She Made Me Do It

Finally Jane forced me to sit down for a whole 4 hours and do admin with no beading...ugh....I know...I know...hard to take off the creative hat and do all the behind the scenes stuff but we had to do it.  Now that all that is in place we can get back to creating our 2011 collection.  Some of our new necklaces have been inspired by the Autumn colours in Melbourne, some from the new beads that we have sourced, and some from our heart.  Here is a sneak preview of what we will be showing at our next morning tea....and perhaps even an evening showing with champagne!! 

Due to a number of requests we will

be adding earings to our 2011 collection

New Bead Shipment and Visit by Goddaughter

New shipment of beads arrived yesterday and we had a pizza night with my God daughter's family to celebrate the end of Term 1, Easter and all things good in life.  While I was distracted making pizza my very young and creative Goddaughter took a tour through my new bead collection.  She put together these two beautiful necklaces.  I think I might be seeking her out as a full time designer when she grows up.  Wishing all of you happy school holidays.

Giving Back to the Community

Jane and I have always had a strong sense of community and we are thrilled to show you some of our creations that have been donated to the St John's Gala Fund Raising Dinner - it was held on 23 March 2011.  The two necklaces were created especially for the dinner and were auctioned off on the night.  The feedback is that both designs were a spectacular hit.



White crystal with silver flowers



Black resin and glass with silver foil insert

Colour Colour Colour - We Have Been Busy

You thought that we were at the beach lazing about and not thinking about our 2011 collection...well you were right.  Jane and Tania took some time off over Summer to re-energise but we did not turn off our inspiration meters.  So here is the start of the 2011 collection.  Lovely warm colours for Autumn and beyond.

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....