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I love creating necklaces expecially ones that go away from the traditional symmetrical to the asymmetical!

Recently I have got hold of some great shell donut beads, using them combined with my other favourite gems they create very unique eye catching necklaces and bracelets.

The last few weeks i have been very busy with craft fairs and custom orders, so hence a month since my last update. I am also going to be involved in an exciting new project that I will tell you more about soon, in the meantime here are some photos of some of my latest necklace  designs.

 

 

 

Recently I have got into the whole idea of 'upcycling', which basically means recycling old materials and then changing them into something new.

A lot of my copper jewellery is made from recycled electrical wire which I have stripped and turned into pieces of jewellery. However over the last few days I have been experimenting more with fabric and turning these into pieces of jewellery. I got hold of a bag of leather scraps a couple of months ago knowing that it would be wasteful to throw them away. After thinking about it a while I have decided that I am going to make cuff bracelets out of them.

Here is a picture of my first ever one. I have used an old button as a fastener for the cuff.

I really enjoyed making it and I wil be making more over the next week to sell in my shop.

 

 

Recently I have 'rediscovered' the stone rainbow Hematite. The stone is usually magnetic but the true beauty of it can be found in its colours which range from pinks, purples, blue, greens, yellows and greys. The stone resembles colours similar to oil patches on water. Rainbow hematite is given to the particular type of hematite that comes from the mine near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in Brazil.

Over the last month I have been using the stone in a lot of earrings and other pieces of jewellery.

Some photos can be seen below and also in my flickr  account.