New Floral ranges added

Click through to these new pages to see my latest floral earrings:

Two Tulip Types

I recently bought these cute tulip beads. They come as a kitset, which isn’t how I usually buy beads – but they were irresistable. I wasn’t sure how they’d look best, so I’ve made two versions: stem above the leaves and leaves above the stem. Which do you think looks best?

Ring a bell?

See my latest collection of earrings and a necklace in my new “Bellflowers” range. I’ve bought some most beautiful bell-shaped flower beads in several colours. Some are glass; some acrylic. My first few Bellflower earrings are on a short drop and quite shiny and delicate; latest ones are on a longer drop, with toning beads and spacers.

Flower Girls

New “Flower Girl” earrings added to my Kinder Garten page.

Ideal for junior wedding attendants, so they’re listed in my Bronz.Bridal.Beads shop; buy them online now

Fruit Salad and Licorice Allsorts!

Brand new in my “kinder garten” range for kids (and young at heart adults) are these gorgeous, eye-catching or sweetly subtle earrings and bracelets.

Check out my Facebook page for more frequent updates and look out for new listings in my online shops, too.

FREE Xmas earrings if you comment

I’ve updated this website to offer a more streamlined showcase of my various ranges and styles, as well as adding brief “about” and “contact” links.

FREE CHRISTMAS EARRINGS to the first three people (in New Zealand) to comment on my Facebook post. If you’re overseas, I’m happy to send earrings if you pay the postage via my online shop.

Cheers, Bronwyn

Aviary of Feathered Jewellery

I’ve renamed some of my ranges and portfolios recently. For example, my hand-knitted hats and beanies are now themed as “Head Start” (previously called Tip Ya Hat). I’ve recently made more feather-featured earrings, and changed the portfolio name from Birdies to “Birds of a Feather” – you can see my latest on the page of that name.

You can still buy some of my earlier pieces, named for the cheerful birds they share a colour palette with, such as Mountain Bluebird and Scarlet Finch.

Icons and feathers

As well as the jewellery “flower gardens” I love creating, it’s an enjoyable challenge to make jewellery to fit a theme. Below are the pieces I made for two recent exhibitions, “Fine Feathers” and “NZ Icons“.

Each month, Kāpiti Gallery in Raumati Beach has a new exhibition, and while some are more focused on, for example, pastel painting or pottery and sculpture, there’s often an exhibition theme for general art and craft work. Kāpiti Gallery is the showcase for Kāpiti Arts and Crafts Society; I belong to the Jewellery Group and the Spinning, Weaving & Knitting Group.

For the Jewellery Group’s exhibition earlier in 2022, I created almost 100 new items; a few are pictured below.

Jewellery Group exhibition at Kāpiti Gallery, including some novelty and children’s jewellery:

Earring options: clip-ons & coloured hooks

Women often admire my “flower garden” of pretty earrings but tell me they’ve never had their ears pierced – so I’ve begun making earrings for them. I’ve also got some gorgeous coloured hooks to match to the beads I’m using; they look great!

In the past week I’ve made several pairs of earrings with the same beads but as clip-ons as well as on hooks and posts, some with matching bracelets. I’m looking forward to promoting these at the Saturday market, and in the Jewellery Group exhibition at Kapiti Gallery later this month.

Strawberries, Daisies, Kiwi- and Dragonfruit

I’ve been so busy this week, making heaps more “Fruit Salad” bracelets and earrings, as well as a few flowery ones – some with gorgeous coloured earring hooks! I’ve begun a range I’m calling “Berry Mocktails” because they’re fruit-themed bracelets for little kids.

Here are a few pics; I’ll add more to my page soon!