I’ve been steadily working up a small collection of button charm bracelets for my up and coming craft fairs in November and I’m really pleased with the results so far.
Tag Archives: Silver
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Oct
Oct
I bought a beautiful set of silver teaspoons on eBay and they arrived today in a lovely old red case. So I have 6 spoons to make rings from.
20
Oct
Oct
I spent the whole day in Cupar today invigilating Colin’s exhibition, so in order to make the best of the time, I took up all the bits and pieces I needed to make a new lot of button charm bracelets.
15
Oct
Oct
I’ve been busy making lots of things for my up and coming craft fairs in November and one idea I wanted to try was to make a cluster ring to match the cluster necklaces and earring I’ve been making – more on those later.
10
Oct
Oct
I managed to source some really lovely small silver cake forks the other day and at my jewellery class last night made five rings from them.
07
Oct
Oct
My new ‘I used to be a spoon…‘ range is now available in the Milomade shop! Small beginnings with only three rings, but I’m slowly accumulating silver flatware in lots of different designs/patterns and so more rings will be available soon – all different sizes and prices depending on the weight of the silverware used. […]
20
Sep
Sep
Well I started my Silver Jewellery Creation course on Friday and the first thing I wanted to do was make a ring from one of the sterling silver teaspoons I bought in Edinburgh last week.
16
Aug
Aug
Following on from my ring making frenzy, I decided to make a bangle for a friend of mine. I realised that if I formed the swirl on the ring in the opposite direction, it would look like an ‘S’ and that just happens to be my friends initial…
15
Aug
Aug
I decided to make rings today – follow a few tutorials in a book that I borrowed from the library and get comfortable with working with different thicknesses of wire and have a good old play and see what I come up with. It was tons of fun and I want to make more, but […]
06
Aug
Aug
We’re going to Ireland at the weekend and it just happens to be Eileen’s [Colin’s mum] Birthday. So I decided it would be nice to make her a brooch from some of my vintage buttons.