Colour Mixing Purple Hues for Spring at Lottie Of London Jewellery

 

I grabbed a few hours this week to work on my next colour mixing project for Spring, ultra violet is 2018's Pantone colour of the year and as I haven't had the opportunity to work many purples into my creations this was the perfect time.

 

So here's the first of my colour mixing venture with purple hues, I wanted to keep these light for the upcoming spring and summer season.

 

I think this makes the perfect combination for a new addition to our long statement necklace collection.

 

I also tried another purple colour mix as seen below with two additional colours, a soft peach and yellow hue.  I love this combination its reminds me perfectly of spring especially crocuses. 

I've yet to create something with this colour combination but I am thinking a Klimt design would be perfect to capture all the colours.

In the meantime our new Purple Long Bead Necklace will be available for purchase from the 22nd March so keep your eyes peeled for our latest addition.

 

 Read more about out statement necklaces here

• New Winter Themed Polymer Clay Colour Mixing Tutorial

• Introducing Polymer Clay Colour Tutorials

• I'm in love with Prue Leiths style on The Great British Bake Off
• Red Long Statement Necklace Commission

 

This Blog post was orignally published on18/3/2018 at LottieOfLondon.co.uk/blogs

New Pastel Hues PDF Colour Mixing Tutorial for Spring

In preparation for Spring I've created a new PDF tutorial to get you in the mood.

 

 The soft pastel hues of this beach scene make for a gorgeous and soft colour mix.

 

Available now to download at Lottie Of London

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Check out more of my PDF Tutorials Here

 

More blog posts that might interest you

• New Winter Themed Polymer Clay Colour Mixing Tutorial

• Introducing Polymer Clay Colour Tutorials

• I'm in love with Prue Leiths style on The Great British Bake Off

Mandala Ring Dishes! But what are mandalas?

 

Mandala Ring Dishes at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Our latest collection of mandala ring dishes are proving very popular this season.  With their beautifully intricate designs they make for quite an eye catching centre piece for your home.  But what are mandalas?

Pronounced mon-dah-lah, mandalas represent wholeness, a diagram reminding us of our relation to infinity.  They are often circular designs to symbolise the notion that life is never ending.

Many mandalas have a spiritual significance in both Hinduism and Buddhism.  The Hindus where the first to use mandalas, but many are more familiar with the ones created by Buddhism.

Vajravarahi Mandala, Tibet, 19th century

In some spiritual traditions mandalas may be used for focusing attention and would be used as a spiritual guidance tool to establish a sacred space and aid meditation.

 In modern day life mandalas are now more commonly know a a generic symbol for a diagram or geometric pattern often seen within mindfulness colouring books.

 Free mandala colouring pages

 

Pop on over to Lottie of London to see our latest collection of mandala ring dishes and pendant necklaces.

 

 

You can read more blog posts on our ring dishes here

• Our Decorative Turquoise Trinket Bowl is Back at Lottie Of London

 Sources

• http://spiritualawakening.weebly.com/mandalas-what-are-they.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vajravarahi_Mandala.jpg

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala

• http://www.whats-your-sign.com/free-mandala-coloring-pages.html

This post was originally published on Lottie of London Blog on 14/10/2017

New Wedding Trinket Ring Dishes at Lottie Of London

As our ring dishes have been so popular since I started creating them this year, I decided to create some wedding and anniversary inspired dishes for all you loved up couple out there.

Handmade from polymer clay the dishes have been hand stamped with various phrases, painted with a pink wash and then finished with a soft pearlescent top coat to give it a beautiful finish

They make the perfect gift for any future bride to be or anniversary present.

Pink Ring Dish Happily Ever After New at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Mr & Mrs Pink Ring Dish New at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Pink Ring Dish Soulmates New at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Colour Mixing Fun with Polymer Clay

Here's my latest mix from my colour mixing day some lovely bright colours for a new bead necklace.

Colourful Beaded Necklace by Lottie Of London Jewellery

New Decorative Trinket Bowl with Kaleidoscope Design

Introducing our New Decorative Trinket Bowl handmade from polymer clay.  As you can see above I've created a new Kaleidoscope cane for the design in pink and brown hues that once together creates this beautiful floral design.

