Sometimes a pair of earrings matched with a bracelet is all you need to wear. These earrings were made from a Bethany Wines bottle. The bracelet features some additional gin and beer bottle beads.
Day 13 – Bracelet and earrings set
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Day 12 – Behind the scenes
Making beads from recycled glass can be tricky. I need to warm the glass up first to limit the shattering of the glass when it hits the flame. I use these crazy tweezers to pick up the warm glass. They are all bent out of shape from being heated, but they still do the job.
Day 11 – Green carafe earrings
A friend of mine found this green carafe and thought I might like to make something with it. I certainly did like melting this glass. It melted really nicely, no fizzing, and stayed true to it’s colour too.
I made a sweet little pair of earrings for my daughter who got her ears pierced last year and has been asking (a lot) for a pair of earrings made by me!
Day 10 – Gin and Tonic Bracelet
I love how all of the beads work together to create a very elegant and very wearable bracelet. I made the beads from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles. Would go perfectly with yesterday’s necklace!
Day 9 – Gin and Tonic Necklace
Is it too early to say that this might just be my favourite necklace for 2019?
The beads are made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree Tonic water bottles. The colours look awesome on the red leather. I tried this on with a black top and it looked super cool. Then I tried it on with a red top, and it looked great! I think it would look good with so many different clothing options. Layer it two times, or even more, it’s very versatile.
Day 8 – Gin and Tonic earrings
Tuesdays are for featuring earrings like this pair of “gin and tonic” earrings. Beads made from Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree tonic water bottles.
This mix-match look is not for everyone, but it’s nice to try something different every now and then!
Day 7 – Double strand recycled glass necklace
Inspired by Monday! On Mondays I am going to share a piece of jewellery inspired by “something”! Today’s double strand necklace featuring beads made from gin, wine and vodka bottles was inspired by a recent custom order for a double strand necklace. It turns out there are many ways to create a double strand necklace! I like this version that I made today where all the beads sit in the middle of the necklace.
Day 6. Sunday sets
I know from doing the markets, and from orders that I get, that lots of people like wearing jewellery that matches. I think there are lots of ways to make things “match” and I am going to try some different things here on Sundays.
This set features beads made from a French champagne bottle.
Day 5. Behind the scenes.
Behind the scenes Saturday! This year I am giving myself permission to rest on Saturdays. While it is awesome to create something every single day, I thought this year I would schedule a break from making each week. A chance to show you some behind the scenes images. This pretty much sums up my workspace when I am making beads!
Photo courtesy of Rosina Possingham:
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Day 4 – Bethany Wines
On Friday’s I am going to feature jewellery made from new glass! It could be anything and I am quite excited to make that happen this year. It’s always interesting to try new glass, sometimes it works perfectly like this Bethany Wines bottle. I am making a sweet little range of jewellery from these recently discovered, very old bottles.
