I love owls, and it seems they are very fashionable just now. I have been busy making more of my little owls as I sold nearly all of them at the weekend. Whilst I was making them I decided I would see if I could make them tiny, for earrings. The answer is yes and I think they are adorable! What do you think? Do you like the wacky bright colours?Little owl earrings, they are about 1.2cm tall.Mummy owl with her earring babies!I am managing to be...

I had a brilliant weekend at the Totterdown arts trail, meeting lots of lovely people, receiving many compliments about my work and selling lots of jewellery and little creatures, thank you people of Totterdown and the people who came from further afield!Here’s one of my pendants that has gone of to a new home! I was also lucky enough to spend lots of time admiring the art work of the other people exhibiting in the house -Emily...

I was hoping to show you some new creations today but my sanding pile is still very large and I haven’t quite got there yet, soon!In the meantime I have set up a Flickr Group for The Stroppel Cane. I have been discussing the idea with Alice Stroppel and now it seems that so many people are posting pictures of work using this wonderful technique that it’s hard to keep track of them all.  I am hoping that by starting the flickr group...

You may remember me talking about my photography set up a while back. Here is the homemade light box set upWell the tissue paper got torn in storage above my work area and actually if I want to take photos with the box I have to clear my bench (probably no bad thing but…). So I have the cheap, cheerful and super easy alternative to show you…I have 2 lamps with 100W equivalent daylight bulbs (one is my angle poise I use for my work...

I used the scraps from my last projects to make a Stroppel Cane, looks quite different using a limited palette.Here’s some of the things I have made with it.Domed disc Stoppel Cane pendantLittle disc earringsLonger pendant, think on reflection the stripes look better vertically, next time…Domed doughnut pendant. The dangle is the bit cut from the center.Playing about with the scaps, not quite sure about this but my husband likes...

Here’s a top, new to me and the colours I mixed to make some matching jewellery. I didn’t really like the flower so didn’t want to recreate the pattern, just make something that would go – using the colours as my palette. I had great fun playing around and trying new things, making up my own flower canes rather than using my old familiar favourites. Here’s some of what I got up to   Flower pendant, matches top...