Keepsake Crafts

Thursday’s Dragon #29-Solana

July 23, 2015 by Sandy

Meet Solana, #29 in my year-long series of polymer clay dragon sculptures. This week’s dragon was really fun to do, I used several different techniques I’ve been playing with lately: wire wrapping for the wings, shaping wire coils for the spines and…

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos

Pink Sparkles Earrings Video Tutorial

July 20, 2015 by Sandy

We often use these large hole beads in bracelets and sometimes in necklaces but not very often in earrings. This is a fun way to display just a couple of pretty sparkly large hole beads. Choosing large enough spacers to snugly fit into…

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Just Chattin' Tutorials Videos

Friday Findings-Split Ring Pliers

July 17, 2015 by Sandy

The tool that I tell you about today is called split ring pliers. If you must use split rings in your jewelry making, then you really need this tool to help you manage them. In fact, as I show in the video I…

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Thursday’s Dragon #28-Fergus

July 16, 2015 by Sandy

This week’s dragon is a little different than other dragons I’ve been making. He is a wall piece. I got the idea for making him in a more two-dimensional way from a class I took by Tammy Durham. She showed us how to…

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Beads & Jewelry Crafts What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW-Soldering Copper Samples

July 14, 2015 by Sandy

Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On my work desk today you will see I have been having a lot of fun playing with soldering. As I’ve mentioned before, Kate Richbourg is an excellent teacher of metalsmithing. In her book, Simple Soldering, she…

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos

Viking Iolite Earrings Video Tutorial

July 13, 2015 by Sandy

These earrings use just a few beads and spacers. Rather than wire work, which is how I make most earrings, these beads are strung onto bead stringing wire and finished with crimps and wire protectors. Iolite is a pretty stone, and was…

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos

Friday Findings-Flush Cutters

July 10, 2015 by Sandy

Today’s video is another Friday Findings video in my series on jewelry making tools. This week I’m talking about flush cutters. When you’re first starting jewelry making you can get away with using regular old wire cutters, and then just use a…

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Crafts Polymer Clay

Thursday’s Dragons #26 & 27 Castor & Pollux

July 9, 2015 by Sandy

This week you get to meet a pair of dragon twins, Castor & Pollux. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. Interestingly, when my husband looked at them he thought they were underwater dragons. What do you think? To…

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Beads & Jewelry Polymer Clay What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW – Spinning Beads

July 7, 2015 by Sandy

Welcome to another What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On my workdesk today are two major projects. The first one, as is common on these What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesdays, is that I am working on Thursday’s dragon. There are bits and pieces of that project on the…

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos

Sparkleberries Cuff Bracelet Video Tutorial

July 6, 2015 by Sandy

Today’s bracelet in juicy, summer colors is quick & easy and uses only minimal supplies: beads, spacer bars, memory wire, wire cutters & round nose pliers. I love the rather unexpected combination of sparkling crystals with these bright beads, but I can…

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Thursday’s Dragon #29-Solana

Pink Sparkles Earrings Video Tutorial

Friday Findings-Split Ring Pliers

Thursday’s Dragon #28-Fergus

WOYWW-Soldering Copper Samples

Viking Iolite Earrings Video Tutorial

Friday Findings-Flush Cutters

Thursday’s Dragons #26 & 27 Castor & Pollux

WOYWW – Spinning Beads

Sparkleberries Cuff Bracelet Video Tutorial