Lovely february makes...

February has gone by so fast and I've made so many beautiful things.

The Tree Of Life commission piece went down superbly and received some lovely feedback from it. Was a pleasure to make and looks so sparkly!!!

Makes for February include:

• Bangles with AB coated glass rondelles
• Mini Tree of Life pendants
• Practised capture bead chainmaille
• Had a go at paper flowers
• Wire-wrapped a gorgeous green agate gemstone and sold it the next day!
• Made demo pieces for Craft Candy
• Sold my spider on a web as a pendant
• Messed around with wire
• Made some daisy earrings, and a matching bangle
• Wire wrapped a few large gemstones
• Made a freshwater pearl necklace and bracelet for a 60th birthday
• Joined in a class at Craft Candy making cupcakes and cookies out of polymer clay
• And even joined a third exchange in time for Easter
• I've also been designing plates for SlimmingWorld members to measure out their one third superfree food :)
• And not to forget the papercuts too!

Think I've been quite busy!

January Round Up

It's been a hard month getting back into a routine for work, making sure I got my christmas weight off again, and sorting out my finances. I'm now starting to get to grips with getting invoices and receipts sorted to keep track of business monies. Whatever I make either goes into more materials or craft fairs/events, if not it goes on emergencies... I think that's the best way to go anyway.

Craft Club students completed their beaded trees, they've made greetings cards, and had a play with fimo/polymer clay. I will make a separate post for them all. Here are some of my examples.

I tried my hand at some new wirework.

I finally backed my animal bookmarks with card

I finished a gorgeous RR piece that I joined on facebook. Fingers Crossed it lands home safely soon.

I found this gorgeous telephone table to put in my bay window with my jewellery on display

I also bought a gizmo tool and using my reel of copper wire, had a go at this which I think looks like goosberries or grapes on a vine.

There is much more to come as I have now joined the Bead Soup Blog Party, I have a Valentines Exchange piece to get in the post and monthly challenges on facebook to join in. Hopefully I will be able to post more frequently now, alloting a certain amount of time each week to do so whilst I update my website. Please visit it to have a look and let me know your thoughts too.

www.TheHouseOfLangford.co.uk

Thankyou x

Looking back at December

December saw me teaching my students how to make Macrame bracelets, of which they actually came out very nice!

Showed them how to use shrink plastic.

And even got them started on some beaded trees.

I held one stall in December taking up two tables

I also took to making gemstone trees using some gorgeous gemstones and created two as christmas presents for my grandparents. Also now available on my website.

I created a christmas present for Joey's teacher.

As you can see I received some lovely new boxes for my jewellery.

I made presents out of buttons and two watches

And finally made some statement jewellery for New year.

I even made some arty examples of letters and a green man for work so students could get an idea of what they needed to do.

November Round Up

Joey enjoyed a  great birthday with some friends over to play video games and eat pizza. I was moved to tears that he was bought a birthday cake by a friend as I couldn't afford to go get him one.

And he got what he had been nagging me for all year!

Students in my Craft Club began the long journey of learning how to make jewellery and as well as earrings, bracelets and pendants, they also made christmas ornaments too. Here are just a few...

The sewing machine came out again as my flat became tidier.

Cushions and a sofa tidy.

I had a go at Macrame using some skull Howlite beads, made a pair piece with wire and a pearl.

Made up my bags and some glasses chains using gemstone chips

Spent a considrable amount of time weaving smokey quartz chips onto a disc shape to create this long pendant

And finally bought this gorgeous strand of blue agate graduated rondelles, made a necklace, bracelet and earrings set.

Lastly here is one of my gorgeous orders from JewelleryMaker, a huge spool of copper wire, some lemon quartz, smokey quartz, quartzite and a wire dvd...

October Round Up

Since Setting up my New Website in September I have been updating it with new pages and items for my store as much as I can. I still have so much to upload but for now at least there are items and information available.

I restarted Craft Club at the school I work in and after 6 weeks, students finally managed to finish their bookmarks with some cut out pictures and the use of a laminator.

 

 I had a go at making jewellery pieces using only one piece of wire and some gemstones.

I started making bracelets for SlimmingWorld members including this one with red chinese jade.

I made some pumpkins for Halloween and even taught some children how to make them at an event.

Made some wired gemstone charms.

And even got some freebies from VistaPrint

I made my bags look very professional with these circle stickers.