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pale blue pendant necklace

Prototypes, trying new things…

I’m quietly in a phase of trying new things. Some things are working, some things are not working so well. What I am LOVING is that I am not judging,…

recycled glass necklace

Just try it…

I wasn’t sure how this necklace was going to turn out. I couldn’t quite picture it in my mind. So I tried it, and well, I’m still not sure about…

recycled glass earrings

Testing out some new earrings

I wanted to make some smaller earrings today so I tested two different styles of earrings using these smaller recycled glass beads. The pair on the left are quite dangly…

recycled glass bead earrings

New blue earrings….

I had some almost matching enamelled copper tubes on my workbench, so I thought…let’s make a pair of earrings! Long and all shades of blue.

recycled glass necklace

Hooray for long weekends

I was so pleased to wake up today knowing that it was a long weekend and I didn’t have to be anywhere else but at home. We all woke up…

recycled glass necklace

Relaxed Sunday afternoon necklace…

It’s the Sunday of a long weekend where I live, and it has been so nice to have a sleep in and a little bit of a relaxing time. It…

world gin day 2018

Happy World Gin Day!

Happy World Gin Day to you! I am having quite the love affair with gin bottles at the moment. The beads in this bracelet were made from Hendricks, Tanqueray and…

green recycled glass earrings

Prototype recycled glass earrings

It starts with an idea…what if…then a prototype…maybe like this…then a few more tries…different beads…maybe this way…the joys of the design process…

blue recycled glass necklace

Blue recycled glass beads

I love how many different shades of blue I get to use – vodka bottles, gin bottles, wine bottles and blue depression glass. They all work so nicely together.  

recycled glass bracelet

Recycled glass bead bracelet

I used mostly gin and tonic bottle beads for this bracelet, and threw a few other recycled glass beads in for good luck!