new fairytale necklaces :)

howdy all.

So its been a while since I last posted, I was working on 2 custom ring pull bags which took up a lot of time. Once they were finished I made a few polymer clay and mini hama bead necklaces which didn't turn out too bad :) here's just a couple of them.

My favourite things I'm working on though are a new resin range, these are heart shape and all have a fairy tale themed which include snow white, three little pigs and three bears. these will be finished in about two days. I will do another update then.

on another note I have re listed the circle ring pull purse on my folksy store so check it out if you haven't already seen it ;)

that's all for now

thanks for reading!

making laurens bag

howdy all,

a friend of mine like my ring pull bags so i said i would make her one if she saved enough ring pulls. even thought its only a clutch bag its still the biggest bag i have made out of ring pulls. i made it over six days, which is a lot quicker that i thought it would be,

anywho here's how it went.....

DAY 1

cleaned and sorted all the ring pulls

DAY 2

started crocheting them together

DAY3

carried on from day 2

DAY 4

finished the sides and made a bottom

DAY 5

added the bottom and lined the bag

DAY 6

added a zip and finito :)

and that's it, i hope to save a lot more ring pulls because this bag came out quite nice its a good size and i want to make more, possibly in other colours too.

that's all from me

bye bye :P

more ringpulls!

howdy
just listed another ring pull purse on folksy http://www.retrofaerie.folksy.com/ i have also put together a mini video of my ring pull creations and put it on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsezXEwXw6w

that's the video, my new purse isn't in it because it wasn't made at that point, I've also made a little necklace with ring pulls, i crochet 2 together to make a heart pendant

that's it, I'm going to try and make more little charms like this but with different shapes and see what they look like.

that's all for now

bye :)

new item listed

its been a while since i listed anything but i finally got round to it today, i have a few things to list and will be putting them on folksy over the next few days.
so today's listing is a round ring pull purse, its made from 70 ring pulls crochet together.
here it is, clicking con the picture will take you to the item

so what do you think? i haven't seen many of these over here, i know they are popular in other countries, but not sure how they will sell here. i love making these though, they are different.

that's all for now

thanks for reading

bye

Folksy Friday

i know its Thursday but I'm at work tomorrow lol
so here's my pick of the week with the theme sweets, so enjoy.

clicking on the link will take you to the items page :)

this cool bracelet is by Jillian's Jewellery

wow chocolate soap by Bits N Bobs

cola bottle buttons by Lilley's

and now here comes my fav item, i have brought one of these myself it arrived today its seriously awesome

gummy bear bracelet by PennyDog Jewellery

thats all from me enjoy your weekend :)

bye bye

more making

howdy all,
so i have been playing around with a few more things trying out some new ideas as well as making some new necklaces (necklaces will be added to my folksy store next week).
the new pendants are still fairytale themed this time including snow white, not much else to say about that at the mo lol
the new things i was playing around with are a bag and a purse, they came out better than i thought but there's still room for improvement i think, anywho here's what i made.

a bag made from 2 cds with a bit of crochet lol

a Capri-sun coin purse

i like the coin purse, i will see what the feed back is like before i make any more of the cd bags though.

that's all for today

bye bye :)

Folksy Friday

howdy all
this is my first folksy Friday, i work Fridays that s why its a bit early :)
i have been working on a lot of recycled items lately so that will be my theme. click on the picture and it should take you to the products page.

orange carton purse by marinuri

denim trilby by little denim

recycled retail tag bracelet by strawberry anarchy
(i so love this!)

so how was that for my first FF post? and thanks for reading, oh there's one more this i spotted its not recycled but its the cutest thing ever!

daisy cay by quernus crafts

im back

howdy!

wooooo my shop is back open on folksy, and I'm going to start listing a few new items today and tomorrow including theses

on other news my gameboy colour hama bead necklace was in NGAMER magazine this month that deserves another woooooooooooo!

i have a few more ideas for necklaces for the retro gamers out there, i will also be making more bracelets made with weaved hama beads like the one i blogged about awhile ago.

that all for now

bye bye!

the start of something new!

oh no i shouldn't have called it that, it just reminded me of a high school musical song yuk!

well howdy folks, my first 4 necklaces are finished take a look and tell me what you think.
i have made 2 Alice in Wonderland necklaces and 1 mermaid and 1 chocolate ice lolly necklace.

i have made a few more but they are not quite finished yet.

the round kawaii Alice necklaces (bottom right one) has just been listed on folksy

http://folksy.com/items/346705

each necklaces has a mini envelope charm on the back with the message "made with love" on it, just to add something a little extra.

that's all for now

bye bye

something else new to me

so i tried weaving hama beads for the first time and now i am going to try something else new to me. i am going to try shrinkles, i'm going to use it to make my own little charms to put in resin to make my new set of pendants, this way it will be 100% my own work rather than using ready made charms.

i was working on a few rough designs last night here's a few of them...

i have ordered some supplies to start working on these and play around with the designs. once i have got used to working with the shrinkles i will start adding them to resin to make pendants
hopefully there will be an update on this when the supplies arrive, i cant wait to get started.

new listings tomorrow

**howdy all**

so tomorrow i shall be listing a few more hama bead necklaces along with new hama bead earrings and bracelets, also the small candy wrapper clutch purse will be listed.
today i have been sorting out my youtube account out by adding more product videos. i have made a badge for my youtube channel you can see it on the right, under my shop badge, it will take to straight to the Retro Faerie channel. the earlier videos i have on there i am going to re-do and use just pictures in my videos rather than filming them all. so check out the new things.

**bye bye**

latest info

**howdy**

so i have finished and listed afew of the new hama bead necklaces a short video of these can be found here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFvVKSGNxJc

more necklaces are being made mostly super mario designs, also if they take off i will make some hama bead coasters and other thing, so again another short post, but check out the video.

**bye**

wrapper bag 2 finally finished!

**howdy all**

just a quick post to say my second wrapper bag is complete and forsale on folksy http://folksy.com/items/62054-Recycled-wrapper-handbag?shop=yes
again this one is made from foil wrapping paper and is selling at £30.
this is the bag (better pics comming soon)

ooooo just another little thing i have come up with a new product im going to make out of resin,
however im giving out not clues as to what it is untill i have made the 1st one!

that all for now
*bye*

lots to do next week

*howdy folks*
so there's only one more day of my sale to go! so you had better get those bargains while you can http://retrofaerie.folksy.com .
next week is when i will put all my ideas for the new resin range together, and start making sample pendants trying different styles. i have a few new moulds to use including a puzzle piece one and Mario themed moulds. i will also be using the old moulds such as the rectangle ones, however i will be doing something different with them to keep everything fresh and unique, i don't like repeating designs unless in high demand. i prefer making one of a kind things, it makes it more special i think.
well if all goes well pictures will be posted up here next week.

that's all for now
*bye bye*