Something pretty

Every once in awhile I need a little something sparkly. What I mean by sparkly is something that is pretty, attractive or naturally feminine. I naturally gravitate towards these things being a girl and all and I truly like beautiful things such as jewelry, clothes and pretty dishes. But on a normal day to day basis, living with two sporting boys I am usually surrounded by masculine, grungy and more often than not, very stinky items.

What's a girl to do? Well sometimes the feeling just completely over takes me and I find myself running to the craft store for stuff like this.

Jewelry supplies. I decided to make some stuff. Some sparkly stuff.

  I started out very small. A tiny and very simple set of earring's.

 

I loved the end result and wanted to make one more pair. But I resisted and only made eight. I'm always making an attempt at being minimal. Not that it ever really works for me. But I try. And that's what matters right? 

The pink pair really had me swooning. Pretty in Pink for sure.

Then I decided a week or so later, (I think it was a Thursday) that I really love bracelets and made the executive decision to make one of those also.  

Except I think I went a little advanced for my particular skill level in jewelry and attempted this little bauble.

 

A three strand bracelet. I found one similar in a book and thought it would be pretty in the gold and brown hues of the beads here above. But again I just forgot to take into consideration the difficulty level of a three strand bracelet  especially with me being a first time jewelry maker and all.

It wasn't easy.

I had to twist and turn and wiggle to get the beads strung. And that was just my upper body.

 

Eventually I had to hold one end of the bracelet  between my legs just to string the rest of the beads and get the darn thing finished. I believe they have tool's or boards or something like that to hold what your working on but of course I  wouldn't know anything about that. Cause I've never done this before. But who would want to stop and think about that sort of thing before starting a project?  Not me apparently.

 

The final result... a pretty little piece that I have worn proudly several times and will continue to do so.

 

I think I will continue to make more jewelry pieces. Its a refreshing process. Really it is. Despite the inevitable frustrations. And it's a nice little break from washing smelly skateboard knee pads.

I highly recommend it. Give it a try sometime.

Also I am enjoying these picture mosaics I am making over at big huge labs.

Try those also.

Over and out.

The SLM

 

Comments

[Jenni]

I love your new Pretty Little Things project!! :) Your talents soar when it comes to artsy, creative stuff and this is nooooo exception! I'm also a very happy girl that I get to reap the benefits of your new endevor! I love my purple and pink earrings!!! :D