Bubble Beads

A few weeks ago I made a range of Bubble Big Hole beads ....

They're quite addictive and look different to other bracelet beads out there!! Well the past 2 days I've sold quite a few of them, so I've been making some more!

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Thanks for looking!

Trudi x

Nuts About Nuggets!

I quite like making free form nugget beads, they're very tactile and with the angled sides it really lets the light shine through!

They can be all sorts of sizes, but I'm tending to like mine chunky, and they look great with silvered ceramics!

And I just love the bright and bold colours!

Love them both left shiny, and etched too!

I just can't get enough!

Bold and beautiful!

J'adore

This beautiful necklace has been created by the lovely Sarah. She has used my lampwork heart and teamed it with freshwater keishi pearls, crystals and sterling silver chain, simply stunning!

To see more of Sarah's work visit her website

New Coat = New Broach and New Handbag = New Charm!

For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a new coat, and this coat is a bright shade of pink (you can see me coming!).

I decided that this needed a nice brooch of some sort and so I made myself a pink heart bead. Brooches really aren't my area of expertise, so I sent the bead to my friend George and she turned it into the most fabulous fibula!

I can't tell you how thrilled I am with it, and I've had no end of comments about it.

So now I had a new coat, I had to change my bag ........ the bag I was using was green, nothing wrong with it, just kinda clashed with the coat! I was in town the other week and Clarks had a sale on, imagine my joy when I saw the handbag I was after in sale at half price!! I just had to have it.

Now I have my new bag, it really needed a bag charm to match in with the coat. So here is the new charm

I made the heart bead with silver rich glass and gold leaf and teamed it with silvered ceramic beads and Swarovski crystals, strung on a leather cord!

Trudi x

Scrap Metal by Lesley McMurray

Scrap Metal by Lesley McMurray, originally uploaded by Glittering Prize - Trudi.

Another beautiful necklace to drool over, you really can't beat handmade!

Lesley has used my bead and teamed it with silks by Diane (www.sowzeredesigns.com) and sterling silver findings and my favourite Swarovski crystal.

Trudi

Gift Of A Blue Heart

I really love making gifts, and Christmas is a great time for this, if not very busy!!

Part of the challenge is to make something that will suit the intended from length, style and colour.

One of the gifts I made this year was this necklace

It started out with the blue heart, cobalt blue isn't normally a colour I go for, but I really like it in this heart. I wanted a longer length necklace so I used some hand-dyed silks from Diane (aren't they just gorgeous!) and to give it some weight and because I thought it looked un-finished, I added a long purple Swarovski crystal.

Just hope she likes it!

Trudi x

Long Hollow Necklace

Long Hollow Necklace, originally uploaded by Glittering Prize - Trudi.

Well it's Christmas, so I decided to make myself a neckace, and why not!

I've wanted a long chain necklace for a while and these beads are perfect for this time of year. They've been teamed with black crimpable chain and a few Swarovski crystals that just pick up the light!

Merry Christmas everyone!