Announcing my next bead jewellery making workshop I am looking forward to guiding my next group of students in the making of a glass bead...

A brief review of bracelet and necklace restringing clasps used by Angela Smith Jewellery. I am often asked what clasps I use when...

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...

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...

This week I added a couple of new freshwater pearl necklaces to my website. Both necklaces feature stunning olive green freshwater pearls...

Already in April! what happened to March? Just a quick post to remind you that I have a jewellery making workshop coming up this month on...

Are you planning a holiday, or a wedding this year? Do you have a special event that you are hoping to attend in the next month or so?...

One day I got my crochet hook and crocheted some random shapes with silver plate wire. Including this..... What do you see? What could...

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...

I have finally added a small selection of my sari silk ribbon and textile mixed media stacking bracelets to my shop. They have sold well...

As a bead jewellery designer maker I am always on the lookout for interesting beads to use in my jewellery designs - I try to pop into...

It is September already, how this year is flying by! It is now time to take a look at the birthstone for September - Sapphire. Probably...

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...