28 Wednesday Mar 2012
Posted in beading, Gilded Girls, jewelry making, words
I really ought to stop playing with the beads. But once they become a bracelet, they will never again live an alternate life as Words.
Love.
The beads are not glued down. One breath or tiny bump to the table sends all the round ones scrambling. Such a challenge to patience! The position is so fleeting. Then I brush them back into the bins and the surface is once again bare.
27 Tuesday Mar 2012
Posted in beading, crafts, Gilded Girls, Inspirational, jewelry making, sparkling, words
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…shine.
Shine!
These beads are from a bracelet kit from Gilded Girls. I looked at the pile of beads and wires and felt there was more to it than just a bracelet. Maybe it was the wing that gave me pause.
Don’t forget to slow down and shine.
07 Tuesday Feb 2012
Posted in Craft Fail, jewelry making
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Some of my short lengths of jewelry chain were getting tangled up in the box so I decided to wrap them around something. Great use for the wine corks, I thought. I drilled one hole through the middle of the cork and then another hole from the top center to the side of the cork.
I dropped an inch of chain through the center hole and then secured it by wrapping chain around the cork. Then I put the remaining end of chain up through the side hole and out the top of the cork.
Looks great!
But then when you lift the cork, the chain falls right off the bottom of the cork! Ha ha!
Back to the drawing board on this design.
Craft Fail - Jewelry Chain keeper. The chain falls right off the bottom!
