What’s happening here at BlueberriBeads.
Well it would seem that my blog posts are like buses… nothing for ages, then two come along at once! Dare I say, I might be seeing a bit of organisation happening? Today’s post is the big reveal for the Blueberribeads/TheaToo Autumn design challenge. I’m still stupidly excited to be hosting a hop along with… Read More Autumn Design Challenge Reveal
I have some very exciting news this week, and no, it’s not that I’m updating my blog 😉 I have been invited to be a contributor to the Art Jewelry Elements blog. I have written a couple of guest posts for them about electroforming, and mould making and was asked if I’d like to make… Read More AJE September Component Of the Month Reveal
Thank you to everyone who commented, blogged, pinned, and shared our challenge. We’re thrilled with the great response we got, and looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations in October! The winners are…. Gay Messander – http://gaysiemay.blogspot.co.uk/ Made By Jules – http://madebyjulesblog.blogspot.co.uk/ The Moon & Seven Stars – http://moonandsevenstars.blogspot.com Heidi Post – http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.co.uk/… Read More Autumn challenge winners…
With the weather turning and the kids getting back to school, I’m dreaming of getting back to my much neglected blog and having time again to immerse myself in my work. While chatting about my plans with my good friend Lesley of Thea Elements/Thea Jewellery, we hatched a plan to host a joint blog hop.… Read More Blueberribeads & Thea Elements Autumn Design Challenge – Now closed for entries
I came across a link for this blog hop on the last day of signups and knew I had to join in! I love a challenge, and I also loved the subject! Each participant had to choose a style of jewellery to take their inspiration from the following list… Egypt Mesopotamia Greece Rome Celts Indus… Read More Beady Eyed Bunny History Hop Reveal
I’m not going to babble today… I’m just going to get on with it and show you what I’ve made with the lovely bead soup sent to me by my partner in the Bead Soup Blog Party… Doris Stumpf, a wonderfully talented lampworker from Germany. I hope I’ve done them justice! Here’s a reminder of… Read More BSBP- The big reveal!
My bead soup arrived last week… I’ma bit slow posting a picture as I’m busy getting ready to go to the Flame Off next week… soooo excited! I’ll be there with my beads for the whole thing this year, and also there on the Sunday for the bead fair. It’s going to be held at… Read More My soup has arrived!
Quite a few people have been asking how I transfer such sharp designs to copper when creating my popper cuffs, so I thought I’d put it out there for everyone to share… Hope someone finds this useful! 🙂 I purchased everything I needed for etching a couple of years ago when a friend of mine… Read More A new approach to etching metal
Quite a few people have been asking how I transfer such sharp designs to copper when creating my popper cuffs, so I thought I’d put it out there for everyone to share… Hope someone finds this useful! 🙂 I purchased everything I needed for etching a couple of years ago when a friend of mine… Read More A new approach to etching metal
My lovely partner in the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party received her beads a couple of days ago, so I can share what I sent 🙂 I agonised for ages over what to send, it’s my first time, and was worried about types, colours, amount, pretty much everything! Eventually, I decided on a few beautiful… Read More Soup’s on!
So it turns out my bright idea of getting my OH to judge my competition turns out to be not so bright after all! The conversation went something like this… Me: Can you judge my competition for me please? Him: Yes… what do I have to do? Me: Look at these and tell me… Read More OH OMG… WTH?
If you follow me on facebook, you may have seen my latest obsession… cabochons! A couple of months ago, I fancied trying something different, so I thought I’d try my hand at carving some designs. Most of my inspiration comes from the natural world, so it was the first place I turned for ideas. Here’s… Read More My latest obsession
It only seems like a couple of weeks since I was doing a giveaway for 200 likers, I can hardly believe I’ve got to 300 so quickly! Thank you to everyone who’s visited, liked, commented and lurked on my page, it really means a lot! So to say thank you properly, I will send this… Read More Win goodies….
I’m really excited to be taking part in the 7th Bead Soup Blog party hosted by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things Blog. My partner is Doris Stumpf from Germany, a very talented lampworker who creates the most amazing little creatures and beautiful beads from glass, here’s her website if you’d like to pay her a… Read More 7th Bead Soup Blog Party
Firstly apologies for not being around much for the last couple of weeks… I promised at the beginning of the year to spend more time on my blog and try to post at least once a week, but that along with my other resolutions went up the wall by about the 5th of January! I… Read More Now available at the Bead Shop Liverpool
Well since deciding that my New Years Resolution was to be more organised, I’ve failed miserably! I can’t believe it’s taken me 13 days to get a New Year post up on my blog! Now I’ve finally made it, I thought I’d tell you a little about my plans for this year (hopefully I will… Read More Happy New Year..
