Our new water decals are a great addition to any ones bead collection.

They are simple to use, in a great range of patterns and can be used on glass, wood, ceramic, acrylic and more.

To use them you need to submerge them in water for around about 30 seconds or until the decal parts from the paper backing. Making sure that the surface you want the decal to be on is clean and then take it out of the water and press onto the surface. You then need to smooth over from the centre towards the corners, as required.

TIP: I’ve found it best to position the decal onto the surface and then press it into a beading mat to get all the bubbles out.

Once the decal is dry apply a top coating of glaze : triple thick glaze or diamond glaze will do the trick.

I have made the examples using this technique and our porcelain plain beads, which are really great for altered art projects. You can also use them with smooch accent inks and paper to embellish them and give them some depth.

Ever had a charm bead or component that didn’t quite match the colour of the beads you are using in a project? Well, this is the product for you!

Smooch accent inks can be used on glass, ceramic, metal, paper, cardboard, acrylic and more…
To use them on metal and ceramic they need to be heat-set by using something like a hair-dryer, heat gun, or an iron.

One of our new components are these funky oval brass connectors with flower accents, and so I have used the smooch accents in molasses and in snickerdoodle to highlight and accent them. Combined with Swarovski crystals in crystal copper and Czech glass pearls in coffee and cream and chocolate they just look fab!!

Smooch accent inks are available in 8 colours in 9ml and the bottles come with an applicator tip similar to a nail polish bottle. $6.95 each.

We have just received new stock of a product that can be used to complement memory glass and frames that we currently stock. They are a capsule that can be placed over the glass pieces before inserting them into the memory frame.

The capsules are made of a thin plastic that doesn’t take away from the underneath image, whilst holding and protecting some items or charms. This enables you to attach some charms, rhinestones or beads onto the top of the glass to match your underneath image, so for example: if you had a sea theme you could have starfish, sand or small items collected at the beach.

I’ve made two examples in which I have used glossy accents to adhere them, in the positions I wanted, to the top of the glass. They are both using images taken from our new vintage ephemera sheets that we sell through our website.

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The copper metal charms come in a packet of 6 and are made of a thin copper with a space for attaching onto chain, beads and all kinds of jewellery.

I have for listed them in the store in the paper embellishments section.  They remind me of the paper cut outs my family used to make for decoration every Christmas.

I’ve combined two of the copper charms (one butterfly and one bee), as well as one of the new key charms with words, along with some crystal copper donuts. The connectors for the main bracelet are made out of the antique copper brads with the back turned over and the bracelet is finished off with a small segment of copper ribbon.

Hot in the shop right now are the entire vintage range and large, chunky beads to make statement piece jewellery.  It seems our customers are looking to identify themselves with articles of jewellery that are different and unique and make them look and feel like they are wearing one of a kind pieces.

With this in mind, our newest range that I have purchased for our store are Rhinestone Components, and although they are acrylic we have put some in our cabinet in our shop and they sure do know how to sparkle.

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We have expanded our range of tools to include economy pliers in all shapes and sizes to meet your requirements.

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