New Year New Crafts!

Happy New Year to everyone!

I am trying some new crafts out for 2011 to expand my repertoire and after a successful vintage shopping expedition I have managed to locate a lovely tweedy vintage skirt that is the right colour to set off a bright orange leaping fox that I have needle felted directly onto the fabric. I had this idea quite a long time ago but haven't really been able to find the right sort of skirt until today. I have ordered some new needle felting wool so hopefully there will be some more felted designs in the future including brooches inspired by my original drawings and perhaps some little whimsical art doll type things.

It's nice to try something new for the New Year to beat those January blues! :D

A little Christmas present to myself!

After a very busy November and December I finally found a little time to make something for myself to wear this Christmas!

It is a little reindeer forest spirit ring that is partly inspired by festive decorations and is also inspired by the fact that I watched Princess Mononoke again recently and have wanted to make something forest spirit inspired for awhile.

I have serious plans to make myself some totoro soon but I really need to wait until I have more silver...

Sooty Footed Fox Featured on the Front Page of etsy!

Wahoo! :D

Some of my new designs...

These are some of my newest designs. I've been working with the many beads that I have in my collection to produce some contrast to my silver creations.

Vintage Shopping

I have discovered a guilt free way to go shopping and feel like I'm passing a bit of the magic of a treasure hunt on to others! Vintage jewellery shopping is my new favourite pastime and I've found some lovely things already. I think it must be the pirate in me that enjoys the thrill of buried treasure amid a sea of chaos and plastic pearls! I can't resist the urge to want to rescue jewellery in a broken or muddied form and make it sparkle again and find a home with someone who will love it for several decades more.

The only problem I really have is being able to let go of what I find! :)

Squirrels Chasing Acorns Necklace finished!

After many hours, I have finally finished the first of my Autumn Collection pieces. Phew! It was hard work but I'm pleased with the result! You can buy this unique necklace from my etsy shop now. :D

Autumnal Hijinks

After a bit of acorn collecting and some squirrel watching from buses on the way to work I have been having a little fun designing some little autumnal pieces. This is a peek at my unfinished Squirrel Chasing Acorns necklace...



Hope you like it!! :)