Saturday 30 April 2011

UK Handmade

Hello there,

just a short blog for you this week.  Did you watch the Royal Wedding yesterday?  I did & it was so lovely!  Had a wonderful chilled out day with friends & had a bbq in their garden, so nice & relaxing.

Just a little update to let you know I'm now proud to be a member of UK Handmade!  UK Handmade supports & promotes the best UK artists, designers & makers.  To represent this I've added their badge to my website & this blog.

You can find their website here:  www.ukhandmade.co.uk
"UK Handmade is a design led online magazine committed to showcasing and promoting the best creative talent the UK has to offer. The term 'handmade' is now an indicator of quality, care and professionalism that is second to none and something we at UK Handmade wish to encourage and celebrate."

I'm going to leave you to enjoy your long weekend, next week I hope to have more new jewellery to share & maybe an update on my New Year Resolutions!

Take care!

Kendra x

Thursday 21 April 2011

Best of British

Hello All,

As it's the Queens 85th Birthday today & the Royal Wedding in just about a week I thought that would be my theme for today.  I remember the Wedding of Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, it was just after my 6th birthday & I went to a Street Party at Brampton Gardens in Hersham dressed as Little Bo Peep.  I also remember some awful young child trying to steal my toy sheep which I was less than pleased at.  We were all given commemorative coins, I still have mine!  I wish I could share with you the photo of me dressed up outside my parents front door where a poster of Charles & Di was placed with 2 Union Jack Flags, but all my old family photographs are being looked after by a friend of mine whilst I try to find space.

Best of British for me would have to be all about the music & 3 of the best for me would have to be David Bowie, Rolling Stones & Queen.


In honour of this special time I have created 2 bracelets with a Red, White & Blue theme the first is a charm braclet, I've not made a charm bracelet in such a long time.  This bracelet uses red and blue glass beads with heart shaped & crown shaped tibetan silver charms hung on a silver plated chain & secured with a lobster clasp.


The second braclet is simple strung beaded bracelet using red & blue indian glass beads & sparkly tibetan silver beads to represent the white.  I've also hung a heart shaped charm & 2 crown shaped charms & the bracelet is finished with a tibetan silver toggle clasp.

Both bracelets are available from my Misi Store.

That just leaves me to wish you a Happy Easter Weekend, I hope I don't eat too much chocolate, I still have chocolates left from Christmas!  Oh, in case you were wondering I'm typing better thank you, the consultant gave me the all clear yesterday so now it's down to physio, exercise & determination.

Kendra x

www.spellboundjewellery.co.uk

Sunday 17 April 2011

Hippity Hop, Here Comes The Easter Bunny

Hello All,

Please excuse me, this will probably be a short blog, I'm typing this slowly with my left hand as I had the titanium plate removed from my right wrist a week ago, so no driving, no work & certainly no beading for me.  I'm being a bad patient as I hate doing nothing!

Fortunately before I went into hospital I had the forsight to look for Easter themed components & I discovered some delightful Easter Bunny Charms, perfectly detailed on both sides.

I'd not worked with Swarovski Crystals for a while & the first thing I made with the rabbit charms was a pair of earrings, using Jonquille & Light Rose Swarovski Crystals, I was so happy with the combination of the shiny crystals with the cute charm that I made a matching bracelet.  I've listed this on my Misi store.

I could't leave the Easter Bunnies alone then & inspired by a rose quartz bracelet I'd made a week prior I selected some dyed jade beads & created this bracelet which is also available on my Misi Store.

So if you fancy a sweet treat for Easter, but without the calories, then remember my store for something a bit different, handmade & can be treasured for a long time!

Kendra x

www.spellboundjewellery.co.uk