3 – Recycled glass bracelet

Today it was time to make a bracelet, and as I had already made this leather necklace yesterday, and I had everything out to make more leather jewellery, I thought…why…