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Went to a local tool shop yesterday and got some stuff for my jewellery making and storage 🤩 . . I especially love the little brass brush 😁 . . What are your favourite tools and/or storage ideas? Tell me below 👇💕 . . . . #fantasychicaccessories #newtools🛠 #storagesolutionshappycustomer #jewellerymaking #maltalocalbusiness (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf07mGHsUvQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So I have recently sold 8 of my pieces 🎉🎊 all to the same person 🥰 . These are five of the pieces she bought and I couldn't be happier 💖 . I really do love everything I'm learning in the diplomas but wire-wrapping will always be a first love for me 😁 . What awesome thing happened to you recently? Tell me below 👇💕 . . . . #fantasychicaccessories #handmadejewellerymalta #wirewrappedjewelry #salesmakemedance #doingahappydancerightnow (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWZDhXMBC7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So this is what I'm currently working on 😜 - star setting practice. . We've just started term 3 two weeks ago and this is already hard work. It's taking a lot of strength, which I don't currently have (due to shoulder issues 😩), to hand grave these little bits which are supposed to become tiny beads/granules which hold stones in their place. . It's definitely something that takes tons of practice and something I do want to master eventually 😁 . It's a slow process though for me and I'm not doing more than necessary at the moment so this project may take me a while to finish but I'll get there 🥰 . Any tips from those of you who have finished this or from star setting experts are most welcome and appreciated 😁 please do leave them below 👇🤪 . . . . #fantasychicaccessories #jewellersacademy #starsettingpractice #finejewellerydiploma #postoftheday📷 (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWOlncsvmq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is THE ring that made me cry and laugh madly while I was making it 🤣 I can't tell you how many times I had to resolder one of the claws and how many times I dropped a stone and not to mention, one of the tubes literally SHOT off the shank while setting the stones 😩 This is why the stones' colours are off because I had to resolder while the other three were in place 🤣 . I tried using technoflux, powdered rouge and the potato technique and FINALLY managed to finish this 🥳 . Despite the trials and tribulations of this project 🤣 I really enjoyed it and I really want to make another one of my own design ❤️ . I think this was the most challenging project for term 2, at least for me. . What was your most challenging project this term? Tell me below 👇😊 . . . . #jewellersacademy #fantasychicaccessories #finejewellerydiploma #handmadejewellerymalta #silvermarquiserings (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcpvPtQMtc2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tennis links earrings 🥰 This was quite an interesting project which can be turned into an entire tennis bracelet. I played it safe and made the minimum required and I'm quite happy with how daint and dinky these came out ❤️ . They're far from perfect and the stones aren't set but they'd look gorgeous for sure 😍 . I may attempt the bracelet yet but in the future 😁 . . Do you like these types of earrings? Tell me below 👇😊😘 . . . . #jewellersacademy #fantasychicaccessories #handmadejewellerymalta #tennislinkearrings #tennislinks #finejewellerydiploma (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcFisVJMZmT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I just finished term 2 of the #finejewellerydiploma @jewellersacademy and I'm so grateful to have been able to get all the projects done, especially because this year has been particularly hard with life getting in the way. . My shoulders are quite messed up right now and I've had severe pain in both of them these last few weeks 😩 I was so worried I wouldn't finish by the deadline but I managed 🎉 . I'm especially happy about having finished this totem pendant from term 1 and I'm quite happy with how it turned out, although I did crack the bottom stone slightly. Fortunately, it doesn't show from afar but up close for grading, I'm sure my tutor will see it 😂 Never mind, because this is how we learn 🥰 . . Hope you are all doing well 😊 😘 . . . . #fantasychicaccessories #jewellersacademy #colletsettings #silverandgold #handmadejewellerymalta (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb9zSlcszrx/?utm_medium=tumblr

Creole earrings "finished". Just a bit of filing and polishing left to do 🥰 This is basically the only term 2 project I managed to do in the same week the video tutorials came out 😅 . . Now I just need to finish off stone setting my marquise ring, turn the tennis bracelet links into earrings, and .... I have another two weekends left! 😩 . . . . #jewellersacademy #finejewellerydiploma #silverhoopearrings #fantasychicaccessories #handmadejewellerymalta (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbh3vorMjM-/?utm_medium=tumblr

This was a serious B to solder! And right after I'd managed to solder on the last tube...one of the claws came off from the marquise seat 🤦‍♀️ . . Still, all's well that ends well. Now all soldered (with some partial bits without solder) and next it's time for sanding, polishing and setting the stones 😁 . . Despite the difficulties of this project, I'm looking forward to making a couple more designs I have in mind and I've already ordered some more marquise stones 🥰 . . What has been your favourite project this term so far? . . . . #jewellersacademy #fantasychicaccessories #solderingpractice #marquisering #handmadejewellerymalta (at Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNFxkDseD-/?utm_medium=tumblr