i've been at it again, i've really got into the polymer clay, especially this metallic shimmery glittery type. the effect is beautiful especially out in this beautiful sunshine we've been having,

You will see also that i like using the gold powder over the clay, it is wonderfully shiny and has a lovely gold tone to it out in the light of the sun,

i also put a large blue topaz in this one and then baked it with the clay, i may try it again although next time in a lighter colour so you will ahve ore of a sparkle to the stone

i love the effect of the raised gold butterfly against the dark glittery green of the flower.

well as usual i'd love to know what you think!!

well it's been a few days since my last post so i thought i had better show you all what i've been doing.

i've been making these and other things from polymer clay, i really enjoyed working with it and love the fact that if you make something and it goes wrong then at least you can roll it back up and start again.

i made the flower as a get well present for my neighbour who has been feeling really unwell recently and i wanted to cheer her up, i put on a sterling silver o ring and then onto a sterling silver snake chain.

i love the heart because i just love gold things, i'm going to wear it myself on my next evening out. it is actually white polymer clay but i painted it with gold powder before i baked it then varnished it after it had cooled down.

i like working with the metallic polymer clay but the etallic doesn't really show till it's baked and polished, the gold powder really brings things to life, i was surprised at just how nice it came out.

well........... what do you think

i would also like to thank those of you who have been leaving comments as i really appreciate the feedback. xxx

well i was asked by lesley what happened to the milliefiori beads she picked out for me to use and here they are, i was not sure what to do with them to begin with i was also not sure how to use the bugle beads the she picked out, however i'm quite pleased with the finished bracelet,

i like the bright colours used in this as i normally work with more muted colours.

so lesley just for you, what do you think?

hello all, well here i am again, i made this necklace using tigertail as my necklace material then i put a crystal rondelle as the start to thr drops, i used a large black bollywood bead and then crystals, seed and glass beads underneath, it is a longer length necklace and looks beautiful on, the beads were chosen by lesley messam from her shop 'the bead cellar' which is in chichester on the ground floor of david messams tool shop,

i love going in her shop, it's like a cavern of sparkly pretty things, you would need a whole day to properly look at all the wonderful things in there and lesley is such a lovely lady, she will help with any questions, techniques or colours you might have.

Also picked by lesley were some blue beads, which i put into this necklace, i used wire for each of the beads, cutting it longer than the beads then wrapping the wire to make a loop at one end then threading the beads and finally wrapping the other end to form the other loop, i then joined them all together with o rings

also in the beads she chose was this large gemstone which is beautiful i made this bracelet very similar to the purple one i made during last week,

well what do you think?

I made this using amethyst chips, swarovski crystal and a huge amethyst bead which really it the prettiest bead i've seen for a while, i also used a smaller faceted amethyst. i've attached the big amethyst to the toggle to make it more of a feature and put the smaller amethyst next to it with a small piece of chain with swarovski crystals dangling from the chain, i'm so pleased with this one that i'm keeping it for myself.

my little boy said it's very pretty, what do you think?

I then sat my 2 kidlets down and made them these bracelets my little boy decided that he wanted a green bracelet and my little girl kept grabbing the reds, so i guessed that's the colour she wanted, she is so pleased with hers that she keeps kissing it and looking at it, my little boy won't take his off, it's so simple to make that my little boy enjoyed helping me to thread the beads.

well here we are again, on saturday i challenged another friend of my to buy beads, these are some of the beads that she bought,

the pink bracelet at the top are glass lampwork beads with freshwater pearls and the ain focal bead is a bollywood bead which come in a variety of different colours and sizes

The necklace is made of plated brown twine with a focal bead which is a kakaii nut, it is really tactile and you just want to keep touching it, it's really smooth and has a wounderful chocolate brown colour, underneath the nut there are 6 swarovski crystals in brown and pale gold, i love this piece and already have ideas for different ways to use these kakaii nuts,

So what do you think?

yesterday i challenged a friend of mine to go to lesley messams bead cellar with £20 and spend it all on beads and findings

this is what i made with some of the things she bought, i was surprised with just how much stuff she bought, i really enjoyed the challenge of what she'd bought, i liked the fact that i had no say on what colours or designs she bought.

when i go in to the bead cellar i look at the beads and colours that i like so it's nice to work with colours that i probably wouldn't have picked myself

let me know what you think