Through the Looking Glass

Last Saturday, while running the stall one lady explained that she was looking for a simple necklace with pendant to wear with an outfit for a night out. This has been playing on my mind all week and although I had no way of knowing for certain if she would turn up I decided to have a go at trying to produce something she might like. All the clues that she gave me were, not too big a pendant, not too bright colours and classy but simple. So on Friday night I sat down and came up with this. Very pale pink beads, almost see through combined with silver effect ribbed beads and then finished off with a diamante heart pendant. Unfortunately the lady did not return to the stall this Saturday, so I have no idea if it hits the mark but I like it. I have called it Through the Looking Glass necklace.

Playing with Fimo

I decided to bite the bullet and played with the fimo on Wednesday. Now on the craftsforum there are people that make some amazing creations with fimo, beads, cake toppers and skeletal forms that are turned into fairies and the like. I know that I couldn't hope to compete with these people but I had to give it a try. Think of being a 4 year old child again and playing with plastecine and you will know how much fun I had making these. One thing that I will say is that the one point that I have learned is not to try and work the clay while it is cold in the house, wait until the heating comes on and it becomes ten times more easier. Once shaped I baked them in the oven and then with much trepidation I drew on the face and other shapes with pen. Were they going to run, would they smudge. No I was ok, thank God. Finally I glued the brooch back onto them. Anyway here are the final creations, let me know what you think. First is the Moon, then the Stars and finally with all this moonlight your heart may just go ping.

Hearts and Flowers

Ok Ok I made up the part about the flowers but this week I decided to try some new ideas out. This is the rings that I made on Monday, simple but quite effective and guess what I managed to glue the buttons together, then glue to the ring shanks without glueing my fingers together (see previous post about the problems that I normally have with glue). I really like these and when I took them with me to the mini market that I was selling at today they also attracted a lot of attention. Let me know which colour you prefer.
I have called them Pink Button ring and Blue Button ring.

I Heart You 2

On an earlier post I showed a bracelet that I had made out of red and white hearts. My son in exchange for a tidy bedroom asked me to make him a bracelet in the same style as I Heart You, but teenagers being teenagers he did not want the typical red and white colour theme. Could I get something a bit more trendy? Well his wish is my command, I was not too sure about the colours when I bought the beads but actually the finished result i really like. What do you think. I have called this I Heart You 2.

Love is in the air

Thursday is another valentine's make. Had a bit more time today so made a charm style bracelet with different hearts and clear crystals. Love must definately be in the air, it's not like me to be so romantic. Maybe it is wishful thinking, however as I have been married for 19 years this year the likliehood of me getting a present is not very high at all.