Recent Posts Tagged With 'make 50'

• Make 50: Week 45 and custom order continued

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 04:02 in earrings, wip, custom, hoop, work in progress, resin, custom order, 50 things, lilypad, make 50

  My make for this week is this pair of earrings, they have fabric embedded inside which gives them an ornate sketchy feel. I am progressing with the custom order I blogged about in my last post. The pieces are now sanded and polished (sorry for the f...

• Make 50: Week 44

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 17:05 in friendship, earrings, pendants, necklaces, hearts, ladybird, resin, 50 things, make 50

  This week’s make is this pair of ladybird earrings: And I was asked to keep you posted on the friendship necklaces, so here are the two I currently have available, working on a girly girly one at the minute: ...

• Make 50: Week 43

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 09:25 in resin, knitting needles, 50 things, make 50

  I made these knitting needles as a custom order this week: ...

• Make 50: Weeks 41 and 42…. and um… 20.

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 03:31 in bracelet, jewelry, jewellery, workshops, bangle, resin, cuff, paperweight, cufflinks, moulds, 50 things, make 50

  I’ve been trying to figure out why I had a picture missing in my Make 50 set on Flickr. Turns out I jumped from Week 19 to 21. Oops. So here’s three new things to share… Gardening cufflinks Glitter cuff (not available for sale as ...

• Make 50: Week 39 and 40

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 04:13 in bracelet, horse, custom, commemorative, hairsticks, horse hair, hair sticks, 50 things, folksy, make 50

  Last week I made this bracelet and additional charm as a custom order with horse hair and silver stamped plaques. These hairsticks were made this week and are now available in my Folksy shop. ...

• Make 50: Week 38, or how to create a mess

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 08:26 in acrylic, mess, paint, wip, textured, bangles, resin, enamel, 50 things, make 50

  I’ve been making textured bangles and highlighting with colour, for example these resin bangles with metallic enamel paint…   However I wanted to create some with black recesses and bought acrylic paint, thinking this would work better. ...

• Make 50: Week 37

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 15:57 in card, greetings, handmade, fabric, resin, 50 things, pennydog, make 50

  I’ve started making cards! What do you think- do they work? ...

• Make 50: Week 35 and 36

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 08:58 in bracelet, fabric, charm, necklace, resin, cuff, 50 things, make 50

  Another Heart on Sleeve bracelet for you this time, and I’ve also had a play with some tiny bezels to make “charm” style necklaces. ...

• Make 50: Week 33 and 34

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 06:49 in coasters, resin, 50 things, pennydog, make 50, polishing cloths

  I missed my make last week, so here are two! Bali Gold Coasters: …and also some silver polishing cloths that I sent off to potential new stockists. These serve a purpose and also as a reminder of me ...

• Make 50: Week 32

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 08:10 in Soap, Button, buttons, resin, gift set, soap dish, 50 things, soapychica, make 50, soapy chica

  I finished my soap dish, and with SoapyChica’s soap contribution (www.soapychica.co.uk) made a gift box ...

• Make 50: Week 31

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 03:01 in earrings, resin, clownfish, 50 things, make 50

  I made this pair of clownfish earrings for my make this week! ...

• Make 50: Week 30

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 08:50 in Heart, earrings, resin, 50 things, make 50

  For my make this week I have these heart earrings. There’s actually more to them than meets the eye- first I cut off the shank on some heart shaped buttons and created a mould from them in silicone, then cast the resin (which for some reason ke...

• Make 50: Week 28 and 29

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 02:58 in ring, green, bubble, spoon, resin, 50 things, make 50

  I’ve not been slacking- honest- just been really busy with new stockists! Check back at my stockists page in a couple of weeks to see what’s going on! Anyway, I thought I’d show you a couple of different makes this time, firstly I&#...

• Make 50: Week 27

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 03:27 in dandelion, resin, paperweight, 50 things, make 50

  I learned the secret of casting dandelion seedheads without them disintegrating! ...

• Make 50: Week 25 – The idea worked!

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 09:44 in hoops, earrings, flower, hoop, resin, 50 things, make 50, j-hoop

  Remember that rough sketch a few posts ago? Well it turned into a rather nice pair of resin J-hoop earrings! I’m really pleased with how these turned out, I am currently making some silver leaf ones as we speak! ...

• Make 50: Week 24

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 03:11 in jewelry, jewellery, etsy, fruit, citrus, resin, 50 things, make 50

  I made this set of citrusy goodness for a lady on Etsy who is setting up a juice bar with her husband. Their speciality drinks feature lemon, lime, grapefruit and orange, so she wanted these in a ring, pendant and earrings, so this is what I came up ...

