Re-making a necklace..............

Quite a few years ago I was bought this lovely Pilgrim necklace as a leaving present from work and I loved it, but sadly over the years the acrylic beads have scratched and become dull, so I decided to buy some replacement beads and try and re-make it - this is the result.......

I managed to keep the lovely green beads and one or two of the beads that were crystal, but I replaced everything else with crystal/quartz/glass beads and I'm quite pleased with the result.  The colours are much more vibrant than the acrylic beads and when the light shines on them they look beautiful.

Even managed to find a nice little dragon fly to replace the enamelled piece that had scratched.

Crafting with the girls nextdoor!

I promised this holiday to sit with our next door neighbour's granddaughters and make a necklace with them. That happened today. Anna is a very young seven and Hope is a very mature ten year old so I got out the children's beads for Anna to string and set Hope a harder task; I also thought that Anna was a bit too young to be working with wire. These are the results. They both designed the necklaces themselves and made the main part on their own and I finished them off for them attaching chains and fasteners. Anna had hers all set out in the right order ready to string and I was quite impressed with Hope's finished article and at the speed she worked. I think children don't really think about what they are going to do, they just do it and sometimes I think with the best results.

Spiral Earrings

Made these after attending a two hour class in Preston with Janette http://jnetzworld.blogspot.com really pleased with result, have even worn them once or twice!