Young Design Assistant

Today was a very special day....my god-daughter visited and she fell in love with our bead collection.  She was determined to create a special piece for a special person.  She would not leave our home until the necklace was finished.  So together with the guiding hand of Design Girl they completed the following piece.  I am biased but I think it is very funky....

NeckSpice Launch

Our hobby has officially turned into a lifetime passion...and now we are selling our creations.  We had so many lovely beads that we decided to have a "launch" of our 2010 collection during a swish morning tea in November.  It was so much fun to show our friends what we had been working on throughout the year.

NeckSpice Industrial Button collection

NeckSpice Kids Collection - very groovy

NeckSpice Resin...
a runaway success

Our husbands said that we did more socialising with our friends, drinking cups of tea and nibbling cake and pink biscuits than selling necklaces...that is not true!!  Our childrens range sold out and we are now busy making the 2011 childrens collection.  We have also bought some gorgeous beads for the adults range for 2011.  We are now busy making new designs with the aim of showing them in early 2011.  Keep peeking at our blog for updates on these new designs...but for now have a look at the pictures from our launch.



NeckSpice Ribbon Collection

  

YES...YES...we enjoyed the biscuits and tea too!!





November Creations from NeckSpice

Jane and I have been busy making a variety of beautiful necklaces - we have so many design ideas that our partners think we are "obsessed by beads".  Here is a sample of the November 2010 creations:

The way the sunlight bounces off these orange crystal drops is stunning

The ribbon collection comes in a variety of colours!!

Contact us for details of the other colours available

Aquamarine for Spring

I have had some great aquamarine beads sitting in my bead box for 18 months....I tried numerous designs and none seemed quite right.  Then Jane with fresh eyes looked at them, took them home and "fiddled" with some designs - she created the following necklace.  Just divine for Summer. See it is true when they say 2 girl brains are better than......

Aquamarine Spice for Summer

Then as our creative flow was happening we stumbled across some felt beads that I had sourced last year.  Jane was so taken with the colours that she has designed a whole range of multicoloured necklaces with these felt beads as her focus point.  Do you like them?  Let us know.

They are felt but look so so so real....brings back ones childhood

One of the designs in this new range

Elegant Pieces Rejuvenated

The news about our ability to rejuvenate jewellery is spreading.  Friends and family are now looking at favourite pieces of jewellery that might need an addition or some repair and bringing them to us for some TLC.  Have a look at these wonderfully exotic necklaces that we recently repaired for a friend.  It was fun and satisfying working on these 2 necklaces.  At the same time the colours have inspired us to create more multicoloured NeckSpice items.

 

Before

 

After ...the NeckSpice Magic







Sport and Jewellery

Is it possible for jewellery and sport to come together elegantly.  YES.  On Saturday 2nd Oct 2010 Melbourne found itself in the grip of AFL Grand Final Fever (again...).  Whilst Jane and I do not directly barrack for either Collingwood or St Kilda we have close family members who wanted to be decked out in black and white.  Inspired by their commitment to their team and because I adore black, white and red, I turned my attention to jewellery during the game.  YES...there were eyes rolling (sounds of disbelief that I would allow my eyes to wander from the honoured screen) as I toiled to create this necklace.  I am experimenting with a merger of the butterfly and the clove themes.

 
I have some sensational red silky wool that I am going to incorporate into the next necklace for obvious reasons.  Maybe Jane and I will try and do an AFL range of jewellery to bring a bit of stylish girl power to this sport....

A Bead Box Full of Colour

Jane had a beading frenzy this week and created a number of different necklaces.  Some incorporate her butterfly theme and some are just beautiful beads that she has found in her travels.  Please let us know what you think of the designs - are they colourful enough?

Look in the Necklaces for Sale page for more butterflys in this range

Whomper Beads

These are really our latest experiment - resin whomper beads as our kids call them.  They are large and ultra smooth to touch and have an unusual misty look.  We are going to mix them with a silky soft wool and see if our design works.  Keep watching our blog to see the finished product.

Butterfly Collection is Expanding

This week Jane has been experimenting with a variety of different colours and textures for the Butterfly Collection.  She has spent many happy hours coordinating beads and making some unique designs for the Collection.  Here is a sneak preview.

Our First Interstate Commission

We were so excited last week to receive some beautiful beads from a bead lover in the Australian Capital Territory.  The owner of the beads wanted to match a particular suit and could not find a ready made piece of jewellery.  She tracked down some sensational beads, sent them to us and we transformed them into a necklace, posted it back to her and she is thrilled with the result.  Have a look at the finished product.