Thursday, May 27, 2010

Cute finishes!

The beaded gift set from Goody Beads:

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This was a fun project!

Friday, May 21, 2010

A work in progress, and some "goodys".

Yeah, the misspelling was on purpose- my Goody Beads order arrived today- I only placed it on Tuesday!

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Salad server, canape knife, appetizer fork, and the beads to go on them. This will make a nice gift for someone. :)

I caved in and bought some of the new Industrial Chic charms at Michaels yesterday:

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These sets are expensive- $5.99 each.

I'm using most of them in this project- this isn't final, I haven't decided if this chain really works.

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The pendant is going to be the focal point of a necklace I'm making for my sister. She's been to France, and I thought it would be nice to make a necklace with Paris-themed charms for her. Here I've added an old coin to the pendant:

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I'm going to be very, very busy in the coming weeks!

I also picked up a fabulous new book for my beading library- Custom Cool Jewelry.

http://www.amazon.com/Custom-Cool-Jewelry-Personalized-Pendants/dp/1596680741/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

New necklace!

Most of the charms and the chain are from Pearls and Pumps.

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Close up- I glued the cameos/crystal to the bezels.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

And more new goodies...

Michaels has a new line- Industrial Chic. It's very interesting...

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=Industrial-Chic

I like the idea of turning found objects into jewelry! I'll have to pick up a few pieces.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Uh-oh!

Goody Beads. I've never visited the site before, and now I can't stop looking!

http://www.goodybeads.com/

I especially like the bead pen kits.

I have a nice coupon to use that doesn't expire for a month...I have some serious shopping to do!

Monday, May 10, 2010

New goodies and a finish!

I've been too busy to do much recently- but today I went shopping and found some great new stuff! A.C. Moore had some things I'd never seen before:

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I like the Vintage Groove stuff! And Blue Moon's Bella Artiste line is a winner. I combined one of their pendant and one of the Vintage charms:

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Blue Moon's Design Studio line will be fun to work with. I've been looking for "blank" pendants to make my own designs with.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

New stuff at Michaels...

I like the new "Bella Boho" line from Bead Landing. I picked up these charms the other day, and just put them on a chain:


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A very quick project that I'll get to wear often. I love the colors.