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

Beanie Weather!

2018 was a year that brought me great sadness, joy 

and a new thirst for learning more crafts.

I decided that 2019 is the year of Creative Flow for me.

I have a few crafts I want to learn and crocheting is one of those.

To be more specific, beanies and socks.

I have always been able to make scarves, but only had knowledge of two stitches. lol

Yarns purchased at Walmart for now.

I have purchased some yarn from Walmart until I start to master the beanie and sock process.

Then I have a few online venders I will be buying hand dyed yarns from.

My first attempt at a beanie.

After a few hours on youtube, I finally found a great how to video for a slouchy beanie.

Larger!

Once I get the beanie finished, (hopefully after the holidays)

I will post the finished product.

Have a wonderful week.

Chelle

My Leftovers Went to My Ears....

I know I am a little late getting this out.  I so tried to do this last night but the holidays are really kicking me. LOL

 Erin, from Earrings Everyday sends out a monthly  We're All Ears Challenge. This month, the challenge was to Use Your Leftovers from a craftermath.

Now mind you I just had cleaned my crafting area when the challenge was issued,

so I just threw together some things that were in a bowl I have of  leftovers.

This is what I came up with.

Here is what I came up with...…

I have the mesh beads forever.  

So I decided to grab some chain, wire wrap the briolettes and add the starfish charms.

I have always wanted to use these but just didn't know what to do. 

So I just added some black recycled glass beads with black wired to create these cuties.

On my trip to Monterey, I found these two pieces of sea glass.

I don't work with yellows and browns much, so I knew I was going to whip these up.

I just drilled some holes in the sea glass and added the recycled glass beads.  

 That was pretty much it.

The next pair I created I think may be my favorites. 

I paired the seashell patina'd charms with some chain I had to create these.  

I really get a beachy feeling with these.

I am starting to use driftwood in my pieces.. 

I wire wrapped some sea glass I found at Santa Cruz, Ca to some driftwood pieces found at the same location.  Santa Cruz is definitely my favorite place t collect driftwood.

I call these my Jasmine earrings lol

I used some silk ribbon I had and wrapped some wire and beads to it.

I added the drops to add some length to them.

I started to photograph the next pair of earrings, but my handsome Luke had other plans.

Actually, he always has other plans for me when I am trying to create and photograph. lol

For the next pair, I used some recycled glass, briolette's in white and added some recycled glass beads to the ear wires.

My final pair I used some cultured sea glass beads and the infinity charms.

I am not really happy with these and just may repurpose them lol.

And that is it..... 8 pairs of leftover earrings.  Go check out what Erin and the other participants created here.

Pantone Color of the Year 2019

And the color is...…..

Have a great weekend.

Chelle

It's That Time of Year Again

Yes it is!

Its time again for Earrings Everyday's

4th Annual Use Your Leftovers Challenge.

What is the challenge, you ask?

 Take a picture of your beadfeast.

Put together in a divided box some inspiration which could be

beads, findings, fibers or metal.

Get to creating and then post on the 21st of Dec your creations.

To view the challenge, click here

Have a wonderful weekend.

Chelle

Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday & A New Item......

Hey, hey, hey everyone!

I hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Time for Small Business Saturday...

Here is the link to my facebook group where I am selling my jewelry...

Salted SeaChelle Designs

I also have my facebook page which you can click here

Salted SeaChelle Designs Facebook Page

My sale will start today and go one  until Cyber Monday.

But I am thinking I may still have the sale going on until Dec.1.

I will let y'all know.

Here is a new pendant I made with driftwood, burlap and silver.

I really love how this turned out.

I kinda surprised myself. lol

Have a great weekend and remember

shop small business....

Chelle

Life Starts.......

Have a great day!

Chelle