I’m always amazed at how much a little bit of wire wrapping can dress up beads and jewelry. The ceramic beads in this bracelet were just kinda “meh” by themselves, but look quite nice wrapped in little wire cages. In this project…
All of you who have garments in your closet that fit, but you don’t wear, raise your hands. I thought so. So WHY are they still taking up your space if you don’t wear them? There must be something about them you like…
Hello and happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! Last week you saw I was in the middle of reorganizing my crafting space after the hubs finished a pair of new shelves for my room. I promised completion pics and here they are. Just…
One good thing about not always being able to buy all the supplies you want, is that you learn to get creative with the supplies you do have. I’ve often admired jewelry made with long metal tubes as beads, especially the ones…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once again! Today’s mess desk is one I’ve been looking forward to showing you for a while now. When we moved into this house I did mostly quilting, so I took the large empty wall on one…
Some of the nicest jewelry designs come about by pulling together a bunch of odds and ends. Bits of chain and charms work especially well for this technique. This time around I made the necklace asymmetrical, balancing the large round shapes on…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once again. Sorry I didn’t participate last week but I couldn’t show my desk as it was full of a project that is going to be published in a magazine some time next year. (Looking serene on the…
If you can squeeze a pair of pliers, open & close jump rings and weave a little cord, you can make this necklace. It’s a rather different look than your average strung or wire wrapped beads and kinda interesting. I’d love to…
Are you inspired by materials or by ideas? I’ve found I often have to have a material in hand, and then the ideas just start flowing for possibilities what to do with it. This gunmetal slide clasp came in a goody bag…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! Today’s messy desk is brought to you courtesy of Tim Holtz’s July 2014 tag. I never did get around to the May or June tags, but Tim had an interesting “recipe” for faux sand to add to this…
