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!

Fun with animal prints!

I just made this necklace for a friend. I had leftover animal print glass beads from another project, and mixed them with crystals and charms from Jolee's Jewels.



I hope animal prints don't go out of style any time soon! I love making stuff like this.

Black Friday fun.

Michaels had a sale and good coupons- so I picked up some charms.



I also bought some clear glass balls, and filled a couple with beads:

More charms!

Another charm necklace:



These are easy to do. I love charms! I keep finding good new ones.

Also, I've started using the glass hearts I picked up earlier in the year- here's a simple bracelet strung on elastic cord:

Cheap and quick.

Cute little kit from Michaels. Only 2 bucks! And it only took about ten minutes to assemble. It has blinking lights.

So very charming!

This took me about an hour to do. Most of the charms are from Blue Moon's new line, Madame Delphine's. The flowers are from Plaid, and the pendant, Eiffel Tower, and crown are a Michael's brand. The metals are slightly different, but I think the charms all work together.



Close up- I just couldn't resist the tower charm!