Gingerbread and truffles

I made these goodies as pressies for Christmas..

Teacosy

I knitted this tea cosy as a christmas pressie..

Handmade bag

I handmade this bag from paper and ribbon and decorated it with silver pen.

Christmas cards

Some handmade Christmas cards that I made. I used recycled newspaper for the quilled shapes.

Christmas decs

Some decorations I made for friends

Summer top

This is a summer top I made from an old big t-shirt

Hand Knitted jumper

Mini scrap book

More little hats..

Wedding jewellery

The Jewellery I made for a friends wedding

Playing at polyvore

I recently discovered polyvore where you can create collages to make beautiful images. So I have done a lot of playing with images from around the web and with my jewellery and here is one of the images i created:

Handmade with love by Surf Jewels

More Jewellery

I've been a busy bee hammering and sawing to make some new items that I've been meaning to make for some time, so below are some of my creations. As always all are handmade, they are all made in the UK by me, are unique and ethical. I use recycled and organic materials to make something new and unusal that has the smallest impact on the environment as possible.

If you would like to buy anything you see either click the add to cart/ buy now button or to see more items visit my website:
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This item has been handmade from aluminium and hammered for a textured effect, to buy this item click add to cart below. (P&P is Free).

This item has been hand made from aluminium sheet, it has been cut, sanded and hammered to make this pretty piece. Click below to buy with Free P&P.

The item above is a hammered butterfly pendant made from scrap aluminium, click below to buy with free P&P.

This is the newest item in my collection, based on my previous layered flower pendants, but made with hammered flower shapes. This makes it very shiny with a lovely texture that catches the light. Click add to cart below to buy with free P&P.

Flower pendant, made from aluminium sheet, hand cut and sanded to make this silhouetted shape. Click below to buy with Free P&P.

New pieces

Below are a few new pieces I've made
If you would like to buy one of these items just click the buy it now button below the item (postage is Free to the UK).

The big knit

If u love crafts, U can knit at the same time as raising money 4 charity!! :)

thebigknit2008

Handmade jewellery video

Making Flower Necklace

This post shows how I made a flower necklace.

I drew my design on to some recycled plastic and drilled two holes into it.

I then cut out another flower from aluminium and drilled two holes in this one.

I then placed the two flowers where I wanted them.

I then added a link to hold the two together

I cut out a flower charm and added this with seed beads and wire to my necklace.

Making butterfly necklace

This post shows how I make my pieces of jewellery. I have shown the process of making a butterfly necklace which is a new item on my website

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First of all I design my item on paper and write down the materials I will be using and sketch out the rough shape and design.I then drew out my final shapes on tracing paper in the size and shape I wanted them, I then traced these onto the aluminium I used for the charms.

I then cut out the shapes from the metal with a piercing saw and this is what I was left with.

I then got some wire and bent it into the shape to hang from the butterfly.

I then used a drill to put holes where I wanted them.I then threaded the wire through the bottom hole and bent to shape and then decided roughly where to put the flower charm.

I then decided on what beads I wanted to use I then threaded them onto some cotton thread


I attached the flower charm to the end of the seed beads and to the butterfly and then strung the pendant onto organic hemp cord that I plaited by hand.

Jewellery

Below are some of the pieces of jewellery I have made.

Three layer flower pendant
This item has been hand cut from recycled metals and plastics and then strung on organic hemp.

Shaped flower pendant, strung on organic hemp with a clear bead at the centre.
Daisy pendant
Hand cut flower pendant.

This item was made using a drill and a piercing saw to cut it out and to also cut the shapes into it.

Charm necklace.

I made this item using a mixture of seed beads and three charms that I cut by hand from recycled metal. I attached them all together with organic hemp.

All of these items are avaliable from my website at

http://surfjewels.onlinewebshop.net/