jewelllery making for 2010

Giggles_Fairy

Crafty JuJu: Oh and thanks for becoming my first follower. I feel all posh now hahaha

Giggles_Fairy

Am pleased to say that I gave my second brown memory charm to my bfs Nanna this weekend and she loved it She said its perfect for her as she struggles with clasps so the style of the memory wire bracelet means she doesnt have to worry about that.

I had a couple of spare hours last night so I had a play with the last two memory wire coils Ive got left of my stash.

I decided to go with a pattern on this ones. I initially started doing a random order like my two brown ones but after putting a few beads on they didnt seem to be matching as well so I started again and went for a pattern instead. I love the outcome of this one, in purple and white.




I had some lovely pale blue beads I wanted to use so did the below bracelet. However the beads were far too heavy and the wire was falling away from the wrist so I am going to have to undo it and start again. I think I am going to buy some small white or matching blue beads or seed beads to space out the larger beads more. Maybe I will even save a few and attempt some matching earrings!

Kandipandi

Giggles they are really pretty!

Giggles_Fairy

Kandipandi wrote: »

Giggles they are really pretty!

Thanks Kandi I think the top one I may have to keep for myself hehe I am very pale though so not sure if the white beads go with my complexion yet!

I cant wait to get some beads to make a bracelet for the blue beads as I am totally in love with them!

Giggles_Fairy

VikkiJD wrote: »

Afternoon All,
Just discovered this thread today and have enjoyed looking at your posts.

I have started making jewellery and it is so much fun, i am a little bit addicted to ebay and buying beads but I try not to let it cost too much and its loads of fun!

Will post some pictures when I have them and i look forward to following this thread!

:p:p

Welcome to the thread VikkiJD

Im looking forward to seeing your pics, I love looking at everyones makes

Giggles_Fairy

Oh Im having real problems with the size of the pictures!

What do you all use to put pictures into the thread and into your blogs?

I am using photobucket and am using the resize option to try and choose a size that means the pictures dont take over the thread and can be seen on my blog posts. I changed the size to small the other day and it went too small. I chose large before for the white and purple one and although its an ok size on this thread it is still too big on my blog. So I chose to resize the blue and white one to medium and now its gone hugeeeeeeeeeee. I have no experienced using photobucket and its getting on my nerves now!

Kandipandi

Giggles - I love those pale beads you have used. I have not made jewellery for a few weeks now (I am addicted to sewing at the minute) but think I might give it another go soon. I just joined your blog and am looking forward to your new creations.

VikkiJD

So, ive never posted pics on here before so dont really know how to do it!

I made a handbag charm last night (first attempt) and ive brought it into work today and everyone wants one!!

Made a pair of earrings too but i used 2 different sized earring hooks (didnt even know i had 2 sizes) but heyho again it was a first attempt!

My boss owns a salon and has said he is thinking of introducing a jewellery line so he said id better get some more practice in!!!!!!!!!:eek::T

Nichelette

Giggles, those are lovely bracelets for your first attempts.

Given how everyone has been talking about Folksy lately, has anyone tried (or even heard) of Dawanda? It's like a European version of Etsy. I had a shop on there a couple of years ago when I was selling my 'plastic' jewellery and sold a handful of bits without a huge amount of effort. I've been gettting more regular newsletters from them so I thought I'd give them a go again as it seems to be gaining popularity.

The newsletters go out to over half a million people apparently, and there are no listing fees at the moment so I thought I'd give it a go as I have nothing to lose but my time. I'll put the link to my shop in my link so if anyone wants to investigate the site they can .

Crafty_JuJu

Giggles_Fairy wrote: »

Oh my, I cant believe you have only been making jewellery for two months! If I have half as much skill as you in two months time I will be happy!

Isnt that funny how I have pretty much decided to follow the same pathway as you hehe I have a few questions concerning the cluster bracelets that I just wanted to clear up/get tips on before I place an order for things, would you mind if I DM'd you to ask some advice? I wont be placing an order till next week anyway so theres no rush. Need to wait for payday haha

I LOVE the bracelets you have put on your blog. Its good to bear in mind that some people dont like flamboyant jewellery but still want to make a statement and I think those bracelets ae perfect for that!

Thankyou so much You can PM me if you'd like but I'm not sure how much help I'll be, I'm still learning as I go but I'm happy to help

I love the new purple memory wire bracelet you have made, where did you get the bird charm from, its fab

Welcome VikkiJD :j Gorgeous 1st makes :T Can't wait to see more

Nichelette - Thanks for the advice, I'm off now to go look Like you said if theres no listing fee whats the harm in trying

Hope everyone had a lovely sunny weekend (its dull today ) I blooged last night the makes I've made over the last couple of days while enjoying the sunshine (sat in shade!) if you'd like to go nosey might make some more in abit before I go out to work tonight x