A Few Of My Faves

We're officially on Facebook, hurray! The next step is to get the website all up and running properly. One step at a time.. ;)

If I had the money, I'd buy this little outfit.

Uttam Grey Pretty Floral Dress - £35.00

From Dorothy Perkins

Brogue Ankle Boots - £68.00

From Topshop

Also, I found this lovely site, hannahzakari.co.uk. It sells handmade goods, including jewellery, accessories and stationery. Alot of the pieces are all unique in their own way, and there's a modern touch along with some vintage-esque pieces. They supply different crafter's pieces, so there's a wide range of variety too :)

I <3 these stud earrings from there.

Vintage Bouquet Earrings - £10.00

Click here to view.

Floral Bouquet Earrings - £7.00

Click here to view.

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On a personal note, It's been a weird 24 hours for me and the boy. Our phone line died for no apparent reason, then the tail light on our car went out, so I went on a wild goose chase this morning trying to find a bulb that someone would fit, in an area I'm still learning. How fun :P I did manage to find somewhere, and the guy fit it, so it's all sorted. And I have this giant pile of ironing to do this afternoon...

Has anyone come across any gorgeous pendant clock necklaces lately? I've been looking out for a few more to add to my collection :D

Love,
Fiona x

Fredflare & Pretty Jewellery

I'm listening to fredflare's boombox (awesome little tool for listening to music) and browsing their pretties. I found this nailpolish and got all excited :D

Happy Birthday Nail Polish - $18

Shiney :D

I used to heart fredflare just for browsing, and then I found out that they didn't ship internationally :( but now, they do :D yays.

They've got the quirkiest jewellery pieces, here are some of my faves.

Hot Shot! Camera Ring - $10

This is so cute, I barely own any rings like this though, I worry about spiking people with them :D

Ladybird Watch Locket Necklace - $22

I love watch pendants lately, I bought a lovely one from River Island a little while ago. I love the detailing on this one though.

Black & Gold Bow Earrings - $4.99

These beauties are sold out, they're verrrry cute :P

Sadly I haven't been much of a busy jewellery-making bee, and I haven't been blogging either :O

To be honest, life is just flying by.

I'm due to hear from Milkwood Gallery at some point about the pieces I've sent them, I think they're due to send a sale or return contract to me before they get displayed. It'll be pretty exciting :) they generally seemed happy with my pieces, yay.

My next focus is getting the Folksy shop a bit fuller (haha) and finishing up the website.

This weekend my Dad is coming up to stay, I'm hoping to take him out for lunch somewhere nice tomorrow, and there's a big family meal planned on sunday evening. Should be goooood.. :)

Love,

Fiona x

Long Time No Post

Time flew, eek! Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been juggling a load of things lately.

Anyway, here are some new pieces :D

Mauve Elegance flower filigree drop earrings

Pretty mauve coloured clay roses mounted onto an antiqued filigree base, finished with AB Czech glass hanging beads and glass pearls.

£4.50

Hearts & Hummingbirds charm earrings

Antiqued bronze hummingbird charms, complete with Swarovski AB hearts.

£3.50

Sweet Trinkets eclectic long necklace
Antiqued bronze long necklace dotted with pretty beads and key charms.
£9.50

The long necklace was the first one I've ever made, I wanted something scattered and random, but sweet and girly.

The items shown in my last post have been sent to Milkwood, I'm just waiting for a sale or return contract to come through now. It's all so exciting!

If you're interested in any of the items above, please feel free to send me an email at sparklerosedesigns@live.co.uk

They'll be available from my Folksy store soon :D

Love,

Fiona x



New Pieces

I've been slowly listing items on Folksy, I've been working on the new website, and I've been making lots of new items :D yay! Needless to say, I've been rather busy.

Here's a snippet of the new stock that's being sent off to a shop v.soon.

It's a really awful picture, I just needed something to show what I'd made in an email. These pieces are all heading off to Milkwood Gallery in Cardiff, which is a lovely crafts shop that sells all kinds of goodies. It also holds lots of exhibition events. When I'm next in Cardiff I'm hoping to attend some :)

The new pieces were made using new supplies, which included some gorgeous polymer clay flowers, some adorable lampwork cupcake beads, and beautiful antiqued bronze charms. My favourite piece is the charm bracelet at the top :)

Anyway, time for a nice coffee and a curl up on the sofa :)

Love,

Fiona x

Tuesday's Trinkets

Well hello there! :D

I had a wonderful week away, got tons of jewellery making supplies, and since I wrote I've made loads more pieces, some of which I've fallen in love with ;)

I haven't done any decent shots of the pieces yet, but when I do I will post them here :)

Anyway, as it's tuesday, here are a few of my favourite things this week. These are all from Etsy :)

Chocolate Cupcake Bracelet by MMAGDA

This is so adorable, I love cupcakes so this bracelet instantly caught my eye.

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Tutti Fruity Cupcake Earrings by Bead Passion

These polymer clay cupcake earrings are so effective, and must've taken ages to make!

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Cherry Blossom Cupcake Necklace by MaruMaru

This adorable fabric button is so cute and girly :D

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Anyway, haven't got too much time today, time seems to be flying by and I'm due in work in a few hours, argh!

Love,
Fiona x

Tiny Hiatus

I'm just going away for a very short while. I've been super busy since I got to Cardiff so I haven't got the time to write.

I'll be back next week with lots of new developments to talk about :D

Love,
Fiona x

Halloweeeeeeen!

Today was mine and the man's day off together, so we decided to nip to a craft fair this morning followed by a trip to Daisy Made for an ice-cream. It's slightly out of the nearby area for us but it's such gorgeous ice-cream. I had a coconut cone and he had a raspberry pavlova tub :)

The craft fair was rather disappointing. I was hoping to get enough stock sorted to go there on a regular basis to sell, but it was a small room of about 4 tables with just us two walking around browsing. There was a jewellery stall, and as a customer I was very attracted to the corkboard of £1 earrings, so much colour it was eyecatching. It's inspired me to make plenty of £1 goodies, especially ready for markets and jewellery parties (I'm planning on hosting a few jewellery parties in our flat in the future ;P).

While we were out I started thinking of Halloween, and I came up with my general design :D I got some gorgeous lace black ribbon which was the basis of my inspiration, and complimented the rest of the look with plenty of black, red and orange :) I've decided to go for two basic pairs of earrings and a charm bracelet (one pair of earrings match the bracelet nicely). I made them this afternoon.

Halloween Drop Earrings (1)

Simple glass beaded earrings on silver-plated findings

£1.00

Halloween Drop Earrings (2)

Simple glass beaded earrings on silver-plated findings

£1.00

(matching bracelet below)

Halloween In Elegance Charm Bracelet

Lace entwined silver-plated toggle bracelet filled with glass Halloween-themed beads. The heart bead sparkles in the light

£5.00

If you would like more information or these pieces/are interested in purchasing ready for the season, please email me at sparklerosedesigns@live.co.uk

Love,

Fiona x