Purple charoite and glass earrings set on silver plated leverbacks
Love charoite

Charoite - a newbie gemstone that looks great with silver in earrings...

My stamped image for the earring packet background
Earring packets

Selling earrings for charity is going to be more successful if my jewellery is well...

Turquoise love

I've been beading! Making necklaces this time in my favourite shade of luscious and vibrant...

Sterling silver artisan earwires and amethyst nugget earrings
My earring making Saturday

Bank Holiday weekend again and my Saturday on this late May break has been devoted...

Crochet garden bunting on the trellis
A crochet garden bunting experiment

A crochet garden bunting experiment from Crafternoon Treats...

Gold earrings bearing the cartouche of pharaoh Seti II (Sethos II) found in tomb KV56 in 1908 by an Egyptian expedition funded by Theodore M. Davis. It is now located in the Cairo Museum. Date 16 April 2004 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/menesje/648870675
Inspired by earrings made by ancient jewellers

Earrings are fascinating and wonderful but the earrings made over 4000 years ago are truly...

Marie Curie fundraising: donate £1 to enter to win these earrings

This is the first challenge and give-away I’ve attempted so let’s see how it goes....

Blue agate and pearl beaded necklace
Getting back into beading

I’ve been working on a beading project this weekend, among other things. I haven’t done...

Photoetching - the finished ring in close up
Finishing my first photoetching project – a silver band ring

I haven’t had a lot of time at the weekends recently, been busy with other...

Closer photoetched samples Leeds week 3
Seeing our photoetching results: Leeds silversmithing week 3

I am having so much fun on the 10-week evening course at Leeds College of...

Feather bangle design for photoetching
Silversmithing course week 2: photoetching

In the first of the silversmithing classes at Leeds, our tutor started showing us how...

Cakes by Coopers, Skipton to keep us going
Rag wreath gets finished (and cake memories)

Updates on the progress of my rag rug wreath after the workshops at The Studio...

A trip to Paperchase in London

An unexpected treat today; a trip to London for work combined with a beautiful spring...

Making a rag wreath at The Studio, Skipton

I was in The Studio of Attic24 and Patchwork Chickens to make a spring rag...

Metalsmithing at Leeds College of Art: week one

Leeds College of Art is running a 10 week silversmithing course this summer term with...

Cowslips and grape hyacynths April 2014
A hazy April day

Its spring, its April 1 2014, but a mixed day of haze, sunshine and a...

Leonie and me at the Bridlington craft workshop March 2014
Crafting workshops with Leonie Pujol

A fabulous three days by the sea in Bridlington learning papercrafting technques from the very...