Blue and green......

I've been listing jewellery on my Etsy site this week, though I'm going to take new photos for the items. I've ordered some really cool papers in as backgrounds for the photos, so I'm just waiting on those to arrive. These scrapbooking shops have some beautiful papers.
Hubby is still on holidays so we went to Ballarat today to visit some dear friends and had a great time as usual. I'm going to miss these day trips when he goes back to work!
I've included photos today of a necklace I made, though I don't have a name for it yet. Both the beads are handmade, and the main focal bead is wrapped in brass, in fact it is all made with brass. The chain is gorgeous with a fine etching all over.

That's all I've got for now, so until next time.....

I'm back.....

Well I can't say enough how glad I am to be back...... as camping is really not my thing.

I've put up some photos of the trip. We went to the salt lake races at Lake Gairdner in South Aust.. The photos show just  a bit about the salt and the cars etc.

To me this wasn't interesting at all as you'd see the car take off and then never see it again, but to my husband it was a dream come true as he'd always wanted to go there. Now we've been hopefully we won't have to go again for years to come!!! Now it's back to work as usual and I have a market tomorrow. Bye for now.

Holidays....

Well I'm off for the next couple of weeks. We're going to the salt lake races in South Australia. We've never been before so it should be interesting..... still not convinced about this camping thing though!!

I thought I'd leave you with with pics of my little fairy bracelet. They're made with brass components, a lovely detailed fairy charm, and Swarovski beads. I've made them in a couple of different colours including this teal colour, purple, and a dark red. I've also used bee charms. They're very cute with a simple design.

Well I'm off, so I'll talk to you in a couple of weeks and tell you all how it went. Cheers!!

Filigree butterfly necklace....

Hi all. So I haven't listed anything on the Etsy site yet. But I do have it ready to go. The problem is, this time in a week I'll be on my way to the salt lakes in South Australia. We're going to the racing that they have there once a year. It's really not my thing, but hubby wants to go, so I reluctantly agreed. I'm really not in to camping - at all!!! But I have plenty of books, and Soduku puzzles lined up ready to pack. I've decided I'm going to tough it out! Anyway, I think it's too much work now, so I will list all this jewellery when I get back.

Today I'm including a photo of my filigree butterfly necklace. It is a gorgeous butterfly with beautiful detail. It has Swarovski beads hanging from the bottom, and hangs from two strands - one chain, and the other seed beads.

Lunch with old friends...

I've had a great time today. I met up with old school friends, some of which I haven't seen for 25 years!!! We had a great time talking about the things we got up to and shouldn't have got up to, and of course finding out what everyone is doing with themselves. We all got back together on Facebook.......it really is a wonderful thing.

I've also been making up new items for my Etsy shop. I haven't listed anything yet, I thought I'd build up a bit of stock first before I start listing. So this week I started on some brads bracelets. I like the colours of these, they're a bit more colourful than ones I've made in the past. So I've included a couple of photos to show you. Looking forward to a busy week this week. I've got to make up lots of new stock for the Etsy shop and I have to start packing for our camping trip that's coming  up a lot sooner than I want it too. Ciao!!

The new pendants.....

Finally, I've taken the photos of the new pendants, and they've all be listed into my madeit shop. There are lots of birds as I can't go past the birds.... and a variety of other images.....all ones that I like of course!

Have you noticed the new banner on my blog? I also have one in my madeit shop and my etsy shop. Renee from Thompson Designs made them up, I think she did a great job. To look at more of her work I've put a link under "my favourite blogs".

I looked in the mirror this morning and decided I need a change, so I'm off now to dye my hair purple. Not a bright purple, but a deep violet sort of colour. Hopefully this will do the trick!!!

Flourish petal necklace.....

  We went and saw our gorgeous nephew again today. He is the sweetest little boy, all smiles. He has big blue eyes and the longest black eyelashes I've ever seen!!! I've also been working on the glass tile pendants. I finished them today so I'm just waiting for the bails to dry so I can take some photos and list them. I can't wait to see how they go.

I thought I'd include a photo of one of my favourites today. Its called the "flourish petal necklace".  It's made with a handmade glass focal bead and Swarovski and other Czech glass beads. I love using pink and green together..... it's such an old style colour combination that i think works so well.