I have to admit that after making this red flower necklace, and this Hendricks Gin necklace, I have been a little bit obsessed with making flower necklaces lately!
This is the latest version of the necklace. I have made the beads from a clear wine bottle. I really love how this one has come together, so pretty.
This long, long string of blue recycled glass beads mixed with seed beads makes a very versatile necklace that can be worn several ways….and can also be wrapped around as a bracelet.
The subtle variations in embellishments on this particular necklace make it quite smashing! I have made the beads from a champagne bottle. I love the colour of champagne bottles, the green is stunning.
I love the richness of the beads that I have made from a Hendricks Gin bottle. It’s deliciously chocolatey!
This necklace is a real pleasure to wear. It’s a statement piece, without being too big or heavy.
I have collected all sorts of glass over the years, some of which I have used a lot (Green Depression Glass), and some that I have been waiting for the right project – hello Blue Depression Glass!
I rediscovered this glass when I was going through my collection the other day. I felt ready to make something with it, especially after playing with the Pink Depression Glass the other day.
Here’s the necklace I made:
I had some beads leftover from the Pink Depression Glass test beads that I made, so I decided to mix them with some of the silver and gold pixie dust wine bottle beads! Well, I have to say, they mix really well together, the end result is a very pretty, delicate and feminine bracelet.
I have tried some different types of glass this week. Friday. Saturday.
And some different types of jewellery! Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday.
Today I have made the beads from a Tanqueray Gin bottle (super amazing bright green), and made a necklace with these beads that is really quite different from anything I have made before.
It is funny where all of this creativity is taking me.
I have tried to capture the colours of the beautiful countryside that I am surrounded by in this necklace that I made this morning. I have made the beads from a Stone’s Green Ginger Wine bottle (from Renmark)!
Happy Australia Day!
Over the many years that I have been making jewellery, I have collected lots of different types of seed beads. I used to use seed beads a lot, but I haven’t used them for a long time. The other day I was thinking about making a lariat, and trying to work out how to achieve the length needed, without it being too heavy. That’s when I remembered the seed beads!
I have used a mixture of assorted recycled glass beads in this necklace, along with a mixture of seed beads.
After making two different pairs of earrings (long version and short version), and a cute bracelet with this colour, it’s now time to make a necklace to pull it all together! I love being able to put colour into the clear wine bottles, and love this red blend that I have used. Red is quite a difficult colour to find in glass, so it’s nice to be able to still make recycled glass beads and make them red.
