Seems like I’m in a bracelet mood at the moment. i’ve spent the last few nights creating some lampwork charm bracelets in a whole range of colours. These chunky bracelets have a lobster clasp and extender chain closure. My person favourite is the autumn tones one. perfect for the current season with the tumbling golden [...]
Read more →The bracelet holds a secret…… A story told in jewels and beads! The bracelets different componants are all representative of the elements of the Nativity story. The bracelet comes boxed with a delightful poem unraveling the mysteries held within the bracelet. They are available in three sizes. Child, adult and extra size. They are also [...]
Read more →Using a glass cabochon from http://www.tanofcourse.co.uk/ and surrounding it with a leafy framework of glass beads, this is the latest work by Beadsage in his new collection of cabochon necklaces. They can be seen at http://www.beadsage.co.uk Tweet
Read more →I was sent a handful of cabochons by a very cornish lady called Tania Grey, with a great deal of trepidation, and even more fear, I ‘had a go’………………I must have a natural affinity with bits of glass, or I was a window in a previous life, but the first two seemed to have worked [...]
Read more →I’ve been battling down the hatches and starting the work up to christmas and my open house etc. Last year I had several sell outs so promissed myself that I’d get my act together this year and have plenty of stock in. This is a watch I created last night using my favourite swarovski crystal [...]
Read more →Remember that little ditty said for weddings “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” This is a piece of jewellery I have created for my sister who got married at the weekend. I made it a couple of weeks ago, but kept it under wraps until the night before the wedding. This necklace is [...]
Read more →Rainbow disks are a publishers of craft books on CD. covering wide range of subjects from beading and card making to quilting and stained glass. Disk include: Tiaras and Bridal Jewellery Projects using beads and wire Bead Net New Ideas for Netted Beadwork Beaded Jewellery Over 50 gorgeous designs and projects Rainbow Disks was [...]
Read more →Well, I’ve spent the last couple of days making watchbands out of lots of swarovski crystals. It would have been fine had it just been a design for one of our ladies on the forum, but then came the request from the US……………..I now have to keep making them until I hit on the right [...]
Read more →I am currently in the middle of putting together all sorts of wedding items for my sister and other clients. I’ve got very, very sore fingers from all the wire work. It seems that burgundy tones are very much the in colour for bridesmaids so much of my latest work has been with this in [...]
Read more →I hate to sound precocious, but seed beading is an art………..and a craft………….and very, very, very, time consuming. I have no idea why this style of beading got me hooked, I am well known for having the attention span of a fly, but it is such a beautiful way to construct a piece of [...]
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