Has anyone seen my Mojo??

Wow, OK, so its been a while huh?

After the wedding I decided to have a bit of a break for a week or too, but it turned out to be a bit longer than expected! I seem to have lost my mojo :0( so things have been a bit slow for a few weeks. Hopefully that's all starting to change now. I have myself a bit of a kick up the bum the other day and forced myself to sit down and make something, anything! It didn't matter what. I had no ideas for anything new so I went for a re-do. A while ago I bought this tutorial from JewelryLessons.com. I love to make these little beads, and they are so much fun. Also I thought that as I have made some already it would be easy to get into. Here are the two pairs of earrings I made with them.



The top pair I have used some glass pearls and Czech glass, and in the second pair I have used light and dark Amazonite, a some opal Czech glass. Both pairs are hung on handmade sterling silver ear wires and headpins.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have time to sit down and try and make something new. I don't know why its so hard at the moment. Do you ever have spells of not making things? If so how do you get over them? I would love any ideas :0)

Kaylie x

Bridal madness!

I have had my Best Friends wedding on my mind lately. Its in three weeks!!! I have finished all of her jewellery, and mine too, but it has left me in the mood for bridal wear.

I sat down and made loads of bridal stuff in one after noon. I had so much fun and I really love what I have made. Here is a small selection....

There are over 2oo clear AB 4mm bicones on here! I felt a bit cross eyed when I had finished with this one! lol

There is no photo that could do justice to just how much these catch the light and sparkle! I think these are my fave :0) The beads are on sterling silver hoops 35mm dia.

Sticking to hoops, there are from a tut that I bought on jewelrylessons.com I have to say that it was very well written and the idea is such a great one. I'm sure I will be making more very soon. The hoop are from Palmer metals, the same as above, and I used 24g sterling silver wire to wrap on the swarros.

I wanted to show you this last pair because I love rainbow moonstone!! I have to say that I did not set these cabs myself, (although I am learning how to do that) I bought them. The ear wires are hand forged sterling silver.

So there you go, just part of my wedding fever lol. I welcome feedback, so feel free to comment.

Kaylie x

Metal clay adventures

OK so a little while ago I tried my hand at Silver Art Clay. I have to say that I LOVED it! I made a cute little earrings and necklace set and a pendant. I used two 7g packs to make these and I have a tiny amount left. I am going to get some more at some point, as I have a few ideas, for a doughnut bail. I don't think that I will creating with this exclusively, but its fun to play with.


Here is the necklace that I made. I first rolled out the AC to 1mm thick, then I used a skeletonized leaf to add the texture. I then used a little heart utter to cut out the shapes before I put some holes in.

I then dried them in the oven and used my torch to fire all of the hearts. When they were cool I buffed them up to a high shine and LOS them. Then I polished them up again and made them into the earrings and the necklace. The ear wires and the chain are sterling silver. The earrings hand at about 2inches and the necklace is 17inches long so that it sits nicely on the collar bone.

I had so much fun making these, and I think they are quite good for a first go, but then I would! lol :0)

Here are some excellent Metal Clay artists that are awesome!

Lisa Barth

I love Lisa, she is so kind and generous with her knowledge. I love to look at her work, It is so full of detail. She is a level 2 Cert AC instructor.

Agnieszka Hopkowicz

I love Agnieszka's style. She has some really cool and interesting ideas. I know about her work from JewleryLessons.com I love this site as you get to see so many different artists creating a huge variety of stuff. Its an eye candy feast over there! lol So go and check it out!

Hugs Kaylie x