Frosty the Snowman

 

In the Meadow We Can Build a Snowman, and pretend that he is Parson Brown. He'll say are you married we'll say "no man, but you can do the job when you're in town."

 

 

For the last instalment of the Christmas collection I present to you my mother’s favorite Christmas symbol, the Snowman.

This little guy took some work to figure out but it was worth it! I wore a pair of them out the other day. They were light as a feather, I forgot I had them on.
 

 

I used two different materials for this design. You can have it in either textured white plastic or painted clear plastic. Both designs are made from recycled plastic so you can have a sustainable and festive look this holiday season.

Thumpity thump thump, look at Frosty Go!


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So Leave a Peppermint Stick for Old Saint Nick Hanging on the Christmas Tree

 

Candy Canes

There are few tastes in the world better than Peppermint! Candy Canes are one of the best things about Christmas. They can be used for so many things; decorations, gifts, food and … Jewelry??? YES!

 

 

Now a days it is hard to find an ordinary candy cane (or maybe I just get to the stores too late); it seems like all I can find are skittles candy canes or tropical fruit candy canes. Rubbish! Nothing beats a good old fashioned peppermint stick.
 

These candy canes of course aren’t peppermint, they’re recycled painted plastic. But that doesn’t mean they are any less yummy. And you don’t have to worry about breaking your diet to indulge in these cute little confectionaries. They are guaranteed fat, sugar and calorie free.

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The Holly and The Ivy

Holly!!!

 

 

I never saw live Holly until I moved here, we have some growing in the front yard. It’s a nice looking plant, a bit prickly. I grew up with the plastic stuff; we had wreaths of it, and candle holders and even a transparent bowl with holly inside of it.

 

So while trying to come up with figures of Christmas holly was definitely a contender. But actually holly isn’t Christmasy at all. Holly, ivy and mistletoe were used by pagans to celebrate the winter solstice before Christianity existed. When Christians adopted the winter solstice in the form of Christmas, they also adopted these symbols.

 

 I tried using new methods for holly but none of them worked as well as I wanted, so I stuck with my tried and true source. I hope you enjoy these leaves made of recycled plastic and repurposed wooden beads. Pick up these prickly plants before they’re all gone.

 

 

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Simply Snowflakes

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

 

As you can see I’m getting ready for Christmas. I love Christmas! I love Christmas music, I love shopping for Christmas presents and trying to figure out what I’m getting my family and friends. I love watching Christmas movies; I used to watch a different movie everyday. I love going to various celebrations and parties. I love preparing for Christmas; I used to have Christmas dinner for my family before moved to England, and I really miss deciding on the menu, picking the décor for the year, decorating the house, buying and decorating my real tree - and if you knew me you’d know that would take a whole day in itself; I’m a bit OCD so my ornaments have to go on in a certain order.

 

I miss all of that! Last Christmas was a bit of a disaster, we had a loved one who was terminally ill and Neil and I spent the whole of the Christmas season at the hospital. Now Neil doesn’t enjoy Christmas at all anymore; he's not in the mood for it with all the other things we have going on. But to me that's even more reason to have a great Christmas, to take your mind off of the troubles of life and celebrate the season. I want to liven up this Christmas but he’s being a bit of a Scrooge. Hopefully he’ll come around.
 

Anyway, I have been busy coming up with and trying out designs for Christmas earrings. Of course again I’m trying to use recycled materials. A lot of the designs are still a work in progress but I figured I could release one of them now.

 

These simple snowflakes are the first of this year’s Christmas line. As you can see I’ve done them in clear and white soft recycled plastic. They are large however they are as light as air. And just like real snowflakes no two are exactly the same.  Get your pair before they melt away.

 

 

 

 



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Genisys

 

Bead Mazes

 

 

 

This is one of the designs I was talking about last week when I said the swirls inspired two new designs. I really like these, possibly more than the swirls. 

 

 

 

 

Again these earrings are made of recycled materials so you can be proud when you wear them. If left in the hands of anyone else these materials may have ended up in a landfill somewhere. But instead they were used to create a lovely piece of jewelry which you could be lucky enough to own.

 

 

 

 

And all my jewelry is handmade and can be made to order, so you don’t have to worry about showing up to an event and someone else wearing the same earrings. Your earrings (like you) are one of a kind!

