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long green glass bead necklace

April colour play #4 – Green

The green version of the necklace and earrings wraps up colour play for this month! I hope you have enjoyed it. I am working on some new pieces for May,…

recycled glass earrings

More new favourite earrings…

OK, so I am spending some time with silver this week, trying to get some new work made for my exhibition in Penola. Yesterday I kept the silver work simple,…

long blue glass bead necklace

April colour play #3 – Blue

I hope you are enjoying the April Colour Play series of jewellery. In case you have missed any, the red version of the jewellery is here, and the purple version…

recycled glass necklace

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…

recycled glass earrings

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…

depression glass

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…

long purple glass bead necklace

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…

recycled glass necklace

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…

purple green glass necklace

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…

recycled glass bracelet

Harlequin glass bracelet

Today I needed a bit of comfort, and a bit of cheering up. It was a lot to ask of a bracelet! I didn’t really know what I was going…