Yes, more bracelets

Oh, I am enjoying myself making all these bracelets. Bracelets are my favourite item of jewellery to make and wear. I think it's because you can see and admire a bracelet when you're wearing it. You can't do that with earrings, can you?

After I turned the grey beads into a bracelet the other day, these orange and blue 'Summertime' ones that had been sat with them in the beads-for-sale bowl looked forlorn so I made them into this bright and cheery one.

The spotty beads and orange spacers are strung with green-blue seed beads and a few antique copper rounds.

The bracelet fastens with a copper-plated pewter button that features a pretty flower design. 

I had quite a bit of silvered ivory stringer left over from the 'Seashore' bracelet beads the other day so I used some of it to make some beads for this 'Strata' bracelet.

The streakiness of dark ivory glass has always reminded me of golden syrup stirred through Ambroisa rice pudding. I've wrapped a band of silvered ivory around the middle of each ivory bead for a geological, strata-like effect.

I've kept this bracelet mighty simple, just adding some plain sterling silver rounds between the beads.

Both of these bracelets can be found in my shop.

I said on Sunday that I wanted to add a jewellery repair service page to my wesbite and this afternoon I did just that. If you've got an item of jewellery that needs mending do have a look here for further information and maybe I'll be able to help you.