...more jewellery bits...

Just a couple of piccies....




..to show two finished brooches.

Painted Vilene and Bondaweb with a little bit of hammered copper wire...

Tea & Leaf Tuesday ....

I'm actually organized today!

...makes a bit of a change from recent Tuesdays :-o

Got all my music sorted yesterday evening...

...painted a load of bits for jewellery samples...

...and even managed to get some finished :-))



I stressed over this one a bit, but I think it got there in the end.

I like the colour combination...

...and the antique-effect bails work well with the patinated and hammered copper wire.

I'm in a light mood too...

...and feeling like something "flowery"...




...so "Kusmi Green Tea with Rose" is just perfect!

The smell is sooooooooooo ....

..rosey....

...and yet there's a slight tannin bitterness underneath.

It works.

Beautifully :-))

Valentine Tea on a Tuesday....

I'm feeling much more relaxed today...

...nothing to do with it being St.Valentine's Day...

..but because I've given myself some "playtime".

Much needed too, after all the writing that's been going on lately!


Of course, the tea-tipple today just HAD to be "Boisson d'Amour"....

...and in my Bloke's hugging-teddy mug!



x x x x x x x x x x

(That mug is donkey's ears old but NO WAY would we ever get rid of it!)


..now for that leaf....


....the result of my morning at play....




A pendant sample for my "Stunning Vilene Jewellery" workshops at Fashion & Embroidery next month.

I'm REALLY pleased with this one :-)


BIG HUGS to all my lovely blog friends out there....

x C

Tea & Leaf Tuesday ....

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

...it's tea time again...

...and after a busy morning, I'm glad to be sitting here with my Earl Grey!

Notice the thing in the background there?

My new toy which will make things a bit easier as far as jewellery bits are concerned.



And on my leaf....

...a little cut piece of painted Vilene sitting on top of some heat-bonded Angelina fibres.



I've not played much with this stuff...

...it's certainly interesting......


Should have some results before too long.....



Fa la la la la.....

..a bit of stitching to show at last!!

Sorry to all of you who've left messages/comments...

...I've just not had the time to respond as I normally do.

And I must also apologise for failing to visit blogs too :-(

It's been barking here!

I have managed to get these few samples done though....

...I can here Penny thinking...."at last!"...

I promised to show these quite some time back now!






All needle-punched with hand-dyed threads and just a few beads.

Hand-made bezels from Artbase on Etsy

..more bits...and a new loop...

Here are some more pendants made from that heavyweight painted Vilene...

...some have been printed with my Indian wooden print blocks.

(the findings were in place before I put the decoration on, so these will have to undergo the "new hanging loop" treatment at some time!)








..and a pair of earrings too...





I've had a fiddle with some copper wire...

...and come up with this hanging loop....



...but I think I need to work on the shape a bit more...

...more triangular maybe?

...two finished...

As I said in a previous post...

...I was going to be playing around with those clay pieces.

Well, I played with those.....and the painted Vilene and Bondaweb...

..and this is what I've come up with :-)




Here are a couple of closer views...




There are quite a few more pieces lurking around on my desk at the minute...

...if I get some finished today, I'll post again tomorrow.

Ahhhhh joy........