Easy DIY Earrings - How to Make Them with Nothing but Daisy Spacers

Today I'm sharing an earring project from my book Fabulous Jewelry from Findings .  If you haven't heard about this book, then you're in for a surprise. There's something very unique about the jewellery designs in the book... there's not a single bead in it! Every piece of jewellery is made solely from jewellery findings and to show you how versatile findings are, this earrings project is made entirely of daisy spacers! Pretty cool, huh! If you're not familiar with daisy spacers, they're usually placed between beads to space them out and accent the bead. They add a nice metallic element to your jewellery design. Some daisy spacers are called snowflake spacers. They come in a vast array of sizes and they interlock nicely within each other so you can stack them together in different ways to create interesting bead-like shapes, like these "Shadows" earrings. The finished length of these earrings is 1½" (4cm), so they're not too l......

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Twelve Days of Christmas Earrings Volume 5..... PLUS - Modern Splendour - a Free Project!

By the time the end of November rolls around, you can feel the excitement and anticipation of Christmas building. With the countdown on 'til Christmas, there's no time to waste in getting your Christmas outfits organised. And that means planning your jewellery as well. And that's where my latest collection of Christmas earrings can help - 12 fabulously festive earring designs presented in a downloadable ebook - Twelve Days of Christmas Earrings Volume 5 . As with past collections, these designs are truly unique and absolutely charming - the perfect way to dress up a holiday outfit or to put some Christmas spirit into your everyday clothes. This year's designs use filigrees, wire wrapping and even leather,  along with  a variety of construction methods to satisfy both the beginner and more advanced jewellery maker. There are Christmas trees, snow flakes, ornaments and stars. There is even a snowglobe-style design in this year's collection - something for every c......

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Shadows Earrings Kit Giveaway - And the Winner is........

Happy Monday readers! I hope you've all downloaded the complimentary project from my latest book, Fabulous Jewelry from Findings . It's made entirely from the cute little daisy-shaped jewellery findings. If you haven't downloaded the printable pdf yet, it's still available from my website . And now, it's time to announce the three lucky winners from last week's giveaway who will each receive a kit to make the Shadows Earrings. Random.Org provided the random winners who are: Jenny Caesar Janet Green and Lauren Michelle Taylor Congratulations ladies! Please message me with your postal details via Facebook and I'll have a Shadows Earrings Kit on its way to you soon. Keep an eye out for another giveaway in the coming weeks. And of course, keep up to date with the "Wedding Collection" projects from the Creative Bride as they go live each week. 'Til next time..... Want to learn how to make awesome jewellery like this......

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Fabulous Jewelry from Findings is here! And Your Chance to Win a Copy.

I love it when unexpected deliveries arrive at my door! This week, I got a surprise delivery - one which made my day. I had hoped it might arrive before Christmas, but here we are in October and the advance copy of my new book "Fabulous Jewelry from Findings: Chic Designs using Spacers, Caps, Clasps, and More" arrived by courier, all the way from the US. This book has been three years in the making and to see it finally come to fruition is a dream come true. To say I'm excited would be an understatement! Fabulous Jewelry from Findings is a jewellery making book with a difference - there are no beads, no embellishments and no crystals. Instead, the projects in this book show you how to make chic and elegant jewellery using nothing but jewellery findings: where clasps become necklaces, bead caps become rings and spacers become bracelets. You'll do a double take as you realise what these jewellery pieces are made of! These innovative designs will have you loo......

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Fabulous Leather - It's One Step Closer to a Book

Well, the day has come.... today is the deadline for my book manuscript to be handed into my editor.  I'm not sure whether I'm feeling a sense of relief or satisfaction now that I've managed to compile all the projects and text into a cohesive manuscript AND hand it in on time. It feels a bit like I'm back at school and I've just handed in a major assignment and now I'm awaiting my paper to be graded. It's quite a strange feeling! My editor will be trying to find my "author's voice" and get my personality to come across during the editing process. What will she think of my writing style? Will she like my upbeat, "you can do it" style. How much editing will be required and how many revisions will I have to make? All questions that I will find out the answer to in the next couple of weeks.  But for tonight, I am enjoying the sense of accomplishment and taking the evening off. Because tomorrow, I start on the next BIG projec......

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It's Official... I'm writing a book!

I have really exciting news to announce. If you follow me on Facebook , you've already got the heads up, but for my blog readers I must make an apology for not letting you know sooner. I didn't mean to neglect you but you see, I've been just a little busy over the past few months creating concept designs and putting together a book proposal. And the exciting news is that the publisher has accepted my proposal and contracts have been signed. So in a nutshell, I'm writing my first jewellery making book. How exciting is that! So over the coming months I'll be pouring my heart and soul into this book. It will be a busy time with lots of projects being created, text being edited and oodles of step-by-step photographs being taken. I wish I could tell you more about the contents of the book but those details are still under wraps. What I can tell you though is that the jewellery techniques will take you where no other jewellery making books have taken you before and th......

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Iridescent Jewellery Tutorials Go Live!

I'm so excited! It's release day for the first instalment of the "little/big" project that I've been working on! Some of you have been asking what all this mystery and intrigue has been about. And now I can finally reveal: it's a series of tutorials for creating fabulously eye catching iridescent jewellery. It's the kind of jewellery that makes people look twice! Check it out on the Books page at Mill Lane Studio - it's pretty spectacular stuff! But it doesn't end there: there are more fabulous techniques to come so look out for these in the coming weeks too. Later there will be an extended version available in a book, plus it will also be released in a downloadable ebook format for those of you with tablets and smart phones. But you don't need to wait until then because right now, you can buy the printable pdf versions of just the projects that you like. So if you love my iridescent jewellery, and want to learn how to make it your......

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