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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 I liked the best. (Hint: blue). The small bead is made from a wine bottle.

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.

Day 172. You know I could go either way on these earrings…up or down! And I really like them as a pair. But if you had to choose just one way…which would it be? The green beads are from a champagne bottle and the brown bead is from a wine bottle.

Day 171. Ok, I might be getting a new batch of bird and flower beads ready to release into the world! Stay tuned, I will be sending out a newsletter in the next week or so, subscribers will get the first pick of the batch. This cute pair is available now.

Day 170. Trying yesterday’s idea with some recycled glass beads made from Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray Gin bottles.

Day 169. Some days it’s not about the colours, or the actual beads, but just about wondering how something would look a particular way. That’s how it is today. It’s not about the colours, although they are pretty. And it’s not about the heart shaped beads, although they are fun. Today it’s about what a pair of earrings would look and feel like joined together like this. I love the variety of small coloured beads, and the connection to the larger bead. They could have been any beads, but I am glad these ones worked out so nicely.