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Polymer Clay What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW-Polymer Clay Food Charms

December 9, 2014 by Sandy

Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once again! I hope today doesn’t find you too frantic as you prepare for Christmas. It should be a time of joy, not stress, right? 🙂 Today’s work desk shows me working on some fun miniature clay food charms….

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Crystal Snowflake Earrings Video Tutorial

December 8, 2014 by Sandy

Truly, nothing sparkles like a Swarovski, and I fell in love with these crystal snowflakes at a bead show I attended recently. Since they are clear, you could match them with just about any color beads you like. However, these light blue glass bicones…

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Friday Findings – Beaded Snowflakes Tutorial

December 5, 2014 by Sandy

This beaded snowflake is a fun project to make for ornaments, sun catchers, gift toppers or even the gift itself. It’s a great way to use up beads and practice your wire work skills. If you want to make a bunch of…

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Polymer Clay What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW – Polymer Clay Tribal Pendants

December 2, 2014 by Sandy

Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! I hope those of you who celebrated it had a lovely Thanksgiving. (And for the rest of you, I hope you had a lovely just-another-Thursday.) 🙂 We went to a friend’s house and the cake I brought was…

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Pattern Review – McCall’s 6796 Wool Sweater

December 1, 2014 by Sandy

It was quite some time ago that I promised you photos of several sweaters I was making for the winter. They (mostly) came out great, I just haven’t gotten around to taking pics for you yet. This one I managed to snap…

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Fuchsia Finery Statement Necklace Video Tutorial

December 1, 2014 by Sandy

There’s an interesting story behind how this necklace got started. I have mentioned that I teach jewelry making at my local Joann’s store. We were having a demo day where we show samples of our work and the teachers are available to…

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Friday Findings-How To Make Beaded Ear Wires

November 28, 2014 by Sandy

It was quite a revelation to me when I learned that I could make my own ear wires, especially when I realized it takes under five minutes to make a pair. And that includes gathering all the materials. I will admit these…

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Beads & Jewelry What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW – Making Beaded Snowflakes

November 25, 2014 by Sandy

Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, everyone. And Happy Thanksgiving to you all, as well! Today’s workdesk shows me trying to cram the usual five day week into three because of the holiday. I’m working on a project for an upcoming Friday Findings…

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Blushing Pinks Necklace Video Tutorial

November 24, 2014 by Sandy

Today’s project is a study in simplifying. Rather then seeing how many elements you can add to a piece, how about figuring out how many you can eliminate? I used rose quartz round beads, but you could just as easily use pearls….

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Friday Findings-Liver of Sulfur Patinas

November 21, 2014 by Sandy

Many times on this blog and in my jewelry videos I have mentioned using Liver of Sulfur patinas, so today I thought I would show you how it’s done. When I first heard the phrase “Liver of Sulfur” it sounded scary and the process sounded…

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Fuchsia Finery Statement Necklace Video Tutorial

Friday Findings-How To Make Beaded Ear Wires

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Blushing Pinks Necklace Video Tutorial

Friday Findings-Liver of Sulfur Patinas