In the coming weeks I shall be finishing work and then assisting with the hanging  for the college exhibition, attending the opening and schmoozing people into large purchases(hopefully), attending final fittings for the HND Fashion Show and then erm, strutting my stuff on the catwalk!

On top of this, SpoiltPig is also providing the jewellery for the HND Fashion Show, yaay!  It’s going to be a fantastic night and I’ve decided it’s the right time to properly launch “SpoiltPig Couture” collection too.
Sooooo to keep SpoiltPig fans included and involved in the new happenings, I’m hosting ANOTHER giveaway!

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The Couture Collection will be launched and online on the 7th June 2010  so I’ll be drawing ONE lucky winner at random on the 1st June, to make sure they get their surprise Couture Heart necklace before anyone else!

I’m not unveiling anything until the very last minute, a little because it’s a huge secret and a little because I haven’t put the finishing touches to anything yet!  But be assured that you’ll be receiving a completely unique, One Of A Kind, designer Heart shaped necklace from the new range of SpoiltPig jewellery (which will retail between £20-£25!)….and all you have to do is leave a comment here to let me know you want to be entered!

Please also share this giveaway with your friends.  Link to the post from twitter, post it on your facebook/bebo/myspace or blog about it if you can!
SpoiltPig Jewellery is also now on Facebook.  Pretty please, take the time to look around the page and suggest us to all of your friends x x x

Helen Beaumont!

Thanks to all who entered, I shall make sure to update you with the next giveaway, which isn’t too far in the future! *

Wipe that imagery from your mind of teenagers dressed in black pouring out of cereal boxes or being handed out to communities like rations from a Red Cross van.

I’m giving away this Purple Leopard print and Spider necklace:

It has a sick sad story.  I couldn’t photograph  it properly but it has a little piece, of a single strand of (most likely) my hair embedded on the back. Woops?  Don’t fret, I’m sure this only adds to it’s value.  Preserved forever in resin.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I’ll pick someone at random in a couple of days.  Bonus points for anyone who tweets, subscribes by the little orange box (top right), becomes a fan on facebook, tells a really good joke* or promises to use that strand of hair for cloning or voodoo.

*no racist, sexist, ageist, bigoted or ableist sick sad jokes please.

I got a great custom order to work on a while ago, the task being to create something with a cutesy bee theme.

SO – I got the thinking cap on and created a little smug bee character to embed in resin and turn into jewellery!

I unfortunately don’t have a picture of that very first Bee necklace I created but I went on to make some different colours for last month @ Sloans market (where they went down a storm!) and now have decided to share my little illustration(“doodle”) with my Folksy customers :)

Of course I did have some bright yellow ones but they all sold out today at Airyall Craft Bazaar :)

What’s your favourite colour? What would you like to see in the Spoiltpig Folksy Shop?

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?!~

SpoiltPig has just seen her first Christmas as a jewellery maker, seller type person/thing.  I actually spent Christmassy time getting drunk in Glasgow and then fat in Bath but I think I’ve really learnt a lot about what to expect next year (vomitting).

Did a couple of Christmas markets in 2009 which was maybe a bit adventurous given my lack of enthusiasm for selling and my inexperience in jewellery retail land but anyway, put all of my energies into those (two were ace and two were a bust sales wise) and sort of completely forgot about the online shop :(  I hopefully will remember not to make the same mistake again next year.  Sales jumped the last week of November but then I didn’t add any new stock to Folksy and they sort of became non-existent after that, rubbishums.

Anyway! Winterval was great, family & friends wise.  We ate, drank, talked a lot and were mostly merry.  Half my friends aren’t half as happy as I’d like them to be but maybe things will look up soon, it’s a new year after all.

Thank you to all my lovely customers of 2009, my first year as a jewellery maker seller type person/thingum was fine and dandy and I shall keep on making things :)

and…to commemorate my epic christmas online/folksy fail I’m having a January sale!

Lots of little trinket necklaces from £5 and brand new stock that I forgot to add before the holidays, THREE whole pages!  I’ll be breathing new life into my Folksy shop over the next month with whole ranges of new jewellery and accessories so keep your eyes peeled!

I’m not 100% sure about adding them to the shop as they’re quite different from my usual jewellery bits n bobs.  I was just trying out something new to make for friends children but these will be coming to Airyhall community fair with me in November, along with a whole bunch of little people jewellery full of toadstools, birdies, pandas and little deer.

So what’s the verdict? Who here has little people and will they like these?

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!).

*Floral Kitsch ~  Resin heart necklace*

This kitsch floral necklace includes a print from my own photography and is currently ON *SALE*

only £12 from  SpoiltPig on Folksy