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Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

Swirls

 

Yesterday was Neil’s birthday, I’d been busy over the past week making sure all my plans were falling into place. Plus last week was Halloween, although I didn’t have any parties to go to or costumes to coordinate I was in a festive mood and wanted to focus on the holiday. That doesn’t mean that I wasn’t busy though! I’m always thinking, dreaming and planning new designs or new materials to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A while ago I made these swirls. I’ve adapted them since then which has led to two new designs altogether, but I’ll save them for another week. The first set of swirls are wider, but these newer swirls are thinner.

 

 

Also since then I’ve done the swirls in colored plastic.

Again all of these are made of recycled materials including repurposed beads. The finings of course are new, either silver or gold plated.

 

 

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Halloween Slasher

  

Limited Time Only!

As you may know I started an Etsy store a few weeks ago. As a special for this week I lowered all the prices on my stock on Etsy to try to boost sales. No such luck so far. So I may just extend it a few days and do the same on the blog.

Until November 4th all the blog prices will be lowered as well. If you make a purchase on November 5th they will have gone back up to their regular price.

Just in case you forgot which fabulous pair of earrings you had your eye on, here's what's in stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

All earrings are handmade by me so you can ensure your earrings are one of a kind. Some designs are limited (number in parentheses) for Clear Circles with beads please specify what color beads you would like when ordering. For Rectangles, Colored Circles and Curling Ribbon please specify what color you would like (Blue, Black, White, Dark Green, Purple, Pink and Orange and combo)

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Beady Eyes

 

Just in time for Halloween!

 

Yesterday I took a break from my recycled materials, Neil and I went to a coffee shop and on our way home stopped at a charity shop. I saw a pair of Manolo Blahniks in the flesh (I don’t see what all the fuss is about). Anyway, they were selling a bracelet with nice beads for not very much. So I snatched it up, I knew it would make cool earrings.  

 

Just last week we bought beads of all colors at another charity shop. They included the small green beads, small white beads and black ones too. I thought they all went together really well.

 

Back when I first started this journey I bought a bunch of beads from another charity shop. They had jars of beads, well actually jars of old (and not so old) necklaces and bracelets that were nice. So these two pair of earrings are made from two of those (a necklace and a bracelet). Unfortunately, when you use repurposed beads your stock is limited. From those items I can only make one or two pairs of earrings a piece. That just means your jewelry (should you be the lucky one to purchase it) will definitely be one of a kind!

 

 

 

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Curling Ribbons

SOLD OUT!

This is another design I’ve been dreaming about. I wanted something that looked like curling ribbon on a beautifully wrapped present. I must say I am happy with the result of this project. I tried with different widths of materials and different colors. Besides these four colors I have dark green, black and white available. I can also make pairs in combinations of these colors. Please specify the color(s) and width (small or large) and tightness (Orange is the tightest, blue is the loosest) upon ordering.



 

I think I may start using only recycled materials, I like using things that would otherwise just end up in a landfill. The technique I use to refashion the material gives it a nice texture. The only problem with this source of materials is I am limited in the colors available. I am trying to figure out a way to color the material since I have a lot of white and clear but not many other colors. What I've tried so far looks okay but the color fades when touched, which won't work for jewelry.

 

 

I wore the Blue ones out last week and my cousin loved them. They are very light despite the size of the curls.

Pink & Purple
 

So I took a big step the other day, I opened an Etsy store. So far I only have one style of earrings listed in the store but I will add more. I wanted to see if it's worth it first. So you can make your purchases from the Etsy store or from this blog. But I have to warn you the Etsy prices are higher to cover the costs of the store so if I were you I'd buy directly from the blog.
 

 
Blue & Orange Curling Ribbon - Sold

Pink & Purple only £3.95 for UK Shipping, $6.75 for US shipping

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Eco chic Circles

We’ve been busy

 

Over the past two weeks Neil and I have been really busy. We’ve gone to a few places and done quite a lot not even including doctors’ appointments and things like that. So I haven’t had much of a chance to make things. But the past few days have been rainy so I spent these days designing new earrings.

These are eco-chic again. I’ve been dreaming about these earrings, I hope everyone likes them as much as I do. It took some time to figure out how to get the plastic to take the shape I wanted, but once I got the design right I was set.

I tried with different colors of plastic. I tried using different color beads to top the circles and even inside the circles.  That inspired me to try another design which I will save for another week.

 

£3.95 for UK shipping, $6.85 for US shipping

 

Each pair is slightly different. Only one of each in stock . All prices include shipping. Shipping available to US and UK.
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