Day 182. Colour palette that I love: red, purple and pink. Earrings that I love: mismatched. Hmm, this pair might be calling my name. And spotty, don’t forget the spots!!  

Day 181. It has been fun to see what colours and combinations of birds and flowers that people have been choosing from my new listings on Etsy. Some have gone for two birds with different colours, some have chosen bird and flower combinations. It’s up to you, whatever you prefer, the listing is for a… Read More

Day 180. Putting the finishing touches on my newsletter which will be out early this evening. It features some really cute new bird and flower earrings that you can mix and match however you like! I can’t wait to see what people pick. These little fellows were a bit of a happy accident. They are… Read More

Day 179. I made a pair of earrings on day 8 that featured these colourful spotty beads, and now I am using them again but a little bit differently!

Day 178. Black and silver bugle beads, with recycled glass beads made from a Hendricks Gin Limited Release bottle and a Fever Tree tonic bottle.

Day 177. I made this pair of earrings this morning and then forgot to post them online, so here they are, better late than never. They were not really supposed to be a pair, although they definitely could be, I was really just testing out the idea of using bugle beads, and seeing which colour… Read More

Day 176. Taking yesterday’s idea and changing it a little to feature smaller beads made from a tonic water bottle and the little pop of colour is from a Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle.

Day 175. A slightly different variation on the gin and tonic series, where the tonic bead is the feature, and the gin bead made from a Hendricks Limited Release bottle is the little pop of colour to bring out the purple tones in the feature bead.

Day 174. Coopers Ale beer bottle with gold leaf. One of my all time favourite combinations, and possibly the trickiest beads to make because of the gold leaf. So fine and incredibly difficult to work, you can never really tell what’s going to happen! Thrilled with these earrings and the pendant necklace.

Day 173. Officially one of my favourite days of the year, the winter solstice, knowing that we now start to head towards summer makes me very happy. The beads in this pair of earrings are made from Pink Depression Glass (acid-etched) and a wine bottle decorated with smashed up glass.