We went out last night to celebrate one of my friends birthdays to an 80’s club. I wanted to make her a funky piece of retro jewellery, which was why I started the whole rainbow thing but I couldn’t show you this before in case she happened to read my blog.So I have been meaning to try making hollow lentil beads but for some reason decided I was going to make a hollow heart. Probably not the most sensible idea as I have never tried...

Suddenly everywhere I look there are choker necklaces – and they look fab!  I wanted to make some but wasn’t sure where to get them in the UK (did have a look on the bead supply websites but didn’t find them).At the London Polymer Clay Group meeting on Sunday, Rebecca Thickbroom  (who is one of the organisers of the Polymer, Pamper, Play event I am very much looking forward to!) showed some beautiful choker...

I am really proud of my latest jewellery and was thinking I must sort out the photographs show I can show you properly. Then today I was emailed some photographs by a friend to use on my blog (post coming soon), they are great photos and I just couldn’t put them up against my poorly lit ones so the ‘sorting out a photography set up’ jumped up the to do list!See why I need to sort it out…  Here’s the rainbow...

Here’s the first thing I have finished (because I don’t sand them) with my funky rainbow jellyroll. This little owl has glow in the dark (fimo) eyes and a lovely rainbow tummy and one slightly long wonky ear – it’s character of course! I think I might try and photograph my work and checking it before baking, it’s amazing what you spot in a photograph that you don’t always see in real life. Didn’t notice...

Rainbow stripe jellyroll caneOriginally uploaded by Cara Jane Contemporary JewelleryI’m off to an 1980’s nightclub with the girls at the weekend so I have been feeling rather retro. Time to go all rainbow! I have a few special projects in mind, I’ll share them with you soon

The main demonstration at the London Polymer Clay Group was by on making signature canes Susan Rimmer, thanks Susan it was an interesting demonstration. I have been thinking about signing my work and did play about with a stamp made from bent bits of coke can back in the autumn but I wasn’t happy with the results, it wasn’t obviously a signature and I mainly sanded it out the few times I tried it. Off course the first one I made was...