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Jewelry Sale!

2009-10-20T16:44:00.000-07:00

Getting rid of all my already made jewelry and making room for the new stuff! All items only have one in stock unless otherwise stated!

Fall
$24

Pumpkins and Leaves
$8

Hello Kitty
SALE!
$15

A request that was never picked up.
SALE!
$15

My favorite!
$18

Star Bracelet
SALE!
$8

Update.

2009-10-14T21:05:00.000-07:00

As you probably have read from this post, I've been busy. Might explain the lack of new items.

But exciting news!

I'm planning on completely changing my jewelry line around. I'm not going to be focusing on crystal pendants as much anymore, I just find it hard to come up with things when there's a limited amount of designs for the crystals. I'm still going to use them in my pieces but they're not going to be the only thing on them, get what I'm saying?

Which means, everything I've already made has to go. I'll be putting up all of the pieces for sale soon and everything has to go! So I can get started on the new stuff!

I'm still going to be working on my Disney collection as planned and my Wicked/Wizard of Oz collection as semi planned. With this new change, I've come up with a bunch of holiday idea's! I'm excited :D

Sadly, I havent mastered wire wrapping so my excitement is probably going to die down a little when it comes time to wire wrap LOL. We'll see! Hopefully I get it down quick! Hey. If Martin can do it perfect in 3 tries, I can do... right?! Hehe.

Requests + Fall + Disney preview.

2009-09-16T00:55:00.000-07:00

REQUESTS

Someone requested this as a Jacob inspired piece.

Because by now you should know I like playing with crystals!
I cant get over how PRETTY this crystal is!

My good friend Mae wanted a crown with a black or purple star.
I didnt have a purple star, but I had a light purple starfish.
These are just up for her to choose one.

I love the Jet crystals but I hate how plain they look!

Her boyfriend asked if I had any crosses and I didnt. I'm not very religious. I spent some time searching for a non girly looking cross and I actually think this one looks really neat. I just have to make it more "manly" but how do you make a necklace look more manly?!

FALL

My first set of earrings (besides the attempt). Incomplete. I thought I had bought some gold earring hooks but I guess I didnt! I dont know how I feel about these, anyone interested? Should I make more?

Not big on gold (I'm allergic to them on my ears). But I'm actually really liking this bracelet!

Another view, I love the way the leaves feel on your skin!

DiSNEY PREViEW

Cinderelly!

I know it's not the best preview ever, but I dont wanna give away all the good stuff! I'll be making a whole separate post for that when everything's completed. I'm also going to be attempting a Wizard of Oz inspired set. We'll see how this goes!

As always, if you're interested in anything or would like to make a request, dont hesitate to ask!

How rude!

2009-09-15T12:57:00.000-07:00

I was at my local bead store yesterday in search of cord necklaces, a guy friend of mine requested something and pretty silver chain isnt manly enough for me. So while I was there, it seems as though they released a few Halloween themed charms, after the crowd of people died down, I went to go see what they had up.

The display in front of it showed earrings made of beads that looked a lot like pumpkins. The leaf was a bead that was wire wrapped on top and the wire curled under and over the leaf bead. They were really pretty. So I went to search for the naked pumpkin bead. WELL. One of the ladies that were there took ALL of them! She left one. Seriously, you're gonna leave just one why not just take them all!!

I grabbed the last one but I put it back cause seriously, what am I gonna do with one bead? Ugh, I dont know, that just frustrated me.

But I did get what I went there for (I always get so excited that I forget and trail off into something else lol) and I got some fancy chain that I'm going to be playing with and yahhh.... I was thinking of making gold-ish jewelry for Fall cause I mean... its fall. But I'm allergic to gold so that might explain why all of my stuff is in sterling silver. But I figure I can let a few gold things slide for Fall.

I'm going to be working on the Disney inspired stuff today and I probably wont post anything about it up until everything is done (or mostly done, depending on how excited I get). I'm a little bummed I dont have anything Alice related, I have a few idea's but its finding the supplies for those idea's that's the hard part.

I'm on a wild search for witch hats (I love witch hats) and I'm having a hard time finding ones I can afford, just because you slap "Harry Potter" in the front doesnt mean you can add an extra to the price! My cousin is sending me some crystals from the Philippines, so I'm excited to get those too!

