Bugs and Beads

Bugs and Beads

I love to create unusual brooches. Bugs, moths, butterflies, seahorses, spiders, bees.

I use beautiful shibori silk in exquisite colours and quality beads, I am particularly fond of using skull beads in my creations for a little extra quirkiness.

Photos from Bugs and Beads's post 02/08/2024

This Scarab Beetle is the first necklace I have ever made. 😊🪲
Edit: my friend told me I should get someone to model the necklace. So here is “Nevermore” proudly doing just that 🥰🤣

01/08/2024

Been a bit busy with this Scorpion brooch commission.
Not for the faint hearted 🦂🥰

24/07/2024

Summer Hat jewellery 😊💀
£25 plus p&p

19/07/2024

Three of my unique Bug Brooches to make you look 😎 super cool.
Be the Belle of the Beach with a Bug on your Hat
😘 🏝️
£25 each plus p&p

18/07/2024

A circle of Bug Brooches to put the bejeebers up any gardener. I only have black fly 🪰 on my runners🤣
Green Bug now sold and flying off to USA 🇺🇸
£25 each plus p&p

08/07/2024

It’s another blooming lovely day!🥰🦋

Photos from Wraptious's post 06/07/2024

Look how beautiful these are 🥰😍

06/07/2024

Look what blossomed overnight. The Bugs can’t believe it either 😳🪲

05/07/2024

This Green Bug emerged from the bead box today. Well, what else can you do on a wet Friday🌧️🌂

05/07/2024

On this grey, rainy Friday I thought this would cheer us up. Have a lovely Day 🌹🌸🌺
Blue butterfly off to a new home 🦋

03/07/2024

The perfect Brooch for taking on your holidays to the Seaside 🧜‍♀️
Rainbow seahorse now off to a new home 🏠

28/06/2024

I have a couple of New Kids on the Block. 🪲🐜
Mad Multicolour Bug and Scrumptious Pink Bug.
£25 each plus p&p

22/06/2024

Just a few of my more exotic Bug Brooches
Rainbow, pink & green and red bugs have found a new home

20/06/2024

Summer at last 🐝

05/06/2024

Meet Mishell - she just popped in to eat my lettuces 😊🐌🐌🐌🐌She has many friends

31/05/2024

🎼Oh we do love to be beside the seaside 🎶🎵

25/05/2024

Here’s another Seahorse Brooch. Don’t know what to make next with this lush silk 🥰
This one looks great on a plain background or go mad and wear it as a riot of colour
£40 plus p&p

24/05/2024

Seahorse Brooch
When you really want to make an impact 🥰
This fits the bill
This gorgeous silk shimmers in the sun.
(He was a real b # # to make 🤣)
He will be £40 plus p&p

10/05/2024

This is a better picture of details of my new Bug.
He took ages to make as I got distracted by the big yellow thing in the sky☀️🤣🤣

10/05/2024

Well, this little Bug Brooch turned out to be a proper fancy pants. Just love this stunning silk🥰

01/05/2024

Little Purple Butterfly to celebrate May Day

£25 plus p&p

26/04/2024

This turned into a very exotic Bug Brooch so I have included my Lithops and Bug Coaster (made by lovely Cornish Whispers) to tone it down a bit 🪲
I don’t know how the pig got in the picture 🐷

24/04/2024

I am very fond of this Bug. The salmon colour beads are very smart.
He is £25 plus p&p as per usual 😊🥰

23/04/2024

Let’s play spot the Axolotl 🤣 he now has a new home 😊

16/04/2024

I was trying to get a picture of my bug and bees sparkling in the sunshine, but it is really difficult and the sun wasn’t out long enough 🤔

10/04/2024

I made an Axolotl Brooch (I know, i didn’t know what one was until I found a picture by accident and was charmed) I discovered they can grow up to 12 inches 😳. But mine is only small 🥰 little chap is now adopted

05/04/2024

Pretty yellow Butterfly Brooch
She wishes it would stop raining and so do I 😊🦋

01/04/2024

Silk and bead Butterfly 🦋 Brooch
Spring has sprung at last 😊💕
£25 plus p&p

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