Year: 2020

Day 56. I love how one idea can spark more ideas! Thought I would try some different shape beads with the triangle hoops. I like this longer style.

Day 55. I have had this idea for a pair of earrings floating in my head for a while and today I finally told myself to just make them and stop wondering what they would actually look like! I have sometimes found designs can look excellent in my head, but when it comes time to making them I have been stuck on some element of the design and not finished it because I didn’t have the skills or confidence to work it out! Today I had a fairly good idea of how to make these, but it was still quite the process to get them made. Now they are made, I can see a real potential for this shape. PS happy birthday to my beautiful Ciara who turns 11 today!!

Day 54. Two more old birds that are absolutely thrilled to be flying out of their plastic bag! Thanks for all the beautiful comments yesterday, it really made my day. I had to dig a little deeper to find these birds, and then to do something a bit different with them, but I am actually glad I did. These earrings make me smile!

Day 53. This is what happens when you take some incredibly old beads and make new earrings with them! I used to love making these bird and flower beads, putting all sorts of colour combinations together, and seeing what happened when the beads came out the kiln! I haven’t made beads like this for years, I wonder if I should have another session of colourful flower making? It’s tempting.

Day 52. Love this colour combo. Beads made from a Banrock Station wine bottle and decorated with tiny bits of smashed up glass to add some colour.

Day 51. These earrings made from a Banrock Station wine bottle highlight some of the different finishes that I can use. The bead on top I have left shiny, the middle bead has been acid-etched to take the shine off, and the bottom bead has been coated with silver pixie dust while the bead is still hot.

Day 50. I made a similar pair of earrings in pink/purple tones a little while ago, and today I found these lovely blues and greens.

Day 49. I wouldn’t normally mix wine and champagne, but it seems to work so well in earrings! Beads made from a Banrock Station wine and Moët champagne bottle.

Day 48. I had some beads leftover from last week, but they were quite different sizes, definitely not a matching pair. I wondered how/if I could use them, and then decided to make these earrings. Similar but different, but similar.

Day 47. Continuing the gold and pearl theme. Lots of movement in these earrings. Glass beads made from a wine bottle, embellished with gold pixie dust.