I’ve been busy recently making jewellery for my various retail outlets, not least The Laurels in Staindrop and Gainford. If you’ve never been to the Laurels before, they make delicious cakes and a lovely cup of coffee to go with it. They also make tasty lunches at a reasonable price. I’ve set up a pretty [...]
These necklaces have been fun to make – especially when I can incorporate my own lampwork beads into some of them! I’m particularly font of the ‘Watercolour Garden’ set as the colours are beautiful with hints of pinks, blues, ambers and reds on an olive green base. I really like the shape of these beads [...]
I’ve been busy making lampwork beads and incorporating them into my beaded jewellery. The following is a selection of pretty necklaces and a memory wire bracelet that I’ve added onto the website. In particular, I’ve added this beautiful “Molten” metallic blue heart necklace, with sterling silver, swarovski crystals, labradorite gemstones and glass. It would look [...]
If you’re looking for lampwork jewellery I’ve been busy making lost of lovely new items this past month. I’ve used various gemstones and swarovski crystals within the jewellery, including lampwork beads that I’ve hand-made in my workshop. So if you’re looking for something special, here’s a selection of the latest items available on my website. [...]
I had a brilliant day selling my hand made jewellery at the Darlington Craft Fair yesterday! After a month of cancelled fairs due to the weather, I’ve made up for it today. The best part was the fact that I thought that the temperature was feeling positively tropical at 6 degrees! It’s been so cold [...]
I had a really good play the other day making various glass shapes. However, I think these lampwork hedgehogs are so much fun to make. I have to be quick though, time and heat are of the essence!
Welcome to Ciel Creations blog in all things to do with beading, lampworking and making jewellery. I’m planning to write tutorials which will be free to use, particularly in beading using various stitches such as peyote, brick stitch, etc. As well as what I’m currently up to with lampworking and jewellery making, which is such [...]