The Purple Cow Jewellery: More pendants made.....

The Purple Cow Jewellery: More pendants made.....: "Made 3 new pendants last night and fired them this morning, and again I really love them - just wish I could keep them all....What do you th..."

More pendants made.....

Made 3 new pendants last night and fired them this morning, and again I really love them - just wish I could keep them all....What do you think?

This pendant has 3 cubic zirconias in and I made the bail which a chain can be threaded through instead of using a ring.

This pendant has three layers and has a lilac oval cubic zirconia in the centre.

This is a smaller heart pendant which has a light lilac heart shaped cubic zirconia in the middle.

The Purple Cow Jewellery: New Beads

The Purple Cow Jewellery: New Beads: "Had some new beads turn up today - can't wait to play with them, but first I have an order which I have to make up - its a good job I like m..."

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - New Hand Made Pendant

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - New Hand Made Pendant: "Yesterday I made another pendant from the PMC, and I am really pleased with the result. This has spurred me on more, now all I have to do se..."

New Beads

Had some new beads turn up today - can't wait to play with them, but first I have an order which I have to make up - its a good job I like making jewellery!!!  What is so appealing about making hand made jewellery?  Well to me it is something which helps me relax, as well as creating something that is beautiful and something that other people like as well as myself.  If I could wear all of the pieces I create I probably would and then wouldn't sell a thing but there are only so many necklaces and bracelets etc which you can wear...

Precious Metal Clay - New Hand Made Pendant

Yesterday I made another pendant from the PMC, and I am really pleased with the result. This has spurred me on more, now all I have to do sell some of the pieces so that I can buy some more clay ... its a vicious circle, albeit a nice vicious!!!

Here is the pendant I made yesterday, it has a cubic zirconia in the centre to give it a bit of bling!  What do you think?

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - Completed!

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - Completed!: "Wow I love PMC!!! Here are the items which I made... Firstly a large pendant, and a focal piece. I also made a pair of hearts which I wil..."

Precious Metal Clay - Completed!

Wow I love PMC!!!

Here are the items which I made...

Firstly a large pendant,

and a focal piece.

I also made a pair of hearts which I will make into a pair of earrings but as they are just plain didn't bother including the photo.

Now I can't wait to get on and make some more!!!

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - Step 1 Completed!

The Purple Cow Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay - Step 1 Completed!: "Ok, so I have had a play with some of my Precious Metal Clay (PMC) this evening and have made a pendant, a focal bead, and 2 pairs of earrin..."

Precious Metal Clay - Step 1 Completed!

Ok, so I have had a play with some of my Precious Metal Clay (PMC) this evening and have made a pendant, a focal bead, and 2 pairs of earrings.  Now just have to let them dry out overnight and will then be able to fire them tomorrow - I can't wait!!!

I hate to say it but it was really enjoyable and can't wait to see what the finished result will look like!!!

Lampwork Glass Bead Making

As you may or may not know there are 3 Purple Cows, Sarah, Kathy and myself (Louise).  We all make jewellery but most of it is different, but of course there are only so many designs you can come up with before some pieces may look similar, hence we are branching out...

As per my previous blog, you will know that I have got myself some precious metal clay (PMC) to make some jewellery, and Kathy has been on 2 lampwork glass bead making courses to enable her to make her own beads which we are all very excited about - as well as Kathy!  She did an introductory course and recently has completed a second course in which she began exploring different decorating techniques.  She has shown me the beads she made and they are brilliant - can't believe she hasn't been doing it for longer - I am sure it would have taken me more than 2 courses to have achieved what she did!!!

So, next step?  Well Kathy has to now clear out her utility room so that she can fit in a kiln, torch, glass rods etc so that she can then start making the beads with which to create more wonderful pieces (hopefully she will sell a few of her masterpieces to us!!!)

Precious Metal Clay

As some of you know, I have recently completed 2 courses on precious metal clay (PMC) and how to turn it into 99.9% silver with which can create some fantastic pieces of jewellery.  Well, I now have all the kit and can start playing with it to make some of these fantastic pieces, can't wait!

You may see a bit of a common pattern to start off with as I have only got a few cutters....but as I get better with it I will get some more- so watch this space!!!

New Blog!

So here goes!!

This is my first ever blog and after having just been to a conference all about how to publish yourself using social media website etc I thought I had better get started.

My name is Louise Snell and I have been making jewellery for many years, but gave it up when I was about 15 as there were "better" things to do with my time, but after my youngest child was born I started my hobby again.  I found out that it was great for relaxation but as I was making so much and couldn't wear it all I started selling a few bits and pieces on ebay - without much success.

I had a few friends who also made jewellery and as I worked on website as my "real" job, I asked them if they would be interested in getting up a website to sell our jewellery, and then The Purple Cow Jewellery was born.

We have now been going for just over a year and as well as selling online on our website www.thepurplecowjewellery.co.uk we also attend local craft events, fayres and fetes to sell our jewellery.  On top of this we have now started organising jewellery parties to take place in your home or a public place, including pubs, village halls etc.  So if you are local to us, please email us or contact us and we will discuss these parties with you and the benefits you could get from hosting a party and then you can decide if you would like to host one and we can set a date for you and will produce the invites etc for you to hand out to your friends.  What could be better than an evening spent with friends in the comfort of your own home and being able to shop to your hearts content?

Well that is the end of my first ever blog, hope you enjoyed it!

Lou
xxx