Happy May Day

The Friday Fav

Here it is Friday already.

Time is just moving too quickly.

But it is time for the Friday Fav.

This week I have chosen to showcase

Starfish Bracelet

Its made with clear, turquoise and green cultured sea glass and 

a silver starfish connector.

Available here

Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Chelle

Thursday's Thought

Life is not easy. 

We gotta give that notion up. 

Take a deep breath.

And leap.

We can relax within the chaos, 

by making friends with space—not having to “do” all the time.

 Not having to rush, rush, rush—and then veg out, to balance.

Find a middle path: do what you love.

Credit: Elephant Journal

Have a blessed day!!

Chelle

Happy 1st Day of Spring!

Oh To My Surprise.......

What a day it has been.

I have a few bags of mismatched earrings and jewelry from

thrift shopping that I haven't gone through just yet.

I had forgotten that I had thrown in some items that were just lying around.

One of the items, was the very first piece of jewelry that I ever made for a blog hop.

I couldn't stop laughing because of the way I had joined the links and beads

together.

Seriously with wire wrapped around the back of the link.

The only thing I did get right with that piece was that the 

wire went through the bead hole.

Here it is....

Anyhow, I just wanted to share my first piece with y'all.

Have a great week!!

Chelle

Currently I'm........

I have not done one of these in quite some time.

Here we go!!

Currently I'm watching my cat clean himself.

Currently I'm reading Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell.

Currently I'm listening to Imagine Dragons.

Currently I'm making some earrings out of soda cans.

Currently I'm feeling blah at the moment.

Currently I'm planning a move outta Fresno.

Currently I'm loving myself.

Sea Shell, Sea Shell, By The Sea Shore

From as long as I can remember I have always found beauty in 

sea shells and sea glass.

On my last trip to Monterey, Ca.

I found quite a few shells, whole and broken.

The broken shells are my favs because 

I love to take broken items and 

make them beautiful again.

I took some driftwood I had saved from another trip,

sea glass and the shells I found to make a wind chime.

At first I was just going to leave it like this...

 But these two shells were calling to me.

 

I knew I had to use them!

I am so glad I did.

I love how it came out.

I hope you do too.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

Chelle

Button Down Earrings.

Made a quick pair of earrings for a party

we are going to.

I really like how they turned out.

Have a great weekend!!

Chelle

We're All Ears ::March Challenge :: Leaping Greenly

With most of the U.S under snow, Erin from Earrings Everyday

wants to see our greenly creations for the return of Spring.  

I am not one for working with green so this is a challenge for me.

But I was able to get three pairs created.

This is a blog hop, so make sure to check out earrings everyday

to see what everyone else has created.

Have a great weekend!!

Chelle

Beaded Earrings

I love reading other blogs because not only do I learn

from them, but I get to try them out as well.

Today I was reading Crafty Hope's blog post on

making a wire frame and beaded earrings from those frames.

I have tried several times to make these earrings before 

and failed miserably lol

I was not sure about trying another time, but Hope made it look so 

easy, I just had to try.

And I am glad I did.

I learned some techniques on not only the frames, but wrapping the beads as well.

Here are the colors I chose.

And here is how they turned out.....

I still have some work to do on keeping the frame unbent lol

but for my first completed try,

I'll take it..

Thanks Hope for  your post.

Everyone go check out here blog at

Crafty Hope.

Have a great weekend and don't forget....

turn those clocks ahead.

Chelle

Friday Fav..... Its Mermazing!!

This Fridays fav is one of my favs.

It is a choker made from genuine sea glass, recycled glass and seed beads.

Perfect for St. Patrick's Day or a day at the beach.

You can check out the listing here

Have a great weekend y'all!

Chelle

Driftwood, Sea Glass and Pearls, Oh My!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today I have been busy trying to combine 3 of my favs:

Driftwood

Sea Glass

and

Pearls.

I finally completed two pieces.

 A necklace with olive green pearls and driftwood.

A broach made with fresh water white pearls, driftwood and
green sea glass.

Have a blessed day!

Chelle

What's On My Worktable Wednesday

I am a huge Arizona drinker.

Not only so I love the drink, but the cans too.

So I decided to make a pair of earrings out of one of my

favorite cans.  Yes I have a fav lol.

It has some really cool blossoms and Japanese lettering.

And a ying yang symbol.

So I began to cut the can apart and saved pretty much all of it for other 

projects.

Here is what I made so far.

Also,

last night I had hammered some copper and darkened it up some.

I was starting to get tired so I left them for today.

Here is how those came out.

Have a great week!

Chelle

Wood Burning or Burning Wood

Lately I have been revisiting some crafting 

skills that I was introduced to me 

when I was in 4-H.

Leather burning, crocheting, knitting and wood burning.

I thought I would share my recent wood burning.

I just played around because it has been

so long.

I tried just my name on the first piece.

 I had another piece of driftwood I had picked up from

Santa Cruz and it had some 

burning on it already.

The last piece I made for a friend.

She loved it.

I definitely need more practice but I had fun bringing this back.

Have you tried a new craft any time recently?

Have a great week!

Chelle

2 Months In........

I can not believe that it has been 2 months since my last post.

But I have been taking some me time 

to reintroduce myself to my creativity 

that took a hike somewhere. 

I have gone to Monterey, California 

a few times and each time I come back, I feel

such a surge of creativity.  I am thinking another trip is in order soon.

I will be photographing some of the pieces I have made

here a the next couple of days.  I 

don't want to bombard y'all with posts. lol

Have a great weekend!!

Chelle