Remodelling and Repairs

A lot of people find it hard to locate someone who will undertake to remodel or repair semiprecious or costume jewellery.  Jane and I have been collecting beads for over 20 years so we have a "beading box" that is filled with exquisite and quirky beads.  Coupled with the desire for a challenge we are finding that we are having a lot of fun remodelling jewellery for some of our customers.  Here is one that we are doing this week.

 This is the necklace before we started. 

The vision is to change it and create 2 new necklaces from this orginal one

which has hundreds of tiny seed beads in a fabulous coral colour.

We have now seperated all the stands and are removing some of the beads
 from one stand and transferring some of the beads to other strands
so the the lengths of the stands will vary.  Thereby giving a graded effect.
The honey coloured beads will be turned into a completely seperate bracelet.
We will post photos to show you our progress...it is a labour of love.

The finished necklace ... or should we say one of the necklaces... we are now working on creating a second necklace from the beads that we extracted from the original.  Another labour of love.  Our client was totally thrilled with the transformation and
we will show you a photo of her modelling her new pieces...soon!

Happy Mother's ... Grandmother's ... Yiayia ... Nana ...Grandma Day

To all the wonderful mums, mothers, grandmothers, yiayias, nanas, grandmas, stepmums, stepgrannies we wish you a most special day from the NeckSpice team.  Hope that your day was filled with fun, family and some yummy pancakes.  Here is a small slice of the perfect Mother's day for the NeckSpice girls...a "real" sleep in, flowers, some handmade cards and time to experiment with some new beads...heaven.

Happy Ladies Wearing our Hippie Beads

Positive feedback can feed your creative soul for a while...saw some friends this evening you have succumed to the power of the gorgeous hippie beads in our collection.  They are wearing them "around town to all sorts of events"... their words not mine.  Jane and I will be floating on this comment for some time.  These are some of the colour combinations ... only limited by one's imagination.

50th Birthday NeckSpice Magic

A family member turned 50 recently and she is totally gorgeous.  She adores the NeckSpice colours and textures so we chose something from the multicoloured range, and a soft woollen "Clove" necklace to add some more tjuz to her wardrobe.  Complemented with a silk scarf.  Have a look at our creations to celebrate this groovy chic's 50th.

The birthday chic's little girl also had a special number birthday so we designed something especially for her to treasure.  Butterflies just seem to make girls happy and they look great with denim.

NeckSpice Birthday Pressie

A special little girl who visits the NeckSpice team loves looking through our numerous beading and button boxes.  Her Mum was having a birthday last week and this is what this wonderful little girl designed from the NeckSpice bead collection for her...she may even be part of our design team when she grows up...the centre is a vintage button from the 1950's...have a look at her incredible bracelet.

Reading Craft blogs, watching the Tennis, no beading this week

Jane and I have been distracted by Summer and all the wonderful activities that come with this time of year.  Reading craft blogs - check out the new Craft Victoria blog - watching the Tennis for hours...and hours...and hours.  So no beading in our homes this week...we promise to get our act together in February.

Happy 2012 Summer Designs

Now that the champagne corks have been cleared away Jane and I can turn our minds to Summer and some new designs.  Our first designs for 2012 have an Aegean flavour and can be worn as a single bracelet or multiples as they complement one another.  Have a look at our new range.

NeckSpice Hairclips Reach Perth

A lovely little girl who is related to us has received some NeckSpice hairclips from her grandparents.  She has enjoyed wearing them and showing her friends and family the colourful additions to her hair- wardrobe!!  What a wonderful way to celebrate nice weather in Perth with a family picnic and colour by NeckSpice.

Thank you to a very special girl and her parents for taking the photos and letting us feature her on our blog.  We look forward to accessorising for many more wonderful young girls in Perth.

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

The elves are exhausted by all the reindeer action at our respective homes.  Jane and I will be taking a few days to re-energise with chocolate and champagne before we start photographing and blogging about the 2012 range.  We wish all our readers and NeckSpice customers a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and relaxing and wonderful end of 2011 and fabulous start to 2012. 

Our Gift to Life's Little Treasures Foundation

Life's Little Treasures Foundation has just launched the world's first iPhone app for parents of premature babies - the Premature Baby Journal.  Developed by the founders of the Life’s Little Treasures Foundation, the Application helps parents keep track of their baby’s milestones and the many activities they need to do on a daily basis - both in the hospital and once they have returned home.

NeckSpice is proud to be associated with the LLT Foundation and has donated 2 necklaces for the recent LLT Foundation raffle.  Here is a sneak peek at what we donated for the raffle.