Jewellery and Birthdays

I love being a mom.

The years have flown by so quickly, and today my older daughter turns 18 and my younger daughter turns 16.

I am so very proud of both of them.

I wanted to make them each a small gift, and so I made the 16 year old this necklace.

Ann Tatum wrote a article in the current Green Craft magazine that had a necklace made with old bits of rulers, which both I and my daughter liked. I was happy to be able to make her one with a '16' on it.

My older daughters necklace is made from a on old worn washer or token of some kind that had washed up on the beach when we were in Bali a few years ago, and a piece of copper that I etched.

Once I was into jewellery making mode, I didn't want to stop.... even though I still have so many paper projects on the go.

and so I played with pieces of leather

and some chunky aged and irregular shaped beads made from glass, wood, bone and clay.

I like the rough look of these pieces.

I do hope to get back to more jewellery making in the next week or so, but for now I have many other projects to finish up.