Jewellery By Shalini

Read more on my website:  Bead Peeps Swap n Hop... The BIG Day is here! - Shalini Austin Designs… hand-crafted for YOU! .

This will be fun! I know it! Partners will be announced on 19th February 2014. Can't wait! :D More about this on Linda A's blog here:  http://fromthebeadboard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/bead-peeps-swap-n-hop-is-coming.html

Twice as Nice Holiday in July Challenge « Jewellery By Shalini I have signed up for another Non-Blogger/Blogger Challenge - “Twice as Nice Holiday in July” These are the challenge pictures and I am thinking of making two pieces in the same style just to see how different colours and materials can make each piece unique and have its own individual personality. 

Actually it is  Delicious! Just have a look at what my Beadsoup partner Susan has sent me! M is the word... MAGNIFICENT! It is an amazing selection of beads, ribbons & cords and not one, not two but FOUR different Focal pieces to play with. The hand-etched copper clasp is just amazing. And her generosity in the amount of beads she has sent is quite humbling. I don't think I sent her enough! But she says she likes it and I am eagerly looking forward to seeing what she creates from it. Just look at what I have to play with, so many different colours and media! Read what Susan thinks of my soup. And now I can reveal the soup I sent too! It includes: - A selection of pearl and shell beads in Yellow, Orange, Green and Red. - A small selection of Felt beads that I made using the technique felt artisan Eve Marshall taught me. - A selection of pewter and Tibetan Silver beads - Yellow Organza ribbon. - Kumihimo braid made with Chinese silk cord. - Tibetan Si...

So my beadsoup is on its way and this is what it looks like! I am impatient and this is driving me Mad. Hurry Up Mail! Introducing my Bead Soup Partner Susan from Ottawa. Susan makes jewellery for fun, to wear herself or give as gifts. She likes working with copper, fibre and artisan beads. She also makes all kind of  lovely crafty things  in lots of different media and she can sew & knit! RESPECT! My "difficult" relationship with fabric, yarn and thread is no secret! I can just about manage fluff and felt! We have been chatting on email and Susan is lovely. Plus she has a dog so we are definitely going to be friends :-) Susan also has a 12 year old boy, hence M is the word ! Susan makes beautiful jewellery. One of Susan's pieces from last year's party made from beads her partner Marina sent her.  And this necklace that she made for another blogging challenge is AWESOME!  I am really looking forward to seeing what Susan creates from the sou...

There was a delay due to my eyes being very very sick with Iritis but my Bead Soup is finally on its way to Canada today :-) I will tell you all about my partner Susan McClelland in another blog post very soon. We are in touch via email and getting to know each other better. She has posted my soup too and I am really really excited!

Not long till partners are announced for Lori Anderson's 8th Bead Soup Blog Party  and I am getting very excited :-) At the moment Lori is doing all the hard work as she pairs jewellery artists to be Bead Soup Partners. Our work and the fun really starts once we know who our partner will be. Hurry up 28th Feb! Last year's BSBP (which was my first party) introduced me to Sarah Goode from Pookledo who has now become a good friend and we talk quite often on facebook and twitter even though she does like to wind me up sometimes with talk of this thing called "Holiday" She sent me a challenge  which was totally out of my comfort zone! After MUCH head scratching to start with I had Fun! LOTS of Fun! And did this: 7th Bead Soup Party: Shalini's Sparkly Serving Revealed! http://jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/spring-necklace-in-yellow-orange-green/ http://jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/pretty-in-pink-pearl-bracelet/ http://jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/clearance-s...

So its time to reveal what I have been hoarding. Well this does not even touch the surface of things I have stashed away but its a start! Let me begin by introducing fellow Stamford Artisans Guild member DL Designs of Rutland . Diz makes the most amazing jewellery, charms and lanyards in different types of cords and threads and I admire her work a lot. So about two years ago I bought a handmade hemp macramé cording knot necklace from DL Designs. And then I promptly put it in safe keeping because I wanted to make something special with it. And I have been hoarding it all this time. I also had a beautiful Labradorite Cabochon cut and polished in house in our Lapidary workshop . This beautiful stone has a magnificent Labradorescence and I have had it on my board for almost 6 months! Because of the angle its been cut at it needed a special wrap on it for the colours to be seen in full glory. I have wrapped it a couple of times and then taken the wire off because the Labradorescence w...