Dragonfly

Here's something I made earlier, inspired by a project in a new book Toby bought for me (Making Beautiful Bead & Wire Jewelry by Linda Jones). It could be used for a hairgrip, brooch, or necklace.

Red

Today I thought you might like to see a red necklace I made recently using red pearl beads and some red crafty bits I found in Hobbycraft. I made one of the red pearl beads the focal point by wrapping it with some red wire.

Resin Jewellery

I'm very excited! After reading an article about resin jewellery and doing a bit of googling I decided to sign up for the London Jewellery School's Resin Jewellery course. You can embed stones, beads, buttons and other objects in resin and add glitter and coloured dyes. It's a type of plastic and is actually quite popular at the moment in jewellery. The course is a two day course and I'm hoping it will open up many possibilities for creativity. I can't wait to get started! I think it will be great to combine resin jewellery with beading. The annoying thing is I have to wait until November to do the course. Have a look at all the pretty things you can make with resin:

http://www.londonjewelleryschool.co.uk/resin-and-perspex/resin-jewellery/