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tonic bracelet

You might have guessed I was going to make this bracelet….

Beads made from a Fever-Tree tonic water bottle! It has been great to see all of these bracelets come together, just by changing one simple thing, we have ended up…

recycled glass bracelet

Playing with gin and tonic bead bracelets

I’ve been having a lot of fun with these bracelets. Changing one thing to get a completely different bracelet. I had thought while I was making yesterday’s bracelet that I…

recycled glass bracelet

Change one thing

I have always been fascinated with the complexity and simplicity of design! After I have made a piece I often spend a little bit of time thinking about “what if…

recycled glass bracelet

Gin and Tonic bracelet

I made this bracelet yesterday as part of my year long recycled glass jewellery challenge, but by the time I finished it, it was too dark to photograph it! So…

yellow and orange glass bead necklace

May Colour Play #1

It’s time for a new colour play series of necklaces! This month’s colour play started with a love for the season Autumn. Probably my favourite season of the year. Warm…

recycled glass bracelet

These colours were calling me back today…

Whenever I get work ready for a window display or an exhibition, I always make more beads than I can use. There are always leftover beads in various containers. Today…

recycled glass earrings

Gin earrings

Yesterday I made a lovely pair of long earrings that were very dangly and very swingy.  They were made from a Hendricks Gin bottle and a Fever-Tree tonic bottle, and…

recycled glass earrings

Getting ready for “Be-Gin Again” exhibition

I am right in the middle of getting ready for my exhibition at Local Images. The design process often takes the longest (it certainly has this time). After I’ve gone…

recycled glass earrings

New earrings…

Sometimes the challenge to make a piece of recycled glass jewellery is difficult. And some days, it’s quite simple (like today). And yet, the end result is that I made…

recycled glass bracelet

New designs…

First of all….it’s day 122 of my yearly challenge! That means it’s about 1/3 of the way through the year! Wow. It has gone very quickly, and has been one…

recycled glass pendant necklace

Gin and Tonic pendant

This morning I was thinking about what I was going to make today as part of my “Year of Recycled Glass Jewellery“, and I kind of wanted to use more…

Some lovely feedback…

I love making special pieces of jewellery for people. Robyn loved the pink depression glass jewellery that I had posted online previously, and she got in touch with me because…