Alfie the parrot keepsakes

This is one of the first pet keepsakes completed this year so I though I should share it!

I was contacted recently by Zac who wanted a set of keepsake keyrings making in memory of their family parrot Alfie. This is the message that I received:

“I am looking for some items to be made for a recent pet we lost (Alfie the parrot). I've seen your Facebook page and your items look really good. 

I have a couple of grey feathers, some of his peanut shells and some of his rope swing he used to sit on. I was wondering if it would be possible to make up to three items with them things listed above.”

Later that week I received a package containing the items and prepared a design for the keyrings.

Parrot feather keepsake design

Flower petal fragments in jewellery

I am often asked whether I can work with fragments of flower petals and preserve these broken fragments within resin jewellery. I can of course work with broken pieces of flowers and petals, and have done on many occasions, resulting in beautiful pieces of jewellery.

Jewellery from real flower petal fragments

Rainbow hair keepsake locket pendant

This was the last pendant that I made last year, and I thought I should show it off and wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Rainbow hair keepsake locket pendant

Champagne or wine bottle cork paperweight

I was contacted recently by a gentleman who had a champagne cork form a special celebration (along with a silver 2025 sixpence coin). He wanted both the cork and sixpence coin setting inside a resin cube paperweight and this was his initial design:

Champagne cork paperweight design

Bespoke retirement paperweight with name tag buttons

I have previously made many bespoke paperweights and other items of jewellery for companies to give as retirement gifts to their employees. These have often contained components that the company manufactures, company logos and company badges.

Custom made bespoke retirement gifts

Bespoke memorial jewellery for two pets

Recently Jill asked me if I could make her both a custom designed set of earrings and necklace pendant, incorporating the fur and ashes of her two dogs Bessie and Ebony that had sadly passed away.

Jill wanted a single drop pendant to contain the fur of her two dogs, contained inside separate chambers, and similarly she wanted the ashes from her two dogs contained inside separate chambers within drop earrings.

This is the design I made for her for the memorial pendant:

Memorial pendant for two pets fur

Resin Horsehair jewellery – New additions

I thought I would highlight the new additions to my range of resin horsehair jewellery that I have made recently. I love working with horsehair within resin jewellery because of the lovely effects that can be achieved with the hair. Initially when I receive a sample of horsehair, it appears to be a single colour (brown/black), however after working with the individual strands of hair, I soon appreciate the beautiful variations of colours to the hair.

Resin horsehair keyring

The following are a few of the custom-made resin horsehair jewellery items that I have recently made.