Big thanks to @bridgewater_arts_centre for inviting me to be part of SALA this year. I am grateful for the opportunity to exhibit my work alongside so many amazing artists. I loved this photo, taken last weekend, of people wandering through looking at my work and the work of @rosigates. If you haven’t had a chance to visit, maybe this weekend is your chance!
Long garden flower trio earrings! Wear the flowers together on days when you need a pop of colour. Wear a flower and a bee on the days when you need something a bit quirky!
Short Garden Flower Trios available on Etsy now or at the Bridgewater Arts Centre during August as part of SALA. Mix and match them depending on your mood. Flowers one day, a cheeky bee the next. It’s like having 3 different pairs of earrings!
Introducing the Garden Flower Trios! 🌼🐝
Each set includes three earrings — two mismatched glass flowers and one cheerful little bee. Wear the flowers together on days you’re feeling classic, or swap in the bee when you’re feeling a bit more quirky. It’s your own tiny glass garden, ready to mix and match depending on your mood.
These joyful trios are part of my On Balance exhibition for SALA, now showing at the Bridgewater Arts Centre — and they’re also available in my Etsy shop for those who can’t make it in person.
Head over before they all buzz off!
Last night was the opening of my 17th SALA Festival exhibition (!!) — this time at the Bridgewater Arts Centre, in a beautiful group show called On Balance.
I was thrilled to see my Flower Garden trios nestled among so much gorgeous local art. I did get asked a few times, “Why three earrings?” and my answer? “Because it’s more fun and interesting than two.”
Honestly, the world needs more of that — more fun, more beauty, more conversations sparked by art.
August is full of exhibitions across SA and I’m hoping to visit a few more this month. I hope you get a chance to get out and celebrate too.
(Last pic is with my beautiful kids — I did my very first SALA show the year before Ciara was born 🥹💛)
31 days. 31 stories. 31 beads.
Each one made from glass that might’ve been forgotten, thrown away, or left behind — transformed with flame, patience, and a little bit of magic.
Watch them flash by… and come together in the final necklace.
This is Melted Moments. Thank you for being part of it.
The last day. Today’s beads were made from a broken Christmas tree ornament — one that fell from the tree, snapping off at the hook. I couldn’t bring myself to throw it out, so I tucked it away… and remembered it for this challenge.
The colour faded as soon as it hit the flame, but what remained were soft swirls of cream — delicate and unexpectedly lovely. It now joins the full collection on my very long necklace of Melted Moments.
Thank you so much for following along this month — and a huge thank you to everyone who has ever donated a bottle or glass object for me to melt. Sometimes it takes me a while to get to them, but I remember each one.
If you’ve got something special you’d like me to repurpose into beads or jewellery, please reach out — I’d love to help give it new life.
And stay tuned… I’ll be sharing photos of the finished necklace tomorrow!
Today’s bead comes from one of the quirkiest bottles in my collection — a bright blue glass fish!
This little gem is a reproduction of 19th-century bitters bottles, originally used to store herbal tonics and remedies. The one I had was made in Taiwan, probably in the 1970s.
I’ve been saving it for something special, and this challenge felt like the right moment. The colour melted beautifully, and I love how the little fish bead holds just a hint of the bottle’s eccentric charm!
Almost at the end now — one more day to go!
Moët & Chandon — French champagne and the bottle I keep coming back to whenever I make champagne bottle beads.
I can’t quite remember how I landed on using Moët in the first place… maybe it was the label, maybe I was celebrating something or maybe I just wanted to add a little sparkle to my growing collection of recycled glass beads. Whatever the reason — it stuck.
The colour is gorgeous and it melts like a dream. Today I kept the beads simple to let that beauty shine through. Sometimes glass just wants to be lovely.
Honestly, any excuse to pop champagne and call it “art research,” right?
I think this one started life as a big glass light cover…and when another artist at T’Arts asked if I could use it, I couldn’t say no.
One of my favourite things about doing my shift at the gallery is finding donated glass treasures in my drawer. I love that people think to give them to me instead of throwing them away.
This piece sat in my collection for a while — I wasn’t quite sure how it would behave, and I needed a little courage to break it. It was really big! But I’m so glad I did. The glass melted beautifully, and the I added some gold pixie dust to the beads to keep that soft golden glow that feels like warm afternoon light.
