Recycled Glass – Page 21 – Julie Frahm

Posted on April 15, 2018 by admin

Blue and Green plaited bracelet

Today as I was unpacking all of the beads that I took to T’Arts yesterday, I was also thinking “what on earth am I going to make today?” Sometimes I am a bit more organised than this when it comes to my daily challenge to make a piece of jewellery from recycled glass. Sometimes I have beads made from the previous day that are ready to make into jewellery. And sometimes, I’m just a bit behind, and it kind of forces me to look at what I have on hand, and what I can make from that. I find this way very stressful, but it has also resulted in some nice pieces of jewellery too!

So today I was putting all of my green beads in this pile, blue beads in that pile, and I thought “why don’t I use some of those small blue and green beads in a bracelet?”

And this is what I made:

Posted on April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 by admin

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 at T’Arts. I love my days in the shop, sometimes they are really busy, and sometimes they can be quiet, depending on the weather and other things that might be happening. Today it was a bit of both, which meant I had time to mess around with my display, and I had time to make some things, and I had time to serve customers too!

I was sitting down to make my recycled glass jewellery challenge piece, and was a bit cross with myself for not having anything planned for today. Why?? It would have made my life so much easier. Anyway, I was looking at the recycled glass beads that I had brought with me, and I was looking at some jewellery on display, and I thought….”why not take that bracelet apart and do something else with it?”

I had been super keen to make another necklace with my enamelled copper tubes, and I seemed to have a nice little selection of green and purple beads, so this is what I ended up making! Hooray for serendipity, because I definitely would not have made this if things hadn’t aligned the way they had.

Posted on April 13, 2018 by admin

Blue recycled glass bead necklace

I had no idea what I was going to make today! I was kind of running out of time too. The pressure was on. I picked up a blue bead. I felt like I hadn’t made anything blue for a little while, so it seemed like a good place to start. I picked up another blue bead, and another…and at first I thought I was making a bracelet, but when I had enough blue beads out I thought to myself “this would make a pretty necklace.”

And this is what I made today!

Posted on April 12, 2018 by admin

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 to make, but I’d had this idea lingering in my head for a while, so today seemed like the perfect day to pull it together. Beautiful Harlequin Glass beads made into a beautiful plaited bracelet.

I actually used to make this style of bracelet ALL the time, way before I started making my own beads. I made a few using my own handmade glass beads, but that was many years ago, and now that I have made this one I am wondering why I stopped making them. I really like how this one turned out.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by admin

A visit to Bethany Wines

It was lovely to visit Bethany Wines this morning! I love the drive from Murray Bridge to the Barossa Valley, and autumn is a great time to visit as the countryside is rich with colour!

Before I left this morning I finished off a couple of necklaces for Bethany Wines. I love using their wine bottles to make beads and jewellery for their customers!

Posted on April 10, 2018 by admin

Hendricks Gin bottle earrings with gold leaf

I was asked to tweak the design of a recent pair of earrings that I had made. In case you were wondering, this is the pair of earrings.

I was happy to take the challenge. I used Hendricks Gin as the base of the beads, and decorated them with gold leaf. And I feel like they have turned out to be quite an elegant pair of earrings.

Posted on April 9, 2018 by admin

Colourful flower necklace

Whenever I make earrings I need to make more than 2 beads to get a pair. Often I will make at least 4 beads so that I can get the earrings just right.

So after making these flower earrings on the weekend, I had several beads leftover, and thought a necklace like this would work well.

[Beads made from a Bethany wine bottle].

Posted on April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 by admin

Glass flower earrings part 2

I was so pleased with yesterday’s flower earrings made from wine bottles that I decided to make some in different colours.

I’m also planning to make a little something special with the leftover beads, so make sure you come back tomorrow for that!

Posted on April 7, 2018 by admin

Colourful Flower Earrings

I was asked to make some colourful flower earrings out of wine bottles for Bethany Wines, and when I put them together this morning I wondered why I had never made them like this before!

I love using old wine bottles to make beads, and it’s nice to be able to add so much colour to them just by using bits of smashed up glass.

Posted on April 6, 2018 by admin

Bombay Sapphire Gin earrings

I have had some time this week to enamel some copper tubes, and I have been really enjoying the process. I love being able to get even MORE colour into the jewellery that I make!

These earrings are quite long, quite dangly, and very eye-catching. I was already a fan of the Bombay Sapphire gin bottle glass, but adding the enamelled copper makes it really pop.