Wild Wood Necklace

 

This is the necklace to go with my Wild Wood Bracelet.
Click on the image below to see details for the bracelet.

Necklaces and bracelets in this style are available for commission. Colour scheme can be to your requirements. Please contact me for pricing (click on the contact button in the top right-hand corner to send me an e-mail). I don't bite... :-)

Magic - Some Jewellery for a Change

Purple Magic Bracelet

This bracelet is made with two strands of leather (suede and smooth) and lots and lots of beads and charms (vintage and new) plus semiprecious and glass beads, lucite and shell and everything inbetween. The bracelet is wrapped around the wrist twice.

Wild Wood Magic Bracelet/Necklace

This bracelet is made with three strands of leather (1 suede 2 smooth) and lots of beads and charms: shell, mother of pearl, semiprecious, glass, wood, brass, copper, cashmiri and a lovely day of the dead flowery skull bead - too many to list them all.  This bracelet is wrapped around the wrist 3 times which make it just long enough to wear as a necklace, as shown below.

You can commission your own magic bracelet. The first design (wrapped around twice) is £25 + P&P and the second design (wrapped around 3 times, also wearable as a necklace) is £35 + P&P. Each can be made in any colour combination/theme you can imagine. I will choose the beads and charms according to your wishes and each one will be totally unique.

Just send me a mail using the contact button on the right-hand side (top of the page).

It's the Season....

... to be busy.

Here are just some of the Christmas presents I made this year. I was so busy, I didn't manage to take pictures of all of them...

Emerald Green Butterfly Necklace:

Cobalt Blue Butterfly Necklace:

Feather Black and White Necklace:

Ivy Leather Cuff Bracelet:

Purple Leather Cuff Bracelet:

Safari Flower Brooch:

This, strictly speaking, wasn't a Christmas but a birthday present for a special friend. :-)

 

I also made three hats, a scarf, some arm warmers... and painted a sunflower on canvas for Steve. I'll be showing some pictures of that soon... once I catch a sunny day, rather than this dreary winter rain. Hopefully my second excursion into the world of painting on canvas will be done by then too, so I can show you both.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and got nice presents, I did. :-)

Jewellery Party Specials - Part 2

I have a jewellery, knitwear and accessories party this Thursday evening, 26th November.


Here are some more specials:


Lovely Flower Brooches

African Fabric and Lace Brooches

A mix of African fabric (polka dots and flowers, in the colours of Delft porcelain), glittery blue and cream net fabric, organza and (vintage) lace. Decorated with buttons and beads, some of which are also vintage.

 

Vintage Fabric and Silk Flower Brooches

This one is made from a wonderful brightly coloured vintage fabric, some turquoise shimmery, silky fabric, turquoise net fabric and burgundy organza. A turquoise button and a few blue beads are added for decoration.

This one is made from a different, brightly coloured vintage fabric, pink satin, burgundy dupioni silk and burgundy net fabric. The brooch has been decorated with a vintage bead, a flower button and some sequins.

Fake Fur and Leather Brooch

Black leather, one petal layer with the smooth side up and one with the suede side up, black net fabric, a layer of fake fur and a layer of organza, decorated with vintage beads.

Prices for the brooches depend on the material and the amount of detail, but start at about £8. If you'd like to reserve any of the items, send me a quick e-mail or leave a comment.

Due to a harddisk crash earlier this year, I have lost lots of e-mail addresses, so if you didn't get an invitation, it's not because I didn't want to invite you, but because I couldn't! If you'd like an invitation, please leave a comment with your e-mail address or send me an e-mail and I'll send you the details. If you live in Cambridge or the surrounding area and would like to come, just leave a comment with your e-mail address. And don't worry, your details won't be plastered all over the net, I moderate my comments and will just take the details and then remove the comment.

Some Craft-y Things For a Change

I had a terrible migraine last weekend and needed something to regenerate. So, today was dedicated to finishing some projects and getting them all up on my blog.

Here are some I made earlier....

Denim Flower Brooch

This was a present for a friend and an experiment with materials:

The brooch includes the following materials:

Leather (bottom layer), African fabric from the African Fabric Shop, glittery net fabric, organza, denim yarn (a gift from Caroline over on Uniqart), and a recycled glass bead (from Ghana, bought at the African Fabric Shop), some embroidery floss.


I love the different materials together and definitely will make some more for my Etsy shop. :-)


Melon Lace Scarf

The pattern is from the Victorian Lace Today book, although I didn't knit the border as I only had one skein of the Malabrigo Silk Blend yarn. The yarn is fabulous to knit with and I love the final result. Sorry guys, this one is a Christmas present for a friend.



Flapper Hat and Matching Gauntlet Wristwarmers

This one's for me....

The hat is inspired by a design in Laura Irvin's Boutique Knits. The top of the hat didn't fit me (it was too big) so I adjusted it and now it's perfect. :-)


I added a rose brooch to the ruffle - although it does look great without it.


I had one skein of yarn left over when the hat was done, so I had the great idea of making myself some wristwarmers to match. The design is all my own, although the original idea with the ruffle has been inspired by the hat:




The wristwarmers were a quick knit and I think they look great, very elegant and perfect to match the 20s hat. I added a couple of embroidered buttons for a finishing touch... Easy. I'll definitely make some more of these for my Etsy shop. The yarn I've used is Rowan Silky Tweed which I found similar to Louisa Harding's Willow Tweed, although it's not quite as soft, but nice and warm and perfect for Winter.


Any questions or enquiries, please feel free to contact me. :-)

Maid Marian and Black Pearl Bracelets

I bought some wonderful salmon leather from Iceland a while back. It's so beautiful that I was worried I'd spoil it, but I really wanted to make something with it. However, as a 'tester' I got myself some leather and made some prototypes first.

Maid Marian Bracelet

Deep olive green leather with two leaves cut out and the different sides of the leather showing.

There is also a silverplated vintage leaf embellished with some Japanese glass seedbeads.

Two rings sewn onto the leather allow the bracelet to be fully adjusted. If you have a particularly slim neck you can probably wear it as a choker. :-)


Here are the leaves in detail. And below are the two rings with bead embroidery. The colours and textures just reminded me of Robin Hood, although it's not an oak leaf...



Black Pearl


This bracelet was a bit more complicated and complex. It's made to measure - this one is 6.5" (17cm) and closes with rivets and lacing in deep red satin cord.



The edges have been stamped out and cut out to give it a lacy edge. The black guipur lace has been embellished with black glass pansies, black glass pearls and red lustred Japanese seedbeads.

Above you can see the lacing and rivets. The lace and beads in more detail below. Perfect for the pirate girl in your life... :-)