2013-03-11 16:38
Ok I haven't gone mad, there is a bit of unbirthday fun happening over at Marlene & Shelley's Swaps Blog. A sort of a bead swap party based on birth stones midway through another swap ev… Read More
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2013-02-14 11:26
Brass bonbon dish
It all started with a bonbon plate. A lovely brass hamsa shaped one with lots of detail that I found in a local craft shop O'de Rose. It's not just the engraved five fing… Read More
2013-02-11 04:39
I found this fascinating challenge on the Bead Soup Cafe's (BSC) face book page. The hostess posts an inspirational picture on BSC's main page,
along with a short blurb to get everyone insp… Read More
2012-10-29 08:31
Earlier this year I made a bracelet from buttons. Then a few weeks ago I came across a small bag of recyclable jewellery donated by a friend. In it there was a lovely MoP necklace in shades… Read More
2012-04-19 03:11
Button Bracelet
Long time no post. In fact the well of jewellery inspiration has been pretty dry for most of this year until yesterday when I took a new friend on a visit to the so called&n&hell…Read More
2012-04-10 11:16
The non-working threads stuck down
Don't you sometimes wish you had someone around to hold things whilst you use both hands to work on a tricky bit of jewellery?
I found myself in th… Read More
2011-11-17 06:49
Green Glass Band
This weeks bracelet is one that has been sitting on my workbench for a while. I finished stitching the bead band last month in just a couple of days but then how to compl… Read More
2011-11-16 12:34
This months MJ Challenge is to produce a piece of jewellery based around the main theme of Christmas, or
one of the other themes or projects in Issue 32 of the magazine. So either a unique… Read More
2011-11-16 12:34
Pink craft wire coils made on a size 2 knitting needle,
blue glass beads and "silver" daisy spacers,
all threaded on memory wire with a simple clasp
Reversible bracelet in right a… Read More
2011-06-03 05:16
It's been a while since I made any earrings at all but recently when working on an as yet unfinished silver clay project I had a scrap of rolled out clay left. Having impressed it with a swi… Read More
2011-06-02 12:43
Making necklaces is always enjoyable but sometime when a quirky idea comes together its really fun. Today's efforts started out as a set of symmetrically strung blue and white oval beads wit… Read More
2011-05-30 03:43
The lovely scene to the left is a painting from 1873 by Berthe Morisot, the first of the female impressionist painters. Entitled Cache-Cache (Hide and Seek) it also sets the theme for this m… Read More
2011-05-26 10:38
..or any other day in my case but as Thursday is the last day before the weekend here in Dubai and a day when not much happens in my otherwise busy schedule I usually get more time to be cre… Read More
2011-05-16 09:27
Looking Across Weymouth Harbour
Its been a while since my last post, I've been on hols in the UK then seemed to dive into all sorts on my return except jewellery making. Anyway while sitting… Read More
2011-05-13 20:40
....to find that my entry in the Make Jewellery Issue 25 challenge was the winning one!
I was inspired by the pearls and chain set that was part of the Match Point designs on p27 of the mag… Read More
2011-04-04 04:15
Well I finished my four week Art Clay course and, though I say it myself, am extremely pleased with the results. Here are my final three pieces:
Twig Brooch with with blue stones
Initia… Read More
2011-03-30 10:22
Having enjoyed the Spring Is Sprung challenge set by Linda Jones at the WireWorkers Guild last month I've decided to enter a few more. Making something to meet a brief set by someone else ex… Read More
2011-03-08 04:04
Silver Daisy - my first ever piece in silver clay
Back in January I met a lovely lady, Lisle Skirker, at an Arte market in Dubai Festival City shopping centre. Desperate for a fix of jewelle… Read More
2011-02-18 05:17
Sometimes what seems a good idea doesn't exactly translate into a wearable item. It happened to me this week. Inspired by some pretty pale blue crackle beads and a desire to make something c… Read More
2011-02-03 09:31
A belated Happy New Year to all!
I've been away in the UK renewing my passport as since my last post we've relocated to Dubai and with less than 6 months to run on said passport they wouldn… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Autumn is apparently well under way in Northern Europe but here in Morocco the weather is warm and sunny for the most part with little sign of change. The trees are mostly palms or citrus fr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
So it has been over six months since I posted anything here... and almost that long since I actually made anything beady. Been busy sailing and exploring but having ended up in Morocco for a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It seems so long ago that I was sitting on my boat making a very special piece of jewellery for a complete stranger... well only a month ago and not such a complete stranger, we'd been intro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I love an inspiring challenge and when it results in something a little different from my usual jewellery choices it is doubly satisfying. The most recent Bead Soup Cafe challenge on Faceboo… Read More
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