Happy first What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday of 2015! Today’s desk shows a baby quilt I’m working on for an upcoming shower. The pattern is Baby Bow Ties from Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts. I love this book because all the patterns are indeed, sweet…
This necklace is all about the beads and the ombre shading from dark to light. Once you’ve chosen all your beads the little silver spacers tie everything together and the stringing is simple. As usual I chose to make mine adjustable. In the video…
In a previous video I used a purchased wire bird’s nest for my pendant focal point. After studying it for a while I think I figured out the general idea of how it’s made. My design could definitely use some work. I’m thinking…
Happy final What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday of 2014! Now that Christmas is over, I’ve been trying to finish up a few projects, including these Tribal Pendants from Sylvie Peraud’s CraftArtEdu.com class. I wasn’t happy with this first one I made, so I did two more. I’m…
You might have noticed, but I’ve always been one of those “I can make it myself” kinda gals. 🙂 I think that’s why I find jewelry wire work so fascinating, you can make just about everything yourself: ear wires, head pins, eye pins, jump rings and…
Hammering is a fun and easy way to turn a simple piece of wire into something quite interesting. It was a lot of fun making this video and playing with store bought eye pins. I will definitely be revisiting this idea, especially…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday and Happy Christmas Eve! I have no desk to show you today, as all that is on it are some scraps of wrapping paper, scissors and bits of tape. But many of you asked to see the Garden…
Using curved tubes to separate our beads gives this bracelet graceful movement. They really do move around almost like dancing as you wear it. If you haven’t seen curved tubes before, check out the selection at Fire Mountain Gems. I love the “S”…
Last Christmas my husband bought me a beautiful necklace on Etsy; it had a very unique clasp that I’ve been admiring all year. It uses just basic jewelry making supplies: headpins, small beads and a spacer bead, but creates a very elegant…
Happy crazy busy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday that’s real close to Christmas! As you can see from my desk, today finds me listening to Christmas music on Pandora and filling out Christmas cards. Now, I know that many of you are card makers and…
