Category Archives: jewelry
Swapping with a friend
A fellow crafty friend at work asked me to make her something to conceal her tampons during “that time of the month”. She only has a few years left to endure, but she wanted them to be a little more … Continue reading
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Flip off!
These are the caps to many different liquid medication vials that I use at work. I’ve seen them every day that I’ve worked for the past 8 years of my nursing career but for some reason I’ve never actually read … Continue reading
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Tagged earrings, jewelry, recycle, reduce, reuse
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Earrings & Bracelets
I’ve been having fun playing with my new bead collection. Here are some great places for learning how to make your own jewelry:Artbeads.com Learning Center and Beadage:Make Jewelry Once you get a few necessary tools, it can be very fun … Continue reading
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More beads
Tomorrow is the last day for the bead show, so I had to quickly make my way there today before it was too late. This time I was armed with a wholesale pass from a friend and scored some very … Continue reading
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#5 Candy Bracelets and Sugarplum Fairies
So, a while back I needed some plain white polymer clay. I was very much busy in the middle of something and kinda begged my hubby to run to Michael’s and get me some. He had to pick up our … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Hoopla, jewelry
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Make your own buttons for ANOTHER button bracelet tutorial
I still have a thing for buttons. They are perfect for accessorizing just about anything- clothes, pillows, dolls, bags. And I love handmade jewelry (even though I can’t wear any right now because of four small hands that like to … Continue reading
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Button Note:
I would add this to the last post, but wordpress won’t let me make changes to my post without having to re-link and re-write (ugh!!!). Anyway, I wanted to add that I have a flickr group for button jewelry & … Continue reading
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More buttons
~ I made another little button bracelet, this time using a cheapy craft store bracelet chain, jump rings and a bunch of plastic black & white shank buttons. It’s a noisy little bracelet, but I kinda like the way it … Continue reading
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Button Bracelet Tutorial
*** This tutorial was updated on Sept. 28, 2007. Please see my flickr photo set with step-by-step photos. And also check out the Button Bracelet and Button Jewelry Flickr Group. *** What you need: Embroidery Floss- (I used DMC® Metallic … Continue reading
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Button, Button- who’s got the button
I saw some really cool button jewelry HERE (from a Japanese craft book via applehead) and it has been hauting me ever since. So last night , while watching Sideways for the second time, I decide to give it a … Continue reading
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