I’d love to try making glass beads - this is an inspiring video. Dawn’s site has some really beautiful beads. Wonder what one would need to start making glass beads? Time for some research….

The work that these two put into this is incredible, and so is the end result!

I have a strange formula for you. Its not that strange actually because whenever I use it; the price always seems right.
I add up all costs of materials used for my piece of jewellery, times it by 2 and pay myself a decent hourly wage for the time it took me.

Lets take a bracelet made […]

If selling your jewellery is not bringing in quite enough income, selling the beads alone or kits for customers to make up your pieces themselves can be very profitable.

Bead shops are thriving in the UK and with several cities still without a decent bead shop; now is the time to get in there. It isn’t […]

When I first started to make jewellery 3 years ago, I was making charm bracelets. They were very popular at the time. I wrote to 4 shops. 3 wanted to stock my bracelets. Needless to say I was unprepared and I panicked. I only got back to one of those shops who displayed my jewellery […]

As I look through hundreds of jewellery makers websites, it doesn’t seem often that I think “wow, how unusual!”, or as a maker myself; think ‘I want to buy that.’ I think the ultimate test is getting a fellow jewellery maker to want to buy a piece of your jewellery!

So here I have compiled […]

I came across a shop today that was very unique and I have decided that it is ‘the one.’ Perfect to stock my jewellery.

As I wondered into the shop, I was greeted by a luxurious deep red theme with huge antique style gold mirrors, lillies and beautiful costume jewellery laid out on tables.

The shop […]

I don’t know much about silver clay (not like Gordon) but I have experimented with the stuff and it’s something special. The best bit is the 99.9% piece of silver you have when you’ve finished. Even better is that you only need a cheap blow torch to fire it not one of those kilns costing […]

I have a fascination with all things sea themed - I think it stems from a love of mermaids when I was younger! Here I have made a twist necklace with turquoise chips, aquamarine rounds, freshwater pearls and rare Prehnite nuggets. The best part is the Hill Tribe starfish which has such detail to […]