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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Gnosall, Staffordshire. Yesterday afternoon I held my first Jewellery Making Workshop of 2023! Setting up, I realised just how many beads...

Already in April! what happened to March? Just a quick post to remind you that I have a jewellery making workshop coming up this month on...

One day I got my crochet hook and crocheted some random shapes with silver plate wire. Including this..... What do you see? What could...

Here's a top tip for Tuesday As many of you already know, I don't like elasticated bracelets - I am asked so many times to restring...