New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

elysia2003

Hiya KMS, I love the bracelet you made. It's great! Where do you buy all the bits? I think I'd like to make some jewellery as you've all got me so inspired.

mcjordi

lol nothing i switched to npower through quidco and got £120 and order stuff off ebay through quidco so after membership fee i got 118.58

kms26

elysia2003 wrote: »

Hiya KMS, I love the bracelet you made. It's great! Where do you buy all the bits? I think I'd like to make some jewellery as you've all got me so inspired.

Hi,

I brought a starter kit from Argos
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0200800.htm

It is £19:99 but you get 3 tools with it, a nice case to keep them in plus enough things for 1 bracelet. The pattern i got said to use all the beads that came with it, but the picture of what it was meant to look like wasn't very nice so i adjusted it to what i made. I have loads of beads left over just need more chain now lol It's really easy to do

I have ordered some bits and pieces from ebay so can't wait for them to arrive. :j

elysia2003

kms26 wrote: »

The pattern i got said to use all the beads that came with it, but the picture of what it was meant to look like wasn't very nice so i adjusted it to what i made. I have loads of beads left over just need more chain now lol It's really easy to do :j

I agree with you. Yours is much nicer. Less is more.

I've been looking on ebay but don't know where to start. I love the idea of the memory wire ones but not sure what size beads I'd need. :cool:





Well done McJordi. :j Did you bid on anything on ebay? Sorry, I'm very nosy.

Giggles_Fairy

elysia2003 wrote: »

I agree with you. Yours is much nicer. Less is more.

I've been looking on ebay but don't know where to start. I love the idea of the memory wire ones but not sure what size beads I'd need. :cool:





Well done McJordi. :j Did you bid on anything on ebay? Sorry, I'm very nosy.

I started off on memory wire bracelets. Dont worry too much on size of beads, as a mix always looks best. 8mm are quite nice sized beads then 4mm are nice sized filler beads. Maybe buy a bead mix to start with as this means you get a lovely mix without spending too much, I used jillybeads.com to buy a blue bead mix and loved the end result (a memory wire bracelet too!)

sarahf191979

morning all

Just spotted that bonusprint are offering a free fridgemagnet on the website you just pay P&P would make a nice stocking filler (ohh and dont forget topcashback:beer:)

HTH
Sarah

rufusdog52

Went in Card Factory yesterday and our one has a range of cards they are selling at 7 for £1. They are really nice and for male, female and kids etc. Be good any of you with kids at school if you want to grab a stash of cards for partys etc. I bought two lots for my Dad as he cant get out like he used to so has some spare in doors for when he needs them xx

sarahf191979

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

Went in Card Factory yesterday and our one has a range of cards they are selling at 7 for £1. They are really nice and for male, female and kids etc. Be good any of you with kids at school if you want to grab a stash of cards for partys etc. I bought two lots for my Dad as he cant get out like he used to so has some spare in doors for when he needs them xx

Thanks Rufus, will pop in today, running a bit short on cards.

susan42

Hi kms love the blog, the akes made my mouth water, and that bracelets lovely. I became a follower of your blog, but for some reason cant make a comment, must investigate when i have more time:D

Elysia.....jewellery making quite addictive, i been doing it since chrismas and find it very soothiing...:j

Mary, hope you`re feeling a bit better today

Rufus ...I like the cards at card factory to, but everyone i know expects an hand made card now which i enjoy making but get a bit carried away some times ..:rotfl:

Well im off out now to fix someones computer so i`ll catch up later, have a good day all xx

mum2one

http://www.tablecloths.co.uk/

(borrowed from grbbit board - thank you kms) xx

Thinking of you Mary xx