This past December I wanted to make some ornaments for my tree. While I love the look of typical Christmas ornaments and colors I found myself pulling out all sorts of colors to make my ornaments. I had just finished making some bracelets with wire and beads, you can see those in the previous blog post, so I kept with that line of thinking to make my ornaments. I made circles with wire leaving a tiny hooked area at the top of hanging, wrapped the wires with fabrics and fibers then wrapped the wire with more wire strung with beads. To finish off the ornaments I tied strips of ribbon all around the ornament and added ribbon at the top in the hook for hanging. I really love how these turned out. So much so that they never made it on to my tree. I hung them in a cluster in my art studio so I can see them every time I am creating. Maybe next Christmas I’ll be ready to use them on my tree. Until then, I get to enjoy them all year-long.
Thank you for stopping by. It’s always nice to see you. I hope you enjoy the photos below.
I rarely make jewelry but when I was making my beaded charms last year I thought I would make a few bracelets just for fun. I made two bracelets using wire to make my bracelet shape. I took some wire, any gauge you like is fine as long as you can bend it easily, and formed a circle the size I would need to slip over my wrist. Then I made it a tiny bit bigger to account for wrapping various items around the wire. Once I got the size I wanted I looped the wire ends together and wrapped them around each other. Then I wrapped the wire with fabric and glued it at the end to finish it off. Then I wrapped fibers, trims and twine around the bracelet adding a bee charm to one of them. I tied the ends off to secure the trims. Then, I made a third bracelet simply by stringing some wood beads on a piece of monofilament I cut to the size I needed for my bracelet. I finished that one off with a jewelry clasp. Lastly, I made a fourth bracelet using garment pins. I just added some tiny beads to each garment pin and then hooked them together. I left one garment pin empty of beads to use for the closure. I love that they are so basic and simple. I probably broke a lot of “jewelry making” rules since I was just “winging it” but I’m ok with that. 🙂
See you soon,
Laurie
Simple Bracelets From Wire & BeadsSimple Bracelets From Wire & BeadsSimple Bracelets From Wire & BeadsSimple Bracelets From Wire & Beads
Happy Valentines Day! It seemed like the perfect day to share this heart I made. I took some wire and formed a heart shape then wrapped it with fabric, and fibers. I also strung some tiny beads on some thin wire and wrapped that around the heart too. I added a large red wood bead at the inner tip of the heart and added a strip of fabric at the top to hang the heart by. Super easy and fun. I hope you all have a wonderful day today.
Happy February. 🙂 Here is another one of those projects I worked on a few months ago where I used a lot of my paper scraps and fibers from other projects. First, I covered a 5 1/4 x 10 1/2 inch tag by Ranger with scrapbook paper. Then, I gathered up some fabric, fiber and paper scraps and a few odd die cuts I had on my desk and started layering. When I was happy with how the tag looked I cut the word “Bird’s-Eye” from my dictionary and added it where the eye of the bird would go. I also cut out the definition of the word “Birds-Eye” and glued it above the bird. At the bottom I used two metal embellishments I had on my desk too. It was simple and fast to make and it helped me use up some more of my scraps. Creating can be fun, fast and easy. I encourage you to use simple pieces at your fingertips and create a cute, funky tag or journal page with them.
Until next time,
Laurie 🙂
Bird’s-Eye – A Large TagBird’s-Eye – A Large TagBird’s-Eye – A Large Tag
About a week ago I introduced Oscar to you in a video. I wanted to create a post for him here for those that prefer to follow the blog. Oscar is a Miniature Australian Shepherd. He was born into a “Toy” liter but based on his size we believe he will be a Miniature. We’ll see as he grows up. It doesn’t matter to me. All that matters to me is he is happy, safe, healthy and loved. Oscar is learning a lot of new things very quickly. At the time of this post he is almost 12 weeks old. I am learning too. Like today, I learned he does not like the sound of the VitaMix as I make peanut butter. He’s so cute. He fills my heart with joy and my hands and arms with punctures from his playfulness. I know this stage won’t last forever but for now, I’m the best toy in the house as far as he is concerned.
