learn a few techniques to embellish metal geometric shapes with beads to make earrings and pendants

I have created a couple of items of wire and bead crocheted jewellery in the Suffragette colours of White, Purple and Green

You know those small packs of playing cards you get in Christmas crackers, the ones that are too small to play with.... These..... Let me...

I was privileged to have been invited to provide some of my bridal jewellery and tiaras for a styled wedding shoot last month by the...

Are you a knitter? Have you ever thought about knitting jewellery with wire but not had any idea about where to start? What type of...

Last weekend I attended a craft and Makers Market in Newport, Shropshire. The theme for the day was Halloween, which is not something I...

It isn't a secret! Most people realise that plastic melts. Did you also know that if two pieces of plastic melt together they will fuse...

I would hazard a guess and say that almost everyone has enjoyed completing a jigsaw at some time. I still remember with fondness some of...

A couple of weeks ago I made the decision to act on yet another idea that had been forming in my head for a month or so. I have two...

This weekend I made an attempt to clear some of my work room, this involved reorganising my boxes of beads to make room for other beads...

It has been a while since I visited my hoard of paper clips - today I couldn't resist! I seem to accumulated them over the years, in...

Today saw me revisit one of my old designs and adapt it. When I say old, I mean over ten years old - it is one I used to knit fairly...

Gnosall, Staffordshire. Yesterday afternoon I held my first Jewellery Making Workshop of 2023! Setting up, I realised just how many beads...

Do you wear odd earrings? Do you just have one ear piercing or an odd number of piercings? I do A year after I first had my ears pierced...

The traditional birthstone for November is Topaz. The gemstone Topaz is a silicate mineral of Aluminium and flourine. It is one of the...

What a stunning gemstone October's birthstone opal is! I would love to create something unique and original with some of the beautiful...

We are well into August now so it is time to take a look at Peridot the birthstone for August. Peridot, also known as chrysolite, is an...

I cannot believe it is July already! Which means it is time to have a look at July's birthstone, Ruby. Ruby is a gemstone which is pink...

The month of June boasts three birthstones; Pearl, Alexandrite and Moonstone. I shall be concentrating this post on Pearl though, as I...

Today I am taking a closer look at Emeralds - the birthstone for May. Emerald is a green, bluish green gemstone and variety of the...