Most of us love creating with the many cool polymer clay products available these days. But, once we’ve spent good money, we want to make the most of our purchases! This technique opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for using…
I always find bezels intriguing. It must be the endless possibilities for filling that they present. Which explains why my imagination when into overdrive when Beebeecraft sent me all of these bezels to review. In fact, I quickly came up with over…
Have you ever come across a book that perfectly suited your learning style, skill level and your taste? This book, Wire Jewelry Masterclass by Abby Hook, has been that kind of experience for me. If you are someone who enjoys learning from books, especially…
If you enjoy my designs, then perhaps, like me, you love creating distinctive and unusual pieces to wear. Today’s project combines a beautiful fanciful design with an unexpected element: It glows in the dark! My first thought was to make these into…
Making things that glow in the dark is always a fun prospect. It kind of brings you back to your childhood. A couple years ago I got the idea to make these cute little fairy lamp posts with the flower lights that…
This week several orders of glue came in and it got me to thinking about the different types of glue we use in different applications: jewelry making, beading, polymer clay and other crafty things. In fact, there are so many adhesives out just…
In part one of this series I showed how to design and create cute little scenes using silk ribbon, beads and simple embroidery stitches. This is such a relaxing and fun pastime, I hope you give it a try. In today’s video…
Have you ever bought a product for something, realized it didn’t do what you’d expected, set it on a shelf, then one day discovered it was actually quite for something else? It happens to me all the time, lol. The good news…
Although I had heard of brooch converters before I didn’t really think about them much until recently. And when I started thinking about them more carefully I realized all the exciting new possibilities with just my own small collection of brooches. Hope…
I’ve enjoyed hand embroidery since I was a little girl of around eight or nine years old. So when I first encountered the concept of doing those same stitches I had made with wool and floss, but instead using silk ribbon, I…