Stall At Chorlton Vintage Fair May and June

Well after lots of emails and trying to get a stall at various places I have a confirmed booking! At Chorlton Vintage & Craft Fair! Handmade By Esmae is booked for the first Saturday of May and June which are 5th May and 2nd June 2012.

I will be selling made handmade jewellery, but as it is a vintage fair I will be unveiling my new range of vintage up-cycled jewellery! This is a small and unique range of jewellery made from unloved bit of vintage jewellery given new life with a wave of the magic wand (pliers) of Esmae. I will be also selling a small range of vintage dresses and accessories. Pictures will follow soon.
Chorlton Vintage & Craft Fair is held every Saturday 12-5pm at the Beech Inn, Beach Lane, Chorlton, Manchester.

Its been a while...

Well it's been a while since I was here, and in that time what have I been doing?
I attended the Lizzie Mars Vintage Tea Party at the Farmers Arms in Heskin. A very nice pub, outdoor area with a real fire! I didn't eat (I was mainly suppin') but the food smelt divine. The Lizzie Mars girls raised some money for Derian House Childrens Hospice which is local to the area, with a raffle, bingo, and some other pub games.
I took a selection of my jewellery and sold a few bracelets, I had to stand in front of a lot of ladies and give a little speech about my work. This was unexpected thus I was not prepared for it, I was a little nervous and I had very little dutch courage at that point in the evening so to say my speech was a little bit rushed would be an understatement.

I've also climbed a small mountain. Mount Famine in the Peak District, been on a little pamper day with my Mum for Mothers Day, and made this little creation.

Made from an old vintage brooch I came across, some vintage faux pearls, and some gold organza ribbon. It’s photographed on a maroon vintage red leather jewellery box. That is marked as originally for a simulated pearl choker, which is in the shape of a clam shell! Genius!
More soon
Esmae x

Bling Bling Who's There?

Tiara,

Tiara who?

Tiara you want one too?

Shocking I know, and moving swiftly on…

In a brief interlude of none stock making for my various craft fairs, and shops, and whilst waiting for bead stock to arrive I thought I would have a little creative play with some very fine wire and some glass beads that I had knocking about. I’ve not done very much wire work, in fact none before. Unless you count messing around trying to make rings out my Dad’s lead solder when I was about ten (hmmm… lead poisoning, perhaps that would explain a lot).  So after sticking some loose beads on a bit or wire and twisting, a little thought popped in to my head. Moira from Lizzie Mars had asked me if I made tiaras. The answer to that question was no, but it in my little (taking over the living room) box of tricks I had  some white satin covered head bands so I thought I would give it ago. And here are the results. I must say I am quite pleased with them.

 The bag of loose beads I had laying around coordinated beautifully with the fine wire (which I got from the bargain bucket for 50p from The Bead Shop in Affleck’s Palace Manchester). Almost a little too much coincidence, but some might say there is no such thing, only fate. Either way I really like my beaded tiaras and I hope you do too.

Launch Day!!!

Yesterday I launched in a fabulous little boutique style shop tucked away in the ye olde world of St Andrew’s Court Bolton Lancashire. LIZZIE MARS run by the fabulous Moira and Lizzie. I not yet had the pleasure to meet Lizzie, but the wonderful Moira has agreed to stock and display a range of my vintage style Jewellery.

I couldn’t be more excited as LIZZIE MARS sells the most lovely, cute, home wares and gifts and I will be attending a LIZZIE MARS vintage tea party on the 15^th of March. I believe this involves a cosy evening in a country pub, with cup cakes and the possibility of something more along the lines of Long Island Iced Tea rather than English tea. 

Welcome and Hello

Welcome to Handmade By Esmae and thankyou for reading.
This obviously is my first post so I'll start by telling you a little bit about myself.
I started making jewellery around about September/October last year. What started as a hobby to pass time on dateless cold winter evenings and get some long since stemed creative juices flowing turned into a full time beading addiction.
I've always been a little bit creative and have tried my hand at many things such as textiles, hand and machine embroidery, sewing, fashion design, and I have a love of all things old and vintage. In fact I am happiest when trawling through a disorganised shabby shop looking for treasure.
Today I went on a little adventure with my Mother to
a) See my Grandma (who is 103!)
b) Go shopping
c) Drink some cocktails.
Quite a good plan for an afternoon.
After a little detour to the charity shops in my Grandma's area I came across the most faboulous vintage find.
A vintage Harrods little black silk taffeta off the shoulder peplum dress, with pleated detail on the peplum and the shoulder. Divine. Couldn't have fitted better. And and absolute bargain at twenty-five English pounds. I'll take it and run thankyou very much.
After a bus ride some more shopping, tea, and a quick snack break, I hit another charity shop and came across a 1977 Technics RS-631 (totally old school tape deck and record player) complete with its orginal made to measure cabinet. Oh it brought back memories of one my Dad brought home for me a long time ago, thus I had to have it. I have just a few small problems to iron out... no speakers, and driving belt and the needle on the record player are broken, and its not been PAT tested so tomorrow I'll ring them and see if I can make it mine... all mine!
After all this excitement (for me anyway... my Mother was looking at me like a crazy person) we headed to a little bar called Harvey's and had a couple of Kir Royale's and a Spanish Meze. A very nice end to the afternoon.