Not only gifts

Hiya peeps!

Today only 3 pieces, 2 of them are birthday gifts.

Here one I made for our neighbour - very elegant older lady

Here gift for 11 years old daughter of my friend

And here little pendant I made for... hmmm... will see :)

First piece has mix of semi precious chips added to it, two others are with sea glass.

That's all for now.

Till next post!

Old and new

Hiya peeps!

Short today... as always :)

I did one bracelet like this before

Below 2 totally new pieces, made with materials found on the beach in Whitley Bay yesterday.

Shell plus extra color from aventurine chip

Sea glass!!!

That's all for now.

Till next post friends!

More crafting

Hiya peeps!

Today fast post...

My latest pieces - made yesterday and today.

Bit of light hammering on 3 above pieces.

Silly wire wrapping on floral/leafy designs :)

And here totally silly free form piece for myself LOL!

That's all for now.

Till next post Friends!

Playing with...

Hiya Friends!

Aww yeah! Today playing with shapes, chains and beads 😊.

Swirls with amethysts

Chains and seed beads

Glass beads and ammonite shaped earrings. 

What to make next???

Don't know yet...

Till next post!!!

More Valentine's makes

Hiya Friends!

Today few more pieces I made with Valentine's craft fair in my mind.

Still playing with copper :)

Working with it slowly coming back to me :)

Kinda Celtic heart shape

Hearts duo

Hearts with semi-precious stones.

What do you think about them?

Till next post!

Stones, beads...

Supermoon! Huge excitement around the world :) I tried to take good photo for 2 night in row, unfortunately one of them was very cloudy and yesterday I realized my phone and my camera are not good enough for taking professional looking night photos.

Pic taken with my phone :)

I'm still bit lazy with wire wrapping, hmmm maybe I just don't have stones or beads which give me this: 'wow! this one will look great like that!' factor, if you know what I'm trying to say here.

Sometime ago I found rather rough piece of amethyst in kind of arrow shape and was thinking very hard how to wrapped it to make pendant. Result of this below:

I think I like working with stones more then with beads. Possibly because their irregularity pushing me to think, how to reach result I want. 

This stone I found on the local beach during Summer, I like it cause is in the same time smooth and bit rough, and seems to contain two different 'rocks/minerals' in it.

Here little heart with amethyst beads I made yesterday. I think I'm good with making heart shaped pendants :)

I have really hard thinking about gifts for my Sneaky Santa partner - working on something special, hope that will be nice surprise...

Till next post friends!

Where's my crafty mojo??

Hmmm....

I'm not writing much lately... also not making too much jewellery lately...

Three weeks past since my last post... fact we have bathroom redecoration in progress, so that taking a bit of my time... Trying to update my CV - need new covering letter etc. Even haven't enough time for proper reading... Time is just flying...

Since last post I made few bits, some even nice looking - some of them catch likes on Instagram from Brasil and Japan :)

So... here's the stuff:

Reddish leaf shaped pendant - Mother of Pearl, I think.

Another blue porcelain bead :)

Mix of soft copper and half-hard silver plated (?) wire - I bought this wires ages ago and I think it is silver-plated. Bead added is amethyst.

More mixing :) Glass beads here.

Beads as above - swirls on silver-plated chain - bracelet

Little weaved swirl with seed beads and bicone bead.

Another wire mix with amethyst - not perfectly heart shaped :)

Hope my wire weaving mojo will back soon and I'll try something new :) That's all for today friend! Till next post!

Lazy Tobisia :)

Gee looks like I have long breaks between my posts, bad, bad girl me....

Feel very lazy lately and is really hard to see me crafting...

Fact I made few cards lately... customer order from France - Christmas cards with fairies.

Fact I added earrings to one of my bracelets - customer asked for it before purchase.

I spent bit of time with wires and even made few nice pieces :) Sorry for pics tho, but sometimes is really hard to take good photo of jewellery.

Asymmetrical with amethyst

Another bit asymmertical piece with amethyst

Heart shaped pendant with amethyst - already listed for sale in my etsy shop:https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/464794408/copper-necklacependant-heart?ref=shop_home_active_3

I hope my inspiration mode will back soon and I'll make few more pieces to show you :)

That's all for today friends! Till next post :)

September... times flies!

OMG! How it is possible that I didn't write for soooo long?

Fact, my 4yo boy starts big boys school, so lots of preparing...

Fact, I needed more wire, bought it and received it yesterday :)

Fact, I'm bit nervous about cardmaking competition I send my cards on - right, if I didn't mention this in here, I'm also making greeting cards :) Some of them you can find on my other blog: http://tobisiasworld.blogspot.co.uk/.

Because I was bit short of wire I didn't make much lately, but that not means I did nothing :)

Little pendant with turquoise blue bead

Crazy swirls with glass bead (green-purple)

Meanwhile I was making Christmas cards - customer order, and pair of chainmaille earrings with owls to match wrapping bracelet I had for sale in my etsy shop - cards and completed set already sold :)

Yesterday I received my new wire and made this pendant:

I used amethyst beads I found ages ago in charity shop (I checked them in jeweller shop and beads were confirmed to be proper amethyst ). 

I really like wireweaving, cause this technique giving me a chance to experiment and pieces I'm making can be small or big, round or not, with lots of swirls or just few and I can change my mind in any moment regards final look of piece I'm making. 

Lovely copper

Hiya!

Ah... I need more time to play with wires...

Unfortunately Dom's starting Summer holiday on Thursday, so I'll be busy entertaining my little boy :)

I should start making cards for Cardmaker competition - maybe next week.. This week I made card for 17 yo dancer (her Mum asked me for special card) and Namesday card for my Mum (sent it today and keeping my fingers crossed card reached my Mum on time).

Meantime I was trying to make something wire-wise. Half-hard wire is not good choice when trying to make pendant with bit of wire weaving but I still didn't bought soft wire , so my fault and I shouldn't complain :)

I spent some time on this pendant - result? Here you go:

Not perfect, rather huge - around 8.5 cm :)

Maybe one day I make better looking stuff, but practice makes perfect, so I'm practicing :)

Today I caught a bit of time and made this little bracelet - idea from necklace I saw in book (necklace parts was in 2 colours and had coils on each end).

I even made proper clasp :) I'll keep this one for myself :) I love how its turned out :)

Geometry or free form?

Hi!

That's the question... I like both ways in wired jewellery and just cannot decide which style is more 'mine' :)

Again I was playing a bit with wires and beads and chips. Here results:

Marbled glass bead and free form swirl

Mother of Pearl cubes placed in diamond shaped frame

Aventurine in diamond shaped frame.

In my own opinion 'diamond' shaped pieces look elegant and simple. What do you think?

More coiling and stud earrings

Hi!

I don't have much time for crafting lately, but I'm trying my best to make at least 1 piece a day :)

Still practicing coiling and using spirals and free forms :) Soon will need to buy more wire if I'll be using it in this pace :).

I also tried bit of hammering, not much - just a bit on some of new pieces I made.

Hammered star pendant - small

Free form swirl with aventurine chips

I started this with bracelet/bangle in my mind - finished as pendant with seed bead :)

Coiled stud - lightly hammered, but not cut for proper length yet (made 2 pairs). I saw idea for these studs in one of the books I read. I think they are nice looking alternative for simple studs available in the shops, cause they can be customize :)

Drop added to studs - now earrings need a bit of cut on stud piece plus 'butterflies' to have this pair complete. Possibly the other pair will have drop in green or blue - yeah I'm 'blue addict' - I have to admit it :) but these 2 colours looks good with copper for me.