My son saw me wire wrapping this bracelet with copper wire and decided to pull the wire out of a bunch of electronics he had saved for recycling. Now I’ve got piles of 28 gauge copper wire and figured I’d better do…
Today’s project is from a Craftsy class, Make Your Own Wirework Findings. I’ve wanted to try it for a while, but didn’t have the heavy gauge wire necessary. These headpins are 12 gauge copper wires with one end hammered into a paddle shape….
Today instead of playing with polymer clay, I decided to work with 14 gauge copper wire and try one of the projects from Cindy Wimmer’s The Missing Link: From Basic to Beautiful Wirework Jewelry. Cindy’s book walks you through making several different…
Today’s project is one I’ve been thinking about for some time. It involves taking one of my dragon cameos and making a mold of it with Castin’ Craft EasyMold Silicone Putty. (This stuff from Amazon may seem expensive, but you get 16…
Hello Wednesday All! Today’s desk shows me working on Day 2 of my personal Make It In March challenge. (See the previous post for what I’m doing and why.) There are several tutorials on YouTube for making a miniature pie using a…
Do any of you other creative types find yourselves frustrated with the number of ideas you have vs. the amount of creative work you actually get done? It seems to happen to me cyclically, perhaps three or four times a year. The…
Happy Wednesday, all! Would you believe 99% of the products on this desk are for making one little card? It can be a bit much for us crafters, but if you’re Tim Holtz and Ranger, it’s nothing less than brilliant marketing. 🙂…
A couple weeks ago I mentioned I was working on this jacket. Welp, now it’s done. 🙂 This pattern has been hanging around for a while, and when I saw the ribbon flowers fabric I knew just what to do with it….
Happy Wednesday, all! Sorry I didn’t participate last week, but I’ve been spending way too much time watching the Olympics so there was nothing at all interesting on my desk. (Click on any of the photos for a closer look.) This week,…
Just in time for Valentine’s day here’s a great sparkly, dangly pair of earrings. With hearts! ….and crystals… and gold. How much better can it get? Now that I’ve gotten used to Swarovski crystals, I don’t think I’ll ever go back…
