Month: April 2021
Shiny and Etched Wine Bottle Earrings
If you love shiny and etched beads, and if you are like me, and you can’t decide which finish you like best, then these earrings are great because they combine the two! I love the simple contrast of shiny and etched beads, I love that the same glass can look so different. These earrings feature… Read More
Moet Champagne Bottle Stud Earrings
Necklace design
Sometimes you need to walk away from your first attempts at putting a new idea together, have a holiday on the Yorke Peninsula, and then come back with fresh inspiration and some new ways of making this necklace. I grew up on the Yorke Peninsula, and whenever I go back I just feel happy and… Read More
Hendricks Gin Bottle Necklace
Hendrick’s Gin Bottle Earrings
Recycled Glass necklace from gin, tonic and champagne bottles
Perfect Mother’s Day gift
Could this be the perfect Mother’s Day gift for your mum? A pair of earrings made from a Moët champagne bottle, along with a small bottle of Chambord Black Raspberry liqueur so your mum can make a fancy champagne cocktail next time she has a glass of bubbles? I know my mum prefers gin and… Read More
Necklace Designs
I usually start sketching my ideas for new jewellery so I can get a feel for things. Then I will take some existing beads and do a bit of a prototype. This helps me work out if what is in my head is actually going to work or not, and what else I need to… Read More
Italian glass colours
One of the many things I love about using Italian glass to make beads is the amazing range of colours that are available. It was hard to narrow it down to these 10 gorgeous colours for the Kandinsky Concentric Circles beads that I am getting stuck into making this week, but fingers crossed this selection… Read More