These earrings! Super sparkly and colourful. They were made to coordinate with the bracelet from yesterday, and a necklace that I will show you soon…I love how an empty wine bottle can be transformed into a beautiful piece of jewellery.
I think this might possibly be the cutest bracelet I have ever made! The other day I was making beads using a wine bottle, adding red frit to them, and after I made some round ones, I made some small flat ones. As soon as I saw the beads I thought to myself “keep going” and I ended up making quite a few of these small flat beads.
I couldn’t wait to open the kiln the next day and see how they turned out. I quickly cleaned them, and made this bracelet, and I’m so happy with the way this turned out. I can see myself making more of this style going forward.
Following on from yesterday’s post, this bracelet was made with Hendricks Gin Bottle beads. I love how the dark brown beads look black when you wear them, and are such a pretty contrast to the silvery beads in the bracelet. Really loving the Hendricks gin bottle, and wondering why I didn’t smash it sooner to make beads!
I was given an empty Hendricks Gin bottle a while ago now, and I have kind of held onto it, waiting for the right time to smash it and turn it into beads! Then I was given another empty one not that long ago, and then I was given an actual bottle of gin for Christmas! So, with three bottles to play with it felt like the right time to smash one of them and start making beads. And I’m glad I did, because the glass is lovely to melt, and the end result is a super dark brown bead that looks really elegant. I have made the first beads into a pair of earrings, and I’ll be making a bracelet to share with you very soon.
I love the way these handmade recycled glass beads in assorted blues blend together. From the lighter wine bottle colour, through Skyy Vodka, and back to Bombay Sapphire Gin. All so lovely.
All the pretty greens in this bracelet. Ranging from Peroni Beer bottles to French champagne bottles, and some Green Depression glass thrown in for contrast!
I have been wearing this bracelet for a while today, and I have to say it’s actually behaving quite nicely, with the disk beads staying on the top of my wrist. Yay!
Wine bottles come in all sorts of colours, but the pale blue bottle is still one of my favourites! I have used a wine bottle to make all of the beads in these earrings, but they all have different finishes, making the end result very pretty indeed.
I love this combination of colours. Recycled glass beads made from a Banrock Station wine bottle plus a Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle. Bliss.
If you have ever had a bottle of Coopers Ale, you might know that it needs to be rolled before you open it. Well, I feel like I am on a bit of a Coopers Ale bottle roll at the moment with this project. Today I am featuring a pair of earrings with a lovely contrast in all of the beads. The same glass, from the same Coopers Ale beer bottle, finished three different ways. Subtle, but so pretty.
Beer bottles and gold leaf are always a winning combo! I’m quite fond of this particular necklace. I love how it really shows off the shape of the beads, and the gold leaf. So pretty, I think I might make some in different colour combinations…
