tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61289493223801541222024-03-13T13:50:52.298-07:00BbelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-16043606107440740552010-08-05T21:02:00.000-07:002010-08-05T21:02:29.080-07:00<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Gabberdashery!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Bbel jewellery will be part of the amazing Gabberdashery shop at the Standon Calling Festival this weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Gabberdashery is a beautiful new project - a collective of creatives- artists, designers, milliners and other talented people selling there wares at gigs and events curated by the amazing Gabby Young!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Look out for more Gabberdashery events - updates will be on the Gabby Young Style Blog - check it out <a href="http://www.gabbyyoungstyle.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-21222703745785987982010-07-09T03:33:00.000-07:002010-07-09T03:38:30.501-07:00Bust Craftacular<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm all set for the Bust Craftacular tomorrow - lots of new designs including some cave girl hairclips and kiss rings- see them all on the Bbel stall! </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The Bust Craftacular is an indie shopping bonanza, which boasts 60 stalls of the hippest in handmade. Entry is £2, and the first 100 people through the door get super-duper goodie bags!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-21547306505580382972010-05-25T07:25:00.000-07:002010-05-25T07:25:24.850-07:00More Hearts!<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm gradually getting things uploaded to the Bbel shop - inbetween making and designing and settling back into the studio. So far I've got these new heart pieces uploaded, they are all handcut and I'm loving the red and silver together. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The earrings are around 1.4cm across and fill the earlobe, I made a pair for myself as well and have not taken them out since!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-35424880781323601212010-05-09T00:41:00.000-07:002010-05-09T00:45:57.908-07:00Back in the Studio<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am days away from returning from my travels...I'll be back in the studio on 13th May and the shop will once again be fully stocked with fox stoles, feathers, hairclips and doves. The shop has been looking rather empty as designs have gradually been selling out whilst I've been away. I'm excited about getting back and launching some new necklaces and a new range of bracelets. Watch this space for pictures coming soon!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-32391310073053947232010-04-20T03:19:00.000-07:002010-04-20T03:22:17.143-07:00Update<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am away from my studio at the moment, infact out of the UK, and promised to put updates up about when I'll be back and making more FOX STOLES!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been inundated with messages since the last feature of the fox stole on the etsy facebook page - they sold out straight away. I will be making some more as soon as I get back to the UK - hopefully in the next few weeks, maybe ash cloud dependant! I will put an update here as soon as I know when I'm flying back. In the meantime, all items in my etsy shop are available and ready to be sent out by my kind helper in the UK! If you would like your fox stole as soon as possible, please message me at </span><a href="mailto:info@bbel.co.uk"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">info@bbel.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> and I'll put you on the reserved list for the first ones made!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next update is the brand new collection from friend and fashion designer, <a href="http://www.kyliemalcolm.co.uk/">Kylie Malcolm</a>. Her pieces are so beautiful - she uses hand printed and vintage fabrics, cute, quirky with a bit of rock and roll and a touch of glamour - I love them!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speakeasy Vanilla Perfume by Wiggle Perfume, find the shop <a href="http://www.wiggleperfume.etsy.com/">here</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-90137636451474894542010-03-20T21:21:00.000-07:002010-03-20T21:21:23.541-07:00New Designs Coming Soon<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been working hard on some new designs - and thought I'd give another sneek preview. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This photo was found on the </span><a href="http://aitoa.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Aitoa Arkkitahtuuria</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">, a Finnish blog (in English) with some great posts on 'Green Architecture'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is technically a Seed Ball, as pictured and described on the Heavy Petal Blog </span><a href="http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2007/03/a-brief-history-of-the-seed-ball/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">, but a Seed Bomb is exactly the same thing, you just happen to throw it into spaces which are not your garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For more projects going on within visual resistance, check out the </span><a href="http://www.justseeds.org/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Just Seeds</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> website, they are a US based Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative, you can read about their projects </span><a href="http://justseeds.org/action.html"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">, including </span><a href="http://drawingresistance.org/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">drawing resistance</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.counterproductiveindustries.com/gbgc/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">God Bless Graffiti Coalition</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ofcourse, if this post is going to finish on a note of visual resistance, I should ofcourse provide a link to the greatest of them all, </span><a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Banksy</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">. I lived in Bristol for five years at the time when Banksy was getting well known but not quite the global recognition he has now, I LOVE his work and seeing it around my favourite city was always a joy. I have in my possession several of his books, and the dialogue that accompanies the artwork is inspiring, insightful and full of political humour and common sense, check them out from your local independent bookstore!