Today’s Friday Findings is a short one that shows a simple, but very effective technique: twisting wire. I show you three different ways to twist wire, including my favorite, with a power drill! Some things you can do with twisted wire: make…
Meet Armida, dragon #4 in my year-long series. She’s tiny but tough, and to judge by the state of that cage, she’ll be busting out any time now. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. To learn why I’m making a dragon…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, everyone. I’m writing this post today in the midst of a blizzard. It makes one very thankful to have a warm home. Electricity and internet are a bonus! My workdesk today is in its attempted cat-proof state while…
I’ve been meaning to make a bracelet like this one for quite some time, with all the coils and coiled coil beads. The original plan was to use sterling silver filled wire and give it a Liver of Sulfur patina. However, this bracelet uses…
Have you ever come across an interesting object that you thought would be nice in a piece of jewelry but it didn’t have a stringing hole and you didn’t know how to make it work? In today’s video I show you how…
Meet Bernadette, dragon #3 in my 2015 challenge to make a polymer clay dragon every week. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. To learn why I’m making a dragon every week check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! My crafting desk this week has stuff on it I can’t show, so I thought I’d show you one of my other spaces. This desk is in the next room and has my video and photography set…
Every time I look at these stick pearls all I can think is “Dragon’s Teeth.” Not sure why, but that’s where my mind goes, so there you have it. I suppose I could have named it “Spiky Stick Pearl Necklace” but that wouldn’t have…
The 1-Step Looper is a tool I spotted in a magazine a while back, went online and watched the demo video and immediately said, “WANT!” But then my practical (and frugal) nature kicked in and I reminded myself that I know very well how to…
Meet Ferdinand, dragon #2 in my 2015 challenge to make a polymer clay dragon every week. Why am I making a dragon every week? Well, this post on Errol, dragon #1, ‘splains it a bit. Why is this guy call Ferdinand the…
