Are you a messy girl?

I have completed my range of messy girl jewellery, perfect for the messy girl in your life (which in my case is me!) Available to buy here and here

Little People Jewellery

Chuffed that I have finished these little cuties! Available to buy on my folksy page click here

Some New Additions - Earrings

I have been making earrings this weekend, made this fabulous pair of seed pod earrings which look great on and this unusual pair of pyramid stud earrings.

Help me reach 150 facebook fans!

I am on a quest for 150 facebook fans, please share this link with your friends for my facebook page. I will pick a winner at random once I've reached 150 to win this fabulous pair of messy girl earrings worth £20 so get fanning!
Trudy x

Folksy Friday

This week for my folksy friday I have decided to feature top handcrafted homewares. A pretty laptop cover from Toggle - make those laptop days less boring, a delightful little blossom cushion from Emma Jane Designs to adorn your glam boudoirs ladies, a stunning photo from Bear Graphics that reminds me of summer holidays in Cornwall and a cheeky little ceramic animal creature from Wiktorski Ceramics - every home should have one!

Work In Progress - 2

Finished- and it only took me 3 hours to set this blinking stone!

Work In Progress

I am currently working on setting a beautiful dark faceted stone with a pointed back. Below are some pictures of the stone, work in progress and the setting that I hand cut and shaped out of silver wire to act as a claw and hold the stone in place. This wasn't an easy process but this type of setting really allows the light to hit each cut of the stone, creating a stunning sparkle. Initially I was thinking towards mounting it onto a ring base, but as it is quite a large stone (approx 1cm x 1cxm) I'm now leaning towards mounting it onto a piece of silver wire to create an attractive pendant.

Folksy Friday

Its that time of week again, time for my roundup of top pics from folksy shops. This week the theme is new shops. So here is my selection: A Beautiful corset chair by Sarah Louise Dix, A cute little ipod cover from Egoor England, lovely little sock puppit from One shy Elephant and a handmade sign from potstop that somehow appealed to me! (Mmm chocolate!)

Folksy Friday

I am jumping on the band wagon and running my first folksy friday This week it's all about knitwear. I love it and think the following shops show that knitting is not just for Grannys anymore. Here are my hot picks for this week. A beautiful pair of fingerless mittens from blue fish handmade , a gorgeous knitted bow headband from dolly knits, a delightfull little teacosy from messyfish and a lovely wrap round cardy from iLEAiYE

Ok it's finished

Ta dar! Here is a pic of my finished silver abalone bangle. Really pleased with it

Let me introduce my blog

Hello, my name is Trudy and here is an insight into what goes on at Handmade By Trudy. So far I am in the process of setting up my facebook page , my online folksy shop and of course this blog. So bare with me it's going to be a long process and hopefully i'll make some jewellery on the way. Made a beautiful abalone bangle this week that just needs polishing up will post pics soon when its done.

Trudy