Month: January 2018
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 pieces are available for sale in my online shop. If you are interested, here is a recap of the previous weeks. It was all about… Read More
Purple and Brown
Pink Depression Glass Bracelet
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 Gin bottle (super amazing bright green), and made a necklace with these beads that is really quite different from anything I have made before. It… Read More
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 fair price. It has taken a while to break it down and make beads from it, but I have finally done that! I have kept… Read More
Happy Australia Day!
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 haven’t used them for a long time. The other day I was thinking about making a lariat, and trying to work out how to achieve… Read More
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 was wearing them, and accidentally went swimming in the ocean with mine on today! I am pleased to report, they survived! Today I have made… Read More
Oh my gosh, these earrings!
A little while ago I made a necklace that featured Coopers Ale beads with gold leaf on them. Someone left a very kind comment saying they would like a pair of earrings like that, so it got me to thinking: how could I make earrings like that? Here is the end result! I tried this… Read More