Rose Quartz "Love the Beach" Necklace, originally uploaded by www.virtudej.com. Today was an unusually hot day. It’s October and here in the north of Spain October is usually lovely but today felt just like summer, so after coming back from the beach where I found some frosty beach glass, I made this long length necklace. It uses frosted glass and smooth, watery rose quartz. I... 

Amethyst Jewellery Oh I’m just loving amethyst! I recently made a new set of jewellery with this fabulous gemstone and combined with with labradorite. I think they go very well together, even given labradorite’s dual personality i.e. one minute a predictable, grey gemstone but then when the light catches it, it gives off those exciting flashes of electric blue… Plain and simple... 

Leather Cord Necklace Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself. Wise words indeed by Mary Schmich, and in the case of my jewellery I feel a bit like that right now. It took me almost forever to get into the whole purple thing last year, but I’m getting ahead of the curve on leather! I made a few necklaces... 

Oh how nice- the first blossoms of Spring! Makes you want to …have a Spring clean! Well at least it did for me, in a digital kind of way… The net result of which is a new look for this blog, and also the fact that it’s now also a shop! It all still looks a bit weird so if you’ll bear with me while I get rid of some of the more cumbersome-looking bits (well as much as my meagre...