All of the previous Aberdeen classes over the last two years have fully booked out, so get in quick if you don’t want to miss out again!

Contact:
Bead Crazy
19/21 St. Andrews Street

t: 01224 630011

All materials, tuition, tools and safety equipment is provided.

Freak Carousel, the new project I’m involved in, is about to take on a stall up on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Original artwork and hand-crafts from all over Scotland will be on display and we get to be part of it!

Come and find us on High St:
Sat 13th – Fri 19th
11am – 8.30pm

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Last night was the final part of the latest Glasgow Resin Workshop which went fantastically well. In between the wine and fine cake, we found time to make some really rockin’ jewels…

Pearl resin pendant - made by Kat @ the Freak Carousel Jewellery Making Workshop

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Next weekend (Sat 6th of August) will see Spoiltpig Jewellery and I Love Lexy return to the local craft market scene after a very long stint at manic, city-centre markets.. and this time we’ll be trading together as Freak Carousel!  It’s been a while since either of us attended the Aberdeen craft bazaar and we’ve really missed the great handicrafts, friendly chatter and home-baking that you find at these out-of-town events.  Luckily we’ve found a great new market down here in Glasgow of the same kind and they’ve accepted us as stall holders next month…

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I’d also like to take the time to mention our good friends at The Life Craft.

I’ve had many good coffees, cakes, chat and crafty advice from this creative hub in Glasgow’s West end and am sad to hear that they will be closing doors on the 20th of August 2011.
I’ve been promised that they’ll be back in new premises in the near future but if you’re in the area, I strongly recommend popping in for the crafting cafe experience (and to take advantage of the 30% off sale!) before they close(or sell out of all the great wool!).

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I think that’s about all I can fit in for this evening..there are a million new things happening with Freak Carousel and hopefully I’ll get a chance to blog about them soon.  In the meantime, keep an eye on the facebook page for new updates.

xoxo

Here’s what I sent

Handmade resin ‘Queen of Hearts’ Jewellery:

Teacup Candle kit, for an alternative Mad Hatters Tea party:

Some chocolate and Wonderland cards & tags:

and finally some little beady goods, to use in her crafts:

You can read more about them over on her blog :)

Completely one of a kind Couture Necklace, exclusive to SpoiltPig.
This heart comes from a print of my first exhibition piece.
£18

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Pink Rose Necklace

Hot Pink Necklace, handmade from glossy resin
and finished with a 16″ gold plated necklace.

£6.50

]]> http://ilovespoiltpig.com/2010/03/515/feed/ 0 http://ilovespoiltpig.com/2010/01/newly-added/ http://ilovespoiltpig.com/2010/01/newly-added/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:18:58 +0000 SpoiltPig http://ilovespoiltpig.com/?p=403 Some new stock added to the shop!

and another bracelet I made recently that seems to be causing a stir :)

Three sold before it was even listed but I promise there’s more similar on the way :)I was about to claim that it’s my first ever bracelet but then remembered I have a few more in the Johnny Come Lately shop that just haven’t made it online yet!

Any constructive criticism is welcome, I’d really love to hear what you think of them!
(also please excuse the dust, scratches and fingerprints obscuring some of the design and text, sanding and polishing is the next stage!)

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Fashion
These three pieces are reserved for Sterling Silver fittings and necklaces once I’ve gotten round to making them all smooth and shiny. There’s something a little fun about taking messy, lavish collages and pairing with something as delicate and simple as silver :)

Ballet
Just some vintage images of ballet dancers that I came across. The first has been collaged and finished with a red bow embedded into the resin. I’ve used the other in a more abstract way and keeping with the monochromatic scheme have added a faux pearl and a little silver flower from some broken, vintage jewels donated by a friend.

…and finally! A new collaboration with graphic designer and maker I Love Lexy. Alex had some of her I Love Lexy signature graphics printed onto fabric just before Christmas and I’ve taken abstracts from them and embedded them in various resin shapes. As soon as I finish attaching bails they’ll be on sale in her own online shop :)

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edit: just read my own post back to myself, possibly the longest one I’ve written EVER. If I’m so busy with all this work then why am I spending hours on the internet playing with photos and writing about it?!~

I’m still enjoying not having to work in my old stinky job and being constantly skint is good for the soul, less take-away pizza but more surf-watching down the beach :)

You’d think that I’d be at a loose end for things to do with my lazy, good-for-nothing self but seriously, there STILL aren’t enough hours in the day for me! It would appear that the less I have to juggle, the more balls I drop. I haven’t made any time for friends, I’m still not 100% caught up on college work, I keep breaking all my promises of making things/doing things/seeing things, my room and ‘creative space’ are both an absolute shambles.
Saying that though, I have watched three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the space of 2 1/2 days and I’m VERY proud of that. I’ve probably had about 6hrs sleep since Thursday but fuelled by the Buffy and some really shit coffee, I’ve managed to sand and polish around 20 of 50 unfinished jewellery thingums (some of them dating back as far as the Jurassic period/January). If anyone wants to help finish the rest, I’ll teach you how to make them really really smooth :D

Taadaaaa…

Photos are clickable for the larger versions on Flickr.

These eight have just been added to my Folksy shop.. and the rest shall appear, erm, at ‘some point’ when I get round to photographing them too. :)

I’ve entered them both in Crafter..oo’s Halloween Challenge – if you like making things, if you like halloween then I suggest you join in :)
I may or may not get a chance to add the leopard print heart to the Folksy shop tonight, moving house tomorrow + playing catch up on college work = TIRED TIRED TIRED.  The crystal clear Spider necklace has a busy schedule of travelling across the country and posing for a magazine article this week so won’t be appearing in the shop until mid-week next week at the earliest (it’s all very exciting but I don’t want to jinx it by blabbing about it!).