Endless Love Necklace

Hey ♥

This is another piece I made a few weeks back that I have been wearing lots. It's so cute and it goes with everything! I love it =)

This piece features a stunning Swarovski crystal heart attached by a silver bail and hung from a sterling silver bow charm. Assembled on a sterling silver chain. I love how dainty looking this piece is and how elegant it is! This piece is perfect for everyday wear or for dressing up =)

I called this piece Endless Love =) Hope you like it! Please let me know what you think. Hope everyone had a great weekend ♥

Freedom Necklace

I've been meaning to show you this piece for like a month now!! I absolutely love this necklace, I've been wearing it alot! The blue really stands out and brings life to this piece. I thought that the leaf and feather were very pretty and natural and created a nice flow within the piece.

This picture was taken awhile back, hence the white background. I will be sticking with the darker background for future photos! Thank you to everyone for your opinions btw! They were very helpful =)

This is one of my fav pieces, it's very me! Made with swarovski crystal bicones, blue glass bead and silver plated charms =) The blue bead is very unique as it has a slight dip in the centre. The top right and bottom left corners rise slightly higher than the rest giving the bead a sort of gentle wave effect shape, it's super pretty! You can make out what I mean in the pic above, there is a dark line in the centre (a reflection of something) which is distorted but it's actually reflecting the edge of a straight picture frame!

I called this piece 'Freedom' because the leaf, feather and ocean blue bead all remind me of nature and nature is always associated with beauty and liberty.

Also, below my cbox on the right (--->) I have added an easy link for you to view my jewellery!! Hope it comes in handy ;)

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Peace, Love and Harmony

Hey

I took a lil r&r time for myself the last few days. I always try to remain positive and upbeat, particularly on my blog, but sometimes it can get a lil hard. I seem to be in need of reminding myself lately that it's okay to take a step back and feel a lil blue because it's those moments that show us everything we have to appreciate in life.

As usual, I went to visit my boyfriend last weekend! It was a blast. He'll be coming down this weekend. It will only be short visit but I'm grateful for that at least. It gets lonely and boring during the week when he's not around! =P I did of course pick up some new beads and findings during my visit so I made a few new pieces which I will hopefully get posted up soon! =)

Oh and anyone who follows me on twitter knows I got my exam results lately... and I PASSED!! YAY! =) Happy with my results and going into final year next year! *scary stuff* ha ha =D

Okay so onto what ye are really interested in! I made this bracelet last Tues, got my hands on a camera yesterday so I decided to share this with ye today! I called this piece Harmony just because I felt the pastel colours gave it a very calming ambience.

Surprisingly all the beads in this except the beautiful leaf are pieces I've had for almost or over a year now. It took getting the leaf to inspire this bracelet and I like the outcome. Recently a good few of the pieces I've made have leaves in them. I love the summer/autumn feel of the leaves and the nature motif is definitely in atm with the boho chic trends!

Close up of the Bali leaf. I love adding charms to pieces because it really gives it it's own personality. This is assembled on tiger's tail and contains a mixture of seed beads, metal beads, statement and simple glass beads and swarovski crystals. And lastly two pics of the piece on =)

What do you think of this Harmony bracelet? =)

Also I was wondering what everyone would like to see more of on my blog? Please let me know! Hope everyone is having an amazing week ♥

Bridal Bracelet

Hi ♥

Meant to post this last night but got so tired I couldn't manage to stay awake any longer =P

Recently I've been reading ALOT of people's blogs and going through people's older posts aswell! I was watching some of Jen's (frmheadtotoe) videos and her bridal make-up one inspired me to do bridal piece. If you don't know about Jen's blog then you absolutely must go check it out! To match the theme that Jen was discussing I aimed to make a modern, elegant and simple yet timeless piece!

Watch her video here

Everyone knows the typical saying for a wedding attire ~ Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue! I aimed to get as much of this as possible incorporated into the piece but I couldn't do the borrowed so I changed it to old, new, shiny, blue =P

As you might have guessed I've had a recent love for pearls and they go well with anything and are most certainly timeless so I had to include them ~ something old; check. Something shiny was easy as the Swarovski crystals can't be beaten for their sparkling and light reflecting qualities =) (this pic is a lil blurry at the front but you can see how shiny they are in the other pics!)

The ribbon adds a nice touch to this piece as it make it unique and also makes the bracelet more versatile. The piece is quite classy and I think that the blue ribbon makes it slightly more relaxed feeling without taking away from the elegance of the piece. Also, it's our something blue! The bracelet itself counted for the something new on my list so our whole checklist is complete!

