I'm now part of the Etsy Mini blog. I'm under the Jewelry: Seed Bead, Woven section. Everyone should check it out, and those of you who are fellow crafters/artists should add yourselves, too, if you're not already on there.

I finally got around to following Eye Pop Art's instructions for making envelope gift bags last night. I made bags for the jewelry that I'm giving to my mom, one sister-in-law, and mother-in-law for Christmas. I used oil pastels to decorate them and ribbon for the handles. This is a perfect example why I use the name random creative because I love little random projects like this. Here they are all packed and ready to go:



And here is a picture of the resolved frustration bracelet that I was talking about in my last post. This is part of my personal collection but if you're interested in something similar for yourself, please let me know!


I hope that everyone is enjoying Saturday. :)

chain links, another Christmas bracelet, and a resolved frustration

I made one more Christmas bracelet over the Thanksgiving weekend. I think that this will be the last one for this Christmas season although that could always change.

I finished another chain links bracelet actually right before Thanksgiving. This is the third one I've made. I haven't posted pictures of any of them yet so here they all are. The first and third ones are listed on Etsy. The second one is one that I made for myself, but would be more than willing to make someone similar to for others. I thought that these bracelets might feel bulky and awkward, but after wearing mine for over a month now, I have to say that it's really not. It's extremely light and if it fits right, you will barely notice that it's there.



I made a peyote stitch bracelet with detail work earlier this fall. I loved the color combination, but it was too heavy. The loop and toggle kept pulling even after I'd reworked them a couple times. I let it sit for a while because I didn't know what I wanted to do with it and couldn't bare to scrap the idea altogether. This past week I finally figured out what I wanted to do and put it together over the last couple days. I am SO HAPPY with the result. It has the same color effect that I was originally going for and fits me perfectly. It's a right angle weave bangle now and is honestly the first one I've made that really fits me well. I will post a picture of it as soon as I've gotten around to taking one.

Also, in other good news, my mom bought one of my button charm bracelets to give to someone as a thank you present. I'm going to ship it off to her on Monday. :)