Marie - 1 ; Wire - 3.

2009-09-11T20:40:00.000-07:00

Spent the day attempting to wire wrap again. And again, the wire won. Not only did the wire win but I also managed to crack my glass leaf bead. Didnt look good, at all. But hey at least now I know they're shatter-able. Yeah, I know, it shoulda been a given (glass bead) but I'm just trying to make myself feel better!!

I got the Disney inspired charms in and now that I have them (and have spent a crap load of time staring at them) I completely forgot what I had in mind. A lot of the things I planned to do with them requires me to wire wrap. Oh come on! I'm gonna have to learn this sooner or later!! Might as well just suck it up and make it sooner.

I've been watching a ton of videos and reading a bunch of books and some how I still just dont get it! Then again I learn better if someone is actually showing me, in person. So Martin is determined to do it, and teach me how (as he is with every hobby I acquire, isnt he the sweetest). I might just make him pre wire wrap all my stuff before he leaves for boot camp LOL. No, that would be mean... but I mean he is gonna be gone for six months. Might as well help me somehow LOL!

I did manage to make the Hello Kitty necklace I had in mind for awhile now.

I have two of these up for sale. $18 each =).

My fall collection isnt going so smoothly, I've been too caught up in the Disney one to think of anything else (sorry Fall)! But I am trying to put together some Fall earrings and a few more necklaces. I found the first one I made to be too distracting. I'm going to change it up a little bit. And maybe make something a little more simple. But it does look really nice when you're wearing it!

I've been putting some thought into what I want my jewelry to look like. I love the crystals because I'm addicted to colors and things that shine but I want something that reflects who I am and something that you could relate to. See, this is why I dont make stuff because everything has to be so damn epic with me all the time! Haha. But what fun would things be with no story, right?

Christmas isnt exactly my favorite holiday. I have a love/hate thing going on with it so I wont be coming up with any Christmas stuff. But winter is also one of my favorite seasons so I will be coming up with a few winter inspired things. We'll see...

Three new pieces!

2009-09-03T19:04:00.000-07:00

My first necklace for Fall. Not sure how I feel about this just yet... I'm trying to think of other things I can make, its a little harder than I thought it would be since there arent many crystals to choose from.

Matching earrings I made for Mae's necklace. The hooks were too big to work with so I trimmed them like the bead lady told me to, but I think I trimmed them slanted so they dont close straight anymore =\ lame. Its okay though, it was my first attempt at making earrings. These are cute, now if only I could get the hooks on right. I bought another set of hooks, so I'm gonna try again... after I come up with a better battle plan lol.

I wanted a simple necklace for myself so I made this. I am IN LOVE with this crystal! Its sooo pretty! I had a hard time picking a bail since the other ones I tried to pair it with ruined the fact that it was a heart crystal. Even with the one I picked you cant tell its a heart, which kinda bothers me.

I made an extra one of these so if you're interested let me know =).

Crystal searching.

2009-09-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

I got two new shipments of crystals that came in late last week and I had a few things in mind but I also bought some stuff yesterday. I was wondering, when those of you who make jewelry what things to you put into consideration when you're searching for crystals? Do you buy whatever looks cute? Or do you have a certain project in mind when you buy your crystals? Sometimes I do both, or sometimes something will kinda put itself together while I'm there, but a lot of the time I buy things that I think are cute and I get home an I have nothing to pair it with! Grrr.

I had a few Fall idea's in mind (like I've been mentioning over and over again) and now that I have the crystals I totally forgot what I had in mind!! Haha. I hate when that happens. I usually write it down, but sometimes I forget to write down the details. I usually just write down the supplies which sometimes, are no help at all. I kinda just wish I had a bigger selection of things to work with, which I dont since jewelry making isnt exactly cheap.

Also! When you make bracelets, what do you use? I have wire but I dont know if that's the right thing to use? A friend of mine asked me to make her a bracelet and I have no idea what to use to hold it all together.

Hopefully I think of something new today, I need to put some new things out. And I'm having a mini jewelry sale (as in 2 items lol) or I might just wait til my new stuff comes out. Havent really decided just yet...

