Last weekend I got a big old jar of broken jewelry at a second hand store for a deal. Score! It was perfect for a swap which was coming up. I cleaned all the pieces in my new super sonic jewelry cleaner, then broke them apart and repurposed them as charms. I got a chance […]

I’ve been decorating bamboo tile beads and using them in crafty things. The beads are drilled in an odd place so it’s rather dificult to use them. I outputted a Day of the Dead image onto clear paper and transferred it to the bead. I’ve sealed it with many layers of protective varnish to give […]

Well, I’m still messing around with charm bracelets but the reaction has been pretty underwhelming to say the least. Everyone seems to be making them right now, and that’s cool. It’s really ‘craft of the week’ right now. I’m not one to follow the current trends, so I’ve tried to make them a little unusual. […]

So, I jumped on the charm bracelet badwagon. Yeahhhh. I’m not much of a follower in that regard, but darn they looked like fun. This is the first one I’ve made and I have 2 or 3 more in the works at various stages of completion. I work on them off and on. Sometimes I […]