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

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

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

Use Your Leftovers Earring Challenge Reveal

Earrings Everyday is having their 3rd Annual 

Use Your Leftovers Earring Challenge 

It's been months since I have blogged about anything and thought this was a great time to start. I have been wanting to for a few weeks since I lost my job.

I guess I needed to regroup and think about my future and what I really wanted to do.

Anyhow the challenge starts out by taking a photo of you desk after a bead feast...

Here it is...

My desk is not normally this messy. Okay maybe it is, but I would like to think that I do get the chance to clean it when I can.  Even Dave my fish sits there waiting for his new tank to enjoy my creative process...

Next we are to get all the leftover in a container, tin or anything else that will hold the goodies.  I had my leftover pieces on a towel that I have been using as a bead cloth.  Everything else is full.  By this time I have still not cleaned anything and just picked through all the piles of gems.

I came out with 4 pairs of earrings.

I had some recycled glass laying around and thought I would just 

loosely hang them on the copper wire.

I love how these turned out.  I had some fire agate that I have been wanting to use and

paired them with the pearls. 

I added the abalone nuggets with the owl charms. 

It's funny because I forgot to add ear wires to these and did not

realize it until after I took the photos.

I am not one for birds. I don't know why. I love to bird watch and enjoy hearing them sing.  Hummingbirds are my absolute fav.  But on jewelry, I just am not into it. But my bestie does, so I made these for her.

And there you have it.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out what I made.  Check out the other fabulous earrings here

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Chelle

Do you know the muffin man?

I decided to join the muffin tin challenge put together by Heather of Humblebeads.

I set out to get my tin muffin pan and found

that one of my kids borrowed them and never brought them back.

After trying to call around to see who has them,

I came up with the idea to just put my beads for the six projects in a compartment type

container.

(I hope this counts)

 

How the challenge works is like this.

You get together focals, beads, findings, chain and any other

goodies you would like to use for each project.

You have to make anywhere from 6-12 projects. 

I will be doing 6.

I have to say, I have more blue or turquoise type beads than

anything

which made it hard to have a variety.

But turquoise and melon are my favs to work with.

So come back on the 15th when I reveal what I have made with my

goodies.

Have a great day!

Chelle

10 Facts About Me 30 Day Blog Challenge Day 2

10 Facts About Me!

I really feel like I am to a certain degree boring.

Most of the juicy stuff I really don't tell many people,

so I might as well make this a year of truths. lol

1. I am a queen! 

I have always felt that I was born to have a crown dipped in turquoise

on my beautiful head.

2.  I have a deep obsession with Johnny Depp & Leonardo DiCaprio.

Not only for their good looks and acting abilities,

but for how they give back to the communities.

3.  I love sea glass.

I just love the way the ocean turns each piece into a beautiful

creation.

4.  Music is one thing I can not go one day without.

I love how one song can either take me back to a happy event in my life

or just put me in the right mood.

5.  I was on the Jerry Springer Show.
hahhahaaa I know so horrible.
It was titled I'm Pregnant by Your Man.
Wow.. it was back in 1998 before the fighting was popular and  it was
quite an adventure, to say the least.
NO! I was not the one pregnant by someone else's man.

6.  Nail polish and Lip Gloss or Balm are must haves in my life.
I really can not leave the house without them on.

7.  I can still to this day watch the Twilight Series and feel like the first
time I watched them.
Team Jacob.... just sayin.

8.  I love to walk.  I just recently started to walk about 3 months ago
to keep going with my weight loss.... 45 pounds in a year.  Two weeks
ago I jogged for the first time since high school.

9.  I am a vegetarian in training.  I do love sea food and chicken,
but starting to take those out of my diet.

10.  I love Star Wars.  No I don't think you understand.
I LOVE any and all things Star Wars.

So that is it.  What about you? I would love to read about you.
If you blogged about this, please let me know so I can read it or just
put your 10 facts here.

Have a great day everyone!

Chelle

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to your family from mine!

New Things Happening This Month

I am quite embarrassed to say the least that it has been

such a long time

*coughs* March

since my last blog post.

But I definitely had some issues going on that I just needed

to take care of me first.

BUT I A BACK!!

Lots of projects going on:

Name change for my designs, YouTube channel up and running,

changing my inventory in my etsy,

I am working full time now and

getting ready to be moving in with my love.

Plus the holidays are upon us, so I am trying to get my shop up

before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Will have more details as the next week ends.

So watch out for more blogging, pictures, designs and fun.

Have a beautiful weekend my loves.

Chelle