I made these last night when I couldn't sleep as I watched Life of Pi. I used Miyuki Delica seed beads that I got a couple of days ago. I'm really glad that there are so many colors of beads available locally now compared to when I started beading in the mid 90s and could only find primary colors. Beading is addictive, I have to say. So much so that I started ordering more beads from Czech Republic/Latvia sellers on Etsy cos they had nice range of pinks and different hues of blues. I'm so excited, I really can't wait for them to arrive!
Showing posts with label accessories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accessories. Show all posts
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Nuts and floss.
I seem to be in a accessories phase. The making of them, mostly. Especially, since I'm more accustomed to buying solids instead of prints when it comes to blouses and tops which would make necklaces the cherry topping to my ice cream. But then, I don't like cherries, so let's make it NUTS instead. Appropriate though, cos the above necklace was made with hex nuts and embroidery floss. And I found out that tassles are super fun to make!!
My pinterest is always filled with craft ideas, and I've had this tutorial for awhile but never got around to making this til now especially since I found the receipt with the hex nuts dated February 2012. You can find the tutorials here and here.
I went over the Spotlight last night to get me some more floss and grabbed them in themes cos a friend of mine requested I make one for her. I thought I'd be spending over $35 on floss alone and was a little apprehensive about it while walking to the counter. The cashier counted 43 colors and then asked if I had the 30% discount voucher sent via sms, to which I looked at her blankly and said no, but then remembering receiving an email from Spotlight but was cursing myself for not reading it, but she gave me the discount anyhow, and I only paid about $25 and wished I had bought even more cos now looking at the above spectrum, I missed out on reds and browns.
I later found the discount voucher in my email. It was a secret 2 day sale and boy, am I glad I decided to go yesterday. Note to self - always read emails from Spotlight.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Sew a Song
(image from Sew A Song)
Eversince I discovered Etsy about five years ago, I have added tons and tons of things to my favorites list in hopes of one day purchasing them. And apart from clothes, shoes and supplies, there are a ton of accessories in there. I tend to go in phases with accessories. I wear my owl ring almost all the time, and the last time before this year that I wore necklaces or bracelets religiously was way back in art school(more than 10 years ago). Considering, I've always been accustomed to wearing plain colored clothes, I figured I'd add these little details. And so, on a whim, I purchased the necklace handmade by Eva Duenas of Sew A Song on etsy. Its just so wonderful to look at.
And it was wrapped so nicely that I now understand the feeling of not wanting to open a package cos I'm afraid to somewhat "destroy" something that someone has put such careful thought into. But of course, I did. :)
Below are some of the other necklaces she has to offer.
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