We're Getting Creative

Hello All,

Welcome back!

Here at the Amethyst studio we are once again putting our thinking caps on, designing and creating new pieces.

Sara has been hard at work making new sparkly jewellery creations using her beautiful wire wrapping technique - the new rings she has made are just fabulous - See below -  and pre sale orders have flooded in. We soon hope to have these available through our Misi store - the link for the shop is found at the side of the main blog posts but you can click HERE for a quick link too.

Wire Wrapped necklaces by Sara Young 2014

 

These pieces will look stunning with summer wear, evening wear, party wear - you name it! 

Wire wrapped ring by Sara Young 2014

This ring is one of several new creations, pre orders are coming in thick and fast! 




Our focus at the moment is on getting new summer stock ready for the Milton Keynes Museum Children and Families weekend which is being held on 14th and 15th June this year.


The Children's Literature/ fairy tale theme is a great excuse to make some fabulous costume pieces and for Paula to get in touch with her inner child and create some themed art pieces too

This piece - The Queen of Hearts is being considered for producing as prints -

Would you like to see this produced as a print? - let us know. 

we welcome any feedback you might like to give us about these ideas, so please feel free to leave us a comment or get in touch with us via the store if you have any requests.




We will have a stall at the event, which Sara and Paula are organising through our sister company Cerulean Sky Ltd, Stall holder enquiries are welcome!)  we would love to see you there so come and introduce yourself - we would love to meet you :)

Until next time..

The Amethyst Team x

Bletchley Park Event Round-up, and Cause for Congratulations!

Photograph By Paula Harris. August 2013

Hello All,

We hope you have all had a fabulous Summer, and enjoyed the intermittent sun as much as possible. We are all keeping our fingers crossed that it's not quite over yet!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended, participated in and helped with the Bletchley Park 'Summer on the Lawn' event. It was a huge success and the majority of the feedback we have had has been extremely positive. The wheels are already in motion to get organised for next year and we hope to see an even better turn out next Summer.

We are still awaiting the final figures for the amount of money raised for and donated to The Bletchley Park Trust and Open Door charities through attendance and participation in the event - we will update you when we get this information.

We would also like to congratulate our clients Jules and Myles Cooper on their recent wedding!

The happy couple were married on August 31st 2013, and Amethyst Sky was privileged to be commissioned to create the bride's bouquet, posies, corsages and button holes, and even a topper for their wedding cake!

The Bride was keen to have something bespoke and beautiful for herself and her wedding party, and after some initial consultations Sara Young designed these fabulous arrangements:

Bouquets, Posies, Button holes and
corsages designed and made
 by Sara Young. 2013.

In her brief to us, Jules asked for a tear-drop shaped Bride's bouquet arrangement (Centre), with a contemporary edge.The bouquet consisted of deep red roses and delicate white feathers, and was interspersed with vintage brooches;some dated back as far as 1918.

Jules also told us that both she and her husband to be Myles liked steam-punk and vintage style, and asked if we could incorporate this into our designs with out being too 'left of centre'

We were only too happy to oblige, as we both have a soft spot for this style too!
It is fair to say that we had lots of fun designing and creating these accessories, perhaps even a little too much fun!


For the bridesmaids, Jules chose to combine long stemmed Calla Lillie's with a red centrepiece, which was then draped with crystals to complement the bridesmaids dresses. Simple white rose arrangements were chosen for the Mothers of the Bride and Groom to complement any outfit they chose to wear.

Corsages for the Mothers of the Bride and Groom

The button holes were crafted using simple flowers, but as you can see form the picture, the steam punk element was incorporated here too, with wire wrapping and tiny cogs detailing some of the foliage.

The cake topper that Jules chose was also designed to echo the Bride and Groom's accessories. In the bouquet, tiny crystal beads were fixed over the flowers in the little bouquet, and steam-punk cogs were fixed on to the top hat

By all accounts the couple, their families and guests all had a fabulous time, and we were privileged to be able to help make something beautiful for Jules and Myles on their big day.

If you would like us to create something similar for you, please get in touch either through the blog comments section below, or via our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/AmethystSky2012 and we will do our very best to help you. 

Wedding Photography by Jeff Whiting:
you can see more of his fabulous work here >
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/technojeff/

New Pieces, New Works In Progress, A New Event And Last Call For Bletchley Park.

Wire Wrapped Necklace - please visit our Misi store for more details. 

One of our new collection of necklaces.

Hello all!

First of all, I want to offer my apologies to everyone for the length of time between this and the last blog post but, happily, there is good reason for this. We have been so busy in the Amethyst studio's over the last couple of weeks, that there simply hasn't been time.

So, where do I start? Well, the summer collection is taking shape nicely, and we are getting some very positive reactions to our new wire wrapping technique for creating our new pieces. Pictured here are just a few of the finished pieces and works in progress that we have made. I'm sure you will agree that they are some of our finest pieces yet!

Large wire wrapped silver and blue pendant
presented on a Sterling Silver rope chain. £15 from Misi.co.uk 

Sharks Tooth style Pendant, with wire coil design ,
presented here on a leather thong .
 £12.50 in the Misi store.

