My wax carved iced gem has now been cast in solid silver and is, as I suspected, rather heavy! Whilst I love a nice chunky necklace, I know others prefer their jewellery slightly more delicate, so I have been carving my iced gem some smaller friends.
Read MoreMore wax carving experiments! I’ve been expanding my collection of shiny biscuits, this time with a little iced gem. Working in 3D still makes my head hurt.
Read MoreA couple of months ago now, I was lucky enough to be accepted into my local community designers’ group, E17 Designers. The boy and I first moved to E17 in late 2014 and visited the E17 Christmas Market.
Read MoreI spent some time this weekend soldering my newly carved and cast cufflink backs onto my silver custard cream and bourbon biscuit cufflinks. I'm really pleased with how they turned out.
Read MoreI was contacted by a lovely customer who was after a sunshine pendant similar to my Rain or Shine necklace, and also an emerald set flower necklace.
Read MoreI came across some pictures of some more custom silver skate number necklaces I made a while ago, so thought I'd share them with you.
Read MoreI started making these at the same time as my little custard cream and bourbon charms, and have finally found the time to finish them. I carved the basic shape from wax, cast into silver, then etched the design onto the biscuits.
Read MoreI've had rather a lot of emails recently asking if I can make a Nice biscuit necklace in silver. I've given them all the same answer, which is that it already exists! Check out this lovely Nice biscuit necklace by Becca Jewellery
Read MoreThe international roller derby community has been keeping me hard at work recently! A couple of recent custom orders were a silver roller skate necklace with amethyst gemstone to represent the skater's league colours, and a rather lovely custom skate number charm bracelet.
Read MoreI've been meaning to make a cufflink back for ages now, so thought I'd return to my wax carving experiments. I had rather forgotten how messy wax carving is!
Read MoreAs it's Friday, I thought I'd buy myself a little treat. A dress? Shoes? No - a hammer of course!
Read MoreI was recently asked to make a custom necklace of the rather lovely Mid-State Sisters of Skate league in Wisconsin’s logo. More time with tiny sawblades, yay! This is the league's logo:
Read MoreWhen I was very little, I inherited a box of jewellery from my paternal Grandmother in Scotland. I never really knew her, but selling it always just felt wrong. None of it suits me so I don't wear it either,
Read MoreMy first order after rejoining the world of jewellery work was one for custom roller derby skate numbers. As they are one of my favourite things to make, this pleased me greatly. This time it's a number 13.
Read MoreEvery year, I say I shall be organised. I'll submit my tax return way before the deadline, I say. And have I submitted my tax return yet...? No. No I have not.
Read MoreI made these rather lovely sterling silver heart stacking rings shortly before I moved house. I really like them and have been wearing them all over Christmas.
Read MoreWell hello there 2015! I am rather pleased to see you. 2014 was stressful and hectic in so many different ways at once. I'm never, ever moving house again!
Read MoreSo, rather excitingly (and not a little scarily) the boy and I have bought a house. This means that I have not been working on much new stuff over the past few months, as said house is a bit of a wreck and has required all of my attention to get it to a habitable state before we moved in.
Read MoreIt was Mum’s birthday recently, so we all went off to afternoon tea at the Ritz, which was amazing! The boy and I have been before, but Mum and Dad have never been. I also made a necklace for the birthday girl,
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