Jewellery & Journal = Fun Day!

I really thought I was going to be working today as I have so much to do but Karen and Linda both gave me "the look" and I knew that I should stay home. I am so glad that I did, I managed to actually create something for me. I had to clear a pathway through my little workroom before I could even get in there as there has been a lot of bead buying going on lately and all the bags were just thrown in and the door shut behind them. There has not been much in the way of jewellery making lately due to the pressure of work but I think I made up for that today......I've had a lovely day!

I select a few component boxes...........
A girl can do a lot with antique balls and antique dangles!

This was the first piece that I made. I got these beautiful lampwork beads and a bead fair in Towcester recently, I didn't think I had enough of them for a necklace, so they ended up as a bracelet.

You need to see a close up to appreciate how beautiful they are.....I'm hoping that my own lampwork beads will be as beautiful as these one day.

Then I found some more in my stash that were a pretty good match to the bracelet, so now i have a matching set.

The inspiration for this necklace came from the supplier of these polymer clay and silver discs. I so wish I could remember their name but they were also at the Towcester bead fair. It was such a simple idea and I just loved it. I added an Artgirlz charm to jazz it up a touch though.

This one actually came as a kit from Making Memories. I got them with the idea of using all the components in other artwork but I loved the colours in this kit. I must admit I have added some of my own beads and taken out the pink ones that they supplied......you can't blame me for that can you?

When I went to CHA this year, I got some gorgeous beads in a bracelet kit from the retail show that was hosted the day before the trade show. Well, I have such a tiny wrist, I knew they would look ridiculous on me, so I made this really long, dangling necklace.

Because it's so long, you can't see the fab beads, so here are a few close ups.

Oops, the last one was a bit blurry...sorry!

After the epic jewellery making session, I had to wait for my camera to charge up so I made good use of that time and played with my gorgeous box of pastels.......brand new and completely untouched before today.

When I went to CHA earlier in the year, I was a very lucky girl and managed to get a place on an art journaling class with Ingrid Dijkers. I know I have mentioned this before but she was such an inspiration and she introduced me to pastels which is a medium that I had not experienced before. I just loved them and promptly invested in this humungous box!! I am planning some art journaling classes at the shop soon and we will definitely be using pastels. The following three pages were created in less that 10 minutes....I love speedy results.

So today was a fun day......don't forget, watch out for the Art Journaling class.

Take care, Lin x