Bracelet Progress

The beads I made look really good.



This is progress so far. I'll need to make more beads but I'm very pleased with how it's looking.

Bracelet

This time the dye worked better


I had a go at making the bracelet with some pearls and gemstones I have but couldn't quite follow the method in the magazine because the thread I wanted to use wouldn't go twice through the holes. I have some alternative beads now cooling very slowly in my kiln. Hopefully they will work better.

Bracelet making

I wanted to make a bracelet featured in the magazine Making Jewellery.

I had some natural leather and had read about natural plant dyes. I liked the idea so thought I'd give it a try.

I like green so I thought I would use mint. I found a good website and followed the first step of preparing for the dye. My leather went from this


To this



Not what I was aiming for!

I now have another bit of leather soaking in green food colouring and water to see if that works. No hot water has been used!

Laura McCabe Lantern Lighter Necklace

Today is Day Three for me of making a new Lantern Lighter Necklace as a gift for someone. Blue and red are the two requested colours. This is how far I was yesterday. I aim to make some further progress today.

Some lampwork beads

Here are a few lampwork beads I managed to make yesterday.

Lampwork

This bead was an accident. I didn't know it would turn out the way it did. I love the bubbles in it and the way the blue looks like a ribbon suspended in the glass. Not something I think I could repeat.

Belissimo Beads

Here are some gorgeous Belissimo Beads. The pattern belongs to Marcia DeCoster. They are lovely and satisfying to make. I love this easy way to combine different colours.