I remade the necklace shortly after last night’s post. I just didn’t like the focal bead and I knew I wasn’t going to wear it if I kept it the way it was. Soooooo….I took it apart and restrung it without the focal bead. Much better. Must go put a zipper on an armoured jacket. […] Read more…
Beads
Screw you Victoria Day. I didn’t like you anyway!
Crappy thing about working for an American company in Canada? I have to work Canadian holidays. Bleh. Nothing downtown is open for lunch, the buses run on Sunday schedule and I can’t buy yarn! I’ve been working on a new crocheted amigurumi project based on this little guy (some of you will who he is!) […] Read more…
The birds and the bees they are wise to the lies…
Two bad things I learned today; 20 hour migraines are quite unpleasant and the smell of burnt popcorn lingers. Forever. Two awesome things I learned today; Xbox Live 1 vs. 100 and that Swiss Chalet delivers in just over 20 minutes. Finished up the necklace with the beads that I mentioned in the last post. […] Read more…
Translucent clay is my new love. And so is my new clay extruder.
Until recently I never thought of trying out translucent polymer clay. I didn’t know how to work with it and I figured what difference could it make in my projects? Man, was I ever wrong. That stuff is genius! It wasn’t until I got the book The Art of Polymer Clay by Donna Kato (Kato […] Read more…
Blue (felted) balls…oh and purple and magenta and orange and….
Finished up the felted beads project late last night. They may a nice quick project when you’re looking for a little instant gratification of finishing a project. Once the beads were felted and dry, I simply strung them on some bead thread with some seed beads and shell beads that I had from an upcycled […] Read more…