Mum makes £10k-a-year hand-crafting earrings and bracelets out of - BEER cans from essex ready mix concrete Watch Video

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✓ Published: 23-Apr-2024

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A mum makes more than £10k-a-year hand-crafting earrings and bracelets out of - beer cans.<br/><br/>Carys Miles, 40, launched her unique business, Craft Beerings, five years ago after finishing a can of craft beer.<br/><br/>Fascinated by the quirky and colourful designs of the cans and desperate for a creative venture, Carys got to work.<br/><br/>She decided to carefully cut and flatten the vibrant cans before cutting them into different shapes - such as studs, hearts and lightning bolts.<br/><br/>The raw material is then dried out before being applied to earring mounts - with Carys able to make five pairs of earrings from one can.<br/><br/>Though she usually batch-makes the earrings, Carys says she can convert a can to a pair in just 30 minutes.<br/><br/>She doesn't add any gloss to the final earrings, with some pairs featuring shiny overlays whilst others are more papery, representing the true texture of the can.<br/><br/>Carys made over 960 pairs of the earrings last year and sells them online and at craft fairs for between £10 - £17.50.<br/><br/>Carys, who runs the business full-time , from Colchester, Essex, said: \