Holly's Friends Country Crafts: July 2012

Friday, 6 July 2012

July Birthstone Jewellery and show update

I'm very excited to say that I have finally made up a pair of earrings from my gorgeous Longido Tanzanian Rubies!!

I am thrilled with them, they are so delicate and classic, and I can't get over the fact that the rich raspberry colour is completely natural. They haven't undergone any form of heat treatment or dyeing process to enhance it. Mother nature is truely amazing.

I've teamed these precious (yes, PRECIOUS!) faceted gemstones with beautiful, near round, ivory pearls and 925 Sterling Silver.

They will be appearing on www.hollysfriends.co.uk very shortly, available to purchase for £25.00 plus p&p.

Rubies and pearls for £25.00 - does it get any better than that?

I hope you love them as much as I do.

PS. The Summer Fete and Craft Fayre went really well. I was feeling a bit poorly, but met some lovely people, and there are a lot of people walking around wearing my Shamballa bracelets and earrings now :-)

Rebecca x

I've been crafting for a very long time!

I think I started out when I was really little, cutting up old Christmas cards, adding some glitter, punching a hole and threading it on to ribbon to make gift tags for the following Christmas. I still love playing with glitter!

My next foray into craft was jewellery making. My friend and I discovered a bead shop in the village of West Malling, Kent, and promptly spent all our pocket money on wonderous beads and findings. I added to my stash by buying old jewellery at jumble sales, breaking them up and making them into something new and unique. I used to sell quite a lot of earrings to my school friends, but was never confident that my necklaces would stay in one piece, so I steered away from them.

I took a GCSE in Textiles, and loved it, and learnt a lot. Art Foundation was similarly messy and fun, and then I took a BA (Hons) degree in Interior Design which was much tidier and formal.

After graduation I began working part-time at a craft shop, where I learnt all about hand painted furniture, and decorative paint effects. Soon I became one of the course tutors, running sessions from basic paint effects, to trompe l'oeil. I loved every minute of it, but my work as a Senior Interior Designer for a local company was taking over, so I had to stop.

In addition to teaching courses, I also spent any free time making greetings cards, creating hand painted decorative items, fabric decorative items and cake decorating, and over the years have sold a lot of my creations, which makes me very proud.

I wanted to share my range of work with a wider audience though, and after the success of my gardening blog www.pumpkin-becki.blogspot.com , I thought I'd launch Holly's Friends Country Crafts.

Why Holly's Friends? Well, Holly was the first little Country Fairy I made. She was so perfect I was inspired to make lots more, and all are completely unique.

I hope you like what I do, it keeps me busy if nothing else :-). I'd love to read your comments or questions. I will do one off designs, or personalise fairies and ragdolls, so please ask.

Holly's Friends Country Crafts

Friday, 6 July 2012

July Birthstone Jewellery and show update

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