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Wire crochet earrings

25 Wed Jan 2017

Posted by fulgorine in beads, Giveaway, jewellery, Virtual Retreat

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earrings, giveaway, jewellery, polymer clay, wire crochet

This year I signed up for the Polymer Clay Adventure. I’m generally not very good at following a tutorial literally, but I thought this year it would be a good exercise to try a run through at least once.

15825970_681027948725455_1872727662942980356_n The first tutorial I had a go at was a combination of polymer clay beads (by Kira Slye) and wire crochet (by Yoola). I almost managed to make something similar.

Earrings by Cate van Alphen

Earrings by Cate van Alphen

I used carved beads (from another of the retreat tutorials) for these earrings. I didn’t have gold hooks so I made some spirals that I attached to steel studs. I thought the focal beads were a bit too chunky so I added another bead to give the earrings more length.

Pendant by Cate van Alphen

I also made a pendant with a stamp textured bead. When I made this bead I thought the edges were a bit fat so I pinched them and added a slight wave. Some of the purple coating had cracked off the wire by the time I worked the bottom row, but I thought it picked up the gold mica on the bead quite nicely so I still used it.

Pendants

I made another pair of carved beads, this time in silver, since I thought the first ones were a bit fat. I included some black beads in the wire crochet but they are a bit too similar to the bead colour and don’t really stand out.

By the time I got to the next silver carved bead my fingers were objecting to the crochet (I think my wire is too hard) so I decided to weave a little cap instead. I also scribbled in some scratches. This is purely for textural effect and is in no way related to the fact that the bead got scratched while I was working on the wire weaving. 😉

Beads by Cate van Alphen

I also made a pair of purple beads similar to Kira’s, but I haven’t yet decided what to do with them.


Giveaway

If you’d like any (or all) of the pendants and you are willing to pay for the postage*, pop a comment here on my blog before the end of January. If more than one person wants a pendant I’ll do a random selection.

Pendants by Cate van Alphen

*Shipping is from England (95p to UK, £3.15 to US addresses).

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Congratulations

04 Thu Dec 2014

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The winner of my giveaway is Shaiha Williams. Congratulations 🙂

Phoenix Feather charm by Cate van Alphen

Phoenix Feather charm by Cate van Alphen

The Auction is now complete and raised over $1000 for Beads of Courage.

Art Charm Auction – Last Chance

30 Sun Nov 2014

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The Art Charm Auction is nearly over. Don’t miss your opportunity to bid on some beautiful Art Charms (especially mine *nudgenudgewinkwink*) and support Beads of Courage.

Phoenix Art Charm by Cate van Alphen

Phoenix Art Charm by Cate van Alphen

Plus there is still one of my phoenix charms to be won. See my earlier post for details.

Art Charm Giveaway

27 Thu Nov 2014

Posted by fulgorine in 2014 Art Charm Swap, Art Charm Swap, Giveaway, My work

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art charm, Charity Auction, giveaway, phoenix, polymer clay

**Edit: The Auction is now finished & this giveaway is closed.**

This year I took part in Jen Cameron’s Art Charm Exchange. The way it works is that you send in 11 charms, and get back 10 art charms from different artists (one of them is your own). The 11th charm goes towards the Auction to benefit Beads of Courage.

Phoenix charm by Cate van Alphen

Phoenix charm by Cate van Alphen

To make it an even number, I decided to make 12 polymer clay charms, so there is one charm to give away 🙂 Have a look at my reveal post to see the inspiration behind the phoenix and it’s feather, and the blog hop to see all the charms made by the other artists.

Phoenix Feather charm by Cate van Alphen

Phoenix Feather charm by Cate van Alphen

All you need to do to take part in the giveaway is share the link to the AUCTION (or even better, place a bid) and let me know in a comment here that you have done so. Pop in a comment for each share for more chances to win. Please include an email contact. Since a phoenix can SOAR around the world, this giveaway is open to international people too :).

Because the auction is intended to raise money for Beads of Courage, I don’t want this giveaway to discourage you from bidding on the charms there. So, if you happen to win both the auction for my charm, and this giveaway I’ll give you a £20 voucher for either my Jewellery or Component store on Etsy instead (unless you actually want a pair of charms *cough*earrings*cough*).

I’ll announce the winner after the auction completes.

Good luck!

