I was up early today for the Dawn Service in Yorketown. I try to get to a Dawn Service each year, and I was happy to be able to attend…
I’m testing some Tanqueray Gin beads and I made a pair of earrings with these drop beads. They are one of my favourite styles, and the Tanqueray Gin bottle is…
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…
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: it was manufactured in the 1920s to 1940s and was essentially given away in an attempt to stimulate the sale of various products or…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…