New Colorful Charm Bracelets Coming Soon to Lottie Of London

I've been busy putting together some new colourful charm bracelets for my store, coming soon to Lottie Of London Jewellery.

Coral Pink Trinket Ring Dish New at Lottie Of London

Here's a new addition to our Trinket Ring Dish Collection, handmade from polymer clay with alcohol inks this dish has a subtle marbled effect in a soft coral pink with gold trim.

Soft Coral Pink Ring Dish £9.99, New at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Holiday Time In Bardolino, Lake Garda Italy

What can I say Oh My Bardolino has been amazing!

I've wanted to visit Lake Garda for a few years now, I'd seen all the pictures, Richard E Grants Hotels TV show and obviously the paparazzi snaps of George Clooney who has a place here.

Bardolino, Lake Garda Italy

Well what can I say it certainly lived up to my expectations.  The hotels in Bardolino where a little overpriced for us so we decided to stay in an AirBNB our first time to try it out.

Our AirBNB Apartment

We was only a short 10-15min walk away from Bardolino centre and we'd also hired a car to make sure we could take in as many sights as we could.

The beautiful Lake Garda, Bardolino

There are so many other towns to visit on Lake Garda, a 45 min walk along the lake front will take you to Lake Garda town itself and you can catch the lake buses to visit more of the towns all just as beautiful.

Visiting the beautiful towns on Lake Garda

We took in a trip to Verona which was a beautiful town to see the sights but in particular Juliets Balcony.

Juliet's balcony, Verona Italy

The wall of Love, leading the way to Juliet's balcony

We had an amazing meal on the lake front with the sun setting as we ate.

A sunset dinner in Bardolino on Lake Garda

Pre Dinner Nibble, Bardolino Lake Garda

Oh and to my top my delight Bardolino has its own Rose Wine which was gorgeous (we bought a few bottles back) and how can I forget the ICE CREAM!

The delicious Rose Wine of Bardolino, Lake Garda

Cheeky ice cream in Bardolino, Lake Garda

As I said it was amazing Bardolino totally lived up to my expectations, it has such a laid back relaxed atmosphere and I can't wait to go back!

A Fleeting Visit To Venice, Italy

Now everyone says how romantic and wonderful Venice is but I have to admit it certainly was'nt on my top ten list of places to visit.

So as we were off to Bardolino in Lake Garda Italy for a weeks break we decided to fly into Venice for a fleeting visit and see if its all its cracked up to be.

The Canals of Venice, Italy

The stunning buildings lining the canals of Venice, Italy

So on landing we headed straight for Venice as we only had a few hours to check it out (well I did say it was a fleeting visit).

On first getting there we walked and walked until we finally worked out it was far easier to use the river buses, yes we are total Noobs!

The colourful houses of Venice, Italy

Views from the river bus of Venice, Italy

As you can see from just a few of my snaps taken Venice is a beautiful place and I have to say it has certainly captured my heart, it was such a shame that we only had a few hours to dash around and get as many sights in as we could.

It is packed with tourists but we are certainly adding it to our ever growing list of weekend breaks for another future visit.

St Mark's Square, Venice Italy

Our fleeting visit to Venice, Italy

Polymer Clay Water Cane

UPDATE 05/10/2017 CraftArtEdu has unfortunately now closed, if you would like more information on this cane here is Claire Wallis Facebook Page.

Earlier this week I took some time out to make this Water Cane, I purchased the tutorial for this cane from CraftArtEdu designed by Claire Wallis.

Its a fairly simple tutorial for those that have experience in caning involving skinner blends.

Polymer clay water cane in the making

You get two tutorials for the price, the water cane and another thunderbolt cane which I have yet to try.

Water cane & thunderbolt cane tutorial by Claire Wallis On CraftArtEdu

Here's what I made with my finished cane, I did have to stretch the cane a little when applying them to my pendants but I'm delighted with the effect.

My polymer clay pendants using the water cane tutorial

I think this cane could look great in an array of colours I'm thinking maybe red next time.

You can see more of my claying with CraftArtEdu's tutorials here

• Turquoise Kaleidoscope Trinket Bowl
• Polymer Clay Kaleidoscope Cane
• CraftArtEdu Review for Polymer Clay Tutorials Part 1
• CraftArtEdu Polymer Clay Tutorial Part 2 The Results