Just stopping by to post my current obsession...making jewelry out of clear stones & washers. But first, here's my adorable Christmas wreath that I finally finished (I started it last year...hehe). It's a Santa Claus wreath, and I love it!
I used a styrofoam wreath base and BATH LOOFAHS for his beard! I cut a slit in the wreath form to slip the loofahs over the wreath through the crack. Then I covered the crack with the Santa hat.
I bought ornaments for the boots and pinned them to the styrofoam. I couldn't find an old belt, so I bought the buckle at the craft store.
Besides that, I've spent most of my craft time on making fun jewelry. First I started making stuff with the clear craft stones you can get at the dollar store. I made a lot of magnets out of them, too. Here's some of the things I've made so far.
The pendant/earrings above were made with gold glitter nail polish on the back of the stones. I used several coats and then sealed it with Mod Podge Dimensional Magic. I also used a coat of MPDM on the front of the stones to make them really clear & shiny.
The red pendant below was also from nail polish. The green one was some thin green fabric I had laying around.
This purple glitter ring below was from one of those sticker-type nail polishes that's so popular right now. They don't work well on my nails, so I made this instead! Then I glued a disc magnet to the back so I could switch it out with other stones on a ring base.
After a week or two of that, I started working with washers (yes, from the hardware store). I've been a maniac with these- I've used letter stamps, engraving, stickers, nail polish, scrapbook paper, glitter, you name it! Here are a few pendants that I've made...with many more in progress.
This first one was pretty simple...the center was part of an earring I had, so I just painted the washer with nail polish & then glued it on.
This one is fun...I glued 3 washers together to make Mickey Mouse!
For this one I started playing with alcohol inks. I'm not very good yet, but some of them came out cool.
Then I coated it with Mod Podge Dimensional Magic, of course (it's my new best friend!)
I really like this one. The background is a sticker from my scrapbooking stash. Then I used glitter nailpolish around the edges. The center is a cute button I found, and the 3 gold sparkles are from a nail art kit.
The pendant below was made with glitter scrapbook paper & Mod Podge Dimensional Magic. Oh, and a few beads taken from an old bracelet.
This one was one of my alcohol ink experiments. Then I glued on a swirl of micro beads for something different.
This one is my fave so far. The brown layer is nail polish. I glued on a little gear I bought at the craft store. It's hard to tell, but the gear and the back washer are painted gold. I need to buy a better bead for the top, though.
Finished necklaces so far!
Hope you like them! I have about 10 in progress, so I'll post them soon. I'll also be back with our season of Elf on the Shelf antics. :)
Take care!
*Starr*
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