Up-Cycled Cultured Pearls

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Morning Everyone

Recently, I was given some older cultured pearls in the form of a three strand necklace.  I didn’t like the necklace and the pearls had not been treated very well so I wanted to make something different out of it.

After breaking up the necklace and cleaning the pearls, I made a suite of jewellery that I think is both pretty and modern, and I hope that you like it too.  I think that if you have some jewellery which is no longer your style, then it can be great fun to remake it into something new.

Please let me know what you think and if you are busy making Christmas gifts.

Jo x 

Tassels Galore

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Hi there

This last week I have again (it is never ending!) been looking through my stash with a view to pulling things together for Christmas fairs.  Of course, I got side-tracked while looking through my stuff and found a bag of tassels, which got me thinking and this is the result.

I used a ridged neck torc, wired on the rainbow of tassels and accented it with rough pieces of silver druzy. The effect is stunning with matching ear rings made from multi coloured tassels to finish the overall effect.

Let me know what you are making and any views you might have on my makes.

Jo x 

Kumihimo with style

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Hi Everyone

I have been working on a new pattern for a Kumihimo necklace which has taken me a while to finish.  I used pale peach S-lon thread, gold seed beads with sky blue apatite and green amethyst.   It was quite a complex project, being a fine weave, but I think it was worth the time and effort. The pattern was from Prumihimo (https://prumihimo.com/) and, although it involved some head scratching to figure it all out, I am pleased with the end result.

Please let me know what you think and what you are working on.

Jo x 

Haunted Outhouse

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Morning everyone

As I mentioned last week, I sold my Halloween centre piece almost as soon as I’d finished it, so this week I have made a new one!  It is a cute and fun “Haunted Outhouse”, I just love it!  Again the pattern came from Dreaming Tree (https://www.3dsvg.com/) - it was much simpler than the pumpkin house of last week but just as much fun.

Now that the fairs for Halloween are over, I will be able to devote some time to decorating my home in preparation for the trick or treaters!

I hope that you are enjoying the change from Summer to Autumn and having lots of fun making seasonal stuff.

Jo x