Friday, March 22, 2019

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


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, March 21, 2019

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.


Have a blessed day!!

Chelle

Monday, March 18, 2019

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

Saturday, March 16, 2019

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

Friday, March 15, 2019

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






Saturday, March 9, 2019

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

Have a great weekend and don't forget....
turn those clocks ahead.

Chelle

Friday, March 8, 2019

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


Thursday, March 7, 2019

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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

Monday, February 25, 2019

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


Saturday, February 23, 2019

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