New stuff!

2009-08-22T20:43:00.000-07:00

Aries version of the necklace I made my mom for her birthday.

Mae's request.
Scorpio, Black, no heart... sorry! I tried!

Sammie mentioned something like this.
Wanted to see if it would work out.
$10 if you're interested =).

I tried it with a charm. I personally like it without one.
$14 with a charm if you're interested =).

I probably shoulda used a smaller jump ring.
I think I'll try that.

A lot of my friends have been asking for red & black stuff.
I came up with this, the bail's werent as epic as I thought they would be.
The red crystal isnt as dark as I wanted it to be.
But it still looks pretty bad ass!

I just wanted to post this because I accidently bokeh'd!!
I'm so happy & proud of myself!! =D
Without a dSLR!! =)

Oh if you're interested this necklace is $30.

I cant get over how pretty this crystal is! Seriously!!
Sorry Audrey I'm taking a million pics of your necklace lol!

Check.

2009-08-22T17:40:00.000-07:00

~~Mae's necklace~~
~~Star bracelet~~
~~Red & Black~~
Fall necklaces
Sammie's Wicked necklace
Dad's birthday keychain

Remember how I mentioned that I was waiting on a shipment? Well, I got it yesterday. And I was pretty bummed out. It turns out everything I ordered was accidentally ordered as 4MM instead of 6MM. How the hell did I manage to get that mixed up?! I'm so sad. Now all the other projects I was waiting to do will have to wait. I did email the company last night (only to find that I emailed the wrong address so I technically emailed them this morning) to see if I could exchange them. I hope they let me, or I could just reorder the whole thing... but wtf am I gonna do with 4MM beads?!

I went to a bead store in my area yesterday and they had a nice selection of biocones. They also had this really really really really pretty leaf chain I wanted (how can metal feel so SOFT?!) but it was $19.50/foot. Boyfriend didnt even give it a second chance lol. The biocones were $.50/each! For 6MM! My boyfriend was like "no... that's too much. Maybe they mean like... for a certain amount" and they had baggies on the side and there was a 4MM baggie for like $23 for like 20 and he was like "or not, we gotta go, this place aint for us" and pulled me out of the store hahahahah!

So as you can see, I crossed off 3 projects on my list. I should cross off my dad's keychain since a biocone fell out and all I have to do is put it back on, but I'm lazy. In fact, I'm scaring at the biocone thats about 3 inches away from the finished keychain. I know, hellur lazy right?

K gonna go edit the pictures for the new stuff done and post 'em!

Current projects.

2009-08-21T01:53:00.000-07:00

Mae's necklace
Star bracelet
Red & Black
Fall necklaces
Sammie's Wicked necklace
Dad's birthday keychain

I've got a few things gathered for a few fall themed idea's (not as many as I'd like though considering I'm broke!) and I'm pretty excited to put those together. I have two small projects for me that I have in mind. Excited to show those to you guys too!

I'm waiting on a shipment of biocones lol. I recently (as in 2 days ago) figured out how to wire wrap! I need to practice a bunch more since its good (better -- WAYYY better than my first attempt) but its not perfect. Is there a secret to making "the perfect loop"? Cause I find that once I do make a decent loop, the rest from there is pretty easy. Hmph.

If you guys are interested in any of my stuff, let me know =). And feel free to make requests! I'm always up for a request! Trying to figure out what kind of style I like best, and as always with doing that, its taking some time.

For Audrey.

2009-08-14T19:29:00.001-07:00

My bestie has a weird sense of style. By weird I mean, something I wouldnt wear/put together/think of. So we were talking one day and she mentioned how cool it would be to make a necklace out of like fishing wire so you dont see the chain and it would look like the pendent would be "floating" on you. I thought that was kinda weird and might be uncomfortable (but it might just be me, I dont like wearing jewelry for long periods of time, especially necklaces, I have a habit of moving them around a lot). So I came up with a solution to that.

Aquamarine Starfish Swarovski crystal + star chain + star toggle.

