Chain Types to choose from

With some of my necklaces you have the option to choose which type of chain you would like. Here is an image of all my chains to help you decide:

From the garden

 

Pumpkin carving fun.

My daughter and myself have been doing some pumpkin carving. She got bored after about 5 minutes but I quite enjoyed it and was pleased with the result (until the following day when my pumpkin dried up and shrunk and looked terrible...).
May just have to do it all over again on Monday...

And the winner is...

My blog giveaway is now closed.
My 2.5 year old daughter has picked one lucky winner and that person is:
charlottehupfieldceramics

Congratulation! I will be in touch soon to discuss your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered, a new giveaway will be launched soon...

Time to treat myself (again)…

Every now and then I get this need to treat myself and make a piece of jewellery for ME rather than other people.
My recent soldered stud earrings project (read here) has inspired me to make another soldered, slightly more complicated, piece of personalised jewellery.

I wanted to create something very personal to me with the names of my closest, my little daughter and my husband (so that he doesn’t moan about not having his name included…)
I decided to make a sterling silver heart shape pendant with the 2 names hidden inside. It was a bit more complicated than what I normally do but I have really enjoyed creating this necklace and I’m pleased with the way it turned out.
Here are some progress pictures together with the finished piece. Hope you like it.
I’m not really planning on making this pendant again and adding it to my shop, it was just a treat for myself (although I would probably give in if somebody tried to persuade me to make it for them…)

Last chance to enter my blog giveaway!

You may remember my blog giveaway where you had a chance to win a free personalised item of your choice.
I have decided to close this giveaway earlier than originally planed (before the mad Xmas rush starts...) and so you have a last chance to enter.
The giveaway will be finishing this Friday the 21st October so if you would like to enter, please click here to find out how.
Good Luck.

New additions: personalised jewellery made from aluminium

It was my 10th wedding anniversary recently and I needed to find a tin or an aluminium gift for my other half.
There were quite a lot of gifts available for women, such as this lovely heart shaped bowl (which I was lucky enough to receive) but I struggled to find something personal for men. 

This gave me an idea to add some personalised aluminium jewellery items to my shop.

I now have a new range available in my Folksy shop including message dog tags, personalised rings and cuff bracelets stamped with names or short messages.

They are very lightweight and easy to wear and are polished to a nice shine (and very affordable). All supplied in a lovely gift box with a ribbon ready for giving as 10th wedding anniversary gifts.

Please click on the images below for more details about each product and to go straight to my Folksy shop.

Latest commission: Stud earrings with words

I have recently been contacted by one of my customer asking for some silver stud earrings personalised with the words LOVE and YOU.
This would involve soldering a post to the back of domed stamped discs. I do not normally do soldering so I have offered my customer my hanging stamped earrings. However she really wanted stud earrings and so I had to refuse this commission.

The same customer contacted me a few weeks later about a personalised keyring and she was still trying to find the earrings and was quite desperate for somebody to make them. After a bit of persuading I agreed to make these soldered earrings (partly because I had a 'quiet' period at the time). I don't much like doing soldering as it involves handling acid (to clean the fire stains) but I thought it would be a nice project for me...

So anyway, here they are, I'm quite pleased with the way they have turned out.

When my customer received her earrings, this is what she sent me:

Oh my giddy flaming aunt, they are perfect, perfect, PERFECT! Just exactly what i wanted! God you little bobby dazzler you! You will go far!!!!! I just LOVE them! Cant wait to go n show hubby!!!! Oh they are just gorgeous! Thankyou sooooooo much!

I think she liked them...

Keep them quiet for a while...

My 2.5yr old daughter has recently been following me, saying 'I want to make jewellery'...obviously something that she has seen her mummy do! So I have allowed her to share my work desk (kitchen table). She started with sticking my drill bits into a bit of wood and adding some old beads (and anything else she could find on the table). She was doing it for ages and looked like she was really enjoying it (and so did I as it kept her quiet for a bit and I was able to do some polishing next to her).
So the next day, I have cut another bit of wood especially for her, pre-drilled some holes and stuck in some old bits of wire. Gave her some old beads and she was off threading everything on, apparently 'making Xmas trees'.
She loves doing it and keeps adding to her Xmas tree every day.
It just shows, all the expensive toys you can get these days but all kids want is just something new and exciting to keep them occupied, no matter how much it cost...
Try it yourself (keep them supervised though, careful about putting beads in their mouth etc...safety comes first!)

Latest commission: Bridesmaids Necklaces with hearts

My latest commission was a set of 4 personalised necklaces for bridesmaids. My customer has chosen my PT 2004 24 Silver Heart necklace which was personalised with the bridesmaids' names.

I have done this necklace quite a few times before but it was really nice to see 4 of them together.

My customer has was pleased with the necklaces and left me this lovely comment:

'I just wanted to let you know that my order arrived safely yesterday and I'm absolutely thrilled with it. The necklaces are gorgeous and even nicer in real life than I imagined. I can't wait to give the necklaces to the girls, they'll love them. 

Thank you so much for your help and great customer service.'

So pleased that I have another happy customer...