Barbie shoes!

I made a cute necklace for my mom with a bunch of shoes. She loves it! I'll have to make another one for me, but I'll add small Barbie purses to mine.



Easy project.

It's not quite like the project from Bead Unique- that was a bracelet, and Mom doesn't really like bracelets that much. I also didn't add any beads. I thought the shoes were enough.

New necklace!

I made this beaded necklace with a pendant I bought at the Glassworks in Louisville.



The pendant was lampworked by Mark Payton, one of the resident artists. I watched him "flamework" a different piece in his studio while I was there. It was so cool to watch!

http://www.louisvilleglassworks.com/flaming.html

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!