New project!

This is one of Tim Holtz's "pocketwatch" pendants:



I filled it with his scrapbook paper as a background, then found some other charms to add to the "time flies" theme. Finally, I added a TH word charm outside the watch.

More TH goodies, not sure yet what I'll do with them!

In a Barbie World...

I saw a great project in Bead Unique magazine this month- a bracelet made with Barbie shoes! I bought a stash of shoes and purses:



I'll probably mix the plastic with some metal shoe and purse charms. I have enough of both types to make two necklaces and two bracelets, and maybe a pair of earrings, too!

I also just bought a bunch of Tim Holtz Idea-ology things- a pocketwatch, little bottles, and his great scrapbooking papers and "salavage" stickers. I'm going to have fun coming up with jewelry ideas for those!

Simple and sweet.

Michaels has a new exclusive Bead Landing line- C'est la Vie. Obviously, French inspired! I threw together this little set in less than half an hour: Fleur-de-lis earrings and necklace.



I used a velvet cord, also from Bead Landing. It looks elegant and more expensive than it actually was. ;) Perfect for a cocktail party I'm going to in May! Stage two of my Doctor Who bracelet:



I may omit some of the less-than-perfect charms, and add beads in their place.

More Doctor Who fun!

I made a bunch of Scrabble tile charms using images from Series 5: I'll use the best looking of these to make a bracelet! They've already been drilled.

The Doctor is in.

I made these last night: They will be earrings. I found television-shaped bezels, and since my favorite current show is Doctor Who, I found some images and resized them to fit. I'll have to do a Star Trek set, too. Geek jewelry!

More French poster art...

Yet another memory glass pendant, two sides, both from old French posters.

Side one:



Side two:



A generous friend of mine gave me some old game pieces, including dominos and Scrabble letters. I'm going to be making a lot of charms in the next few months!

More resin madness!

Three charms, two are double-sided.

Queen Bee!





Paris goodies!





One side on this one- and the colors ran a bit. :( No idea why. The seal might not have been completely dry before I added the resin.



Same technique as always, but I'm experimenting with different types of resin (no two-part mixes yet). Mostly I've been using Mod Podge Dimensional Magic, but I tried JudiKins Diamond Glaze. Diamond dries harder and faster, but Mod Podge is easier to pour. Takes 24 hours to harden, though. Aileen's Paper Glaze works well, too. I've had fewer bubbles with Aileen's.

I'm not going to attempt a two-part resin like ICE until my technique is very, very good.