A Quick Catch Up ..

Starting from where I left off before, I had told you guys that I started some earrings which I finally finished :). Here are some pics that I wanted to share with you, hope you like them.

It took me a bit of time to finish these as there is a lot of wire wrapping and a lot of small crystals to work with, but I love them, if I say so myself. Blue is totally my favorite color and I am actually thinking of making some more this style for myself. So if you like these watch out they may just disappear from my shop and make an appearance in my jewellery box. lol!

This week it's all about earrings in my crafts room. I have some weeks where I'm just in the mood to make something in particular and this week it's earrings. I finished these earrings and have already started working on some other earrings, again Swarovski Crystals but won't say too much .. it's a surprise!!

On a different note, today I have been researching on new and healthy recipes for toddlers as my twins are 26 months now and have all of a sudden become extremely picky about food. I will share with you if I find anything interesting but please let me know if you have come across this with your kids, how did you go about it? and just if you have any other thought? Please, also let me know what you think of my new earrings in the comments section below, they will be available in my shop very soon.

Nite nite lovelies xx

How was your weekend? :)

Hello everyone, hope you all had a great weekend. For anyone who was stuck on the M1, I feel your pain I was there too :(. The waiting was not the problem however, the problem were the two, two year olds in the back seat lol!

Alhamdulilah it was a great weekend, my family and me went down to Nottingham to see most of my uni friends, ladies I lived with and others that I saw nearly every day for three years. It's just great to see everyone and have a chance to catch up with all and see where life has taken everyone after uni. Of course chatting was interrupted but the sudden leap of running after one of the twins lol!

I had made some jewellery especially for the occasion. We had all decided to get together to see one of our friends who recently had a baby, who is super cute mashaa Allah :). I wanted to make something special for her. I decided to use a semi precious stone, marble, because this just makes the set unique as you rarely see anything made with marble, or not enough I think. It has a great color and feel, you can see a pic of the set below.

Also I wanted to make some earrings for me to wear, with some blue jade teardrops, but I only managed to make on side of the earrings. I think my twins secretly know I'm busy with something else and wake up to get my attention back :D. I think it must be a super power that all kids have. So in the end I wore some earring that I had made previously these are the ones I wore.

They are also on my shop, you can find them at: Swarovski Teardrop Earrings

I will also be sharing with you the other wire wrapped jade earrings when they are complete. So keep an eye out for that. All in all it was great weekend, it great to just take time out to see friends and remember great memories that you all share. Hope you all have a great day today, and to any new mothers out there want to say a massive congrats and cherish every moment because it is truly precious. 

Love Semi Precious Gems?

I love working with semi precious gems, like agate, aquamarine, quartz, topaz, turquoise and many more. I think that jewelry looks so much better when you use real and authentic material. You can feel and tell that the quality is different and you can appreciate it a lot more. I have dedicated a treasury on my etsy page especially for these special gems.

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjMyMzI1OTN8MjcyNDA5MDczNg/semi-precious-gems

My choices were mainly based on designs and beads that I thought were different and interesting. Items that I would like to complement their owners on as I love all of them. I hope that you love this treasury as I have loved collecting all its items.

Will be sending updates soon on a new set I made for a friend as a present, I used marble gems which gave it an outstanding look. Stay tuned!! x

Blue Jade Pendant with Swarovski Crystal Clusters

I have had a few productive days, first I finished the earrings that I told you guys about in my previous post. Then yesterday I finished yet another project that I had started a while ago but didn't finish. I usually carry some of my tools, beads and wire around wherever I go, as sometimes I like to try things see what they look like, or get some time to myself where I can try out new designs. This is why some projects I would start but then I would have to stop, there are many reasons that would lead me to stop, but mostly because I need something that I didn't pack so when I get home that is what I need to do.

This is a picture of the new necklace:

I have not yet uploaded this to my shop but will post the website for you when I do. To tell you a bit more about this necklace it is a wire wrapped pendant necklace. The large teardrop in the middle is a blue jade drop. The small cluster crystals and the crystals wrapped in the chain are all Swarovski crystals. I love working with semi precious stones and Swarovski crystals, it just gives the whole design so much more elegance and great quality.