When Lesley at the Gossiping Goddess asked if any one wanted free beads, well how could I say no? Her good friend and lampworker, Kaz Baildon had had a clear out and was left with loads of lovely beads that she didn’t know what to do with so they were sent to Lesley who very… Read More Bead Giveaway Blog Hop
Thank you to everyone who took part in my competition and for all the lovely comments! I’m not going to waffle today, I’m just going to get straight to it and announce the winners 😀 The beads have been counted, and overseen by our independent adjudicator… There were 226 beads in total. So in 1st… Read More And the winner is..
On Monday 26th November, The Beads of Clay Group are teaming up with the Love my Art Jewelry Blog to promote Creating Handmade with Handmade for Cyber Monday. If you haven’t seen it yet, hop on over there for a fantastic blog filled with tons of information, inspiration and beautiful handmade jewellery & components.… Read More Cyber Monday Handmade Sale
To everyone that has supported me and liked my page… I’d like to say thank you! This week I reached 200 likes on my page, it’s sneaked up a few more since then, and each one is really appreciated! To show my appreciation, I’m offering some prizes to my followers… First up is this bead… Read More Competition time..
Not one to miss out on all the fun, I’ll be joining our friends across the pond and celebrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday in my Etsy Shop For anyone who doesn’t know (and I didn’t until I googled it!) Black Friday and Cyber Monday are traditionally the start of the holiday shopping season being the… Read More Sales & A Give away..
You’ve probably noticed, I’m loving the new Artisan Whimsy site… the challenges are really good fun! The metal team has issued the Metal prong Challenge, and as this type of setting is something I’ve never done before I thought I’d have a bash. I had some pieces of copper already etched so I decided… Read More Metal Prong Challenge
The UK Blog team on Artisan whimsy have challenged members to create a piece of jewellery or component which represents an area of the UK where one of the members live. The cities for the challenge are Dorset, Edinburgh, Bath, Isle of White, Liverpool and Southampton. I’ve chosen Edinburgh. Scotland is one of my favourite… Read More UK Inspiration Challenge
Wish me luck with ,y entry for the AW November challenge!… Read More Competition Time on AW
I’m really excited to be taking part in my first blog hop, organised by the The Gossiping Goddess For those of you who haven’t seen her site before, (which I doubt is many) the Goddess is the lovely Lesley Watt of TheaJewellery. Each of the participants will get a gift of free beads from Lesley,… Read More My first Hop!
Well it seems a break from making with clay has done me good. I’ve got lots of new stuff made in the last couple of weeks and I’m liking some of what’s coming out of the kiln! It would seem that my lovely customers do too as lots of it was snapped up as soon… Read More Back into the swing…
You may or may not have seen from my earlier post that I’m a member of the Creative bead chat group… they have recently formed a new social network called Artisan Whimsy. It’s a great place where like minded people gather to share their knowledge, help each other out, show off and generally have a… Read More Artisan Whimsy- making stamps & moulds
I’ve lost my mojo for clay bead making 🙁 Not surprising really, the weather is horrible and I’d clear off if I had the chance! So I decided to leave the clay for a bit and have a go at something completely different. I’ve got a garage full of different things to entertain myself when I’m… Read More Something different…
Hello again… it’s been a while! I don’t think I’m very good at this blogging lark! Any spare time I get, you’ll usually find me up to my elbows in clay. But every so often when I do remember I have a blog, there’s always lots to say, so here’s a peek at… Read More Building a Raku Kiln
If you were to ask me that question on any day of the week, the answer would be a very definite purple… but not today! Today my favourite colour is brown, not very exciting, a colour associated with some of the less attractive things in life, but today it’s most definitely brown! Why? Well scroll… Read More What’s your favourite colour?
Mixing my own glazes! Isn’t it always the way that all the lovely colours you see on ceramics are secret recipes, mixed by skilled craftsmen & women with years of testing & experience? Well I’ve decided that this year, I fancy a bit of that, so I’ve just taken my first steps in mixing my… Read More This Year I will mostly be