As I mentioned in my last post, June was a total whirlwind. I am pleased to say that I was swept along by it and landed safely in the first weekend of July with absolutely no extra activities planned and my spectacularly noisy neighbour appears to have gone away so it was quiet too. I... Continue Reading →
I fear that my blog has become a little bit a case of 'here is what I made and, oh look, it's listed on Etsy'. I never wanted my blog to come across as a selling page and continued with it as a way to show some of the process and discuss any problems or... Continue Reading →
A few week ago I was asked again by Beads Direct to design a piece of jewellery and write a tutorial for their website. I was required to use beads from their new stock. Before replying I had a quick look through their 'New' section and found the most gorgeous Agate beads in so many... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid I would spend hours with lengths of embroidery floss making friendship bracelets. I was always delighted when I learned a new knotting technique and intrigued to see how it would look in different colours. I suppose not much has actually changed since then only now, instead of embroidery thread, I... Continue Reading →
I made these some time ago but never got around to blogging them (mainly because I'm pretty rubbish at blogging at the moment!) My aim was to give the impression of a delicate lace pattern but in polymer clay. I figured that using black for the 'lace' and translucent to support the pattern was the... Continue Reading →
Learn to make polymer clay bargello with this simple step by step tutorial. Create unique jewellery from left over scrap clay.
I had intended to post one of these pictures last week but the week just flew by and before I knew it I was eating chocolate and drawing an Easter rabbit so it is a bit of a 'buy one get one free' blog post today! As always, when the kids are on school holidays... Continue Reading →
It seems an age since I last wrote a blog post. In all honesty I haven't had much new to show as I ended up making more Leopard print jewellery for my Etsy shop and I don't want to get too boring by showing the same thing over and over. I always underestimate how long... Continue Reading →
Just after Christmas I doodled some rather fun, bright Toucans in my sketch book and used my Mozart brush pens to colour them. I think the dull grey weather was getting to me. I shared a photo of my picture on Instagram and was totally chuffed when Mozart Supplies shared my picture on their own... Continue Reading →
It seems five minutes since I was blogging about my Christmas decorations and now here we are, nearly half way though January and life has returned back to normal. I think part of the reason that the whole time passed so quickly was because I knew that just after Christmas my leopard print jewellery was... Continue Reading →
The Artisan Duck 