Work In Progress

I had a message from a customer via my Etsy shop a couple of days ago asking if I could make a necklace to go with the lavender enamel earrings I listed recently.

After several messages to and fro we agreed on a design so I made a start yesterday

enamelling several different sized discs. All went smoothly I'm pleased to say!

The design is for three of the discs to hang from a sterling spiral pendant link connected to a disc either side and the discs connected to a chain.

 I'm going to crack on with it today and as soon as I've oxidised the silver and polished it up I'll post a photo of the finished necklace :D

A Recent Commission & A Thank You Note

I very rarely make necklaces, preferring to focus on earrings and the odd bracelet, but recently a buyer contacted me to ask if I would make a necklace to match the stamped copper and green pearl earrings she bought for her Mum a couple of weeks ago. Of course I said yes!

She gave me pretty specific instructions for the design which was great and does make life easier. It was basically to match the design of the earrings with a copper chain. The pure copper chain I already had was a bit thick so I offered to order a finer one (most likely from the States) but in the end we decided to use some antique copper chain that I could order from a UK site (still took a week to get here though!)

I was a bit worried that the chain would be too dark but when I sent the photos to the buyer she said her Mum loved it so I went ahead and listed it in my Folksy shop.

Here are the original earrings the buyer bought for her Mum 

Yesterday I received a sweet thank you note from the buyer's Mum saying how much she liked her necklace and that she though my jewellery was gorgeous! I thought it was so nice of her to take the time to send me a note. She also wanted to know how much the pair of earrings on the business card I sent with the necklace were then promptly got her daughter to buy them for her as well!

All in all yesterday was a good day!



New Commission ~ Stripes and Spirals!

 Lampwork beadmaker Sandy Kelly recently bought a bracelet and a matching pair of earrings from my Etsy shop. She then asked if I would make her a bracelet using some of her own lovely lampwork beads ~ of course I said yes!

As you can see Sandy's beads are a pretty mix of colours in a stripy design which I teamed with Sterling Silver "S" links.

See more of Sandy's lampwork beads on her website FlowerJasper  

Commission #

Last week I received a commission from Kaz of Cheeky Cherub Designs for a pair of earrings and a pendant using Kaz's own beautiful Lampwork beads. Karen has bought several pairs of earrings from me recently and wanted a spiral design in Sterling Silver to go with her Lampwork lentils.

They duly arrived in the post plus a pair of gorgeous green lentils just for me!

This photo doesn't really do them justice ~ they are really gorgeous!

Here's the end result

I posted them to Kaz today and she is going to take them to the 2010 Flame Off this Friday and Saturday.

Here's more of Kaz's handmade Lampwork beads. You can also see more of her work on her Flickr page here