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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...