Here’s a quick and easy necklace tutorial for you. The texture of the hammered stainless steel links gives it quite a bit of sparkle. It felt like it needed just a little bit of color, so I wired up a few Swarovski…
If you enjoy sewing but haven’t yet checked out the Great British Sewing Bee, you really should. It’s a lot of fun. I just finished watching all four episodes on YouTube. Unlike most other reality TV shows, there is little drama. Really,…
Just thought I’d let you know that Craftsy is having a 50% off sale this weekend on a whole bunch of classes. I think this is a great idea for Mother’s Day. Much better than another knick knack that has to be…
A while back I mentioned several Craftsy classes I’d taken. They have quite a variety of courses, including many that are free. Don’t think for a minute because they’re free they aren’t worth bothering with, the quality of these classes is amazing. The teaching…
These Chan Luu style bracelets are quite popular now. I love the slightly earthy, hippie vibe you get from the cord wrapping. They’re also amazingly simple to put together. The website has some gorgeous combinations, with Swarovski crystals and semi-precious stones, and…
This bracelet was the result of playing around with a variation of crystal beads, namely, Swarovski crystal top-drilled bicone beads. What’s fun about this is that stringing is very simple, the beads do all the work for you and they nest together…
Those of you who follow my Facebook page may remember a post from last week where I shared a fun use of shrink plastic: Victorian Farmhouse Inspired Shrink Plastic Necklace. Utterly adorable! With that wonderful inspiration, and these great instructions for sanding shrink…
You might remember these fancy jasper beads I picked up at a bead show last fall. (Of course unless if you’re like me… I can barely recall what I did yesterday, ha.) Gotta love these little brass beads, I think they work…
Ah, spring… in New England, spring doesn’t really come until mid-April. Proof of that would be the 20 inches of snow we got this past week. Bleck. In defiance of the storm, I spent it in my craft room, working on this…
Have any of you checked out Craftsy yet? I’ve been meaning to do so for a while and finally took a few of their free classes last month. I have to say I was quite impressed with the quality. The first class…