• Make 50: Week 22 and 23

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 07:29 in post, earrings, cake, stud, Posts, studs, resin, grapefruit, pink grapefruit, battenburg, 50 things, make 50

  I was a bit naughty and didn’t blog a make last week, that’s not to say that I didn’t make anything, I in fact made a lace cuff amongst other lacy things for Kathleen and Lily’s but didn’t take a photo. A lot of my makes...

• Make 50: Week 21

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 10:03 in necklace, resin, pendant, 50 things, make 50

  A quick post to show you a necklace I made with a different cord. It’s a sort of synthetic yarn from Rowan called “Holiday” and I’ve ended up with bundles of the stuff, but it looks nice and rustic ...

• Make 50 Week 18 and 19 and a small request

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 13:01 in ring, vintage, fabric, antique, fabrics, scraps, bangle, resin, steampunk, 50 things, exercise book, make 50

  I’ve kind of made two things this week, so I’ve decided to catch up as I think I fell behind a little while back. This bangle has vintage sewing pattern inside and reclaimed buttons and was made for vInTaGe VioLeT, who has been providing ...

• Studio update, and make 50: week 17

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 03:48 in studio, moving house, ikea, refurbishment, craft room, 50 things, make 50

  It’s been a little while- moving has been very hectic, but I’ve taken a few pictures of the progress of the workshop so far. Not finished yet mind, very untidy! I went to Ikea on Thursday for some more furniture, and ended up with towels...

• Make 50: Week 15 and 16

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 03:38 in flowers, vintage, wool, buttons, brooch, resin, 50 things, make 50

  Since I fell a little behind with my makes, here is last week’s and this week’s together in a single blog post Week 15 saw me making a heck of a lot of wool flowers, then wrapping the stems with floral tape… A bit different for me...

• Make 50: Week 14

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 13:14 in sewing, sock monkey, sock monster, 50 things, sock dog, make 50

  This is a belated post but still counts as this IS what I was making last week! I decided to cut up some socks and make some interesting looking creatures. The first I made was the dog, which used 2 whole socks, then the stripy Zombie Cow and Zombie ...

• Make 50: Week 13 - Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve and Rothley Contemporary Crafts!

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 09:55 in women, crafts, craft, jewellery, workshops, customised, custom, customized, workshop, resin, cuff, cufflinks

  Something came to my head whilst walking the dog this morning so I knocked up a quick prototype. I was basically thinking about bracelets with heart on with photos in for a “Wear your heart on your sleeve” range and promotion, and I was t...

• Make 50: Week 12

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 03:02 in ring, resin, steampunk, watch parts, 50 things, make 50

  I’ve been a bit quiet on here recently, mainly because I have had orders for shops and Handm@de Cambridge this weekend, but hopefully I am back on track! Once I figure out how to take pictures off my mobile phone I will show you the little jewe...

• Make 50: Week 11 and Time for Tea!

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 09:16 in crafts, craft, tea, knitting, swap, necklace, tea leaves, knitted, resin, pendant, 50 things, time for tea

  Technically, this is week 12, but I missed last week, and I’m still on track for 50 things, so… never mind! Apologies for the photo quality today, still bonkers busy round here! This is my item, which was made for the main item in the Tim...

• Make 50: Week 10…. sort of.

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 13:48 in book, jewelry, tutorial, tutorials, jewellery, instruction, instructions, resin, create your own, 50 things, make 50

  It’s been absolutely MANIC this week what with my knitting needles being featured on Little Cotton Rabbits (http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk),  then my book delivery coming and the resulting £60 worth of postage, Comic Relief on Frida...

• Make 50: Week 9

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 14:00 in jewelry, recycled, jewellery, bubble wrap, recycle, resin, gelcoat, 50 things, make 50

  I’ve been trying out a few things with a second book in mind for release around Christmas, and then these were born. As it’s a prototype, I’m planning on banding the colours. I used gelcoat resin as a paint on bubble wrap, then sawe...

• Make 50: Week 8

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 04:51 in fish, post, earrings, stud, Posts, goldfish, studs, resin, 50 things, make 50

  This week I finished these earrings with little goldfish inside. They’re for a custom order but I’m thinking of making more, what do you think?   ...

• Giveaway and Make 50: Week 7

  Posted on Thursday February 19th, 2009 at 04:34 in Free, contest, Giveaway, competition, earrings, moss, resin, cabochons, 50 things, make 50

  Here’s my make for this week- some finished earrings with embedded moss. I will have these at the Remade Fashion Fair this Saturday at the Custard Factory, where I am showing my jewellery made from recycled materials and also found objects. Thi...

• Make 50: Week 6

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 03:33 in resin, knitting needles, 50 things, make 50

  Here’s my 6th item for the 50 things challenge, even more knitting needles! I’ve been making all sorts of combinations, but pink seems to be the colour that everyone wants! I’m hoping to put a category for these up on my website to...