Featured Item. Red and Blue Necklace.

This week the featured item in my Fashion Magpie Jewellery shop is a brand new item, I've only just listed for sale. It is called the Blue and Red Necklace.
Its made with one of my favourite materials to work with, Jewel Enamel. I first discovered jewel enamel while watching the jewellery maker channel and found them featuring this brilliant stuff which melted down from a powder quickly to a liquid which could be poured into mould and then set within a minute and could be handled. I feel in love instantly and I've never looked back.

The pendant for this necklace is made with Apitite blue and Burmese Flame which is a red jewel enamel which has a gold frosted look when it's melting.
Each time I pour jewel enamel into a mould I never know what result I'm going to get which is half the fun of working with it. This particular pendant looks fantastic I love the flowing lines and mix of the colours.
Originally I had been planning to make this necklace mainly blues but the pendant dictated the colours to me and I decided instead to work mainly with red and accents of deep turquoise.
I placed the pendant on a bead board and planned my necklace on there, experimenting with how much turquoise I could use and trying not to go over board with the red.

I settled on using two different types of turquoise crackle glass and a red bead of a similar size with the same sort of crackle design. In between then I used red seed beads the same deep red as the jewel enamel.
The design only goes as high as the collar bone and then I used bronze chain to go behind the neck making it 24 inches long when worn.

 To buy this Red and Blue Necklace it is £12.95 with £3.20  UK postage and packaging. I also do international postage.


You can find Fashion Magpie Jewellery at the below links

Folksy Website www.folksy.com/shops/fashionmagpiejewellery

Etsy Website www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FashionMagpieJewels

Facebook www.facebook.com/fashionmagpiejewellery

Pinterest http://uk.pinterest.com/fmjewellery/

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

#TreasuryTuesday. *46 by Skeinofwool

 

This weeks treasury Tuesday shows us a treasury made by Skeinofwool which I was featured in but its a little bit different to the normal treasuries I feature.

Normally a treasury is a group of up to 16 items which has a common theme, this week however there is no theme. Every so often I find my items have been entered in a treasury because the creator either wants to showcase a group of items they love or, as I suspect with this one. They have made the treasury to help the people they are featuring be seen.

The item I had included in the treasury called *46 is my bumblebee set of earrings and necklace I have for sale in my shop Fashion Magpie Jewellery.

 

 

 

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

Featured Item. Gold Bead Brooch

This week the featured item is the Gold Bead Brooch which I made with welding wire.
These brooches from my shop Fashion Magpie Jewellery are great to make when you have some beads left over from a project but there is not enough to make anything else.
There made by bending some copper welding wire into a shape you like then, doing some loops through the centre of the shape, before winding the end of the wire around its self to secure. To prevent the end scratching sometimes it can be necessary to file the end a bit.

Next I use tiger wire, in this case gold, to wind around and through the shape adding beads as I go. There doesn't have to be any rhyme or rhythm to the design just let your imagination take hold. I find it's easier if you don't over load each branch of beads with to many because they can begin to bulge upwards and make the design look too fussy. It also looks good to mix up the beads size and textures, like this brooch which has gold coloured filigree, 4mm faux pearls and pearlescent tear drop beads.
Where the tiger wire meets the copper wire I have wound the tiger wire around 2 or 3 times before continuing with the next length. This method helps to stop the tiger wire slipping around the copper and makes everything more rigid.

When I am happy with the design I use the tiger wire to secure the brooch back to the copper wire by just winding the wire through the holes on the brooch back fastening until it doesn't move as much any more.
These brooches never fail to get positive feedback when there worn.

To buy this Gold Bead Brooch it is £6.00 with £1.95 UK postage and packaging. I also do international postage.


You can find Fashion Magpie Jewellery at the below links

Folksy Website www.folksy.com/shops/fashionmagpiejewellery

Etsy Website www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FashionMagpieJewels

Facebook www.facebook.com/fashionmagpiejewellery

Pinterest http://uk.pinterest.com/fmjewellery/

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

Folksy Friday. Inspirational Pieces.

Folksy Friday is a great excuse to browse through my favourite shops and find new shops to follow as well. This week I have been looking for pieces which make me feel inspired and just generally make me feel good. I've enjoyed making this list and found it very up lifting reading all the messages and slogans which crafters have chosen for their pieces.

