Birdies!

Sorry for the lack of posting lately.. I dont know what my problem is. I'm really lazy I guess. All I've been doing is making those flowers! They're so much fun. I have like 30 now.. haha
But I got in a creative mood this evening and made this necklace out of a charm from the craft store, and some stray green beads:



Here is a close up of the leaf beads hanging from the branch..




I loved the charm and was happy to think of something to hang it on :)
So.. I will probably post some pics of recent flowers soon.. When I get around to taking the pictures. My camera is being dumb lately.

OH! and my show choir got 1st runner up in our division this past weekend!!
I was pretty proud.

MORE flowers

I seriously can't stop making them. Here is as many as I could fit on my windowsill and photograph at once:


I've just started clipping them onto necklaces like this pearl necklace I recently made. They're so fun! But.. I'm running out of fake flowers.. and I need a color variety but all I have are pinkish hue. I'll be sure to keep posting flower updates as I keep on making them.

And just for fun here is a picture of some earrings I made. They feature a gold lock and key with gems hanging behind the charms.


So, I'm off to go eat some cookie cake - it was my little bro's 10th birthday :)
Wooooo double digits. I definitely miss those days.

Good Morning

I'm up pretty early right now just drinking some coffee cause this morning my mom is making me go to Sherwin Williams to get paint to paint my room.. It's been a while and we've finally decided on a deep plum colour for the accent wall of my room. We've been "renovating" cause my room used to look like a pit - not even kidding, it was a disaster - and now it looks 100 times better. One day I'll get before and after pics up :)

But I also made this cute necklace the other day that I have to share. I had this hammered circle charm (I think it's made out of silver) that I never used. So I cut out a rose from a magazine and varnished it onto the charm and covered it with clear nail polish. Then I strung it through a green leather chain and a ball chain. Here it is:


I'm planning to make more of these as soon as I get more ball chain necklaces.
So. I'm off to go get the paint and hopefully my room will look good :D

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Soooo, after seeing these fabric flowers everywhere, I decided to stop being lazy and make one. Then I made a another one.. Now I'm working on a third one..
They're so much fun! And so cute!
Except.. I don't know what to do with them! Here are two finished ones I made this afternoon:


I could use them as little accents on a purse or something, but they are delicate and I really don't want them to get ripped off because they really do take a while.
To make them I took apart different fake flowers and seperated the petals. I then cut out some fabric in flowery shapes and piece by piece sewed the different kinds of petals on top of eachother in order from biggest to smallest. To finish off the middle I used two buttons and sewed them on.
I have my dad's old army hat I could sew one on..
I dont know.
OR - would they have looked better on top of one another.. like this?


Oh the possibilities.

Quickie

Yes, this is my second post of the evening.. But I made a necklace tonight that I absolutely have to share.



The light quality and colour is horrid in these pics and definitely doesn't give this butterfly justice. The charms hanging are a light sparkly blue heart and a light green teardrop.
The chain is a rustic gold/copper, and so is the little butterfly.
:D
Success!

Sweeeeeeeet Emoootionnn..

I have had that song stuck in my head all day.. WOO AEROSMITH! :D
I haven't posted in a while - so so sorry. I keep forgetting.. oops. I keep forgetting to update Twitter too.
aaaaanyway..
My mom's birthday was the 27th and I made her a few necklaces cause she definitely deserves them! She loves the look of the one bead at the center and ones around it so I took that idea and ran with it. Here they are:The one on the left was her idea and I put it into tangible form.. The middle one was my idea completely (I had a ton of random seed beads that I couldn't find a use for!). The last one was an idea we got from the Sundance catalog. She loves simple, rustic necklaces.
So I'm pretty satisfied with my work!
Tell me whatcha think.

Close ups: (Click to make bigger)

This weekend I also toured this art center in Indy that has classes on glass blowing and metal working. I'm really interested and I think I'm gonna take some classes this summer when I have time.
We also had another competition this Saturday and had to get up at 5 am. Aaah :(
But it was so much fun, and totally worth it! Even though we didn't make finals. Pssh. The judges are just in denial. We rocked.