Nothing too exciting. Just strung disc beads onto rubber cording and added a clasp.
Glass Disc Beads
I started out making purple/pink disc beads for a necklace. Here’s a picture of them:
Then I realized I already have a necklace made with purple beads. Not disc bead but purple none the less. So, I went towards blue and aquas, even some green – gasp!!
I probably have enough to make one and a half necklaces. I see some of these being used in a future bracelet.
Holiday Metal Work
Hope everyone had a nice holiday. My sister is here and she wanted to make a porthole pendant. She has never worked with most of the equipment, nor soldered so it’s been doing all the teaching. Here’s her first two pendants:
Both porthole pendants are the same cat, Sonny.
Then she had to make tags for her other kitties:
Pictures are of the front and back of the tags.
Then, I made this:
It’s a picture of my kitty, Marley. The picture is of the front and back of the pendant. It’s a little different than the ones my sister made. They have mica covering the picture and the whole thing is held together with wires threaded through the pendant.
I also finished up this one I started before my sister arrived:
I’ve used this picture before but I liked it so much that I made another one.
Happy Holidays!!
Okay so this isn’t a very good Christmas picture but it’s the only thing I finished today.
I also took this with a brand new camera. I was really testing it when I took this picture. The camera is one of those cheap point and shoot ones and I didn’t have any hopes that it would take a good close up but it did alright.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!!
Buttons
My cousin’s quilt club wants some buttons to sell at their quilt show. These are a few samples I’m going to give her to show the coordinator. Hopefully they will want to buy some.
They will get to see them in person which is better than this picture taken with my broken camera. Can you tell I’m miffed because I broke my camera?
Teapot Earrings
I got a request to make some green teapot earrings. When I was getting ready to take the pictures, I dropped my camera on the floor and it broke the display. I was able to still take pictures but I can’t see what I’m taking. Not that I take good pictures anyway but it doesn’t help not having a display.
Off to go look for another cheap camera…..
Copper and Beads Bracelets
These are for an order from the craft show. I never know what size to make bracelets as everyone’s wrist is a different size. I usually make things that fit my wrist and that doesn’t cover “one size fits all”. So, I made these in a different size. I’ll bring my pliers just in case I have to make adjustments when I deliver them to the buyer.
The last one I made because I had the beads and components already out. I’ll show the buyer so she has a couple different designs to choose from.
Where Have I Been???
It seems like forever since I posted anything. I got done with my last craft show but still have some custom orders to finish up. These are a few things I made to sell at the craft show, just getting a chance to put them up now.
More bottle cap key chains. These are really fun.
Since I sold all the kokeshi doll pendants at my first craft show, I had to make more. These are the ones I used brass chains and findings.
Here’s the plain sterling silver ones. I think I like them with dangles better.
Key Chains And Zipper Pulls
I’m trying to get the last stuff made for the craft show this weekend. I needed to make some cheaper items so I did some zipper pulls and key chains.
Decided to use some of the bottle cap beads for key chains. I’m planning on making a few more of these.
Couple of skulls on a round bead. Not sure how popular these will be with my customers.
Rice ball zipper pulls. The last one is the backside of them. They are all the same except for the face. I can never get the mouth on evenly.
More zipper pulls. Mochi trees seem to be popular. Not sure why.
Ginkgo Leaf Pins
I used some of the ginkgo leaf beads I made last week in these pins.
I kind of like them.
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