Victorian birdcages are a shabby-chic staple for interior schemes, but why stop there? I love this 'Freedom' necklace by SilverLining and its whimsical charm.
SilverLining combines vintage pieces with new finds, using quirky items like tiny ceramic tea cups and saucers to great effect.
Better yet, SilverLining is currently offering free shipping on all her jewellery. Check out the shop here.
Reviewed by Jennie Hughes
If you like messing about with beads you have undoubtedly come across references to “knitted wire jewellery” during your forays into lovely gorgeous websites. Yes? I have too, but I’ve always thought that the combination of knitting and wire might be fraught with difficulty/sore fingers/frayed temper.
Well the best way to get an introduction to a new craft is usually to start with a kit, because then an expert has chosen the correct materials, and has written instructions specifically for those materials.
So, I took a deep breath and a kit from the Crazy Wire Company, and hey! - It’s not so difficult after all!
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The Country Living Fair was a smorgasbord of lovely gorgeous things, and Lynsey Walters' collection of cheerful felt jewellery and accessories was one of my favourites.
Let's face it, plain wool coats across the land are just crying out for one of these cute 50's pop flower stem pins to brighten their day.
Lynsey has some prints for sale, too, including a limited edition image of her 'collecting shelves'. An assortment of the retro items that inform and inspire her work. Hop over the cut to take a peek.
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Louise Pringle of Eclectic Shock creates wonderful one-of-a-kind pieces from vintage jewellery. She also offers a service to reinvent beloved pieces of your own into something modern, wearable and unique.
I love the idea of breathing new life into old jewellery - and it's recycling, too. Look out for a profile on Louise soon and carry on over the cut for another of her fabulous bracelets.
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Reviewed by Jennie Hughes
There we were at the Scottish Bead Fair, looking at all the lovely gorgeous things, when we came across The Glass Connection’s stall where I was persuaded to have a go at something I’ve never dared to try before – beading using those scary teensy-tiny beads that you thread into spirals, flowers and other pretty patterned jewellery.
The ladies
in this company teach beading, and having got some packs of materials ready for
a class one day, they thought, 'Why don’t we market these as DIY kits?'
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The exquisite handmade charms from Sally Jean just got more affordable with free shipping throughout September.
Sally Jean's range of collaged doo-das is excellent - with themed pictures, phrases and individual alphabet tags. Pictured here is the front and back of a love tag; carry on over the cut for my absolute favourite...
