Something new...

My first attempt at lattice weaving, with crystals and glass pearls. It came out pretty well:





Unfortunately, the thread on one side broke, and I have no way of attaching a clasp. Oops. I may just pull it apart and start over!

Bottle cap beads!

I bought these beads from Goody Beads. They're recycled bottle caps hammered into shape and soldered together. I'd love to learn how to do this! I made a bottle opener for my dad and a pendant for me:



I made two more Christmas charms:

It's been a while...

I just lost the creative bug this year, I guess. But I'm starting to make jewelry again. Here is a bottle cap pendant with a Christmas theme:



These are easy, so I'll make a few more.

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!