Over the past month I've shared a few of my resin jewellery-making ideas with you as the Featured Artist on the Amazing Casting Products blog. But resin doesn't have to be reserved only for jewellery - it is equally suitable for creating home decorator items. The starting point for my final project, the  "Inspiration Post",  is a beautiful Egyptian Perfume bottle that I'll be recreating in resin. You can read about the backstory that inspired these beautiful bottles on the  Amazing Casting Products blog . Whilst you're there, take a look through the archives for some other wonderful inspiration. I was a bit nervous undertaking this project because I had no idea if I’d be able to remove my precious bottle from the Mold Putty once it had cured. But I took a deep breath and proceeded anyway! Here’s what you’ll need to create the mould for the central bead: Amazing Mold Putty Egyptian perfume bottle   To cast the bead, you’ll need: Alumilite Clear Casting Resin A......

Happy Monday readers! I hope you've all downloaded the complimentary project from my latest book, Fabulous Jewelry from Findings . It's made entirely from the cute little daisy-shaped jewellery findings. If you haven't downloaded the printable pdf yet, it's still available from my website . And now, it's time to announce the three lucky winners from last week's giveaway who will each receive a kit to make the Shadows Earrings. Random.Org provided the random winners who are: Jenny Caesar Janet Green and Lauren Michelle Taylor Congratulations ladies! Please message me with your postal details via Facebook and I'll have a Shadows Earrings Kit on its way to you soon. Keep an eye out for another giveaway in the coming weeks. And of course, keep up to date with the "Wedding Collection" projects from the Creative Bride as they go live each week. 'Til next time..... If you can't get enough of My Tutorials and you want even more inspiration,  click......

When my second book, Fabulous Jewelry from Findings was released, Amazon didn't offer the "Look Inside" feature for the book so I've created a short book trailer that takes a peek at some of the beautiful projects inside to give you an idea of what this book is all about. I'd love you to take a moment to watch it. To mark the release of Fabulous Jewelry from Findings, I have a complimentary project from the book for you, called "Shadows Earrings". Made with daisy spacers of graduated sizes, the combination of antiqued silver and bright silver spacers makes the earrings both playful and sophisticated. Click here for the printable pdf instructions for the project. But that's not all! Three lucky readers will also win a kit with all the supplies you need to make up the design. Here's how you can enter: Leave a comment on this post (along with your email address so I can contact you if you win),  Like the competition post on my Facebook Page Comm......

There's nothing more annoying than running out of  head pins or eye pins in the middle of a project. Sometimes I buy them in bulk to avoid that happening and whilst it can save a bundle of money, it can bring with it the extra effort of having to straighten them if they are mangled inside the package. And you can't always tell that from the outside of the pack. It's not until you open it that you might find they look more like the photo below. So my job today is to straighten out the kinks on the mangled ones hidden amongst them. Sometimes you can just run the pin through nylon jaw pliers but for ones with kinks like these or if your pins are made of a heavier gauge, you need to get rid of the kinks first. My method is to place the bent part into the jaws of my flat nose pliers and press down firmly. You can see how it has flattened that kink quite well. Once you've removed the major kinks, then you can run the pin through the nylon jaw pliers to straighten it out compl......