In these earrings, the wire wraps aren’t just holding it all together, they play a part in the design. Wire spirals make bead caps for the crackled glass beads and funky messy wraps almost have the appearance of another bead above the grey oval…
Many of you have expressed interest in my use of copper wire that was reclaimed from discarded electronics. The fine gauge wire in this pendant came from an old television set. The heavy gauge wire in these bangle bracelets is from old romex…
This week’s dragon is a practical little guy. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. His name is Virgil, can you tell what he’s doing? Check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the details on why I am making a dragon…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once again! Look at the view out that window. You can actually see the ground at the base of the stockade fence. Just a couple weeks ago snow was nearly up to the top. Today finds me working…
We’ve made strung jewelry and we’ve made wire wrapped jewelry. How about combining the two by adding wire wrapped dangles to a strung bead bracelet? These mother of pearl leaf dangles add some great movement and the simple color scheme keeps it…
In today’s video I share with you some of my favorite sources of jewelry making information and design inspiration. Making Bead & Wire Jewelry Step By Step Wire Jewelry Bead Style magazine Bead & Button magazine The Missing Link Bead on a…
A few weeks ago I made a big dragon (Rosalita) looking at a tiny rose. This week I have for you a tiny dragon inspecting a huge rose. Why am I making a dragon every week? Check out this post on Errol, dragon #1,…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! Today’s desk show me working on the walking pods from Christi Friesen’s class over at Polymer Clay Adventure. All of the pieces are currently in the oven. I’m hoping to add this week’s dragon #11 to…
When I saw these cute little Lucite flowers, all I could think was to make dangly earrings with beads coming out like stamens. They didn’t come out exactly the way I pictured, but I think they’re rather adorable. Anyhow , let’s celebrate…
Have you ever wished you could add additional holes to your metal jewelry bits and pieces? Or perhaps you have found objects that just need holes in the right places in order to be made into jewelry or home dec. OR maybe you…