Bead Soup Blog Party Giveaway Winner

02 Mon Jun 2014

Posted by fulgorine in 8th BSBP, BSBP, Giveaway, My work

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art bead, beads, embroidered, giveaway, handmade bead, pearl, polymer clay, polymer clay beads

The winner of the “embroidered pearl” polymer clay beads from my Bead Soup Blog Party post is Becky Pancake. Congratulations!

embroidered pearl beads

Bead soup blog party reveal and giveaway

10 Sat May 2014

Posted by fulgorine in 8th BSBP, BSBP, Giveaway, My work

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art beads, bead earrings, Bead Soup Blog Party, beads, BSBP, embroidered pendant, floral necklace, giveaway, green and purple necklace, polymer clay, purple earrings

Welcome to my reveal for the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party. To continue the bead sharing, I’m giving away a set of handmade beads (keep reading to the bottom of this post for details). Here is the lovely bead soup sent to me sent to me by my partner Wendy Chamberlain.

bead soup with embroidered focal

My first thoughts when I saw the delicious mix of purple beads and silver caps was “Earrings!” (I LOVE making earrings.)

But I cried, “The point of the blog party is to use the focal and the clasp…”

“But look, the beads are all in pairs. Earrings!”

It was obvious to me that the pretty clasp and the pendant belonged together in the same necklace, so I decided to make some polymer clay beads inspired by the embroidery on the pendant. That way I could make the necklace and still have the mixed beads to play with for earrings. 🙂

green and purple necklace

I also used some green dyed lava cube beads that matched the colour of the leaves on the pendant and some silver seed beads.

embroidered pendant

I love the texture that the crochet beads give.

bead detailfloral necklace

And then I made some earrings… 16 pairs in fact!

purple bead earrings

purple bead earrings

purple bead earrings

purple bead earrings

Thank you Wendy for the wonderful beads, and thank you Lori for all your hard work organising the party. Now have a look at what all the other participants have made, I know I will.


Giveaway Time!

* EDIT – Giveaway is now closed. *

embroidered pearl beads
Luckily I was able to stop making earring before I used all the polymer clay beads I had made, so I am giving away a set of 8 ‘Embroidered Pearl’ beads. Just let me know in the comments that you would like to be included in the draw (join in even if you are international). I’ll announce the winner by 1st June 2014.

The birdy goes to…

07 Mon Apr 2014

Posted by fulgorine in Giveaway, My work

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art bead, bird bead, birdy, Congratulations, faux ceramic, giveaway, handmad, polymer clay, winner

Congratulations! Random no. 10

With the help of random.org, the birdy bead has chosen Rosantia Petkova. (Please let me know your contact details so the birdy can find you).

bird bead

See you soon!

And another thing…

01 Tue Apr 2014

Posted by fulgorine in Giveaway, My work

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art bead, bead pendant, bird bead, bird pendant, ceramic bead, giveaway, prize, sequin pendant

My Bird Cuff became a Mother’s Day gift, however the mother in question has 5 children and there were only 4 birds on the bracelet. Therefore I made an additional pendant using another birdy so that there are now 5 in the set.

bird pendantRemember there is still one orphaned birdy looking for a new home, so be sure to comment on my previous post if you would like to take part in the giveaway.

bird bead

Eclectic PrairieAND the cuff was one of the randomly selected winners for the monthly prize.

Hurrah all round!

Birdies!

30 Sun Mar 2014

Posted by fulgorine in Art Bead Scene, Challenge, Giveaway, My work

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art bead, Art Bead Scene, beaded, bird beads, birds, bracelet, cuff, faux ceramic, felt cuff, polymer clay, sequin

The first thing that sprang to mind when I saw this month’s Art Bead Scene inspiration painting was “Birdies!” (in the voice of my 3 year old).

Birds On Riser by Adolf Dietrich

Birds On Riser, 1944 by Adolf Dietrich
Oil on wood, 57.5 x 50 cm

I made some faux ceramic bird beads using polymer clay. I gave them all different colourings as in the painting. My initial idea was to have a row of birds making a bracelet like a paper doll chain, but some of the cheeky birdies turned inside out. Instead I put them on a white felt backing to create a cuff with a sprinkling of beads and sequins to represent the icy snow.

beaded bird cuff

bird cuff

bird cuff

I made some extra beads, so this little birdy needs a home. Leave a comment below if you’d like to adopt him (he assures me he can even manage an international flight).  If you share this giveaway on facebook/twitter etc let me know and I’ll put your name in the hat again for extra chances to win. 🙂

 

bird beadI’ll let you know the winner on Monday 7th April 2014.

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Congratulations

22 Fri Nov 2013

Posted by fulgorine in Giveaway

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earrings, giveaway, prize, winner

Thanks to everyone for commenting on my earring giveaway. The lucky number is…

Random number 55

Congratulations Angi Mullis!

(Angi, I’ve already sent you an email, please contact me if you haven’t received it yet).

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