The muted earth tones in this necklace make me think of the soft light at dawn or dusk in the desert. I love the contrast between the earthy jasper beads and the sparkly Swarovski bicone crystals. Even though they contrast, it’s the colors that…
Top drilled beads add a lot of interest to a piece because they aren’t necessarily so perfectly symmetrical as center drilled beads. Also, all those wire wraps give great opportunity to make nice neat coils or add lots of fun messy wraps….
Two of the dragons so far have been bracelets, and I decided this next one should be a necklace. Check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the details on why I am making a dragon every week in 2015. Click on any of the…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once more! Today’s workdesk finds me playing with my Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker. It specifically makes lentil shaped beads, and is a clever design. For quite some time polymer clay artists have been using light bulbs of various…
These earrings are simple to create and completely open to interpretation. I love the idea of making them longer and with smaller seed beads. That would give ’em a lot of dangly movement. Perhaps in a combination of metallic finishes? Maybe with a…
Since I do so much wire wrapping and hammering in my jewelry, I thought I’d give you some of the basics of working with wire. There are two reasons to hammer wire: to harden it and/or to reshape its cross section. In…
You can tell by this week’s dragon that I’ve been thinking about warmer weather. Meet Ciro, whose name means “sun.” I think it works perfectly with his ocean blue colors, seashell charms and bright golden sparkles. Just like a day at the beach. 🙂 If…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday all! This week’s desk shows a project I’ve nearly completed, which is the next class for CraftArtEdu. (For a sneak peek, check out the upper left.) Also on the desk I’m once again working on the next…
With wedding season coming up, I thought these pearls and crystals were the perfect thing for some dangly, sparkly special earrings. No wedding in your future? Make them in any colors you like, how about all the colors of the rainbow? Or…
Happy Friday, all! Today I have for you the second of our question and answer videos. I’m so glad that you all aren’t shy about asking specific questions in the comments on my videos, and I try to address them all. The questions…
