I have been very busy making things, most of which I can’t share here as  I don’t want to ruin any Christmas surprises. Thank you to all the lovely people who have placed orders with me, it’s been a pleasure dealing with you all. I did find a photo of a new bracelet I can share with you, it is sat in my stock box til my next sale… or until I open my online shop! It’s based on the technique I learnt from Natalia...

I should of mentioned that palette I showed you the other day was named ‘Dark Red with a Yell’. I showed you the canes I made, here’s some of the jewellery I made from them and the colours in this palette.Another bracelet like my purple crinkle one, with matching earrings. The spacers were smaller beads so I needed a lot more discs, must remember that next time and find larger beads! I put some of the spacer beads on the jump...

Whilst I was ordering some more chokers I saw bracelets the same, nylon coated wire with a screw closure. I am often asked to make matching bracelets for my floating wire necklaces which is a problem as I don’t think floating wire bracelets work so I normally add more beads as shown below. I realise as I write this I haven’t actually tried a floating bead wire bracelet – hmm perhaps I should. Any other suggestions welcome.Wire...

I have just been trialling a beginners polymer clay workshop with some of my friends. I was aiming for them to make a bracelet like this from simple cane slices, threaded on elastic.We have had great fun and they are all really pleased with their creations but we haven’t quite managed to get to the bracelet stage so I either need to find a way to speed it up or make the class longer. I am doing them from home which seems to work out well...

I started this bracelet sometime ago but felt it needed something more, something to brighten it up. I had lots of great suggestions from arty friends and in the end I decided to add the yellow beads you can see to match the yellow of the flower centres. I would have put some little crystals inside the flowers but I had already wire wrapped them onto the bracelet by then and didn’t fancy doing it all again!I will show you my new matching...

Finished braceletOriginally uploaded by surfingcat claySo they have been growing on me and now I love this little bracelet! I hope my friend does too.I started making spliced flower canes when I watched Cindy Leitz’s tutorial