Showing posts with label Men's Accessories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Men's Accessories. Show all posts

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Back in Action!

Hello readers! I'm Robin, Meghan's  friend, beading buddy, and time-to-time partner-in-crime! Meghan has admitted that she's hopeless at keeping up with her blog, and seeing as it's getting close to Christmas time and there a LOT of exciting shows coming up, I offered to step in and work to bring everything up to speed, and share some of what we've been working on!

Both of us have been crafting up a storm for the oncoming shows, but lets take a look first at what Meghan's been spending the most time on - Chainmaille! The best thing about chainmaille is how diverse the possible designs are, a bag of rings can become just about anything from a bracelet to a watch band! Check out some of her most recent work!

Check out these beautiful necklaces! Different sizes and gauges of rings are combined to make various shapes, angles, textures and focal designs. From sweet and dainty weaves to bigger bib-style necklaces, anything is possible! Top to bottom we have a byzantine bouquet, a lovely silver and gold piece with a triangular focal weave, a fun mixed metal necklace with byzantine and helmsweave elements, an awesome reversible copper and silver necklace, a fun and funky gunmetal piece, and a sweet silver and copper necklace! No two the same, and a little something for every taste.










Next, let's take a look at some bracelets! Glass "donut" beads can be added to chainmaille weaves to add some colour and fun, like in the first, second and last of these beauties. We also have three different byzantine bracelets, the weave is the same, but the colour combination makes each of these bracelets unique. The third bracelet pairs silver and copper rings in a fun zig-zag pattern, and finally, the fifth showcases a fun, floral weave in silver and gunmetal!

Finally, chainmaille is so versatile that not only can it be made into armour, but it can also be used to make stylish accessories for the modern man - check out Meghan's awesome chainmaille ties! The use of aluminum rings in these unique ties makes them so light you barely notice they're there, and they make a fun conversation piece - who needs silk?

There are many more amazing, fun, funky, sleek, and stylish chainmaille pieces in Meghan's collection, and quite a few in mine as well! That said, there is also SO much more, stay tuned for another peek into the collection!

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

The "Wedding Issue"

Spring has sprung, and so has wedding season!! I'm calling it the wedding issue, but this is really just a small sample of wedding jewellery ideas. The two requests I'm currently working on are very similar in that they're using the byzantine chainmaille pattern in almost everything!

First for the bride: Two different necklaces using pearls and crystals.


Next: The bridesmaids have byzantine necklaces that match the appropriate wedding colours :)
(note: blue is for one wedding, green is for the other!)  



Last but not least: The handsome men of the party may decide to coordinate with stylish pocket watches!

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Catching Up

I've been neglecting my blog lately in favour of making tons of great new things! But now it's time to catch up and give you tons of pictures :)
I'll start with some new kumihimo designs:

Mixed copper seed beads with a big flower accent.


A little mermaid inspiration!


Red, black and hematite beads.


A little fun and funky with pink and black!


Hematite saucers give kumihimo a different look.


And here's some new chainmaille work:

Byzantine bracelets made with glass donuts.


A busy byzantine masterpiece!


New weave called Dragonscale!


More glass donuts in necklaces.


Full persian in black and silver, with a nice silver rock!


Smaller orange glass donuts in a full set!


Small black donuts in a bracelet.



Seed beeds and jump rings make bubble bracelets!


Coloured chainmaille!

And some chainmaille worked into watches!!

Copper and silver.


All black!


Byzantine pocket watch.


Simple chain pocket watch.


Black and silver band. 

And, finally, here's a collection of necklaces:

Crochet with blue stones.


Crochet with yellow stones.


A little mix of black and clear!


Clear beads and gold, it goes with everything!


Long necklace with random green beads.


Inspired by New Years! Champagne and glitter!


Blue cubes and a butterfly for spring!


Chunky and tribal!


Orange beads wired into an eye-catching pendant!


Lime is so in this spring!


A full butterfly set in matte grey.


Gold and black for a night out!


A purple variation on a string of pearls!