Here are the newest additions to my Autumn and Winter collection. Soon to be found on my website littlehousejewellery.co.uk and in my Etsy shop.
www.littlehousejewellery.co.uk. Thoughts, inspirations and ideas for new glass bead designs and other musings.
Showing posts with label bracelet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bracelet. Show all posts
Monday, 19 October 2015
Sunday, 23 August 2015
More Additions to the Autumn/Winter Collection
I've been working on grey beads mostly for the past couple of weeks. Here are the results so far. They're not all on my website yet, but I'm getting there!littlehousejewellery.co.uk
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| Grey Bell Flower Earrings |
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| Grey Bell Flower Necklace |
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| Twisty Black and Grey Bracelet |
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| Grey Bubble Bead Necklace with Iridescent Bobbles |
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| Black and Grey Earrings |
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| Grey Marble Earrings |
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| Black and Shades of Grey Necklace |
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| Grey Marbles Necklace |
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Making a start on Autumn and Winter Jewellery
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| Cream with Moss Green Spiral and Metallic Dots Bracelet |
Here's a little taster-
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| Deep Mauve Bubble Bead Necklace |
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| Small cylinder shaped bead on necklace |
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| Deep Mauve Earrings |
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| Coral Orange with Metallic Spots Necklace |
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| Chunky Necklace with Spirals and Dots |
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Beads within Beads
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| 'Bead within a Bead' Necklace |
After experimenting with mauves and paler greens, I decided on a strong shade of teal with a core of pale opaque green, which I thinks works well at giving the beads a sort of extra 3D effect.
Anyway, see what you think. So far, I have made a necklace, a bracelet and earrings. These are all available on my website -littlehousejewellery.co.uk
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| 'Bead within a Bead' Necklace |
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| 'Bead within a Bead' Earrings |
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| 'Bead within a Bead' Bracelet |
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Black with Smudgy Flowers Beads
I do like black, so I made these beads. Although they are black, my intention was to make them summery with soft smudgy flowers of lavender and pale pink. I was aiming for sort of Chinese chrysanthemums. I didn't quite achieve this, but I'm pleased with results all the same. www.littlehousejewellery.co.uk
Friday, 13 March 2015
The Advantages of Simple Stringing
In my early jewellery making days I attended and enjoyed a silversmithing course. However on discovering glass bead making, I just didn't want to do anything else, especially something so intensive as silversmithing. I have also dabbled in beadwork and fused glass, but nothing holds me like bead making.
There are several reasons why I like to use simple bead stringing techniques.
1.The main reason is I like my jewellery to be about the beads I make. I don't want anything to detract, complicate or make them fussy.
2. Less time making and joining components means more time creating beads. Yippee!
3. My beads are almost indestructible and so would probably outlast the finest clasps and findings. Simple stringing means that if a clasp, wire or ring breaks it is very easy to repair, replace or refresh.
In fact, all my jewellery except for sterling silver earring components, postage and packing, I will repair free of charge. So actually my jewellery is guaranteed for life!
4. All my jewellery can be altered and made to measure to fit an individual. Necklaces and bracelets can be made bigger or smaller or beads can be arranged in a different way.
5. An item of jewellery can be changed while new or to an old favourite at a later date. Beads can be added or changed to create a new look.
6. The findings are reasonably less expensive, so more of the value is in the originality and design of the handmade beads.
I know there is the issue of allergies. I always use sterling silver for earrings. Clasps etc. are generally silver plated and bead wire is nylon coated [tiger tail]. My glass beads have no rough edges, on the contrary they are very tactile. For those that don't like bare necklace wire, I also use seed beads that leave no exposed wire.
littlehousejewellery.co.uk
There are several reasons why I like to use simple bead stringing techniques.
1.The main reason is I like my jewellery to be about the beads I make. I don't want anything to detract, complicate or make them fussy.
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| Part of Spring/ Summer Collection |
2. Less time making and joining components means more time creating beads. Yippee!
3. My beads are almost indestructible and so would probably outlast the finest clasps and findings. Simple stringing means that if a clasp, wire or ring breaks it is very easy to repair, replace or refresh.