Moon with pearl and and amethyst and crystal drop
Necklace incorporates Japanese miuki beads - £15 in the Misi store

We are also in the process of putting a collection together for sale at another event that we have been invited to attend in a few weeks time. Our sister company Cerulean Sky Ltd www.cerulean-sky.co.uk have just landed themselves a new client, one miss Jennie Grayson, who is a local clairvoyant medium. Jennie has oragnised a psychic fair, which is being held on 4th May ( Start Wars day!!  - May The Fourth Be With You.....[sorry, had to.]) at Old Stony Community Center in Milton Keynes - you can find out more details about Jennie and her event here: www.jenniegrayson.com

We are going to be exhibiting some pieces which have been created with a more mystical form in mind, and  we have finally found a new outlet for some of the semi precious stones and rock crystals that we have in the studio. We will be selling loose crystals and stones, as well as offering some pieces that are made into lovely necklaces, brooches, bracelets, earrings and bag charms.


Paula has also been busily making a new range of 'Fidgets' specifically for the event - The original Fidgets are here: https://www.facebook.com/fidgetsfun and are also still being sold through our Folksy shop at £3 each (+ p&p)
 These new little critters are for sale from just £4 each, and each one comes with it's own accessory, spell, affirmation, crystal or good luck charm!

A new range of Fidgets - Available from £4 each -
initially being sold exclusively at the Psychic Fair 04/05/13  

Paula has also been working on some new canvasses which will be up for sale online soon, below is one of the new range that she is currently working on.

We will also be bringing along The Unicorn, painted by Miss Lara Page - a good friend of the Amethyst Studios team, we think that this event will be just the right outlet for her work.












We hope you like what you see here, if you do, come along to the Psychic fair and meet us! it promises to be a great day out, with lots and lots of interesting things to see and do.

Finally, our sister company Cerulean Sky have been ultra busy arranging the Summer on the Lawn event for Bletchley Park on the first weekend in August. The response from crafty types like us has been amazing and they have managed to fill most of the available tables in just a few short weeks! There are only around 20 or so spaces left for people to come and promote their crafts and sell their wares. However, there are a few types of craft from the 'wish list' that are unrepresented at the event. They are still looking for:

• Cake Makers
• Farmers Market (fruit, veg and natural produce i.e.sauces, chutneys etc)
• Quilting
• Toys
• Small Sculpture
• Antique and Retro goods
• Chocolatier
• Cheeses

We hope that someone reading this will be among these categories, or know of some local producers who are. If you would like more information please visit the Amethyst Sky or Cerulean Sky Ltd Facebook pages (Links as above) They are hoping to close the window for applications within the next few weeks to enable them to concentrate on the smaller details for the event, so the deadline is fast approaching. We look forward to meeting everyone and having a great weekend.

A quick introduction to Amethyst Sky.

Hello there! and welcome to our brand new blog.

 Here we will be showing off some of our latest work and designs, as well as keeping you up to date with all of the goings-on in the Amethyst Sky studio's. We will be posting pictures and links to both things we love and things we sell, and hopefully we will have a few guest bloggers joining us soon to talk about their work, their experiences and what they do to promote their work. 

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The painting above is one of the latest works by resident artist Paula Harris: 

I was inspired by the work of Andre Kohn, who originally painted a series of  vintage Chanel pieces ( see link above) - This one in particular caught my attention and I decided that I would try my hand at at using a palette knife to paint with instead of a brush - this is only my second attempt at painting this way and I have to say, I am quite pleased with the results. I get a real sense of satisfaction from being able to push the paint over the canvass rather than direct it with the brush. 

This painting will NOT be available in our shop, as I fear it may infringe on copyright laws ( even though it is by no means an exact copy), and also because, I would quite like to keep it. Sorry.

My first palette knife painting is this one:

 

Which is available to buy in our online shop : folksy.com/shops/amethystsky  I also have plenty of ideas for new pieces now, thanks to experimenting with this way of painting, so if this style of art appeals to you, keep an eye out for more in the future.

Sara Young, our resident Jewellery Designer and artist has also been working her fingers to the bone (Almost literally! - jewellers wire can be a harsh task mistress sometimes.) creating some fabulous new jewellery pieces. This statement piece set, pictured above, is one of my absolute favourites (She won't let me keep this one though, :( . ) The Crystal and Blue piece below is another absolute triumph - it looks fantastic in the picture, but even better when you get to actually wear it!

 

If you like these, and would like to see more, follow the link above to our shop, and see what you think.

We regularly attend and sell our items at craft fairs, flea markets and bazaars. This is by far our favourite way to market our work, as we get to meet the people who will be enjoying our pieces, and find out more about them. We will also be posting here about any upcoming events which we will be attending, and letting you know how to get there, and any costs that are involved for entry to venues, parking etc, so  if you want to come along and see us keep an eye out for our regular updates. 

We hope that you find something you like in our store, but if not - and you have something more specific or personal in mind, we are happy to consider commissions. You can get in touch with us through the store, or comment here and we will see what we can do for you. 

Happy Shopping!!

Paula xx