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.

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.

Totally Unique, Totally Cool, Totally Gorgeous....

That is what a friend said about this piece on Wednesday - that simple comment will sustain us for 3 months at least.  Just six words - to make us float on air.  Totally fabulous!  This is a piece from the NeckSpice Spring / Summer collection which includes some handmade flowers sprinkled with pearls, crystals and frosted glass.

Evening Glamour

Our experiment with crystals, ribbon and resin.  After many days of designing and redesigning we have created a unique piece that will transform any Little Black Dress and keep you stylish this Winter.

Coloured Pearls

There is something calm about pearls.  They bring a sense of peace both to those weaving them into a beautiful piece of jewellery and the ultimate recipient of the finished piece of jewellery.  Here is my amber coloured resin, gold, and coloured pearl creation for today.

The result of a peaceful evening of beading

Spring Colours

I have just had a call from a friend and she insists that I cannot only do black, grey and crystal.  OK OK ... I will look for other colours to inspire me.  I promised her that I would experiment with a "real" colour.  Have a look and tell me whether this is "Spring" enough...would non Melbournians give me the golden tick?

Pearls and crystal in progress - it will be 3 strands with ...

... removable pieces that can be worn as a ring

Winter in Melbourne

While I am frantically preparing the Spring collection I noticed that it was 11 degrees in sunny Melbourne today.  Our grass is covered with sno......flowers!  Does this mean I should stop making black and grey creations and switch to brighter colours?  I love black, crystal and grey - I would wear them every day if I could.  I think that is why I have ended up in Melbourne.

Does Crystal count as another colour?

Fiddling with Pearls

I have been inspired to look at pearls and how they interact with resin and crystal beads in a necklace situation.  The beauty is that the pearls give a "dressed up" feeling to the necklace while the resin and crystal make the necklace at 2010 piece.  Have a look and let me know what you think about this style.

The extra pearl pieces are like the rings of Saturn and can be removed so that the necklace has a more streamlined look for some occassions and a heavier look for others. 

These pearl removable pieces can also be worn as a ring!!

This necklace is super clever - I have attached 3 strands but each can

be removed to create 3 different looks - multifunction necklace for multitasking women.

2010 Collection for Spring

Resin, crystal and glass with silver encased in glass beads from Italy

Resin, metal and pearl with a few lava beads for texture

While the weather is cold I am marshaling my enthusiasm for staying indoors and making more beautiful creations.  The wool necklaces are now in black and grey - so soft and the colours are sensational.  I liked the grey so much that I am experimenting with crystal and resin for a dramatic look for Spring.  Then I stumbled across a "lava" bead which is just gorgeous - the texture is sensational - photos do not do them justice.  Friends who have seen these necklaces want them now - said they cannot wait for Spring.  I better get some more beads....

Tania's Creations

Something special for a friend who turned 40: In 2007 a friend who is sooooo stylish was about to turn 40.  I could not find the exact necklace that would suit her so I let inspiration take hold and this was the result.

She loved the design and I showed the photo to other friends who asked if I could make necklaces for them.  This encouraged me to expand my bead collection.  My children (Design Girl, Cricketer and Mini Comic) all loved the idea of mum designing necklaces - they requested that I make some for their teachers as end of year thank you gifts.

I had to source more beads and my repertoire of necklaces was expanding all over the dining table.
The designs are archived according to the date that they were made.  Have a look at the collection and see how it has changed over the years.

2007 - Life's Little Teasures - Inaugural Charity Dinner

My first real collection of necklaces was designed and created in 2007. A friend started up a charity called "Life's Little Treasures" which supports families that have a premature baby. I asked her what gift the LLT committee would be providing to the guests attending the inaugural dinner. She indicated that it would be chocolates - "nice" I said, but we need to add something groovy as a thank you to all these wonderful supporters. I suggested that I make 11 necklaces and that each table be presented with one necklace. The LLT committee placed a dot under one plate on each of the 11 tables and then the MC (Matt Tilley from FOX FM no less!!) announced that if you had a dot you also had a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home as a thank you gift. That was my gift to the LLT committee and in return I was overjoyed to meet 11 people who raved about my jewellery. One gentleman in particular was so thrilled that he would be going home from what was technically a "work" dinner with jewellery for his wife. I was overjoyed at the reaction to my jewellery.

The necklace that the gentleman raved about that I made for Life's Little Treasures inaugural charity dinner

Have a look at the rest of the collection:

This looks like licorice allsorts - it is made

with folded felt and crocheted beads

 

These crocheted red beads were

 so time consumming to create

Racy Red

The multicoloured creation was a big hit.

It will feature again in the 2010 collection

Tumbled blue glass and crystal resin - timeless piece