In fact, all my jewellery except for sterling silver earring components, postage and packing, I will repair free of charge. So actually my jewellery is guaranteed for life!
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| Tactile Disc Bead Necklace |
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| Bell Flower Earrings 2015 |
4. All my jewellery can be altered and made to measure to fit an individual. Necklaces and bracelets can be made bigger or smaller or beads can be arranged in a different way.
5. An item of jewellery can be changed while new or to an old favourite at a later date. Beads can be added or changed to create a new look.
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| Stringing with metal twisted beads |
6. The findings are reasonably less expensive, so more of the value is in the originality and design of the handmade beads.
I know there is the issue of allergies. I always use sterling silver for earrings. Clasps etc. are generally silver plated and bead wire is nylon coated [tiger tail]. My glass beads have no rough edges, on the contrary they are very tactile. For those that don't like bare necklace wire, I also use seed beads that leave no exposed wire.
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| Memory Wire Bracelet fits nearly all Wrists |
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| Seed Bead covered Wire |
Saturday, 21 February 2015
A Useful Pattern
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| Pattern from Pinterest |
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| Original Handmade Bead Summer 2014 |
I love Pinterest! It's such a straight forward place to search for inspiration and ideas. Here's a good example, I found this pattern last Summer and used it to create this bead. The jewellery I made with these beads didn't prove particularly popular, I think probably because the colours were a bit restricting. However, I really liked the design and decided to develop it. At Christmas I used the design more successfully with cream with metallic spots. This Spring I am really pleased with how it has evolved in the white and soft turquoise beads in my Spring 2015 collection. www.littlehousejewellery.co.uk
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| Necklace Summer 2014 |
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| Bracelet Christmas 2014 |
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| Necklace Spring 2015 |
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| Bracelet Spring 2015 |
Friday, 23 January 2015
Neutral, Muted, Colour?
I've been wondering why I'm enjoying working with not only a limited range of colours, but something quite alien to me. That is, soft, muted and dare I say neutral [a word not normally in my vocabulary!] colours.
People that know me, know that I love colour! I suppose that's what attracted me to glass bead making in the first place. Don't worry, I never had and still have no desire or intention of living in neutral surroundings, that's just not me. Nor will you find me in any white clothes. In my opinion white clothes are for wedding dresses and maybe crisp white shirts with dark suits.
I came to the conclusion that I use white and neutral colours in the same way most other people use bright and strong colours. Many people like a smattering of colour, well, I'm the opposite. For instance, while I have colourS on all my walls, all paintwork is white in my home.
This all leads to my theory of why I'm enjoying creating my new Spring jewellery. My Spring beads will still be unique and characteristically mine. However, rather than striking, statement, eclectic jewellery, they are developing into more complimentary, subtle necklace, earring and bracelet designs. I have been surprised that despite limiting myself to just a few colours, the ideas have still continued to flow. Am I becoming organised?…….I doubt it!
See my new Spring 2015 jewellery on my website or Etsy Shop-
www.littlehousejewellery.co.uk
People that know me, know that I love colour! I suppose that's what attracted me to glass bead making in the first place. Don't worry, I never had and still have no desire or intention of living in neutral surroundings, that's just not me. Nor will you find me in any white clothes. In my opinion white clothes are for wedding dresses and maybe crisp white shirts with dark suits.
I came to the conclusion that I use white and neutral colours in the same way most other people use bright and strong colours. Many people like a smattering of colour, well, I'm the opposite. For instance, while I have colourS on all my walls, all paintwork is white in my home.
This all leads to my theory of why I'm enjoying creating my new Spring jewellery. My Spring beads will still be unique and characteristically mine. However, rather than striking, statement, eclectic jewellery, they are developing into more complimentary, subtle necklace, earring and bracelet designs. I have been surprised that despite limiting myself to just a few colours, the ideas have still continued to flow. Am I becoming organised?…….I doubt it!
See my new Spring 2015 jewellery on my website or Etsy Shop-
www.littlehousejewellery.co.uk
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