Playing with Polymer Clay this Weekend! Ring Dishes, Beads and More

This weekend I spent it entirely playing with the clay, weekends like this are so few and far between!

I created some new Ring Dishes, as seen above to replace my collection as they are proving very popular, I really enjoy experimenting with the inks to create different effects. 

Turquoise Ring Dish at Lottie Of London Jewellery

I also created some new beads for a new Chunky Statement Necklace here

New Polymer clay beads for Autumn

The colours are created from another colour mixing adventure, this time in more muted Autumn tones for the coming season.

I also had an order to complete for despatch my Leopard Print Statement Ring and created some new studs with a new cane I created recently.

Leopard Print Rings and Stud Earrings with my new cane

Klimt Polymer Clay Canes - Weekend Catch Up

Here is a new cane I created playing around with an idea in my head, this is actually the first cane I've ever made myself from my own idea, I've used the skills I've learnt from previous caning techniques to combine this one.

Polymer Clay Canes by Lottie Of London Jewellery

Its very simple but I really like it it reminds me of a fish tank looking through at all the tiny orange fishes.

Crafting New Polymer Clay Makes

I finally had a chance to play with some clay this weekend, I received a commission for a Round Black Filigree Pendant to match a pair of Black Filigree Stud Earrings in my Etsy store.

I have to say I was delighted to be able to get the clay out, its been a while with all the shop updates and improvements (I've been working on my SEO), marketing and prep for Christmas its so easy to get consumed and forget to take time out to do the one thing I love most making!

New Filigree Polymer Clay Makes - Round Pendant, Owl Brooch and Hearts by Lottie of London

It was a great opportunity to fit in some extras makes along with the pendant, I made a new Black and White Filigree Owl Brooch along with some smaller pieces which will be created into earrings and stud earrings.

New Filigree Polymer Clay Makes - Stud Earrings by Lottie Of London

I also made this little Daisy Charm with a tiny Swarovski Crystal centre its needs a little tweaking but I am delighted with it and have plans for this in the new year.

New Polymer Clay Makes - Daisy Charm coming in the New Year by Lottie Of London

So as its Monday I am back on the old SEO again (my brain is melting!) But before I leave here is the finished pendant now on its way to new owner.

Black Filigree Round Pendant Commission handmade by Lottie Of London

Matching Black Filigree Stud Earrings available in my Etsy Store by Lottie Of London

Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet - Its a Diaster

Yes its another fail in my pursuit of cuff bracelet making!

The trials and tribulations of making a polymer clay cuff bracelet

This was just a just a test run trying out my new cuff bracelet blank by Premo and although this was just a first ry with the bracelet blank to become familiar with using it I have to admit I had high hopes as the design was starting to look good.

Preparing the design for my polymer clay cuff bracelet

Alas it wasn't to be and I think I know where I went wrong! I just didn't make the base strong enough before applying the pattern.  I made the initial base too thin, cooked it and it was just too weak.

So next time I will know better.

My polymer clay Premo cuff bracelet blank

Blast from the Past read more about my Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet adventures The Perils of Bangles

Polymer Clay Beads with Big Bead Little Bead

Well December's here and now the mad rush has started not only to get all your own pressies in but also for me to get all my incoming orders out.

But in between this mad rush I just wanted to let you know about my new partnership with Big Bead Little Bead.  I am very happy to announce that they are now stocking a selection of my handmade polymer clay beads.

Here are a selection of my filigree swirl polymer clay beads in black and white.

My Black & White Filigree Polymer Clay Beads

 And my traditional millefiori and klimt polymer clay beads in tones of bronze and beige.

My Bronze Millefiori & Klimt Polymer Clay Beads

Big Bead Little Bead is an online bead shop that sells a great selection of beads and findings for jewellery making but especially unique in that they stock a beautiful selection of handmade artisan beads ranging from ceramic, polymer clay, lamp work, paper beads and more.