The piece is assembled on tiger's tail. The white pearls are accompanied by a lovely mini toggle clasp attached with a small amount of chain. I find that the beauty of the organza ribbon is that it allows you to adjust the bracelet to suit your own style as there are so many ways to tie it or decorate the bracelet with the blue ribbon! Here are just a few of the ways I tested out aside from a simple, delicate knot =)

This is my favourite way I think, I just wrapped the blue ribbon around the pearls.

This idea was done kinda hastily so the picture doesn't do much justice, sorry! What I did here was wrapped the ribbon around the toggle clasp so it was hidden. If I had pulled it tighter it would have looked much nicer as it would be a row of pearls and crystals leading to a slim ribbon twist at the back.

Here's a lil look at the front of the piece on. If you look closely you can see how shiny the Swarovski crystals are here ^.^

(Remember you can always click the pics to enlarge!)

I just want to add in a HUGE thanks to everyone who follows me here on blogger or on twitter (or both!!) Every person I've met has been so sweet and amazingly encouraging! I could never have hoped for a better response and welcome and I am truly grateful to each and everyone one of you! <3

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and has a great week ahead of them! ^.^

New piece

As promised! Here is the new piece. I made this a few weeks back but with the stress of exams and limited time between study, rest and rare moments I get with my bf I just had no time to post it =( Until now! =) I haven't named this piece yet. This one means alot to me personally as the gorgeous star charm was a present from my boyfriend. I love stars =) And I love shiny things, so obviously a shiny star with a super pretty stone in the middle is right up my alley! There's also a Swarovski crystal heart and bicone on a silver chain. Simple but I love it.

There is just a simple lobster clasp at the back. Like I said I haven't named this piece so I'd love to hear your suggestions <3

EDIT: I've decided on a name! It's now called 'First Love'. My boyfriend came up with it and many reasons why it should be called so and well I couldn't argue with him =P
So First Love it is! ♥

Jade Love

Hope everyone is doing well! I think it's about time for another jewellery post =) Finally got some pics of another piece I made recently! Sorry that the pics aren't great quality, the key is actually much shiner in real life! This ones called Jade Love. All silver-plated materials with a Swarovski heart and metallic painted circular shell charm. This is a very simple, elegant design.

My favourite thing about this piece is how the crystal heart reflects the colour of the shell. You can see this is the pic above. The shell itself is a coated with a metallic jade/aqua shade (depending on what light you look at it in) and so with movement the colour always changes slightly, by itself and through the Swarovski crystal. Lots of shiny parts in this one! ^.^

I used a simple lobster clasp with an extension chain at the back of this making it easier to put on. I forgot to take a picture of the full length but this is the longest one I've made yet at 18". I felt the length suited this style better and love the turnout =)

Can't wait to hear what you guys think! ♥

Angelique Bracelet

I got all my goodies in the post over the last two weeks and I just had to make something on Friday! My camera died recently so it's been difficult to take photos when I want >.<  but this is what I came up with;

It's a two layer bracelet with off-white faux pearls, swarovski crystal bicones and rondelles. Made on tiger's tail and chain and ties with a cute lil toggle clasp. The wing is one of the (many) main new things I bought, I just thought it worked perfectly on this bracelet!

I realised I have only called my jewellery pieces by pretty much their literal description so I decided to name this one the Angelique Bracelet ~ cliched much? XP  I like this bracelet and I'd even be tempted to create it or a similar design for a giveaway at some point if ye like it.

Just a lil pick of what it looks like on. I don't really model my pieces, I know some people can do a really good job of it but I'm the behind-the-camera kinda person =P I was kinda inspired to do this piece by my Vday present (as you may know my bf and I agreed on no pressies) but he surprised me with a beautiful white rose anyway! <3 It's just a lil piece of casual elegance.

Blue Memory Bracelet

This bracelet is one of my personal favourites! Made using memory wire and tiger's tail, including turquoise metallic cubes, jade porcelian beads and clear seed beads. Also two swarovski crystals feature as the main focus of the bracelet.

Eight daisy dividers give this bracelet strength and flexibility while keeping it in position. A nice magnetic clasp makes it easy to get on and off! Not to be biased but I love this bracelet! XD Because it's made with memory wire it never loses it's shape and the clasp makes it so easy to get on, I often find that lobster clasps and spring rings can be awkward to tie one-handed!