1.The first piece I want to show you is a ring which when worn just looks like any ring but like most good things it's what is on the inside that counts. I've been thinking of getting a ring like this for my wedding band.
The inside of this ring can have anything you like wrote within, (as long as it is no more than 12 characters long) Personally I would chose the date I met my fiancé as my hidden message, but you could chose a name or quote which is significant to you.
Made by Becky Pearce Designs, this talented lady has a beautiful shop full of jewellery delights. Worth a visit.

Personalised Ring

£28.00

 

2. This next shop, Pixiecraft, could be a featured folksy Friday all to it's self. It is full of inspirational pieces and is one shop I often find myself checking. I could have picked any of her work but I went with this one, I think it speaks to me!! I think maybe I should adopt this saying as my mantra and I'd probably get more done instead of procrastinating!

Good Things Come To Those Who Create

£20.00

3. In my last item I was talking about needing to adopt the mantra but with this one I can say I already live by it. It's easier said then done but everyone should believe in them themselves, you don't know what you can achieve you do.
This piece by Glamglass Gifts and Supplies is simple in design but it's simplicity gives emphasis to the words.

Quote Wooden Sign

£10.00

4. Another good motto to live by is the one on this next piece by Blue Forest Jewellery. I see these words a lot on just about anything these days but they still have meaning.
This positive message comes on a double faux suede cord in purple and fastens with bronze findings.
If you take a look through their shop there are other colours of the suede if purple isn't your thing.

Live Laugh Love Necklace

£8.00

5. Lastly on this hunt for inspiration is this calligraphy piece by Calligraphiser. I love the message in this piece, it's really up lifting and gives you determination to succeed. It's a quote from Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
The font is beautiful and I especially like the way the D on dragon drags up.

Dragons Can Be Beaten

£20.00

That concludes the list of the Folksy Friday inspirational pieces. If you would like to buy any of these items or take a look at them just click the name of the item under each picture.

 

All opinions expressed in this post are my own points of view.

 

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

#treasurytuesday 25/09 by goodhand Sakura

Treasury Tuesday is all about showing you treasuries from Etsy.com. The ones I feature are all have one thing in common, Me! I either have a item from my shop featured in them or I have made it myself.
If your not familiar with Etsy, a treasury is a list of items up to 16 which a member has created. These treasuries normally have a theme to them, such as this week the treasury, 25/09 which has the theme of September and October in Autumn.
My item, the Tree Of Life Necklace was featured in this treasury, but I think my favourite piece in this treasury made by Goodhand Sakura is he autumn leaf compact mirror.

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

Featured Item. Mixed Metal Bracelet.

This weeks featured item, is one which I had been planning for a while to make. I loved the idea of using more then one metal and complimenting then with each other. From that idea was born the mixed metal sun bracelet.

Made with a Tibetan silver sun charm which I cut the loop off, it was then glued onto a copper filigree which mirrored the suns shape to suggest the rays.
To the filigree I connected the bronze triangle connectors and picked out some fiery red reds to compliment the design.
The red beads are all porcelain and finish the end of the extension chain as well.

 

 To buy this one of a kind mixed metal bracelet it is £10.00 with £3.50 United Kingdom Postage and packaging. I do also postage post aboard.

You can find Fashion Magpie Jewellery at the below links

Folksy Website www.folksy.com/shops/fashionmagpiejewellery

Etsy Website www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FashionMagpieJewels

Facebook www.facebook.com/fashionmagpiejewellery

Pinterest http://uk.pinterest.com/fmjewellery/

Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

#treasuryTuesday Elephants on Parade by TheCraftyBride

Treasury Tuesday is a celebration of all crafts on Etsy compiled into a 16 item list. This week is a treasury I had my elephant earrings featured in, called Elephants on parade and, you've guessed it the theme is elephants.
This cute little treasury, curated by The Craft Bride, has everything you could possibly need with an elephant on from baby grows to pictures and earrings to pillows.
The earrings I have featured have baby elephant charms with a orange and blue bead combination, there £6.00 from my shop Fashion Magpie Jewellery.

  Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.

To be the first to hear the latest news from Fashion Magpie Jewellery blog you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+