Old beads + Old ideas = New jewellery!
It has been a fairly busy week here. I’ve had a big order to fill, and lots of little bits and pieces taking up the other corners of my mind!…
Sparkly Silver Earrings
I was a bit inspired by yesterday’s earrings, to make a slightly different pair of earrings. This time the silver embellishments are on beads made from a Hendricks Gin bottle.…
Silver and Gold
Nearly all of the rings that I wear (or combinations of rings) are silver and gold (or white gold and yellow gold). I love the contrast of these two metals.…
Crochet Necklace
I have wanted to make a crochet necklace for at least 5 years! All sorts of things have stopped me. Time. There never really is enough time. Not really knowing…
Colour Play #3 – Flowers
Last week it was flower necklaces and earrings that were pretty in pink. The week before that it all started with the most colourful rainbow of flowers! This week! It’s…
My new obsession
I think it’s safe to say that making bracelets is my new obsession! So here is a little story about bracelets… Last year, just before Christmas, I was asked several…
Same same, but different….
I had some beads leftover from yesterday’s bracelet, so I thought I would make this bracelet! Same same, but different! I love having the beads around to be able to…
Not quite black and white….
I love contrast in jewellery. How a colour plays with other colours is something that really interests me. For this bracelet today I was going for a black and white…
This was a wine bottle…
I do like how I can take a wine bottle, destined for the recycled bin (hopefully), and make something like this bracelet! I have added the colour to the clear…
Shades of autumn
Autumn is definitely my favourite season of the year (followed closely by spring, and summer). But I love the colours of autumn, and the clothes of autumn, and the layers…
Colour Play #2 – Flowers
Last week I showed you the rainbow/chakra/colour wheel flower necklace and earrings. This week it’s time to change the pace a little with some transparent pink and green jewellery! I…
I did not set out to make these earrings…
…but I’m glad I did! I had in my mind a slightly more complicated pair of earrings, and when I started putting THEM together it was like “this is all…