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Here’s my latest batch of resin pendants.  I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.  All of these are gifts…see if you can guess which one is yours. One of you asked for a crow, but I made you a squid instead.  I hope you are not dissapointed. I hope to make a lot more [...]

I was disappointed with my first batch of resin, but I’ve made a mental 360 after finishing this crow pendant. I was looking at some great pictures of resin pendants that had pictures embedded in them. Then I thought, why not just stick the picture on after the fact? So I used some Mod Podge [...]

… was not a resounding success. Even though I followed all the instructions exactly, mixed everything for the correct time and at the correct temperature, I still got lots of tiny bubbles that I couldn’t get rid of.  I tried embedding some coffee beans, which kept floating to the top and outside edges instead of [...]

I was gifted some coated copper wire from some broken solenoids. It was a great weight and hardness for hook clasps, so I made a bunch. I love the fiery colors of copper.  I’m not sure what the coating is made of, but stood up to quite a bit of hammering.

***Update: There is even fewer items in this shop, because within a couple hours I already sold 2 items! Yay! I have a lot of great vintage sewing supplies that I have inherited and collected.  I love them, but they are taking up a lot of room, and I really can’t sew very well.  I’ve [...]

I made up a batch of beaded lanyards to (hopefully) sell at work.  At eBay we have to wear our security badges around our neck at all times, and the lanyards they give us are boring and itchy. They are mostly made using different seed beads, but I’ve also thrown in some plastic, glass, and [...]

…is the title of my most recent book purchase. I saw it in the grocery store and I just couldn’t resist.  I have been ooing and aahing over http://needlenoodles.com/home/ for a while, her stuff is so cute and clever.  I’m not sure where to start…probably with little cthulhu.  I anticipate that there will soon be balls [...]

I’ve been on a necklace streak lately.  I made a few long stranded necklaces on silver chain.  One is mixed silver beads, one is glass pearls, and the third is crazy beads made of seed beads on wire tangled into a ball.

When my stepfather’s mom died, I inherited a lot of patterns and other craft items.  In amongst it all was a half-done afghan with all the wool and instructions to finish it.  I finally got around to completing it and am going to give it back to my stepdad as a keepsake. Here it is [...]

I liked how this DIY project turned out. It was very easy to do. The stencil work is really quick, but the ribbon is a bit time consuming. You could paint on the line-work, or use machine embroidery to make the project a bit quicker. I had a t-shirt that I wanted to customize, and [...]