Happy Halloween all! I’ve got a HUGE bowl of candy on my kitchen table, wish I could share it with you. 🙂 Instead, here’s some eye candy for your enjoyment. Plus a video. These natural amethyst gemstones and the bead caps came…
This fun little project makes use of a boring old pair of hoop earrings. With a little bit of wire work and just a few beads you can dress them up with your own custom dangles. And, you can make as many…
Have I mentioned how much I love Craftsy classes? I have? Oh, well, I have to mention it again, they are awesome. Anyhow, after making these earrings last week I couldn’t stop making those wire wrapped round components. So, I made this necklace. It was…
This is one of those beading patterns I’ve seen done in myriad ways, yet it’s always interesting. My challenge to you is to use whatever beads you have on hand and give it a try. The video show you just hows to…
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,…
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…