White of Black Filigree Polymer Clay Beads Available now from Big Bead Little Bead

Offering a great opportunity to artisan bead makers to be able to show and sell there designs to a wider audience but also for jewellery maker/designer it is wonderful to be able to include some really unique pieces to your designs.

Black on White Filigree Polymer Clay Beads Available now from Big Bead Little Bead

I am really excited with this new venture and am looking forward to sharing my bead designs and working with Big Bead Little Bead in the coming new year.

 Have a great Monday Everyone and don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday

Monochrome Polymer Clay

Black & white monochrome has been with us for the last couple of seasons and it doesn't look like its going anywhere anytime soon.

I've struggled to get into this Autumn/Winter's pantone colours, I'm just not feeling it so I've decided to go with the monochrome as its such a flexible combination whatever the season.

Heres my latest black and white polymer clay makes featuring my filigree designs...

Two Monochrome Filigree Pendants

Monochrome Filigree Elephant Pendant handmade from polymer clay

Monochrome Filigree Tree Pendant handmade from polymer clay

And a selection of earrings and stud earrings

Monochrome Filigree earrings handmade from polymer clay

Monochrome Filigree Stud Earrings handmade from polymer clay

Monochrome Filigree Earrings handmade from polymer clay

So are you a lover of Monochrome?

Skull & Bones Polymer Clay Pendants

Its been a busy week again have gone back to school and we get used to the routine again.

So I've been adding some new items to my Etsy store and adding some final touches to some pieces that have been waiting to be finished.

My Skull & Bones Roller from Old Spitalfields Market

With Halloween not so far away I thought I'd show you some new pendants I made using a perspex skull & bones roller I purchased quite a while ago from a lovely stall at Old Spitalfields Market.

Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London

Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London

It took a while to get the pattern how I wanted and I coated the pendants with some Lumiere paints to give them a more old and rustic feel and to finish and make them really stand out I added some of those Swarovski hot crystals I've been playing with lately to the skulls eyes, the Topaz colour really make the pendant stand out while the jet black crystals are a more subtle finish.

Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London

Have a great Monday Everyone and don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday

Faux Rose Quartz Polymer Clay

Following on from my post on Faux Jade with polymer clay, I decided to have a go at Faux Rose Quartz.

I found this free tutorial online from Polymer Clay Central Faux Rose Quartz, a great tutorial but I altered it slightly here's what I done.

To start I took some translucent clay and added a very small amount of red, I mixed the colour well until evenly mixed.  I them decided much like the faux jade tutorial to take some cuts from my mix and added a few more specks of the red clay, I rolled this through but this time not a thoroughly allowing the mix to have some darker speck of pink showing through.

Mixing for a blend of colour - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

I then mixed my iridescent glitter though my full mixed rose quartz again until it was evenly mixed through.

Adding iridescent flakes - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

Then again much like my faux jade tutorial I decided to chopped the two mixes up using my blade and them randomly combined the two together to allow of a variation in colour.

Chopping up your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

This was then rolled until combined, but not overly as I didn't want to colours to blend together and there you go a faux rose quartz polymer clay mix.

Re-blending your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

Now I have to add at this point personally I don't like the finished result of using the iridescent flakes and would omit these next time.


 Here's what I create with my Faux Rose Quartz

Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Pendant made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Earrings made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

Have a great Monday Everyone and don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday

Polymer Clay Scribble Necklaces

Well my brand new clay extruder finally arrived and I have to say it was a joy to use, it wasn't until I received the new one that I realised my old one was on the way out for quite a while given the amount of blisters I kept getting trying to use it, still I now know for the future.

My clay extruder gun with an assortment of shapes to extrude

So finally I was able to get around and finish making my new Scribble Necklaces, this time in some softer paler colours for Summer.

Pink Toned Scribble Necklace handmade from Polymer Clay

Mint Green Toned Scribble Necklace handmade from Polymer Clay

Also my giveaway started this week so pop on over to my GIVEAWAY BLOG POST to enter and be in which a chance of winning a pair of my Faux Jade Elephant Earrings

This post is part of Handmade Monday don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday