Earth-tastic

I love this button necklace I made just the other day.
I used some neutral buttons and some copper wire to create a small button pendant and attached this beauty to some hemp cord.
Nice and earthy, don't you agree?
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Wish I could bottle the smell...

OMG I've just made an eggless chocolate and nut banana bread and wow the smell of it cooking is amazing. I just want to bottle it up.

Here's the recipe, try it yourself.

Recipe
150g caster sugar
50g butter/ vegetable spread (for vegan version)
1/4 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons water
5 mashed bananas
250g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 handfulls of chopped nuts

1 banana chopped for topping

preheat over 180 degrees c
1) Beat sugar and butter until smooth
2) Beat in bananas, water and applesauce
3) In a separate bowl sive the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder
4) Mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture, mis till moist
5) Add the cocoa powder and nuts
6) Place the chopped banana in the bottom of the loaf tin
7) Pour in cake mixture
8) Bake for approximately 1 hour or until an inserted skewer comes out clean
9) Leave in the tin to cool for 10 mins then turn out onto a wire rack
10) ENJOY!



Hope you enjoy.


Can't wait to get stuck in now.
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Organisation...

Well I've finally finished my degree and I'm just waiting to get the results and graduate this July. I'm really excited but a tad scared about the future.
Anyway it's time I start crafting again, the only problem is I've been accumulating bits for crafting over the past few months and now I've a great deal of 'stuff' which I need to organise before I can feel truely comfortable enough to get down to some hardcore crafting.
I've been sorting my buttons in to relatively colour coded jars, darks in one, bright colours in another, whites in another and pastels in another. It really was quite relaxing. But now it's time for sorting my craft shelves and corner. AHHHHHH! It's real madness, I definately require a seperate room for crafting.

This is what I'd really love my crafting area to look like:

Little Miss Crafty has made such a beautiful craft area, I'd really like to transplant it into my own home.

But nope, I'd need a another room to ever make my crafting area look anything like that. So far it's just a mess of boxes, jars, tins, materials, findings and such composed around the living room whilst I attempt to sort it all.

Ahhhhh! Help! Any pointers would be very grateful, tehe.

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Tree Hugger

I thought I'd make a gift for a friend. I didn't think the usual jewellery I make would be quite her thing, but then I had this idea. I think she'll love it, it's right up her tree, i mean street.


Hope you like it too.
I used copper wire for the pendant and hemp for the necklace, bit hippy.
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Honest, it's not procrastination.

Why is it that I have lots of inspiration and ideas for things to make, just at the point in time when I'm NOT ALLOWED to make anything or distract myself from revision.
I've my final year exams tuesday and wednesday next week and of course I'm busy reading hundreds of journal articles, writing lots of information down and learning lots of facts. However I keep having all these fantastic ideas for things to make and how I can improve my jewellery etc etc. and I'm not allowed to write them down, make them or continue thinking about them.
Booo. O well I can make away come a week today as all my uni work is complete, all I'll have to do then is wait for the results and hope I graduate with the 2:1 I'd really like. Yay.

*fingers crossed*

Inspiration: Crafty Chica

Right so, I found this site ages ago... it's called crafty chica.
She's this really awesome crafter from Arizona, that makes loads and I mean loads of Mexican themed items. Her range of crafts is HUGE! I recommend you check out her site here.

Just thought I'd share this inspiration.
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Buttons Galore

I love buttons, completely addicted to the little things.
I've now a number of jars full of pretty buttons, many I just can't bare to part with... but I'm going to.

Plus ll the buttons are all second hand, I just had to save the beauties.

Here's an example of my button galore necklaces.
Hope you like them.




(if you want one let me know or visit my artfire shop )

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The time has come...

The time has come for me to finally sell items online.
I have finally managed to set up an online store on ArtFire. yay.
You can view it and sign up yourself here.
If you sign up please say I referred you, it would really help me out.


Hopefully I'll start selling lots of creations on there so keep a watch out.
Awesome.
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Ring Pull Brooch

When I was younger, I used to drink way to much cider and as a result collected loads of ring pulls from cider cans. Last summer I found a whole bunch at home and came up with this brooch.

It is almost 100% recycled, the ring pulls, bottle cap, brooch back and string are all either rubbish or taken from old items I have. The only new thing used was the glue.

It was really simple to make and brings back many memories.

Hope you like.

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Tiger Tiger

So over the Summer 2008, I collected hundreds and hundres of bottle caps.

I've so many now I don't know what to do with the all.


Here's the very first bottle cap necklace I made.
It's made from completely recycled materials.

The bottle caps are obviously from Tiger Beer bottles, the silver hoops are part of an old belt chain and it was all held together using a keyring split ring and jump rings from old jewellery.



Hope you like it.

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