New things to play with!

Look at these awesome beads I found at the bead store today!

I'm in a treasury!

BagsandmorebyPam made a teal themed treasury from INcrowd team members, and my snowflake frost ring made the list!

Here's the link, Go check out this great treasury listing:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=26884

Wow. This is pretty nifty

Melted Pony Bead shapes
Ok, so a friend of mine who is slowly becoming my partner in crafting crime showed me this link to someone's blog that found a new use for those cheap plastic pony beads that everyone has, but doesn't know what to do with. She melted them down to make a shape for a necklace. I found this pretty interesting, so I figured I needed to try it out.


The blue circle shape was made with a shimmery blue star shape which when it melts looks like a soccer ball the way i placed the beads in there.

1. I preheated my oven to 450 degrees
2. put some aluminum foil on a cookie sheet
3. put Metal Cookie cutters on the cookie sheet (very important that they are metal or they will melt also...)
4. I made eyelets out of some jewelry metal I had, but a jump ring works too or you can buy some eyelets too. I found that it works better if they are on the outside edge of the cookie cutter or a good 10mm in because the beads won't melt around it right and the edges come out wierd. But that could be considered added character I suppose.
5. Spread out the beads evenly. I laid one layer of beads in the cookie cutter and that worked well, except the tiny one where one wasn't enough so i had to put two on top of each other.
6. I set my timer for 15 minutes. Someone mentioned on the website I got this from that she let them cook for 6 minutes and then put more beads on top and then let those melt for 8. I tried this for the second batch and I would recommend it because you can kind of see where they are melting and plan accordingly.
7. Take them out and let them cool. You will know they are starting to cool because they will start making a cracking noise because they are pulling away from the cookie cutter.
   
8. Once they are cooled, they should just pop out. Depending on the shape of the cookie cutter, you may have to play with it a little, so just be careful.
   
9. Now you have this great shape you can create something with!!!

One of the hearts I made looked like stained glass

I especially liked how the clear glittery beads melted.

This is the link to the tutorial I followed, but it wasn't very detailed as far as heating instructions and such... http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/barb_wire_wrapped_heart_necklace

ah-hah!

I figured out that if i put a knitting needle in the middle i could see the stitches easier. I knew how to do it, but I kept losing stitches and getting a ball shape instead of a cord. this is much easier. Might be a little slower, but much easier.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hello all,
It's been a little bit since I've posted anything, so I just wanted to share the new things I've made, the works in progress and the new colors of beads I have!
First of all, let me show you the new colors of beads I have recently purchased:




This is the lastest post on Etsy:

I made this with the leftover crystals from the bracelet I made.


I had a custom order last week, a double row of hearts choker for $10. Isn't that a lovely model? Yes, it' s me lol.

Little Red Riding Hooded Scarf- this one is sooo warm and fuzzy. I'm very tempted to keep this one for my self. It's such a pretty color of red. I think it's actually called wine.

Stuff I'm working on right now:

Trying my hand at cubes. These links are made with a right angle weave. Two sides have 6 cubes and the other two have 4. I am planning to make a bracelet or necklace out of this but I've only gotten the 2 links made so far.

This is my knitting project that I have going right now.
It's reversible. Hot pink on one side and yellow on the other. I'm pretty excited about it. I probably should have not done stripes, just yellow on one side and pink on the other, but I'm planning to do a blue and green one that way without the stripes.



Last night, I thought I'd try bead crochet. I've got the first five beads crocheted, but when I get to the circle part, I don't think I'm doing it right. It doesn't look like the picture. I might have to look up a tutorial online.

Ok, well I think that's enough for now. I have to work tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday this week in Lafayette so not much is going to get done, but I do have thursday through sunday off so I'll get some time to create some things.

This is the week at a glance:
Monday-work in Lafayette
Tuesday-work in Lafayette
Wednesday-work Lafayette
Thursday- Off all day! Grey's Anatomy 2 hour Season premiere!
Friday-Off all day! Dog sitting Sophie so that Travis' parents can go see the Bob and Tom comedy tour at the Murat downtown. Should be interesting. I hear she doesn't travel well. lol.
Saturday-Sending off Sophie and enjoying the day.
Sunday-No plans, probably making something as usual I have about 5 things that I want to try and haven't got around to it. Pictures to come I'm sure!

New shop, New items

Well, I took Etsy Admin Michelle's advice and I finally moved all of my items over to a new username that doesn't have random numbers in it that are hard to remember. Check it out at www.seedtobead.etsy.com I did it last night, and I had my first sale ever on etsy this morning! Dunno if that was a coincidence or not.



I also posted 2 new items today. Little Red Riding Hooded Scarf and Wiggly Piggly Bracelet!

I'm really jealous of whoever buys the hooded scarf. It turned out so well, I'm gonna have to make one for me too!

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our view behind home plate today!

cubs game in Cincinnati

~Jessica Haliey Fatch~

natalie dee comics

I have a wierd sense of humor sometimes but I love this girl's cartoon/comic drawings. She posts a new one everyday. check it out!


nataliedee.com

Mobile blogging

Good evening everyone! I am just testing out the mobile blogging feature on blogspot.com. this will be handy when i'm bored at work at 2am and all my patients are sleeping :-P The pic is just again something random to see how the mobile aspect turns into what you see on the actual page (it's a picture of a dress that someone from the art institute made that was put on display on the sidewalk as part of an exhibit)