My latest jewellery offerings are peach and lemon bracelets and earrings. I spotted the lovely cloisonné focal beads on the weekend and I just couldn't resist them! I would normally pick blue-based pinks to work with (I really like the cooler colours) but these beads worked perfectly with two strands of peach coloured ceramic beads I had. I teamed them up with rose coloured glass chips and dyed lemon stone chips to create some very pretty, summery feeling jewellery. This one is such a pretty shade of peach - and it sits very delicately on your wrist. And this one uses the lemon stone chips to add some interest with a ceramic bead as the focal (love the cloisonné starfish - very cute!). And with the addition of some filigree metal beads and disks this one has a very lacy feel..... love the soft, peachy glow this one has! ..... matching earrings using hoops to create orbits around the ceramic beads. ...... and finally, this pair with rose coloured glass chips on the hoops and a flor......
I've been working on a really fun little project this weekend: making "jewellery" to decorate a little Ikea twig tree! These charms are not quite jewellery but they are definitely more than your average Christmas tree ornaments - I call them Christmas tree charms. The jewels are cast in resin (with Krafty Lady art moulds), and combined with cloisonné beads and Swarovski crystals they make chic little mini bracelets hanging on the branches. Draped with a little bit of tinsel and a battery operated light set, my little designer Christmas tree will make the perfect centre piece for the Christmas dinner table....
It seems that my daughter has caught the beading bug! She wanted to make some parting gifts for friends she had made at WYD in Sydney and decided to put her new found jewellery making skills to use. This is what she came up with...... I think she did a great job..... she chose the bead combinations to suit each recipient and then worked out how she was going to connect each of the bead components together - she even made do with flat beads in place of the centrepiece medals. Of course she raided my stash to do it but it was a worthy project so I didn't mind. And her friends reactions...... well, they all loved their personalised, handmade memento....
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