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angela smith at 00 58 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels birthstone jewellery birthstones crocheted jewellery crocheted wire jewellery garnet january wire and beads monday 4 december 2017 birthstone jewellery looking into the possibility of a new range now my last event for 2017 is behind me i have no more workshops planned until january and both my december exhibitions are up and running it is time to take stock and think about what direction to take my jewellery into next year i will continue knitting my tiaras and crowns that is a given along with making wedding jewellery commissions i am planning a whole series of new jewellery making workshops for the new year and i am waiting to see the response from my exhibitions before i start knitting and crocheting more wall art but i am also wanting to introduce a range of beaded birthstone jewellery so i have been looking at the kernowcraft website to see whether this would be possible and to my delight i have discovered it is and i thought i would like to show you how firstly why am i so surprised at being able to do this well as you know if you have seen my jewellery makes i work with beads i usually work with glass beads freshwater pearls and semi precious beads basically anything with a hole all the way through so i can them thread onto wire or beading thread i rarely wire wrap stones and i do not set stones or cabochons into bezels so as far as semi precious stones this can be quite limiting or so i thought i have in mind to crochet or knit my birthstone jewellery so not only do the stones have to be in a bead form they have to be small enough or in a suitable shape to suit my designs and the beads i have selected for my wish list i believe will work perfectly to create the look i am after so here is my wish list with links to the product on the kernowcraft website if these products capture your imagination please contact me to discuss the type of jewellery i would could make with the beads as i would be happy to make as a commission january garnet garnet faceted marquise briolette beads i would hang at least five of these on a crocheted choker style necklace either with beading thread or wire february amethyst pink amethyst faceted drop briolette beads i would hang at least five of these on a crocheted choker style necklace either with beading thread or wire march aquamarine aquamarine curved triangular tube beads these aquamarine beads would look great crochet or knitted on wire as a bracelet april diamond diamond natural rough crystal nugget beads you can actually buy diamonds as beads who knew i would hope to crochet a choker necklace and include at least three of these in the design you just don t know how excited i am about these may emerald july ruby september sapphire shaded sapphire ruby and emerald faceted rondelle beads this string would be great for three months and the rondelle beads would look great included in knitted or crocheted wire bracelets june pearls cultured freshwater white pearls 4 4 5mm roundish so many pearls to choose from but these small round freshwater pearls would look stunning in a knitted bracelet or even a knitted tiara august peridot peridot faceted rondelle bead these rondelle beads would be equally as beautiful included in a multi stranded crocheted necklace or in a knitted or crocheted bracelet so many options october opal ethiopian opal drop shape briolette beads most opals come in cabochon form and would look stunning wire wrapped but to my delight kernowcraft also have opal beads which would hang so elegantly from a knitted or crocheted choker november topaz sky blue topaz faceted drop briolette beads these delicate blue topaz would look so pretty hanging from a knitted or crocheted wire choker december turquoise turquoise round beads again so much choice but i decided that these provided a lot of different options such as crochet or knitted as a bracelet or crocheted as a string of turquoise or crocheted knitted into a choker all of my chosen beads could also be incorporated into earring designs and some could even be added to a knitted or crocheted ring and i am sure with more thought i could come up with even more suggestions that is the beauty of jewellery design the possibilities are endless i hope you have enjoyed this post as much as i have enjoyed researching it and maybe one day i will get my hands on some of these and share my actual makes this post is part of kernowcraft s win your wishlist competition posted by angela smith at 06 37 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels birthstones kernowcraft semi precious beads wishlist friday 21 april 2017 what can you do with your old much loved tiara upcycle it do you have a tiara stuffed to the back of a drawer or sat in a box on top of your wardrobe hoping for a day when you can wear it again or are you saving it in the hope that your daughter will want to wear on her wedding day let me work my magic last month a lovely young lady sally contacted me out of the blue sally had a tiara that she loved but was probably never going to wear again and was wondering if i could make jewellery out of it instead what a lovely idea i arranged to meet sally with her tiara in gallery at 12 eccleshall as i have a large selection of pearl and crystal jewellery there already made up i could use those pieces as examples when discussing the possibilities and believe me there were plenty of possibilities it turned out that sally also wanted to gift some of the items of jewellery to the people who had helped make her wedding day so special including her mum a lovely idea turned into a really fabulous idea having spent half an hour or so discussing possible jewellery designs sally left me with the tiara and while she went off to enjoy a holiday i set too dismantling the tiara and making up new jewellery this is the tiara full of glistening crystal diamantes and pearls i agreed to keep sally informed throughout the process photographing my makes and emailing them to her so she could tell me if she liked each design or if she wanted it tweaking by the time she returned from her holiday i had all her new jewellery waiting for her the day the jewellery was collected i finished off the bracelets using sally s wrist to gauge the correct lengths and handed all her new sparkling wearable jewellery over to a very happy sally these are some of the photos i took during the making process some are completed items and some are the suggested designs before tweaking i could have also made earrings but as sally doesn t wear earrings i didn t make any this time there were really so many possibilities taken from sally s emails wow they look amazing i am so pleased i managed to find you as you are doing an amazing thing for me that i will treasure and i am certain my mum will too thanks very much and look forward to seeing the photos as and when you have done the others hi angela it was lovely to see you again today at the craft fair thank you so much for the amazing jewellery you have made me out of my wedding tiara i love all the items so much and can t wait to wear them my mum will love hers for sure i really appreciate all of the advice and help you have given me along the way to making the jewellery perfect i absolutely loved working on this project and playing around with the beads to see what i could come up with and