Purple and green recycled glass necklace
I tend to work with a lot of green, brown and blue glass – think wine, beer and spirit bottles. Luckily I really like those colours, so it’s easy to…
Purple and Green earrings
I’m working on some new jewellery for the T’Arts Mother’s Day window. The theme is Mother Earth, and I’ve used all sorts of purple and green glass objects to create…
A brief history of Depression Glass
A brief history of Depression Glass: it was manufactured in the 1920s to 1940s and was essentially given away in an attempt to stimulate the sale of various products or…
Flower Stud Earrings
I’ve been busy making flower stud earrings in a range of recycled glass colours. In this photo you can see Banrock Station, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Skyy Vodka, Hendricks Gin and…
Gin and Tonic Earrings
So I had to follow up today with a pair of earrings that I made from a Hendricks Gin bottle and a Fever-Tree Tonic bottle! I really like the speckles…
Gin and Tonic
Last week I was making a couple of Gin and Tonics, when I had a tiny little brain wave. Instead of trying to find a clear gin bottle for my…
Pink Depression Glass
I was recently asked to make a necklace, bracelet and earrings with Pink Depression Glass. We talked back and forth for a while about what that might look like. This…
April colour play #2 – Purple
As part of Colour Play each month I like to make some new jewellery. This month I have made the same necklace and earrings, in a variety of colours. Last…
Beer bottle necklace
My husband loves my work! Don’t get me wrong, we don’t drink all of the alcohol bottles that I use to make beads. I get a lot of gin and…
Blue and Green plaited bracelet
Today as I was unpacking all of the beads that I took to T’Arts yesterday, I was also thinking “what on earth am I going to make today?” Sometimes I…
Serendipity!
I was supposed to post this yesterday, but after a long day at T’Arts and then coming home to my family…it just didn’t happen. Here it is… Today I worked…
Blue recycled glass bead necklace
I had no idea what I was going to make today! I was kind of running out of time too. The pressure was on. I picked up a blue bead.…