Marie - 1 ; Wire - 3.

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!

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 =).

New stuff!

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!

For Audrey.

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 =).

Mom's birthday gift.

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.