I did the fishing wire/beading wire necklace part (I know its not really made to hold a necklace so hopefully she doesnt tug on this!!) then I put a star chain on the area that's suppose to behind your neck for more comfort and of course with my OCD, I just had to finish it with a star toggle.

Taking pictures of this was hard since its on a clear wire and it doesnt show up well. But here's what the whole thing looks like, again, I know the wire is hard to see. I was hoping the dark colors of the book cover would help... but, nope.

And just because I like taking pictures of things. I cant get over how pretty this crystal is!

If you're interested in one of those, please do let me know. You're free to change the color and shape of the crystal as well =).

Idea's.

2009-08-14T01:17:00.000-07:00

So I'm stumped on what to make next! I know I'm in the process of figuring out what kind of keychain (Martin felt that a cell phone charm would be too girly for him, pfft) to make my dad. And I'm also in the process of making a necklace (of which I'm waiting on the products to be shipped to me) as well as a necklace I'm calling "For Audrey" since my best friend's name is Audrey and well... it was her idea! I just took it and twisted it and of course, made it! I hope she likes it!

I'm trying to come up with a few things for Fall, esp since Fall is my favorite season!

Other than trying to come up with idea's, I'm on the search for a better quality chain. The one I use now is good cause it comes with a lobster clasp but... I dont know, I just hate the way it feels. And its a bit hard to find chain since there isnt many bead stores in my area. Oh poop.

So yes...

Searching for a better chain
Fall idea's

I hope I make some stuff before Fall ends! I'd actually be bummed if I didnt lol.

Mom's birthday gift.

2009-08-10T17:35:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do this for Mother's Day, but for some odd reason... I didnt. So I decided to do this for her birthday. I wanted to make her a necklace. I didnt really know what I wanted to make her around Mother's Day so I'm glad I held off on it until her birthday, I came up with this idea a few weeks before.

Leo charm + Peridot Butterfly Swarovski crystal.

This is the first necklace I ever made and it was a pretty fun process, it was really relaxing. The most difficulty I had with this was finding a bail big enough for the butterfly crystal. I broke about two smaller bails trying to figure it out lol. Good thing Martin found me this cute little set that had a bunch of different sizes!

Leo & star charm + Blue Flower Swarovski crystal.

This was also for my mom. This is the very first thing I ever made with Swarovski's. But I ended up giving it to her early cause I was just so excited about it lol. Its a cell phone charm!

I also made myself a similar necklace to the one I made her but I havent taken pictures of it yet. I have another necklace I plan on making (once my supplies get here) and another necklace in progress that my bestie had an idea for. If I end up satisfied with either one, I might just include them in a giveaway on my beauty blog.

Hello =]

2009-08-02T02:34:00.001-07:00

So I was against making a crafting blog since I dont really have much to say and I havent really made much just yet... but I figured, why not? I could write about my struggles with taking up crafts!

Those of you who read my personal blog, probably have already heard this.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be crafty and I just... failed. At anything and everything having to do with art or crafts or anything. I remember spending weeks on making my own slippers with fabric. And I had glitters and stuff on it, but they fell apart =(. I remember trying to make bead necklaces and t-shirts and all sorts of things! I remember trying to draw and even now, til this day, I suck at drawing. I started graphic designing and its... eh, it could be a lot better. But then again, we always judge ourselves harshly, right?

Truth is, I'm not an artist. Not even a little bit. I'm a writer. Writing is my passion, my talent. But I dont want it to end just there. I always have this intense drive to be creative, even if I suck at it. And even though I come up with these great idea's in my head, its hard to get them out looking like what I see in my head.

My boyfriend says that I jump forward to fast. I tend to skip the learning process and I want to get straight into the pro status. And I need to slow down, I need to start from step 1 instead of step finished. True, I'm impatient but maybe he's on to something! lol.

So I figure, why not write about my struggles as well. Maybe some day I can look back at this blog and think wow, did I suck that bad at one point? Man, that was a great learning experience.

So, welcome to my crafts blog you guys. I'm not going to promise that it'll be update as much or as often as my personal or my beauty blog, but it will be here when I need to curse and scream and wonder and plot. And to share my creations with you. They wont be extreme or amazing but please, be friendly about it =] haha.