Pink Cinderella's Carriage Bracelet

Here is my little girl's sparkly pink bracelet I promised her, featuring Cinderella's pumpkin carriage in sterling silver (gotta love that fairy godmother), sterling silver beads, and genuine Swarvoski crystals all the way from Austria:



I made it last night having measured her wrist earlier in the day, but as Murphy's Law would predict, it's too big. Which of course she thinks is great because she can take it off and on without mummy doing the clasp for her.

Yee gawd's though, there's a lot of moolah in that bracelet (all sterling silver findings), so tonight I'll probably resize it while she sleeps so she can wear it without fear of it falling off.

Although, I'll have to blame it on the fairies that live in her bedroom curtains as she's already told me I'm not allowed to do anything to it. I think I'll just tell her that the fairies shrunk it.

Ohh, and having never worked with Swarvoski crystals before, I had so much fun as they really do dazzle.

The inspiration for this bracelet came from my wee girl falling in love with a blue and green Cinderella bracelet by Jennifer Garret she saw on her website Starhill Design.

My wee girl and I were surfing the net so she could show me the type of thing she'd like, as I'd earlier made her a pink cat's eye bracelet with silver flowers that she simply refused to wear. And yes, she will only wear PINK.

Amber Teething Necklace

Apparently Baltic Amber is great for teething, and it's quite popular in Europe for children to wear amber teething necklaces. So I made one for my teething wee man:



It's a clasp-free necklace, so that if it catches it will slide off without injury, plus it's on steel wire, which is so strong standard jewellery cutters won't cut through. So I don't have to worry about breakage and beads flying anywhere. Here's it being modelled (the flash went off hence some of the beads have a "glow effect"):



Baltic Amber is not actually a gemstone, but is in fact a fossilised resin that is estimated to be 50 millon years old. Because I've sourced my amber from a jewellery supplier, I chosen A grade amber beads, so some of them may have been heat treated to remove bubbles and factures.

Next Project: Hubby's ring is still on the cards, plus I've promised little miss nearly 4 a pink Cinderella bracelet. I've just gotten in some delightful sterling silver carriage charms, just like Cinderella's. Plus some pink swarvoski crystals that come with my amber order.

Happiness is Motherhood (silver cuff bracelet)

Here is the sterling silver cuff bracelet I started on Tuesday night and finished on Wednesday morning. It's marked with "Happiness is Motherhood" on it:



The photo and the one below have both been resized to fit the blog window so may look a little blurry ... to see them better right mouse click on the photo and select view image.

And as usual I've added a patinna to the lettering. This is what my hands looked like yesterday morning once I'd finished



I'm still working on hubby's new ring which I started last night ... I'm having a few issues with it.

Little charms with kiddliwinks names

Here are the two hand-made silver charms I did last night:



And then today I finished them off by adding a patinna to the letters and polishing:



When I attach them to a chain, I plan on adding their birthstones.

Next project: A new ring for hubby!

My ChookMook Pendant

Here's my chookmook pendant, hand-made by me in silver. It's a motherhood charm (symbolising a mother hen). I made it a few weeks ago:

I've antiqued it to make the impression "pop" out. See how the impression has been blackened? And ignore the ugly metal bead chain it's on, that's just for display. I'm not sure what type of chain to put it on yet.

It's been based off this sketch I dooddled:

And last night I made two silver charms with my kiddies names .... I just need to finish them off (antique and polish) and then I'll add photos.

Handknitted Longies

I finally plaited a drawstring for my little man's pants and threaded it on. They've only been sitting around for like the last three months, and I was starting to get paranoid he'd outgrown them before he got to wear them.

So hey presto, here they are being modelled:

I used the Tiny Birds pattern:
http://www.birdcrossstitch.com/organicwool/woolpants.html

... and knitted it in NZ Tekapo wool.

New home

Alrighty. With my WAHM business going up for sale, I needed to find some new web-space for my blog. I know I only had like 3 entries....ok, so you can stop rolling your eyes now!

So blow me over with a rubber chicken, but I thought "what the hey", I can get a bit of free internet real estate here at blogger.com.

So here it tis .... in all it's glory!

UPDATE: I am not going to be using this blog for personal journalling. I've decided to keep a seperate private blog for family and friends.