Sunday 19 October 2014

Handmade Monday: lovely beads and lovely customers

Since I last blogged, we've had the pleasure of my nephew's wedding at which my homemade jewellery was admired. You might remember a slightly anxious post about whether I should whip up a fascinator or not. In the end, I made one but didn't wear it. Good choice, I think, and I did notice some of the ladies were removing theirs as the day wore on!

Last weekend I had a visit from a regular customer to my Folksy shop. It's always great to know people like your jewellery enough to come back for more, and this particular lady shares my love of bronzite. A while ago, she bought a little delicate bracelet with drizzled glass beads in deep blue, gold and red, combined with bronze swirls as connectors round each bead. 

It took quite a lot of time and effort to make those connector links, so when the lady came back asking if I could make a matching necklace long enough to wear as a double strand, I was kind of glad that the nights are drawing in,and there are stacks of TV programmes we watch which you can still follow whilst shaping wire! I have to admit to having sore hands from gripping the pliers,and I won't be rushing to recreate this one in a five strand version, but I'm quite pleased with the result. 


This time I added other glass beads with different combinations of the same colours.  The effect is a bit Venetian, I think, don't you?  It's been delivered now and hopefully being enjoyed.  We had a lovely sunny Autumn day today, perfect to see these colours at their best.  



Visit http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.co.uk to see what other crafters have been up to this week,  

Alison

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful and worth all your hard work! I bet the colours of the beads really stand out when they catch the light! x

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  2. Beautiful Alison, as is all your work.

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  3. It's beautiful and how lovely that she wanted something to match with the bracelet she already bought.

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  4. Beautiful. It must take a very long time to make.

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  5. Those colours are amazing, I love the way you mix those delicate beads with the bronze, lovely!

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  6. Oh wow, that long necklace must have taken you ages! It looks so pretty though, definitely worth the effort, i'm sure it will be worn often by its new owner :) x

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  7. Lots of work but worth it, it's lovely!

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  8. So delicate yet so substantial! Beautiful necklace. Well done!

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  9. Very pretty, a labour of love I think :) But worth it as I can see it being cherished for a long time to come :)

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  10. I'm sure you customer will love it (and the attention such a stunning piece will attract!)

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