Bendi Christmas Cards

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Morning Everyone

In the last week or so I have started to become aware of how close Christmas is if you are a crafter and you plan to attend any Christmas Fairs.

So, after having minor heart palpitations, I have made my first Christmas cards, they are patterns which I purchased from ‘Dreaming Tree’ and I think they are lovely. They are a little fiddly to make but so much fun and the end result is great.  I plan to make more of them in different colours.

Next Saturday, the 1^st of October, I will be at St Catherine’s Church Hall in Port Erin. I am hoping for fine weather but, either way, it would be great to see you there.

Jo x

21st Birthday Prep

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This last weekend I attended a 21^st birthday for my friend’s daughter.  Jas is very into fashion but likes simple, clean lines and silver jewellery.  I decided to make her a bangle in silver plated wire, I was very much aware of the criteria which I needed to fulfil to make this project a success.

So having seen a technique on YouTube I decided to give it a go.  The first version was not as robust as I needed it to be, so I tried again using 0.8 and 0.4 wire - I am very happy with the results.

Let me know what you think and, as usual, it would be great to hear what you have been making.

Jo x

Not just the gift but the card and gift bag

The Bangle in detail

Movement in a Necklace

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Morning Everyone

What a fabulous weekend, fine and warm - just great.

I spent the weekend making a necklace and ear rings I saw demonstrated by Gemma Crow and just loved them.  It was much more difficult then I imagined, I used yellow Chalcedony & gold French wire to make this piece. To keep the movement you thread the French wire on to monofilament, this is very fiddly, but I got there in the end. 

I hope that you like it; as usual it would be great to hear from you so feel free to get in touch. 

Jo x

Fun with Water Colour Pencils

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Hi everyone

After water-colouring a couple of weeks ago, I came across come very cute digital stamps by SWALK which I haven’t used in an age. So this time I have been playing with water colour pencils, they are truly fun. I would love to hear what you think of the finished cards.

I was at the Craft Fair on Saturday at St Catherine’s Church Hall, Port 

Erin; the weather was awful but if you called in, then thanks and I hope 

you found something nice to take home.

Jo x