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Making beads from recycled glass can be tricky. I need to warm the glass up first to limit the shattering of the glass when it hits the flame. I use…

A friend of mine found this green carafe and thought I might like to make something with it. I certainly did like melting this glass. It melted really nicely, no…

I love how all of the beads work together to create a very elegant and very wearable bracelet. I made the beads from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles.…

Is it too early to say that this might just be my favourite necklace for 2019? The beads are made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree Tonic water bottles. The colours…

Tuesdays are for featuring earrings like this pair of “gin and tonic” earrings. Beads made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles. This mix-match look is not for everyone,…

Inspired by Monday! On Mondays I am going to share a piece of jewellery inspired by “something”! Today’s double strand necklace featuring beads made from gin, wine and vodka bottles…

I know from doing the markets, and from orders that I get, that lots of people like wearing jewellery that matches. I think there are lots of ways to make…

Behind the scenes Saturday! This year I am giving myself permission to rest on Saturdays. While it is awesome to create something every single day, I thought this year I…

On Friday’s I am going to feature jewellery made from new glass! It could be anything and I am quite excited to make that happen this year. It’s always interesting…

Today I wanted to make a really versatile necklace, using lots of different recycled glass beads. I love how this necklace on leather came together. It features beads made from…

Last year I had a lot of fun making jewellery from recycled glass beads every day! I made lots of new things, and tried all sorts of new techniques and…