Sketches to reality!
I always carry a notebook and my phone with me, so its really easy to capture ideas throughout my day/week. Sometimes I will sketch the idea in my notebook, other…
The end of summer blues…
Here’s to the end of another month, and the end of another season. Summer where I live has been a real mixed bag this year, lots of hot weather, and…
Blue Recycled Glass Earrings
I have been enjoying trying new things, tweaking old designs, and coming up with new work as part of my “Year of Recycled Glass Jewellery“. Today I have used some…
All about red #4
A recap of Colour Play this month: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3. This final week I have made an asymmetrical red bracelet, and a pair of earrings that will…
Long + Swingy + Sparkly
= my kind of earrings! The beads were made from a champagne bottle, and the long tubes are copper that I have enamelled. I love the shades of green. I…
Mixed green recycled glass bracelet
I have mixed up beads from champagne, beer and wine bottles in this green bracelet. The recycled glass beads work well together, and I like how the drop beads sit…
Monochrome Recycled Glass Earrings
I have been having a lot of fun playing with the beads that I made from a Hendricks Gin and Banrock Station bottle. They work together so nicely! I couldn’t…
Monochrome bracelet
I have been loving getting my seed beads out this year, it’s been a long time since I have played with them! Anyway, here’s a bracelet to match the necklace…
Hendricks Gin bottle necklace
Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who sends me their empty gin bottles! I really do appreciate the effort you make to get them to me. Secondly, the necklace I…
The cutest yellow earrings…
Remember that yellow vase from yesterday? Well, I had some beads leftover after finishing the bracelet, so I decided to make a pair of earrings with the smallest of the…
When a vase is no longer a vase….
…the other day my friend Jenny gave me a vase that was no longer able to function as a vase. She thought I might like the glass to make beads…
All about red #3
Last week it was all about the seed beads. Oh, and the beautiful red glass beads in between all of those lovely seed beads! This week, it’s all about the…