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Recycled glass earrings | green flower earrings made from a Tanqueray Gin bottle

Day 71 – Green Tanqueray Gin flower earrings

Flower beads made from a Tanqueray Gin bottle! Oh gosh, what a colour! I said to my mum over the weekend….if I am going to spend the weekend at Womadelaide,…

Green recycled glass necklace | glass beads made from assorted glass objects

Day 70 – Green recycled glass pendant necklace

Inspired by Monday. Today I get to hang out at Womadelaide again. It has been an awesome weekend and I have loved so many things about this world music and…

Recycled glass jewellery | glass beads made from wine bottles and other glass objects

Day 69 – Sunday sets

Loving this simple and pretty recycled glass bead pendant necklace and earrings. Made from various glass objects like old glass cups and wine bottles.

Day 68 – Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes Saturday. My studio is a light-filled room in my house where I can make beads on one side and then make jewellery on the other side. I…

Recycled glass beads | sometimes things don't work out quite as you would hope for!

Day 67 – Perfume bottle experiment

I had such high expectations for this perfume bottle, I am an eternal optimist I guess! I should have known, as soon as I started warming it up, that it…

Recycled glass bead bracelet | beads made from various glass objects, sterling silver spacers

Day 66 – Simple and sweet recycled glass bracelet

Definitely did not wake up thinking that this was going to be the bracelet I made today. Funny what happens when you sit down to make something new and you…

Recycled glass bead pendant necklace | bead made from a Hendricks Gin bottle

Day 65 – Hendricks Gin Pendant Necklace

Today I was asked if I did a range of simple pendants with my recycled glass beads. So today I came home and made one! I have to say I…

Recycled glass earrings | purple and green earrings made from a Banrock Station wine bottle

Day 64 – Purple and green recycled glass earrings

Today’s earrings would actually look rather fine with yesterday’s long necklace. Beads made from a Banrock Station wine bottle with enamelled copper tubes.

Recycled glass necklace | purple and green recycled glass beads made from various glass objects

Day 63 – Purple and green recycled glass bead necklace

Inspired by Monday. Today as I wandered through various social media feeds I was reminded that on Friday it is International Women’s Day. I feel so lucky to have been…

Recycled glass jewellery | green beads made from champagne and wine bottles

Day 62 – Sunday sets

I like the little speckly green wine bottle beads mixed in with the beads made from a champagne bottle. You could wear this bracelet with the champagne bottle earrings or…

Recycled glass jewellery | behind the scenes

Day 61 – Behind the scenes Saturday

Yes, my jewellery making space is always a mess! I kind of like having beads and other bits and pieces all over the desk, it can sometimes be the starting…

Recycled glass earrings | amber studs made from a brandy bottle

Day 60 – Brandy bottle stud earrings

I have been working with recycled glass for around 10 years now and I have to admit that I am never bored with it. I love experimenting and trying out…