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North Pole Felt Trivet
These felt pieces are great for creating endless holiday projects! This festive trivet would make a great centerpiece on your table. It can be made...
Mystery Tree for Winter
Decorated my Mystery Tree for winter. Did this to announce the posting of my website. Please see my profile. Thank you all for egging me on.
Components: Bead tree made with goldstone beads from LB and various other beads. Oh - and a little snowman pin.
Atlantis Cowl
I think this is a great way to use the new sari silk cord. One skein can create two shorter cowls or one that is double layered. This is a great...
Mystery Tree
I have these beautiful goldstone beads from LB so I decided to use them to make an unadorned tree. Added leaves and flowers (just laid them on the...
Components: LB - Goldstone 6mm hearts, and 3 x 14 mm tubes, 11/0 seed beads -brick colored, czech glass flowers-red, translucent green and gold leaves.
Winter Wonderland Pin
This is a fun way to dress up your coat or favorite sweater for the season, without being too tacky!
I used a head pin to attach the felt round,...
I used a head pin to attach the felt round,...
Nassa Shell Anklet
Attach these shell charms to your favorite bead chain for an on-trend anklet or bracelet.
Amethyst Dreamcatcher
This dreamcatcher pendant is simple to make, and can be used as a window hanging, a rearview mirror hanging, or as a necklace.
Suggestions
I made this copper wire spiral just to see how big I could make it. It's about 5 inches in diameter and is made with 12ga wire. Now that I've...
Components: 12ga copper electrical wire
Wildflower Hairpins
With just some wire and your favorite Czech glass or gemstone beads, you can easily create your own unique hairpins.
Finished Kaliedeocycle
Finally finished it. I had all ready made the six triangles that are symmetrical so I decided to just use them instead of making 6 more. As you can...
Components: 11/0 seed bead
Kalideocycle
Watched a youtube video about Kalideocycles - Contemporary Geometric Beadwork by Kate McKinnon. My version is not yet complete but the thing is...
Components: 11/o seed beads - blue, Pink, brick, yellow, dark yellow, orange
Repurposed Picture Frame
I found a cheap, ugly frame at the dollar store and proceeded to jack it up with different shades of gold, textured paper, gems and bead caps, wire...
Components: Let your imagination be your guide here. I surrounded the picture with twisted brass wire, which I twist with the help of an electric drill and a vise. I held it in place with glue-gun glue. Super glue becomes too brittle for heavier placements.
Feather Lamp
Another repurposed piece. Old lamp and shade which I had fun with.
Components: Handmade tissue paper, dyed feathers and textured paper, gossamer ribbon, handmade tassel, metallic paints and carnival beads, all applied at organized random.
Fairy Ribbon & Crystal Halo
The crystal bead links on this fairy ribbon halo really make it sparkle, and would make a great accessory for your flower girl!
Fairest of Them All Journal
I enjoy journaling, as well as drawing and painting, so I created this fun journal with heavy weight watercolor paper. This one is more of a coffee...
Components: Paper, paper, paper. I make my own tissue and decorate it with gold paint patterns, pasted to textured paper that I buy. I then raid my junk box for brass and copper wire, findings, beads and chain and have at having fun.
Repurposed Steel Pendant
I've had a 2 x 1/2-inch trough of rusted steel on my desk for a year and I decided to solder an old, odd gold filled earring to the top as a bale....
African Bead Bag Charms
Create a unique accessory for your key ring or purse with African beads & tassels.
Nesting wrens
I saw a pendant years ago at a bead shop that looked similar to this. We have lots of little wrens and goldfinches nesting here for the winter and...
Components: All of the components are LB. I love the little melon beads. I’m a big fan of Czech glass beads. Nesting tiny seed beads at the top.
Clusters? Drops ? Dangles?
A friend suggested I make different designs of these (what ever you call them) that could be switched between long chains, short chains, neck...
Components: glass beads, seed beads, stone, crystal, metal pieces, clay, tiger eye. turquoise and pearls
Designed by God
Not jewelry, but I have to share how God (& Nissan) saved our lives. My husband, daughter, her husband, doggie & I were on our way home from...
