Monday, May 23, 2011

New Jewelry making techniques! Working with Jump Rings:)

Last week I went to the library with my son and got sidetracked and ended up looking at the crafting section. I came across a book on jewelry making with jump rings. I thought wow, these look extremely complicated, but I'm gonna give it a try anyway. So I bought a bunch of jump rings and a few hours later, this is what I came up with! What do you think of my new creations? I'd love to hear your opinions:)http://www.etsy.com/shop/adia61382?ref=si_shop






Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Bobby Pin and Clippie Obsession

The possibilities are endless with these so called "bobbies"! They are easy to make, fun to create, and simple adorable in your hair! I have used lots of flower cabochons for these, little buttons, butterflies, and recently started making my own colorful flowers to put on them. Here are a couple of my favorites:)


My new favorite thing to make- Charm Bracelets!!

They're addicting, exciting, creative, colorful- I just have so much fun making them and sometimes have a hard time putting them up for sale:)  I always find myself browsing other peoples handmade charm bracelets thinking- oh no I need that one! But do I really? Why is it that other peoples things are so much cooler than your own? I'm always very amazed and a little bit intimidated by the talent that a lot of people have on Etsy. I hope that someone out there can see talent in my makings too. I have a blast thinking of new ideas for new bracelets. Here are a few that I just recently made.