I am sat here, in the middle of England, with the temperature well into the thirties, wishing I lived closer to the sea. I love the coast and always have. I have always been fascinated with exploring rock pools, watching the fish and crustaceans weave between the sea weeds of many colours and equally delighted to see the anemones, mollusks and barnacles clinging to the rocks so effectively! So it is not that surprising that I have quite a large selection of handmade bead j

There has probably been a time in your life when you needed some paper clips so you bought a box of them even though you only actually needed a couple. This is a way of using the others that would otherwise, just sit in a drawer waiting for the next time you might need a couple of paper clips. This is how I make a simple pair of earrings just by adding a few glass beads to regular paper clips and attaching a pair of ear hooks. Firstly select your beads Make sure the bead hol

I have just announced a new jewellery Making Workshop for April ...

getting hooked on crocheted wire and bead jewellery - a closer look at crocheted wire jewellery handmade by Angela Smith Jewellery

learn a few techniques to embellish metal geometric shapes with beads to make earrings and pendants

Announcing my next bead jewellery making workshop I am looking forward to guiding my next group of students in the making of a glass bead...

I can’t put it off any longer, I have kept my p&p price at £3.50 since setting up my website during the lockdowns, since then there have...

I have created a couple of items of wire and bead crocheted jewellery in the Suffragette colours of White, Purple and Green

You know those small packs of playing cards you get in Christmas crackers, the ones that are too small to play with.... These..... Let me...

If you attend one of my basic jewellery making workshops I will show you in person how to make earrings, however attending one of my...

How long is a string of pearls - or any bead necklace for that matter? The simple answer is as long as you want it to be! Whatever...

As I mentioned in my previous blog I was privileged to have been invited to provide some of my handmade bridal jewellery and tiaras for a...

I was privileged to have been invited to provide some of my bridal jewellery and tiaras for a styled wedding shoot last month by the...

Yesterday I held a knitted wire and bead jewellery making workshop in Gnosall, Staffordshire Knitting with wire isn't difficult but it...

A brief review of bracelet and necklace restringing clasps used by Angela Smith Jewellery. I am often asked what clasps I use when...

30 years of making bead jewellery January marks a milestone anniversary for Angela Smith Jewellery Angela Smith Jewellery is thirty years...

Are you a knitter? Have you ever thought about knitting jewellery with wire but not had any idea about where to start? What type of...

Last weekend I attended a craft and Makers Market in Newport, Shropshire. The theme for the day was Halloween, which is not something I...

If you are wanting a handmade Christmas this year I have just the workshop for you! I have put together a selection of beaded Christmas...

It isn't a secret! Most people realise that plastic melts. Did you also know that if two pieces of plastic melt together they will fuse together? It is fairly obvious but maybe it isn't something you have considered before. It took me a while to join the dots but back in 2019 I started exploring different ways to make jewellery using materials that would otherwise have been destined for the bin, it was then I started to use this information and my bubblewrap earrings entered