A Necklace from the Past

I came across a picture of a beautiful Egyptian necklace on www.ancienttouch.com

Isn’t it beautiful!  Already sold, I knew the asking price would have been way beyond my budget anyway as it was dated circa 1bc – 4ad.  The materials listed were faience and carnelian.

I decided I’d like to try recreating this in glass!

I experimented with  the [...]

Close up

 Here’s a closeup of the beads in the necklace for anyone who’s interested
They are Faux Boro, this is done using soft glass that reacts to create a borosilicate-like look – I love the colours that come out in [...]

A new necklace

 I finished a necklace [...]

December Craft Sale

If you notice a difference in the blog I am trying out wordpress, it allows me to have multiple pages and seems to have more options than Blogger – we’ll see!

I have registered for a Craft Sale in Smiths Falls on December 1st. It’s being held in the Rideau Canal Museum on the main street [...]