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A little bit of late night blogging never hurt anyone right?!

This has been the longest week ever and it's only Wednesday! But never fear, the coffee and the juice maker will keep me strong (especially when you get a little crazy with the juice recipes and the beetroot and the purple carrots come out to play and you're more interested in the pretty colours being spat out of the juicer than the juice itself...) and the art will be made/ uni assignments completed/ exams studied for...

                                                                                                                   

How do you see me?
A series of necklaces crafted from upcycled and vintage materials.

These are a sneak peek preview of what I've been working hard away on and will be part of my addition to the group show that opens this Saturday at White Canvas Gallery, you should probably come and check us out.

Re-Framed

What might these be?

New creations from upcycled leather and vintage buttons, what could they be when they grow up?

necklaces?

brooches?

What do you think?

Market time!

I'm well aware of my prolonged hiatus from creating pretty much anything but the truth is, no matter how much I thought I would be ok with uni starting again and work being fairly full on, it just hasn't happened.

Until now!

These last couple of days I have been putting together a suitcase to be part of a market day at my friend Imogens art space that is being held tomorrow. I made a few more pairs of leather cut out earrings and also some new necklaces to be on show. There are only three necklaces so far but they're just prototypes really, just to see what kind of feedback they receive.

Here are a few last minute photos I took on my phone before I packed them up to take out to the shop, please let me know what you think of my button clouds!

{they're all made from recycled leather and vintage buttons}

And if you're keen to stop by and check them out for real, here is the info for tomorrows festivities!

{yes the street is named after me..haha!}

Full steam ahead!

Under the Stairs Studio is now on facebook!

I caved to the pressure and now you can find {and buy} my wee brooches and earrings at Under the Stairs Studio, facebook style.

This is usually where the most up to date and most recent creations can be found, including all the new bits and bobs that have come from my foray into leather!

these bronze babies are there, along with many others xx

Just a touch of new lovliness

I have had a little bit of time on my hands {assignments are FINALLY finished and it's study time now for exams...so i'm using the craft to procrastinate!}. I also came across a pile of leather off cuts in my opshopping travels and thought I might give that a bit of a whirl, just to expand my repertoire. I also thought I would give the buttons another go, this time it worked out, it I do say so myself!

pretty leather heart studs in ALL the colours of the rainbow xx

 This was my first attempt and I think it worked out pretty well, there's another in the works, blue and brown, super pretty!