{Song}beads

What have my handwoven {song}beads been getting up to? Here are some of my designs where they have been popping up recently (and a few not so recently!):

Some have sold, some are *mine* and some are available over in my etsy shop. 

Junebug Sale over at Songbead!

In case you missed it, I am having a sale today and tomorrow over in my etsy shop! Just use coupon code JUNEBUG to take 20% off everything until the end of Sunday 29th. There are lots of new pieces in there so go and check it out!

Hello! And Some New Jewellery!

Oh my goodness, it really has been a while....I have plans to remedy that this coming weekend....but for now, I leave you with some NEW jewellery that I have just listed in the shop. Hop over and take a peek!

Why did the Dragon Fly? 

Nestled

Hawaiian Heather 

Sweet Pea

Betwixt

Lily

Cotton Clouds

Flutter

Betwixt

new pieces in les shops.

i've been photographing and editing all day - yawn, quite frankly! i do enjoy taking photographs but then i reach a point were i'm just going through the motions; not quite concentrating on the simple enjoyment of looking at what i'm taking, just making my way through a pile of jewellery and not necessarily getting the best photos that i can do. so hopefully i haven't done that today....i had a surprise day off due to my primary school doing a recording with the whole school today and thus my wee singers being needed for that....it does mean that thursday - my usual day off - will be spent at work instead but never mind! so i thought i should really make use of it. 

lots of earrings. some of these i've made really recently (days ago) and some, over the past few months. what do you think? i can see lots of complementary and contrasting colours when i look at these as a whole, and i'm quite enjoying that. colour is such a huge inspiration to me, i do enjoy playing around with it - either in making it flow along from one hue to another:

blue rainbow

or in juxtaposing complementaries with one another - usually secondaries or tertiaries rather than primaries, but i do love the odd primary combination here and there - see these lemon and royal blue earrings! 

royal lemon

quite a soothing combination i find.

i've also added a couple of rings, which is a new item i've been selling at my monthly craft fair - these are so fun to make, just playing around with shots of colour.

peachy mint

sweet tooth

 available in my shops now or over the next few hours....

one little blue bird

bollywood flowers

happy colours

shabby pearls

pearl aviary

poppy tears

it's been good to repopulate my little folksy shop as well - it's been neglected for too long. i'm never quite sure about whether i should have the two shops going - it's that mental toss up between knowing that whilst there are not as many buyers on folksy, there aren't as many sellers either - etsy is swamped with both. it's a little easier to list on etsy too so i usually end up just going straight there....however, i am making a point of trying to fill up little folksy. 14 items so far, where as there were 5 this morning. not bad for one evening! 

what have you created this week?

New items in les shops

Quite a few new items added to my Etsy and Folksy shops today - I spent the morning making a bunch of pretty rose hair grips, very satisfying. I won't bore you with individual links for this many items; instead, a fun collage from Picnik. Happy Thursday! x x x

Muffin Tin Update

Thought I would share some updated, better light pictures with you of some of my Muffin Tin Jewellery. Here's the spec if you missed it, and my original post. Yucky light and therefore photos, I'm sure you'll agree! So I thought I'd snap some better ones.

Click to enlarge and see individual pieces more clearly. Most are available in my Folksy and Etsy shops *now*. 

I've been playing around with Picnik as some of you will recognise. I've rounded the corners of the photos within the collage off, and also added a '60s' finish - it fades the colour slightly giving it an aged, nostalgic feel and rounds the corners of the collage itself. I think it's my favourite photo finish there at the moment. 

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

x x x

A new venture!

So, I've had my little Folksy shop for a wee while now and whilst I'm certainly never going to be giving up the day job(!), I do sell things there from time to time which is lovely. So, feeling a new burst of confidence (I blame my new camera!) I have decided to open an Etsy shop. One of millions and millions I know, but I've had fun today taking photos and writing up blurbs for a bunch of earrings I made this week. Next, it'll be the bracelets. And once my half size mannequin arrives (SUPER excited!), it'll be the turn of the necklaces. And for you my lovely blog readers, I have a special offer, should you wish to purchase anything from my shop for the first month it is open, I have a lovely code for 15% off - simply type NEWSHOP15 in at the check out and Etsy will do the rest for you. Here is a peek at some of the pairs I've just listed.

Hope you are all having a fab weekend and especially here in the UK with our bonus Friday holiday!

Turquoise Burst

Fireflies

Mint Rose

Blue Lanterns

Ice Cream Sundaes