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Rings and Bits

I didn't do any jewellery making while i was away.
I had a lovely time but it was not conducive to jewellery making.
Today with no voice and an annoying cough I settle in to make some easy jewellery.

I pulled out some magazines for inspiration and came up with the following.




heart throb

ugh excuse the dry hands... man sand and salt really doesn't help your skin


Love Elephants


This is a challenge piece for crafty mamas. Simply Xmas in July. They are xmas trees. I think they need a star and some green beads too.

Hopefully will do more jewellery throughout the week.

Wire Overload

Today I bit the bullet. I have been putting it off and putting it off but it can no longer be ignored. I ordered my first bulk lot of wire. It is coming from NSW and in it the order includes wire I have only rarely used. Square and 1/2 round. I purchased the half round as it is better to bind with. It sits a little neater when doing the binds and I do believe it grips the wire better once pulled tight.

My obsession with wire is increasing. I also received some lovely wire magazines. These I will continue to collect as I go on. Maybe one day I will be able to let them go but I suspect not for many years yet.

It could be time to clean out my beading magazines.

Moonlight Magic

Do you know the secret life of butterflies? not many do. But i will let you in on a secret. When the moon is full in the sky and its silver light streams between the branches of trees in the forest. the butterflies dance turning to silver when the moonlight touches them.



Sterling Silver surrounds this lovely green and brown heart. It would hang nicely rom a sterling silver chain or as you can see looks lovely on the leather.

Frog Loves Butterfly

Frog really loves butterfly but butterfly is too clever and won't let frog too close.

I am realy excited by this piece. It was my first dive into freeform wire work and i have to admit I LOVE it. I have had trouble wrapping hearts before the shap is often lost in the wrap but not this. This is just divine. it conforms to the shape of your focal bead and sets it off.

It is for sale at etsy SOLD

I changed my jewellery aproach and i feel better for it. When I first started jewellery making I was drawn to wire work. It really drew me. the thing was i felt intimidated by it. I didn't think I could live up to it. So I stuck with beading and dabbled with the wire. I wasn't as happy with it. But I have steped out and i love it. So what if I have flops. I will learn from them.

Doesn't mean I wont be beading but my focus will be more toward my first love wire!

About time

About time I posted these items

The Blue Horizon


These beads are a mix of ones I have collected over the past year. They were milling about in my cotainer doing nothing until one day I opened the box up and thought WOW these look nice together. I have to admit I am not a beader and once I started stringing those little seed beads I really had to think about how to thread everything on so it sat nicely.

This piece is available in my etsy store. SOLD

Twiggy

My prototype. This litle bracelet is made from 26 gauge wire. It is one piece of wire twisted. The wooden beads threaded on the wire and twisted give the bracelet it's twiggy look.

The bracelet is very soft and can be shaped. The branches can also be positioned. There is an invisible clasp giving the piece a seamless appearance.

What is my favourite Colour? Pink...no Blue!

Named because my daughter can never make up her mind about her favourite colour.

this is a simple wrap using sterling silver. there is a wire worked silver heart hanging. The pink crystal and bali silver hearts just finish the piece off.

I'm debating about this piece I mayjus have to keep it for myself!

Ha!

Some very poor photos of the jewellery I made the other day.
I really should set up my little studio so that it is ready to go.




They are made from sterling silver, freshwater pearls and fire polished crystals.
The cuff is fully adjustable.

It is light to wear and looks very feminine if. Jewellery making wasn't done yesterday due to the loss of my snake. Nor was any housework and in this house I really can't afford to miss a day like that.