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Check out their shop Circles and Squares </span><a href="http://www.circlesandsquares.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">here</span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-17507383437540887342010-02-08T03:35:00.000-08:002010-02-14T04:53:51.810-08:00Road Trip II<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I can't remember how I first came across </span><a href="http://www.allthemoutains.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">all the mountains</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">, it was a link from another blog, and since then I have regularly dropped by to see the lovely images that Amy collects. From here you can see some beautiful finds, including these books from </span><a href="http://whaleheart.katedepara.com/product/a-tablecloth"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">whale heart</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So, for your fix of creative play, here are links to one of my favourite sites for tutorials and ideas - </span><a href="http://www.craftgossip.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">www.craftgossip.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">. This site collects tutorials, home made designs and lovely quirkiness from all over the web. I particularly like the </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.recycledcrafts.craftgossip.com/">recycled crafts</a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> section and the </span><a href="http://www.ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">edible crafts</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> section. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thanks to all the blogs which have featured Bbel recently, the fox stole still seems to be a favourite amongst other bloggers and I was thrilled to be featured on <a href="http://www.icovetandwant.wordpress.com/">Covet & Want</a>.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can check out her website </span><a href="http://www.lindseymann.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">here</span></a>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lindsey teaches silversmithing and anodised aluminium workshops at her studio in Hampshire all year round, you can get in touch with her through the </span><a href="http://www.lindseymann.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-61892632834688731542010-01-02T08:36:00.000-08:002010-01-02T09:17:34.606-08:00Road Trip<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So, I start with looking at someone's blog, usually an artist or designer's. Today it was nosideup, I had just purchased this print 'Jo' as a birthday present </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">From the </span><a href="http://www.nosideup.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Nosideup blog</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I followed a link to </span><a href="http://www.kerismith.com/blog/index.html"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Keri Smith's blog</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> - which, by the way, is my current favourite blog - it is full of lovely inspiration, ideas and creativity. If you've got some winter afternoons by the fire, check out </span><a href="http://www.kerismith.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Keri's website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> and her 100 things to do - here are the first 5......</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-52312520206308795162009-12-09T01:34:00.000-08:002009-12-13T15:32:12.132-08:00More Colours Coming Soon!<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My favourite mirror necklace is now available in beautiful shades of red, purple, pink and blue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Note the warm glow in the top left of the photo - we purchased three of these lights on the first day, concerned that our chalet wasn't light enough. The lights were very strong wattage and not only lit our jewellery up rather nicely but also half of the cathedral behind us. A concerned neighbour noted 'I didn't realise you could use outdoor lights inside' hmmmm, neither did we -hadn't quite clocked that we had purchased football stadium lights, give quite a nice glow though don't you think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Oh, so whilst I'm on the subject of the Christmas Market, I would like to mention some of the lovely stallholders we met - potters, knitters, glass fusers, people who sew really cute things - here are some of their wares....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Jug and bowl by <a href="http://www.carolinegreenpottery.folksy.com/">Caroline Green</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Pretty ceramic spoons by </span><a href="http://www.pennyspoonerceramics.folksy.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Penny Spooner</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> (!) She does make other things apart from spoons too - although at the time of writing both their shops are looking a little bare - Caroline assured me she would be uploading some more of her lovely white ceramics shortly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, actually I should have said here are some of the wares by the potters since no-one else seems to have a website at the moment- that's fine though, I'll take photos of some of the things I bought and show them off here soon....</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128949322380154122.post-91269171341098949282009-12-05T10:26:00.000-08:002009-12-05T10:28:59.399-08:00New Bird Necklace<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been working on a new necklace - two black headed gulls (not sure if that's obvious when they're silhouetted in silver!) - I've put it on much longer chains than the usual and it really works - it's proven very popular at the christmas market so will be busy making some more over the weekend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Like this zine. It's very small and not very long, but lots of graphs and pie charts to look at so totally worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.sarahmcneil.etsy.com/">Sarah McNeil</a> is the author. She states 'Silly and sincere graphs of different things that happen and are discovered and recorded from everyday life. It is important to break down the types of birds in the city into a pie chart (pigeons win by the way), or an x,y graph of the consistence of the apple juice stain on my shirt etc. Very important.'</span><br />
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