Do you like the sweetpea painting below? I really like ifs colours and almost stained glass look to it. The brushstrokes swirl and give interest when seen full sized.But enough to tooting my own horn. This is really to share with you that I have started making digital paintings. Which is a good way to […]
Digital Paintings – Pink Sweet-pea Summer Read More »
So things here are a little slow on the creative side right now as I am soon to be a grandmother for the first time. This is a very happy time. I am making things but they are all baby focused. I can’t wait for my grandchild to arrive.
I’m really liking how the embroidery silks are working out in this “double French knit” square cord is coming out. I wonder what it will become.
Knitted Embroidery silk Read More »
As I look at the fashions coming out 2015/2016, I notice that white is a big fashion trend. Both white as a major piece of an outfit, but also notably, with white on white styles. White trousers or skirt paired with white top and white jacket; or white dress or jumpsuit. What is the best
Accessorising with new season’s White on White trend Read More »
The hills round Napier are an ever changing palate of colours and these show in Acquired Elegance jewellery. These produce colour palates:
The Hills – the wondrous, changeable, beautiful hills. Read More »
Napier New Zealand is such a pretty place and there is nothing like boats on the harbour to make it shine. Ah yes give me a tall ship and a star to steer her by. Sea Fever BY JOHN MASEFIELD I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
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Using kato (blue, red and green), super sculpty (nude), and sculpty III (light purple, yellow green) polymer clays. I really like the striped ones, most of all the one with nude base showing through, this would look better with amatching or contrasting base, or even black. The bread crusted one turned out better than
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I am trying out a new design for bracelets.mcrocheted lace is then threaded with satin ribbon. The pattern is based on an old bookmark pattern, and has been changed to make it more suitable for wearing on your wrist. The ribbon is both decorative and the closure method. You wrap it round your wrist and
Crochet lace and ribbon bracelet creation Read More »
Trying making a necklace from crocheted chains. Trying tapestry crochet patterns on every second chain. This is not in my Etsy store, but many other beautiful textile jewellery is.
This past month my Etsy webshop was opened. (Cue balloons.) The past year has been spent experimenting with designs and craft forms to develop the opening listings. Necklaces have been made, pulled apart, remade, worn, tweaked and given to people for stress testing. In other words wearing them as part of their every day accessories and
Acquired Elegance is born in New Zealand Read More »
