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If you caught our debut show on Hochanda , we thought you may like some ideas of what designs can be made from the packs we featured.  Amongst the goodies available are three leather bundles, noodle bead packs including CZ rondels and a fabulous hematine bead 10 strand pack. We have designed this classic leather necklace using a combination of items from this show and we want to share the design with you. It’s perfect for that day-into-evening look.       1  Firstly take one of the 1 metre lengths of leather and fold in half.         2  Then attach a crimp and ring to each end of the leather. Crimp it in the middle with pliers to hold it securely in place.     3      Take a headpin and snip off the head with snips/flush cutters to create a piece of wire. Use the wrapped loop technique* to turn a loop in one end of the wire, before completing the wrapped loop, atta...

We super excited to be launching our very first, dedicated jewellery making hour - Jewellery Box with Aldridge Crafts this Saturday, 19th November at 11am. To get us all ready for the fabulous demonstrations from Jane Aldridge, she has given us this step-by-step necklace project - it’ll add a bit of homemade charm to your jewellery box and a sense of pride to any occasion when, of course, you'll be asked where you got it from.  Follow these step by step instructions to make this elegant sparkly purple bracelet design featuring the Pretty Purples Sparkle Bead Collection from Aldridge Crafts.  There is also an Autumn Browns Sparkle Bead Collection available too that you can use with this design. Products used: Silver Colour Findings Starter Kit Including Design Board Pretty Purples Sparkle Bead Collection Tools Method: To Begin Cut a length of Tigertail beading wire to about 10 inches.  Feed your wire through 2 crimp beads, through a ju...

This adorable, romantic bangle by Tali Iserles from Tallulah does the Hula combines sweet pastels with funky sparkle and vivid hues. It's the perfect accessory for all your outfits! Windows showcasing feature beads are nestled in between super stripes to create a fun-usual ‘eye candy’ bangle. YOU WILL NEED A wooden mixing stick A cocktail stick A set of electronic scales At least two mixing pots (eg empty yogurt pots) Large acrylic block Wet and dry sandpaper GATHER THESE SUPPLIES Resin8 silicone bangle mould Standard resin and hardener Low viscosity hardener Pink pearl resin Lilac sparkle resin Pink E opaque colour paste Red fluorescent colour paste Sulphur-free plasticine 6 x 8mm glass beads Step 1 Using your hands, shape your sulphur-free plasticine into six rectangles, measuring approximately 10cm by 12 cm by 8cm. These do not have to be perfect but they do have to be fitted snuggly inside your bangle mould. Step 2 Insert your plastici...

Let us introduce to you a fabulous new brand who is joining the Hochanda family this Monday, Indivijewelistic! Trish Kelly will be joining us with not one but two educational shows, showcasing a range of beautiful jewellery and accessory making kits. To give you a taste of some of the fabulous demonstrations to come check out the step-by-step project below...  You will need: Scarf Bail 3 coils of 3mm wire (+ spares) 4 wings beads 4 Bead Caps 32 Bicone Beads (+ some spares) 3 Head Pins (+ 2 spares) 3 Crystal Spacers Large Head Bead 2 x Blue Frosted Bead 1 x 8mm Blue Crystal Bead 1 x Blue Crystal Teardrop Starting with the teardrop bead, load your spacers and beads onto one of the head pins as shown. Turn the top of your head pin at a right angle.    Using a pair of point nose pliers start to turn a loose loop at the top. Move your pliers back down the head pin bit by bit to help you form the large loop as shown below. T...

We had better start the post by saying well done to Pen, who has won a bit bag of die cut bows to play with - and then Patricia who has won the lovely canvas which was made by Katie.  Those will be winging their way to you. Here at Hochanda , we are trying to bring you diversity, both in products, but also for peoples skill set.  A kit that we can highly recommend for beginners is brought to us by the Crazy Wire Company.  They have put a nice little kit together for us to create a Wire Bead bracelet.  When you first see this, you may think it looks quite tricky - you could not be more wrong. I had a play with it this afternoon, and within minutes I had the knack - and then started experimenting, adding my own beads to see what it looked like.  I'm quite happy with the results: Wire and Beads You can see from this photograph, I used a pretty shambhala bead in the centre of this pretty blue wire And in the centre of the lilac ribbon, I ha...