Drill, baby, drill!

I found a great idea for a necklace in the book Hip Handmade Memory Jewelry- making small pendants out of coins! I have a bunch of coins from a trip to Austria 20 years ago- and I drilled holes in each:



It didn't take too long to drill them. Later, I'm going to mix them with beads on a chain.

Also, I made another memory glass pendant- this time with a Monet sticker:



The book:

http://www.amazon.com/Handmade-Memory-Jewelry-Cathy-Jakicic/dp/0871162741

Beading break is over!

It's been a while. I really haven't done much beading since mid-December.

Christmas was very busy for me this year. Once my presents were finished, I didn't have time for any new projects!

I have a few new beading books- some projects in them call for "memory glass". I've been searching for them for a while, and finally found them at Michaels. I picked up two sizes with matching frames, and I've already made one pendant:




I put a sticker in between two glass slides and then snapped on the frame. Then I added a few bead dangles and a chain, and presto! Art jewelry. The glass and frames are made by Ranger. The cat sticker came from a Dover sticker book- Cats in Art.

Another work in progress- a detail from my favorite Renoir painting, Dance at Bougival:



Another sticker between the glass, with mini rhinestones glued to the frame. Later I'll put it on a chain, perhaps with some more beads and charms.

I look forward to making more of these- using stickers, scrapbooking papers, anything paper that will fit between the slides!