Showcase Exhibition

GOOD NEWS! My jewellery is currently being exhibited at the Havant Arts Centre. The exhibition entitled 'IMPRINT' runs from April 1st - June 30th. Here's a picture of the display cabinets, in which my work is being shown....if you want to see more there are some extra images on the events page on my website or pop along to the gallery!

Jewellery and Face Shape

I often get asked if a particular style of jewellery suits the person wanting to purchase it, so i've put together a page on my website which helps you work out what shape face you have and therefore, what type of jewellery may suit and flatter that shape better!

SRAJD Membership

Hooray! I have just been given my SRAJD membership number!! This is important because wherever you see the logo displayed it means you are buying from the actual artist who made the work, and not some middle man flogging cheaply made goods. Click the logo to get taken to their site, you may even want to add yourself to the list!

Book Review

Title: Vintage-Style Beaded Jewellery

Author: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell

This is a beautifully photographed book full of delicious eye candy projects that will inspire anyone interested in creating vintage-style bead jewellery.

Due to the nature of the beads etc used, there are no suppliers lists as such, so if you are looking for this sort of information this is not where you will find it! It's an easy book to read and would probably suit a beading beginner. I also think it is a perfect coffee table book to flick through.

In my opinion, I think this book is really best used as a way to get visual inspiration rather than being used as a reference book. The instructions are a little vague and I would like to have read more on the history of the vintage beads used.

Miffy Birthday Cake!

Here is a picture of a birthday cake I recently made for my one year old daughter who loves Miffy (the little white bunny!). I'd never made a proper cake before, let alone decorated one, so this was going to be a challenge! After 3 attempts at finally baking something edible, I was able to decorate it by literally 'painting' with icing and food colouring. So i'm hoping by the time she is 18, I may actually have perfected the recipe!

Gothic Flower choker

Here's a gothic looking antique gold choker, made in a heavy metal. It's been redesigned from old belt buckles and can be customised to fit any width neck, by adding or removing a section if necessary. This is one of those pieces of jewellery that would look fantastic with an elegant, but vampy dress to really make you stand out!

Distinguished road

Life has always made interesting twists and turns, but now we are on a distinguished road.