Components: Totaled car :( Alive bodies:)
Easy Pieces
While on the road I quickly made two necklaces and some bracelets to wear to events I was attending. Later in the trip I gave one necklace as a...
Components: The necklaces are both mixed glass beads strung on waxed linen from Lima Beads, in a color to go with the chosen scheme. They both have barrel clasps, attached with knots inside the clasps. The bracelets are all simple glass bead stretch bracelets.
Scrap Pile
So I wanted to share something. A truth if you will. Often times when I or anyone else shares a "finished" piece we assume that the person just sat...
Components: Copper and stick to it 'tiveness
It's a Wrap Beads, fabric beads
These are my hand made beads. I loved the fabric beads out there, but I wanted them not to look like fabric. Really it started out as a fluke. Then...
Components: Fabric dye, paint, glaze, foil, Flatbacks, rondells, any embellishments you want.
Handmade silk tafetta beads
These are beads made from silk tafetta, they are stuffed, around a sturdy wire, sewn, embellished with sequins, 2mm crystals, various Swarovski...
Components: Silk Tafetta, sequins, 2mm crystal beads, seed beads, wire, batting, Swarovski flatback crystals, various other beads, headpins.
Coin and Cross Kilt Pin
A way to use up miscellaneous bits.
Components: Kilt pin. Coin and cross charms (Lima Beads), Czech flowers, stray lampwork bead, Toho and Czech seed beads, brown wire (too thick but I managed.
Pink and green bling earings
These are made with green stones and my cylinder beads that I perfected for 10 years of finding what will make them durable, hard and colorful....
Components: My "It's a Wrap beads", crystal rhondels, wire and apple green teardrop stone.
Not jewelry...but...
So I made a lapel pin for my granddaughter's prom date. Volunteered and had never made one before. I had a very long 3 and 1/2 inch wide strip of...
Components: fabric scraps, tea light, pin back, fabric leaves, glass pearl
I'm a Fool for a Good Looking Rock
I like to shop for rocks. My stash has many, many stone pendants and the next time I see an out standing one I'll have to add it to the...
Components: various agate and jasper pendants, photos 1 and 4 have vintage chains
Seahorse anklet
One of the prizes in the Easter egg hunt was a foot of this chain. I added a seahorse charm and a lobster clasp to make my sister an anklet!
Components: Zola Elements angel skin pink coin chain, TierraCast antique gold plated seahorse charm, and a lobster clasp with jump rings. All of this is on sale this week!
Key focals
Before Christmas I made a bunch of keybands/lanyards, which I didn't have time to photograph properly then -- a friend of mine took them to a...
Components: My handmade wooden focals, painted with Gilders paste (LB), patterned with wood burning tool. (The last one isn't patterned, I just stained it lightly to bring out the growth rings, of the leftovers of an old Christmas tree!) Various beads, mostly from LB. Hooks from local stores. Cotton cord.
Something Different
I decorated these tote bags for my daughters for Christmas. They come with the design printed in black & are made to paint/color & embellish. I...
Components: See description.
Snow Angel
This 2.5" little angel sparkles and shines as decoration or a small pendant.
Components: You will need (1) 12mm faceted round bead, (2) crystal leaf drops for wings, 20 gauge wire, (14-16) 6mm rondelles or 4-5mm rounds. Round nose pliers are great for finishing the loop.
Wolf's pride
I made this thinking about earrings, but when I got done it looked more like a pendant or keychain. I ended up making a keychain fob out of it.
Components: size 15 seed beads, leather backing, findings
Starry Night Brooch
Starry Night brooch. Art history has always been a love of mine and Van Gogh brushstrokes are replicated in this brooch with a needle and thread...
Components: Nunn Design Antique Gold (plated) Rectangle Ornate Grande Brooch 28x46mm
PMC Made from a rose
I made this with pmc more than 20 layers and fired in the kiln!
Components: ((( fine silver
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