Just some new pics....

I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment :)
Kaylie
x

So the orders are ready!

OK so I have finished making all of the items that were ordered on Friday. I am very happy with them and I don't really want to part with the purple charm bracelet! Oh well I will just have to make myself one another time! :)
Well here are all the photos that I promised.......






These are a matching set, and I think that they go really well together.





The other charm bracelet that was ordered was the blue one from a couple of posts ago. Like I said I am really pleases with these. Let me know what you think...
Kaylie

My latest creations

Hi all.
Well I have been very busy over the last few days. I have made several pairs of earrings. I had a go at making my own ear wires. I used 20g silver plated wire to do mine and so of course I had to make lots of things to hang off of them! lol.


The disks on this pair I made using shrink plastic. It is a material that I have not really used before, so I really enjoyed playing with this. It is coloured with an iridescent mica powder that I heat set during the shrinking process. I really like the way hat these have turned out. I added the dangle with an 'S' link that I also made. I think that these would look great worn in the summer, especially as big jewellery is going to be a big trend.



This pair above are also made from 20g SP wire. I made the headpins myself to match the wrapping on the top of the bead. I have been going a bit nuts for wire wrapping beads in this way, whenever I sit down to play at the moment I will inevitably end up with something wrapped! lol




I love this pair, these are by far my faves. I used some new goodies that I had ordered a while ago but where delayed because of all the snow we have had! Well I finally got them through my letterbox this morning and this is the result. I have used some more Opalite, this time in a Briolette cut and fresh water potato pearls, also new :) I think that I am going to have to practise wrapping briolettes, I gave up and used a bead cap instead but I think that they look pretty cool.




I'm not sure where the inspiration for this pair came from. I don't often work with red, Its not a colour I tend to wear much of, But I think that its starting to grow on me.

So hope you like them, because I love them!
Kaylie x

Getting ready to sell!

Well I have made two more charm bracelets ready for when I start to sell all of this stuff! This one as you can see I have made in tones of Blue. The big beads are Indian Glass beads, and there are also Swarovski AB clear 4mm Bicone beads, Opalite chips and some dangles made with white bugle beads and blue seed beads.

After seeing how well The Opalite chips went with the Purple's of the previous charm bracelet I wasn't sure how they would work with other colours. But I have to say they look gorgeous with blue! They seem to morph into the colour that you use them with. With this blue they look fresh and calm.

With the red charm bracelet they look fiery and dare I say it a bit sexy! lol. I am going to have to get a lot more of them, so I can make one for every colour of the rainbow!

All the jump rings were made by myself after watching a webisode by Plum and Verdigris. If you haven't already then you should watch all of their webisodes because they are packed full of ideas and techniques that you will find very helpful. So as Tamara Berg says I am going to get out there and make something beautiful!!

Hugs Kaylie xxx

My first order! yay!

Good morning all!

Ok Wow! I'm very excited today because yesterday I got my first order for one of my pieces! Yay me lol. Its from this lovely lady who works with my S.I.L. I've Finished making it now and SIL will take it to work on Thursday for her. I will post some pics later today. It is the same as one I have already made, just in a different colour way. Here is the design that she wanted. I have also found a much better way of rounding the ends of the bangle so that there are no edges that come into contact with the skin. The one that she ordered has Turquoise wire instead of the purple that you can see in this one, and also it has blue seed beads instead of purple ones. I love it ( well I would!) lol. Here is pic of the colour that she has asked for. I am very happy with the way that it turned out. Next I am going to make some sort of box to put it in. I was thinking of a pillow box but I'm not sure. I will have to scratch my head for a bit longer I think. Again I will post the pics if that when I have them too. Ok well Bye for now. I'm off to get some breakfast!

Kaylie x

So... Lets start at the beginning.

Hi, my name Is Kaylie and I'm a Jewellery addict!
There I've said it! That wasn't so hard... lol.

Welcome to my blog!!!

Jewellery is something that I have always been in love with. Silver jewellery in particular. I have made a few necklaces and bracelets in the past but have never seriously had a go until a few months ago. I decided to set my self the task of making a few of the Xmas presents for some of my friends and family. That's when I remembered one of the webisodes that I had seen on Plum & Verdigris, (which sadly is no longer running :( ) called the Trixie Two step.
Well I watched this video and knew immediately what I was going to make!. I went and gathered my supplies and ended up making three, all with co-ordinating earrings and necklaces. Then I started to play around with different beads and bought some AB clear Swarovski crystals from ebay to make a special version for my mum. (Who is a complete magpie so I knew she would be happy with them!) Anyway here is the result....

I used Silver plated 18 gadge wire to make the jump rings and SP 26 gadge wire to wrap all the dangles on. The big purple beads are Indian glass beads and the chips are bits of Opalite, that I also baught on ebay, which is my mums favorite stone. Well there is no stopping me now!

After that my imagination just ran away with me, I was hooked! I was litteraly dreaming of jewellery! It has been pretty none stop since then. At the momment I am working on a series of bangles...... My best friend, * wave *, loves this and has put in an order for this, so I will making that in the next few days.

Kaylie x