Red and Gold Inspiration

Many of you may now know how excited I am about Craft Fairy selling beads and findings. How could I not be as I love all that sparkle soooo much. I have finally uploaded most of them to the web site and now I can get on with a little craft therapy. So to start I've made this bright necklace using big textured pearls and acrylic beads. As they say here in Wales, 'Lush'.

If you feel inspired too you will need the following:

Golden textured pearls. 16mm
Spray Painted Acrylic Beads, Octagon, Crimson, Size: about 25mm 
8mm Golden Color, Iron JumpRings, Closed, Unsoldered, x 100
Golden Iron Eyepins, Size: about 0.7mm thick, 4.0cm long, hole: 2mm approx 100
Tibetan Style Toggle & T Bar Antique Golden, pack of 4 sets
Golden Color, Iron Bead Spacers, 4mm x 100

Rhapsody in blue

Well, here's my latest collage. I went for blue this time.

 

Strangely enough, the blues, rather than looking cold as blue is supposed to do, look clean, fresh and springlike. So, what do you prefer, orange or blue?

Orange Extravaganza

Orange is not usually a colour that inspires me as it isn't a colour that I can wear. However, the day has arrived when I wish that I could wear it as some beard to die for have arrived at Craft Fairy headquarters and I just had to out them together in this collage of colour.

So, now all that I have to do is use this as inspiration for a little crafting. I can't wait.

Chiffon ribbon

We'll you might see from the last and this post that I have at last discovered how to use picsart. So I do hope that I don't bore you all to death with my piccies. These chiffons are lovely though so feel free to share.

Seeing Spots

We've just had a delivery of the most amazing spotty ribbons and we now carry almost the whole range of these fabulous satin taffeta ribbons. I also decided to play around with collages and this is today's creation.

Beware as there may be more.

Cover up with Hearts

How many of you have little girls who fall over and make a hole in their tights. Result ruined tights?

Not any more as you can cover up that unsightly hole with a felt heart and very often it will look better than it did before. I saw this fantastic pin on Pinterest and thought that it might inspire you.

Buy Craft Fairy felt hearts here.

Hearts are not just for Valentine's Day

At the risk of repeating myself,  Hearts are not just for Valentine's Day. You'll think this too when you see these beautiful hearts that I have pinned into my felt board on Pinterest. They are by a really talented lady, whose blog is called Beedeebabee. To be honest with you these hearts are just a snapshot of her talent. She sells on Etsy too and makes fabulous things.

So, I just had to cut out some felt hearts so that you can make something as beautiful as these.

Elegant Silver Grey Pearl Necklace

A quick bit of inspiration this time as I've made a woven necklace from some of the new pearls and metal beads that we have on Craft Fairy. 

This is quite a good necklace to use if you have lots of ods and ends of pearls left in your workbox. 

It is made with two strands of tigertail which are threaded through the beads and finished with a toggle clasp. My clasp of choice really.

Jane Austen Valentines

The talented Susan Jane has made some beautiful cards with Craft Fairy ribbons.

She has lots more and better still a free pattern of the download.

So what are you waiting for? Get on over now. Click the image to see what she has.

Magenta Necklace

The title of this post may well be 'Magenta Necklace',  but I think that the actual necklace is vibrant and so appealing that the title does it no justice. What do you think?

You may also have noticed that my photos are getting more adventerous as I have bought both a new camera and a new edition of Photoshop Elements. Fab.

However, to business. The necklace is also made with my new Craft Fairy beads and I used:

Mother and Son Black Brass Chain x 1 metre

Spray Painted Acrylic Beads, Flat Round I used the magenta with a purple splash. That's why I chose the purple pearls.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Iris Round, Purple, about 4mm x 30g

Purple, 10mm glass pearl 32"approx 85 pcs/strand

Tibetan Style Twisted Toggle & T Bar Black, pack of 4 sets

Tigertail sorry we don't sell it as yet but it is on order and will be with us soon

The necklace is made with a simple process of 2 strands through the larger beads and 1 through the smaller ones. I will do a tutorial I promise.