Another variation for the purple recycled glass beads…this time with some Coopers Ale beer bottle beads mixed in between. I always love how purple and brown mix together.
7 day challenge – Day 5
Category: Recycled Glass
7 day challenge – Day 4
Today I added some sparkly tonic water beads in between the recycled purple wine bottle beads, for a completely different look.
7 day challenge – day 3
Today I had some green wine bottle beads in my collection, so I thought I would see how the purple wine bottle beads looked with them in between….I quite liked how this turned out!
7 day challenge – Day 2
Day 2 of the challenge I set for myself to use the purple beads made from a wine bottle differently for 7 days. I have to use at least one of the purple beads, but I can change anything else about the piece of jewellery. Oh, this is going to be fun!
I thought I would start with a simple change. I took the silver spacer beads out and replaced them with bright green beads! I don’t use seed beads like this very often, so I really liked the look of this change, and how it changed the necklace.
7 day challenge – Day 1
This morning I came across these beads in my collection. I remember making them a long time ago (they are made from a wine bottle), and I had tried to make something with them at some stage, but it hadn’t worked out, so they were in a bag, just waiting to be found!
I kind of felt a bit sorry for them, because they are quite pretty beads. So I set myself a challenge to make something with them for the next 7 days. Making things a bit different each day, but using them every day for the next 7 days!! I have no idea if I can do this. I came up with about 3 ideas really quickly…not sure what will happen after that.
Custom Order
I recently completed this special custom order for a younger customer! Her friend had just moved overseas and she wanted a special gift for her, made with some things that would remind her of South Australia. She asked if I could make a bracelet with Mount Compass juice bottles! She sent through a sketch, so I made the beads, and then showed her a prototype of how her design looked. I suggested some things she could change if she wanted to, but she was already happy with how the bracelet turned out. I really enjoyed this custom order.
Wine and Gin bracelet
I have been getting up super early, trying to get everything done. So I was feeling quite tired when it came to making a piece of recycled glass jewellery today. Combine that with not having a lot of time to spend on the piece.
And even though I wasn’t sure that this was quite right, I had to say to myself “just try it.” And I was quite pleased with how it looked when I tried it on!
Wine and gin bottle bracelet
I like making this style of bracelet because it’s nice to show a mix of beads in a bracelet, and they all sit really nicely on the wrist.
This bracelet features recycled glass beads made from wine and gin bottles.
End of day bracelet
Whenever I make earrings I always make extra beads, just so that when they come out of the kiln I am more likely to get a pair that matches fairly closely. What do I do with all of the leftover beads? This time I made a bracelet!
Beer bottle necklace
I loved working on this customer request for a special necklace featuring beads made from a beer bottle, with gold leaf! We talked through a few variations for making this necklace, and ended up settling on this very elegant style.
