Romanov with Padparascha Crystals

Back to my normal features next week but this week is all about the Christmas markets!

Another piece of maille I have made for the markets is the ever popular Romanov weave. This weave includes Swarovski crystals, making it a very pretty weave with lots of sparkle! The colour of the Crystals is called Padparascha which is a gorgeous orangy pinky colour.

Festival Byz Ladder

Here is the first of my new pieces that I have been busy creating - it is a chainmaille bracelet in sterling silver that uses a variant of the popular Byzantine weave, turning it into a ladder design. The focal is a piece by Guru Creations entitled "Festival". It is Dichroic glass with a sterling silver link fused into each end.

Getting Ready for Christmas Markets!

With four markets coming up over the next two weeks I am very busy producing new stock, hence the reason for my lack of posts over the last couple of weeks.

I have completed some new chainmaille bracelets, am currently working on some new earrings, and hope to find the time to do a few more rings and pendants too!

I need to do some tumbling and photographing but hopefully I will be able to give you a few previews of my new pieces over the next few days.

In the meantime, pop on over to the BrisStyle blog to see what others are doing in preparation for the big BrisStyle Christmas market that's on next Saturday!

Here are some pics from some fellow team members to whet your appetite:

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Baby Hare Kuro Soft Sculpture
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Dragon House of Yuen

New - Amazonite Shapes Necklace

I have just completed my latest 'Geometric' design - this time a necklace, and decided to give you a preview before it gets uploaded into my store.

My previous geometric designs have been based around one shape, that of a square/rectangle. I wanted to expand on the idea of building up shapes around a central bead and so decided to try and make three different shapes, including one of each in a necklace. I started with a square shape since that was what I am familiar with. I then moved onto a circular shape. Finally I moved onto a triangle.

Once each shape was completed they were wire wrapped and Swarovski crystals were added to create some sparkle.

I used the same links to make up the necklace chain as I had in my previous geometric design necklace since these diamond shapes fit with the overall theme.

So there you have it - my Amazonite Shapes necklace!

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Porcelain Nature Spirit/Fairy/Garden
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Golden Light Ceramics

BrisStyle Market - Not long Now!

Everyone here in Brisbane is getting very excited about the next BrisStyle market which is now only just over two weeks away!

I'm planning a couple of new displays and will give you an advance preview when they're done. I have my new coloured maille bracelets ready to go and hope to add a few more pieces to my stock before the big day. I'm currently working on a special new "shapes" necklace with sterling silver, amazonite and swarovski crystals - watch this space!

In the meantime, pop on over to the BrisStyle Blog and see what other team members are up to in preparation for the big day!