De-stressing designs!

Last week at work was particularly stressful so when it finally got to the weekend I had a go at making a few more pieces.  I made the first one for someone as a birthday present. The others are still in progress:

This one was going to be a bracelet but I think it might work better as a necklace so I'm going to add some more chain to it and see. I've used some swarovski crystals in amongst various other beads to add some sparkle:

 This is an almost finished memory wire bracelet using some glass beads and acrylic star shaped beads. It takes a while to thread them all on so I'll finish it off later.

More bracelets!

This weekend is turning out to be quite productive. Since Friday night I have  made some chocolate and cherry muffins (chocolate muffin recipe from the Hummingbird bakery cookbook and is delicious), cooked this yummy greek dish http://www.ocado.com/webshop/recipe/spiced-lamb-steaks-with-lemony-chickpeas/1900?recipeId=1900&selectedCategories=1072%2C1037&, and made this bracelet and earrings for a friend:

During last week I also made this present for another friend (you'll know who you are when you receive it very soon!):

These are two more bracelets I made recently. This one was commissioned by a friend for a mother's day present:

...and this one I made recently after a visit to Hobbycraft, which is expensive but there are soooooo many beads!! I uses memory wire, which always retains its shape: