I keep seeing on twitter and elsewhere about people's treasurys on Etsy and I love looking at them, but as I'm not a member on Etsy and prefer to shop and sell on Misi and Folksy, I thought I'd blog about my own treasury instead... I'll have to think of a new name for it also...... um any ideas??
I love handmade crafts and there is sooooooooo much talent out there, I have way too many 'favourites' and 'heart sellers' on Misi and Folksy! I will be adding links with my treasury photos. It's all abit of free advertising for the sellers really and I'm not asking for anything in return, I just love searching through all the handmade gifts out there :) If you would like to be featured it one of my treasuries you can email me at info@beadsandmorebylois.co.uk
Well here is my first treasury (I'll keep calling it that for now!) I have named it.....
I got the idea for this bracelet from Bead magazine and I really love it!
It's made by coiling the wires down from each bead and putting them on stretchy elastic. This bracelet is made up of 100 black fire polish beads, half frosted and half gunmental so it has abit of a sparkle :)
I made it using a mixture of Czech glass beads in pinks, blues, yellows, greens and golds on a gold plated adjustable ring. I then wrapped some gold wire around the ring to make it even more pretty!
Today I'm introducing a beautiful bracelet I have named Warm Sands.
I made the chain using the chain maille technique and used a mixture of pressed glass beads from the Czech Republic and made them into a cluster on each link.
I love the mixture of colours, browns, creams and coppers, it looks beautiful on your wrist.
If you like this bracelet it is available to buy for £12
I'm quite happy with it but got a few things to tweak here and there but all the shops are stocked and I've kept my lower prices from the sale :)
I've also decided I will promote a new item of jewellery I have made for every day or so, everything new I make will be put on my website but I'll also be listing something new every other day in my Misi and Folksy shops:
Today I have listed a pretty ring I have named Crystal Spiral - for obvious reasons really as it is made from Swarovski crystals and has a spiral of silver wire around it!
You can buy it now for only £6
It's very dainty and looks very pretty on the finger, I have made one for myself with black and black diamond Swaroski crystals and I love it! I hope you all like it too.
My name is Lois, I'm 27, married to Liam and we have two sons, called Alfie who is 2 1/2 and Shay who is 1. I handmake beaded and wire wrapped jewellery and also have a beads and findings online supply shop to cater for all the jewellery makers out there!