Helical Key Fob

This month's Art Elements challenge has the theme of Seed Pods, and is hosted by Jen Cameron. When I signed up for the challenge, I didn't really have any idea of what I would make, but soon after, I was reminded of seed pods from my school days. On our way to school and back,…

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New Year Gifts

Our group of friends got together for the New Year, and I thought I'd make some small gifts for them. I made them pretty much in the last minute since I wasn't too well recently, but I'm glad everyone ended up getting something. I'd created a couple of extras just in case, and it was…

Natasha Beads

I know Natasha beads involve slicing, and Sculpey III is probably not the best clay to use when it comes to slicing. But I had this Sculpey III cane of green, brown and white that I'd made when I started claying, and I haven't really been able to find a use for it, so I…

Sugar skull

While I was on a random Internet 'walk', looking up stuff I'm interested in, and occasionally stumbling upon other interesting stuff, I came across an art bead challenge on Art Elements. The challenge showcased sugar skull lampwork beads made by Jen Cameron from the Art Elements team, and select designers would use the beads in…

Paper bead bunch keychain

Yay, paper beads are back in my jewelry-making! I spent some time recently making paper beads. I used some junk-mail paper for these. I didn't really have any sizes in mind, I just wanted to make two sets of beads -- one set smaller than the other. I cut rectangles from the paper, 4 of…