One More Colored Pencil Pendant

This is the last one I plan to make for a while. I need to move on to other things.

Yeah, I’m not that great at drawing. My drawings are very cartoony. I wish I could do something more life like. I used another ceramic shard found on the shores of Lake Erie. I didn’t want to use green but I guess there aren’t too many turquoise colored plates in Lake Erie.

Published in: on November 6, 2012 at 8:52 pm  Comments Off on One More Colored Pencil Pendant  
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Square Chips Necklace

It seems like I’ve been working on this necklace forever. I was making the square chips and ran out of glass. It’s hard to tell from the crappy picture that I’m using filagrana rods of glass. It’s colored glass encased in clear. I used four different shades of blue in this necklace. The little beads between the chips are clear.

It’s more striking in person and quite chunky.

Published in: on November 4, 2012 at 10:53 am  Comments Off on Square Chips Necklace  
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Two Bracelets

I sold some bracelets at the last craft show so I made a few more.

I don’t know what’s up with the beads I used in the one on the left. I must have had a lapse in color sensibility when I made it. The one one the right is only slightly better, at least they are all on the purple side.

Published in: on November 3, 2012 at 5:39 pm  Comments Off on Two Bracelets  
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New Keychains and Key Finders

I sold some key chains and key finders at the last craft show. Thought I’d make more up for the next one.

Key Finders – These hang off the side of a purse so the beads hang on the outside.

Regular key chains. I have to make more zombie girl beads.

Published in: on October 31, 2012 at 9:29 am  Comments Off on New Keychains and Key Finders  
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Goth Girl Bead

Just in time for Halloween. A little goth girl bead. I don’t know why I made it. I was working on beads for a necklace when I had the inkling to make a bead with a face. I can’t do anything that looks remotely like a real eye so this is what I came up with.

She’s got stringy hair. Probably needs washing….

Published in: on October 28, 2012 at 8:29 pm  Comments Off on Goth Girl Bead  
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Metal Hair Sticks

Some customers have asked for metal hair sticks. I totally forgot that I bought some this year. I found them when I was packing my stuff up for the craft show. I made the beads last night and assembled them this morning. They are really easy to put together.

These would also work out well for sweater or lacy scarf holders too.

Published in: on October 27, 2012 at 1:23 pm  Comments Off on Metal Hair Sticks  
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Square Chip Beads

I made some square chips for my mom to use in her Christmas trees. I liked them so much that I thought I’d make a necklace out of them. Here’s what I did last night:

I’m planning on using the spacer beads on the left between the square chips. I used filagrana rods to make the square chips. I think it gives the beads a more airy look. Now I need to make about double the number of square chips to make a whole necklace.

Published in: on October 14, 2012 at 9:38 am  Comments Off on Square Chip Beads  
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Early Christmas

My mom made these yo-yo Christmas trees. They are different sized yo-yos threaded onto a steel mandrel that I made a glass star on the top.

I think they turned out pretty cute considering I don’t usually like stuff made out of fabric yo-yos.

 

Published in: on October 14, 2012 at 9:33 am  Comments Off on Early Christmas  
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Not A Bracelet

This was going to be a bracelet. That was before I goofed up the placement of the end caps. Instead of tearing it apart, I changed it into a necklace.

I added another piece of  leather cording onto the other side, and viola, it’s a necklace. I did add the dangle after as it seemed kind of plain. I kind of like the mish mash of different beads. I might make another necklace all out of different beads. Great way to use up extras.

Published in: on October 12, 2012 at 2:54 pm  Comments Off on Not A Bracelet  
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Black And White Bead Bracelet

I decided to make a bracelet to go with the black and white necklace. I thought I didn’t have enough beads for it and was going to make more later but I decided to see if I could make it work. Since I wanted to use smaller beads for the bracelet, I ended up using more plain spacer beads so it worked out.

 

Published in: on October 3, 2012 at 8:40 pm  Comments Off on Black And White Bead Bracelet  
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