Remodelled Burnt Orange Seed Beads

Earlier in the year we were working on a necklace for a client - we split a multistranded necklace into two halves.  Here is the second installment - Burnt Orange Seed Bead Necklace Part 2 - totally awesome - totally stylish - totally on trend.

The wonderful thing about this necklace is that the

amber and cream highlight strands can be removed and either

worn on another necklace or as rings.  Our client thought this was

quirky and clever.... we think so too!

 

Peaceful Offering for ChristChurch Fete

NeckSpice exhibited at the ChristChurch Fete (cnr of Punt and Toorak Rd South Yarra) on Saturday.  These are some of the new styles we have created - our latest peace and princess offerings!!

Statement Pieces

We were discussing the other day that a Statement Piece can change a whole outfit.  It is an easy way to make your wardrobe versatile and work for you on a number of different levels.  Here is one of our latest statement pieces...more in the pipeline.

NeckSpice featured in this month's House & Garden magazine

A stunning renovation of a friend's home required a beautiful NeckSpice piece.  Turn to page 139 of this month's House & Garden magazine to see her wearing the amazing green necklace while she enjoys the surrounds of her newly renovated heritage listed Arts and Crafts style home in Sydney. 

Take a look at the designer's website too

for lots of inspiration: http://www.mrwaller.com/portfolio/arts-crafts/

Spring Collection Inspired by Winter

The last few days have seen the NeckSpice girls racing around the slopes at Mt Buller.  The scenery was spectacular with fresh snow covering everything in sight...that got us thinking about our Spring collection...crazy that it is being inspired by Winter...but that is the beauty of ideas flowing from one season into the next.

 

 

 

The snow at Mt Buller

has inspired a  

butterfly and pearl collection...

 

 

 

 

...they look a bit like ski runs.

Happy Customers Make Us Feel Groovy

One of our gorgeous customers allowed us to remodel one of her precious necklaces.  We wrote about the multi strand necklace that we are making into two seperate necklaces.  She has showered us with gifts and that invaluable "groovy" feeling that you get when someone shows faith in your creativity. 

Working in Blue

We have been inspired by a new range of
blue beads...the colour is elegant...clean...crisp...timeless.

Winter Holiday Beading

Indoors, cold, what to do?  Beading!!  Kids in the family not so keen but they like looking at the finished product.  Some of the larger beads went missing during the design process - I suspect they are being used in a "marble run construction" that the kids are creating upstairs...We might might just keep beading downstairs and pretend that we can't hear the construction noises.  Here are some of our Winter creations...more to come next week.

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.