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Some of the one off pieces in my Etsy shop that are ready to ship immediately.

When someone mentioned they had left an empty scotch bottle in my drawer at T’Arts I thought it was going to be brown, so imagine my delight when I opened the drawer and found this fabulous bottle. The colour is gorgeous, even nicer when you hold it up to the light. Looking forward to making more beads from this bottle.

Melted Moments Monday! Welcome to the very first post in my new weekly series, where I’ll be sharing beads and jewellery made from recycled glass objects!

This week’s piece began with a beautiful old perfume bottle. I had a feeling the colour would vanish in the flame… and it did! So I played with adding colour back in, and the result is this sweet little pair of earrings.

I’m not a winter person. I know some people love it, but it just makes me want to curl up with coffee all day!

This year I still curled up, but I also added a sketchbook and set myself a goal: regular small monthly releases leading up to Christmas. It’s kept me creating, making, and getting ready for the months ahead.

The next release will be online soon! You’ll find asymmetrical bracelets featuring a mix of my beads, gems and pearls, plus smaller earrings for when you just need a pop of colour.

Coming soon!

So many people visited @tartscollective yesterday and commented on the amazing products we have for sale in the shop. We try really hard to maintain a range of different artists, something for everyone! I have been a member for about 18 years now and every year I think the collective gets better and better. Here’s a snapshot from yesterday of some of our artists.

Spending the day in my happy place today! Lovely to see what the other artists have been making at @tartscollective recently too. So many beautiful things in one place.

The final earrings listed on Etsy as part of my Melted Moments release. I also have a discount on all items in the shop. No code needed.

I enjoyed making beads for the Melted Moments project, it was fun to go on a journey through all the old glass bottles and objects I had here. The earrings here were made from an interesting mix of bottles and objects that had been donated to me.

These timeless, long sparkly earrings were made from two different vodka bottles, an orange jug and a pink depression glass lid. I enjoyed trying a mix of different recycled glass objects during my Melted Moments project and these were some of my favourites!