Welcome to the Earring Emporium!

As I plan to do a craft fair this year, I figured I needed to build some stock!

This was helped by receiving a 1 step looper for Christmas. This has made life and jewellery making so much easier!!

So here are some of my creations:

This is a pendant not  earrings but it's cute and I did it with the looper!

Memory wire - project six.

The final project from Cooksons was to make a beaded necklace using crimping, which I confess i haven't done yet and to make a memory wire bracelet.

I have made a few of these from the materials sent!

With beads from the kit sent and some blue sodalite

Banded agate and amethyst

Skull beads with haematite and some sparkly bits

Jasper hearts, haematite and a bit of  swarovski with flower charms

Dalmatian jasper and agate hearts


Most of the gem stones were from Jewellery Maker and I loved using them! I am getting into gemstone jewellery. 

So much to make, so little time!

I have been a busy little worker bee. Two kids, one husband, crazy cat and loads of jewellery made just no time to upload so I am going to do an overview of some little bits and then some more detailed info on some more complicated projects.

I am really getting into this now, I have had paid commissions and am looking to do a craft fair this spring. Unfortunately I am back at work in 6 weeks. Not unfortunate for my ability to buy jewellery making kit, but the time I need will be sadly lacking! I am going to try an get round this with a few visits to the Bead Hive in Leeds to sample some of their workshops.

I now have a facebook page which I regularly update with my designs and makes as I do them. It's called Sparkly Tree please pop by and have a look!

All in all, I face 2014 much happier, healthier and enjoying my little hobby very much!


So here are some highlights....


Potion charms 


Around Halloween time I made some little bottle charms with little "potions" in.  All the potions are food grade, as I live with little kids I was conscious of them potentially been ingested! So they have boiled water, food colouring, edible glitter and baking powder in them! There are a few seed beads and a piece of shell in one. The labels I got from My Tiny World which is a doll's house and minatures supplier. I love how they came out and have received compliments on their coolness :)

The Rose Statement Necklace

I made this for myself, specifically to go with an outfit for my friend's birthday party. I got the rose quartz long beads from Jewellery Maker but unfortunately when they arrived some were broken. Jewellery Maker were ace and sent me a whole new strand free of charge within a few days.

Because I am pale, the rose quartz alone was not enough so I added some rose shaped silver beads and some cool glass sparkly beads from Hobbycraft. I love wearing it, its quite heavy so I have had to make sure it has a strong clasp!

Chainmaille fun!

I continued making chainmaille things, and branched out into earrings.  in fact I am getting at bit earring obsessed at the moment :)

Purple Spiky Necklace

This was a kit from Creative Beadcraft, and as you know from previous posts, I get very annoyed with their kits! But this one came out good, even if it took a week! 

I will be posting some more complex projects soon, including a special make up mirror with silver clay and crystal clay,  silver clay cufflinks, some memory wire work, and earrings, lots of earrings!!