I just love finding new ways to use supplies, don’t you? Instead of the usual beading wire, or eye pin links, I made my own links with spirals of wire. This technique would work great for a necklace, too. One tip: After…
It’s always fun to find new and different ways of using your supplies. This bracelet uses eye pins, with an extra twist, to make the links of a charm bracelet. The best part of making your own jewelry is that you…
I came across this video on how they make filigree jewelry and was utterly fascinated. It’s in Spanish with English subtitles. The translation is a bit wonky in places, but you’ll get the jist. 🙂 Enjoy! My apologies to those who read…
There’s something about this bead dangle cluster style of necklace I just love; I can’t stop making and wearing them. In fact, I have a hard time deciding every day which one of many to wear (which tells me I probably have…
A couple weeks ago I shared a video tutorial showing how to make this necklace. In the video I promised to show you how to make your very own tangled wire beads. As promised here they are, made up into earrings. You…
Happy New Year to all my wonderful readers, commenters (and purchasers from my Etsy shops.) Your continued encouragement keeps me going! Thank you all so much. One wonderful thing about having a blog is being able to look back and do a year in review….
Now that the Christmas gifts have been given out, I can post my review of this pattern. I made one each for my sons, my husband and myself. I was bummed that mine had to sit up in the closet until they…
This necklace is a knock-off of one I bought at my local Fashion Bug. (Which, sadly, is going out of business. Why are all the good stores closing? Boo. Hiss.) Anyhow, I was happy to get a few bargains and some great…
This little guy was just TOO much fun to make. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. Isn’t that the cutest widdle face? ===gah=== The wings took several tries to get right, but I’m really thrilled with how they…
This necklace is a remake of a favorite I’ve had for years. I think I love it so much because it’s simple, yet funky and it goes with everything. Stringing bead dangles onto a ring is a great way to use up single,…
