Sea Side Collection - Dolphins

I put up another keychain on the Gimme's Crafts blog if any one wants to.

Actually there is a second 3-D key chain also. That sort of came bout by accident because it started on 2 dimensional and sort of wove itself around..., lol.

Also I've started putting up daily news of the Magdalen Islands on that blog. I know most of you won't be interested but for the few islanders who do frequent this site, well..., there you go. I'm going to try a bit harder with the islands site.

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The SeaSide Collection

I have posted another craft project on the Gimme's Crafts and Unique Items site. It is a Key Chain made for macrame. A soft cotton twine was used, in a winter white color. It has a pewter sail boat charm attached.



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Oriental Dreams

I finished a new piece of jewelry which I call the Oriental Dream Collection. It is at the Gimme A Dream's Crafts and Unique Items site.

New Beginnings

I call these earrings the New Beginnings Collection because they remind me of New Years. When dressing for the New Years Eve party, the type of jewelry worn would be something flashy, like these.

These earrings are made in macrame of a number 30, glitter thread. It is like having sparkles at every movement. The blue glass Czech beads are of outstanding quality as are the little white snow beads. The hooks are silver coated. I must admit, they are stunning in artificial light, though the color is a little drab in natural lighting. The camera does not pick up the life and spark of these little gems.

The matching necklace will be a while because while it is very tedious work to macrame in thread, it appears that I didn't buy enough thread for the entire job and must return for more. I had a spool of thirty yards.

All in all, the quality and originality of these and the other pieces done in these collections is astounding. I would never have expected it of myself to be capable of such art work.

Pebble Covered Bookends

Here is another one of my crafty time wasters. I used the same pebbles that I found on the beach to make this set of bookends. They are fairly large and hold large sized books. It made them to hold up my binders that I keep hardcopies of my writing in. Here though I decided that a set of make-it-yourself books would be more visually appealing. I polished the stones of one of the bookends to a high gloss and the other I left a mat texture. I think I prefer the mat to the gloss bookend.