Pendants Galore!

I've been playing with setting the friendly plastic into bezels and have at long last got round to putting them all together and coating them in resin, not bad for a first attempt, a few gaps here and there, but with a bit more experimentation, I'll get there!

Lookie Lookie!

At what the lovely Jana sent me as a pressie for entering one of the friendly plastic comps. I've been meaning to post this for a while as I got it in July! I absolutely love it and it goes with pretty much anything as it has lots of different colours in it!

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary!

I made this card for my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary, which was on Saturday 4th July! I wish we could have been there with them, so I'm a bit sad, but maybe next year! From left to right (hopefully I've got this right); Sheila & hubby, Dad & Mum (Mike & Sylvia), behind them is Unlce Ray, Grandpa & Grandma Brown (Dad's parents - Leondard & Ivy) and my Mum's parents (Basil & Victoria Feeny), shame you can't see Bas behind Nan's hat!

Funky New Hats!

I found this wonderful lady on Etsy.com who makes the most amazing crochet fab funky hats and her name's Janet (funkyhooker - what a fantastic name!). If anyone's interested in Janet's fab hats, you can find her shop here; http://www.funkyhooker.etsy.com, just let her know Sara @ Silkychicken sent you!

Bling Bling!

I’ve been working on something a bit different, a beading project as I wanted to make a present for a very dear friend of mine. It started off as a beaded bling bling bra strap set, but has now become a full matching set - necklace, earrings, bracelet & watch. The bra straps have proved quite perplexing, as they needed to have a bit of give in them but not be so stretchy that you ended up with gaps between the beads when worn. I've tried so many different things and have ended up with 0.8mm stretch magic, as that’s the thickest I can use with cultured pearls, but I have had to pull the stretch magic through each bead using a needle threading tool doodah, what a pain that’s been! I've also decided to start making them as bridal/special occasion jewellery and I've got a silver version, gold version and a red and gold version.

Friendly Plastic Catherine Wheel Pendant

Here's my latest creation which I've made for the Marbling Magic challenge on www.friendlyplastic.blogspot.com There's a couple of bits I need to 'tweak' and I need to finish the back and add a coat of resin.

Another birthday card!

I had a lovely surprise this morning, a lovely card from Christine (Charliecat CBC Forum), we thought it'd got lost in the post but it arrived, maybe they sent it by sea in error eh?! Anyway, it's on my sideboard and thought I'd upload it for you all to see.