would be more than happy to convert more tiaras into jewellery that can again be worn please ask me to help bring your wedding day back to life x posted by angela smith at 01 53 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bracelets commission designs diamante diamante and pearls everyday jewellery necklaces pearls project tiara upcycling wedding jewellery monday 23 january 2017 new venture this year is proving to be quite exciting so far and we are only 23 days into it i am in the early stages of working towards possible new opportunities for later this year but to kick start 2017 i was approached by the lovely beth of sweet hearts hair design she asked me if i could make her some hair charms so now i am pleased to announce that sweet heart hair designs are now the exclusive stockists of these pretty swarovski hair charms handmade by me i also have in my shop this pretty swarovski heart necklace which as you can see would look so lovely with the hair charms posted by angela smith at 13 02 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels exclusive design handmade handmade jewellery swarovski swarovski hearts sweet hearts hair design valentines tuesday 17 january 2017 perseverance pays off in the end sometimes you just have to keep going ignoring obstacles being thrown in front of you it pays off in the end and this week i had yet another reminder of exactly that i have been knitting with wire and beads for many years now and i have always used my old metal knitting needles but whenever i see anything written about knitting with wire it is always recommending that you use bamboo needles so last week i invested in 2 sets of bamboo needles single and double pointed i thought it was about time two days ago i decided to attempt to knit a daffodil brooch and looking through my new sets i chose to use 2 5mm normally i would use 2 1 4 or 2 3 4 mm metal ones i don t have 2 5mm metal ones this is a crucial point to start with i used the double pointed needles to make the trumpet i decided to make the trumpet first as i thought it would be easier to design a petal to fit the size of the trumpet than to make a trumpet to fit the petals it wasn t long before i encountered my first problem the needles were so fine that the wire was cutting through the tips of the needles and slicing through the points sometimes removing slithers of bamboo in the process which meant i had to check which end of the double pointed needle i was using to insert into the stitch every time i switched needle to make sure i was selecting the strongest tip this slowed down the making of trumpet but didn t stop work the trumpet was completed once the trumpet had been made i set too with the knitting of the petals all was going smoothly until my fourth petal one of the needles snapped around a quarter of the length from the point which left me with a needle the length of a cocktail stick as i have already mentioned i don t have any metal needles sized 2 5mm so i couldn t swap to metal i had no choice i had to continue to knit the remaining two and a half petals on my broken bamboo needle i did not give up i was determined to knit this daffodil i believed that it was going to make a stunning brooch when completed and so i persevered i am so pleased i did as this is the finished knitted daffodil brooch as a footnote i also understood why people preferred bamboo over metal the stitches definitely slide over the the needles smoothly and i should imagine that with larger needles bamboo definitely is the way to go but it looks as though i am going to have to stick with metal for my finer work posted by angela smith at 03 18 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bamboo needles daffodil flower brooch knitted brooches knitted daffodil knitted flowers knitted jewellery knitting wire and bead daffodil monday 9 january 2017 a passion for jewellery making today i was determined to attended a wire network meeting even though i was suffering with a cold the guest speaker was sara moseley a fabulously inspiring lady who i have known for quite a few years she is a brilliant photographer who just oozes with confidence and can t fail to inspire sara has recently stepped back from her photographic work to set up hiking boots and posh pants today sara was talking about the importance of passion in your business so did she inspire oh boy yes but what she also did was to reaffirm that even after 23 years i am still as passionate about making my jewellery as i was when i first started in fact i would go as far as saying that if anything i am even more passionate about making jewellery when i first started it was all new to me i was self taught and my jewellery making business had developed from a hobby something i could do in my free time while i was a stay at home mum with three young children two pre school age so my passion then came from making and discovering i was pretty good at it and that people wanted to buy it now my passion for my jewellery is about the journey i have made over the last 23 years and the excitement of where it could still take me i have the confidence now to say that what i make is beautiful and often totally unique i still love the anticipation of receiving new beads for the first time and then opening the packages to behold the stunning sparkling beads that i will then use to create an item of jewellery to be loved by someone else i love that i still wake at silly times with an idea for a new design and have to get out of bed to make it up there and then not returning to bed until i am happy the design will work eager to sleep so i can then wake up to share my new design on twitter facebook and occasionally blog it too i love that every week is different for example last week the first week of 2017 i made up a large order of hair charms i spent a day in gallery at 12 i visited venues for a couple of jewellery making workshops arranged for later this year my jewellery and i were photographed for an exhibition later on in the year i made up some simple swarovski necklaces i had a visit from a 2017 bride who now has one of my knitted tiaras and i started photographing more of my jewellery to add to my sbs shop these necklaces are very simple swarovski drops on silver plate chains i am looking forward to adding these and more to my shop soon posted by angela smith at 13 37 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels handmade handmade jewellery inspiration passion for jewellery swarovski crystals wire women in rural enterprise monday 17 october 2016 impromptu in a flat major a collection of jewellery in black and white my new exhibition is currently on in gallery at 12 eccleshall staffordshire as soon as i was allocated a month i started thinking about a theme and title for it i knew i wanted all the pieces to be made in black or white or a mixture of both so that was the theme sorted the title was a bit more tricky having played around with ideas for a while i decided i wanted it to be musical i had considered briefly calling it manuscript jewellery or ebony and ivory but then it occurred to me that a flat major had 4 flats b e a d spelling and as i rarely know what i am going to make with my beads until i start making it is all quite impromptu with the theme and the title decided i then had to make the jewellery along with the displays i also had to photograph ...
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