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Recycled glass bracelet | beads made from a Hendricks Gin bottle

Hendricks Gin Bottle Bracelet

I finished the 12km City to Bay run this morning! It felt so good to work towards something for the past several months and then actually achieve it today. I…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from a Hendricks Gin bottle, perfect for gin o'clock

Hendricks Square Hoop Earrings

I had so much fun doing the “Is this useful” series, and sharing where the recycled glass beads originated from. I think it’s fun to make those connections, and for…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from Ruby Glass

Ruby Glass

Ruby Glass was mostly made in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. It was super expensive to make this type of glass because it needed gold to create the gorgeous…

Recycled glass | cobalt blue earrings made from medicine bottles

Is this useful – post #8

I was only planning to do a week of “Is this Useful” posts. But as I was going through all of the glass objects that I had been given I…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from a Cointreau bottle

Is this useful – post #7

I have quite a collection of bottles from people, and I don’t always get around to using them. Often these bottles take some time to clean, and then I have…

Recycled glass beads | sometimes the colour disappears!

Is this useful – post #6

I’ve been having so much fun making beads from all of these new objects. I’ve been excited by the new colours of glass that have worked really well. And then…well,…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from an olive oil bottle

Is this useful – post #5

I had not even considered using an olive oil bottle until someone brought one to me asking if I could use it….

Recycled glass earrings | made from this beautiful cup

Is this useful – post #4

I was given this cup a while ago, and I loved the colour of it, but I hadn’t had a chance to use it until this week. This week seemed…

Recycled glass beads | sometimes they don't work out!

Is this useful – post #3

A friend of mine recently gave me this lovely purple bottle. It was “not useful” to her because it was cracked, so she thought maybe I could make some beads…

Recycled glass | check out the earrings made from this Dior perfume bottle

Is this useful – post #2

When Helen gave me this Dior perfume bottle I hoped that the colour would stay true, and would not burn out when I melted it. I was thrilled when I…