Roses Roses Everywhere...

One of the things I find interesting is repurposing, whether that be items, or in this case skills. A while ago I attended a cupcake decorating course with a friend of mine. One of the techniques we learnt was how to make beautiful roses from fondant icing by creating individual petals and layering them together. This looked very effective, but I'll be honest, my children demolish all cakes icing first within seconds. Such time and effort for me seemed wasted on something that's beauty is so shortlived.

So when I started experimenting with polymer clay I attempted to transfer the technique over and I found it worked quite well. What started as roses for pendants soon escalated and I now I offer various jewellery items with roses, including cufflinks and hair grips. They make beautiful sets for wedding jewellery as I'm able to make them in absolutely any colour scheme, and offer something for all of the bridal party.

Most recently I've been making some teeny tiny roses for these pretty personalised bracelets, fiddly but very worth it! I think they'd be just perfect for flower girls!

The items start from just £6.50 for stud earrings or a pair of hair grips and are available to suit every colour requirement!

Hoot Hoot Hoot!

Sorry the blog has been so quiet, its been all go what with the house move and new baby preparations! The jewellery has been ticking along in the background though, including these lovely new owl designs (Fluorite, Tiger Eye and Rose Quartz in case you were wondering!).

I've also been doing a few custom orders, including this Snowflake Obsidian bracelet for a lovely friend who helped us no end with the  new house.

I've also today signed up with a new e-commerce site, Mummy Makers. Their site is a work in progress at the moment, but I really like the concept and there are some fabulous crafters on there already.

On the Bank Holiday weekend we took a break from infernal unpacking to pop over to Long Eaton Art Rooms who were having an Open Weekend. It was lovely to see so many talented local artisans, and my eldest daughter loved looking at all the different crafts.

So its all go, but we are slowly but surely getting through box mountain and settling in well :)