It took me until 3am in the morning to finish this, so when my husband tried waking me up at 8am, that wasn't going to happen lol! He was trying to tell me that my alarm was ringing and he said I just looked at him took my phone and put it under my pillow and continued to sleep. I was reacting in my sleep honest I didn't do it on purpose lol!! 

This jade teardrop is from a pack of four beads that I purchased together, I just loved the color and the shape. Although I didn't have ideas for them at the time I have now made two of them into pendants for my necklaces, and have an idea already for the other two which I plan to make into earrings. So I am glad I bought them :). Usually when I see beads I like, I do buy them knowing that they will come in use some day lol!! 

I will go to sleep now it's like 2 am here in the UK, plus I was trying to get a soap episode online because I missed it, that's not happening so disappointed me :(. Other than that I am excited about some plans I am making for the weekend in shaa Allah will tell you all about them.. also might be making some jewellery especially for that occasion.. so yaaaaay!! :D

Good night everyone xx

Swarovski Long Earrings .. Spring Inspired

I have a new piece to talk to you about today, I made new earrings that you can now find on my Etsy page at:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/125262773/swarovski-crystal-wire-wrapped-earrings

I have been working on this project for some time and only had time to finish it last night. It was really nice working on it after the kids were sleeping and I had a bit of time to myself and my toys. :). These earrings look really nice and the colors are great together. I started by making the wire loops and then started to choose different Swarovski crystals from my beads, putting them together and wire wrapping each one by one.

After a lovely sunny weekend I was left inspired to make a colorful and springy piece of jewelry. The purple teardrop crystals are also wire wrapped with a little crystal attached to the front which made it blend in with the clusters to the side. I love working with Swarovski elements their color shines through amazingly and they always look great.

I hope you like this piece and you don't forget you can find it in my shop. Please press follow to the side >> as there will be some offers coming soon make sure you don't miss out.

Good night everyone :)

Wire Wrapped Pendant .. A result of noisy kids lol!!

I have added a few new items to my shop today .. If you still haven't seen it, it's:

www.hanahandmadedesigns.esty.com

One of them is a wire wrapped pendant necklace made with Jade semi precious stones  that I am super excited about and just couldn't wait to tell you guys about it too .. Here is a picture:

I especially love this wire wrapped piece as it was completely my design .. didn't cheat honest lol!! I have had this tear drop jade bead for a while and not really sure what to do with it so what I usually do is put it to one side and sleep on it. One afternoon I had just put the kids to sleep for their nap, they were being especially noisy that day and I had already started to get tiered. My husband was in the dining room working away on his laptop . . I opened my bead box got a piece of wire and started to work away. I had no idea what I wanted to make I was just making it.

I love designs that come to me just like that they end up so much prettier than anything I have planned before hand. Just spontaneous designs that talk about you and how you feel. The jade stone is known for its calming characteristics and purity it brings to those who wear it. That was exactly what happened, I was so tiered and just fed up and started wrapping and wrapping and wrapping and wrapping and an hour and a half later I looked at it and thought wait a minute I like this .. and felt so much better after and ready for when the kids got up. 

All my items are not just jewellery that you buy, there is a story behind each one, something to feel and communicate  I am so looking forward to selling this piece and I hope that it gives that same sense of happiness, contentment, and calmness to its owner as it did me making it.

So What's New

To start off by what is happening right now in the world of Hana Handmade :). At the moment I'm trying to figure out this blog design lol!! If you keep checking you are going to find a new look every time until I find one that I completely like. I like trying out new things to keep things interesting.

I have my Mother's Day offer now one which you can check on my Etsy shop at: 

www.hanahandmadedesigns.etsy.com

I have two offers for Mother's day, just because mothers are so great and they deserve the best. One is an amazing grey pearl necklace with a handmade wire connector with a rhinestone heart pendant that is in the picture below.

The other is a classic Swarovski Pearl set, necklace and bracelet, crystal white pearls are always an elegant and beautiful gift on any occasion.

Both are now half price so hurry while the offer lasts as this is only my Mother's Day special. 

Other than these offers I have just given away 5 of my new wire wrapped ring designs which I dispatched the last of them only the other day so that was great. It is always great to send off things at the post office it's nice being known there lol! Now I'm just finishing off a few new wire projects and trying to catch up on taking pictures of all the new items that are being made. 

So keep following for new pictures to come very soon .. :)