Hello! I just had to tell everyone at Mycraftivity about the new book I received from Amazon today. The title is Plexi-class and is one of the coolest jewelry/craft books I've seen!  It's a lot of fun to read and the projects are ultra cool! I just love books that have the "wow" factor. You look and look at the projects and read the instructions and you are in awe....you've got to check it out. Here is the Amazon link in case you are interested.

Plexi-class at Amazon.com

Hello! I just came across this site and was in awe of the sand art created by Ilana Yahav. This might be old news for many artists and crafters, but I just had to share in case you had never seen this before. This link will take you to her site where you can click on several different "live" sand art performances. Make sure you view the performance entitled, "Love 2008".

Just wanted to share the "love"!

 http://sandfantasy.com/videoclips/videoclips.htm

Hi beaders!! I was hoping the word "bizarre" would get your attention. I was just anxious to share these interesting wood "beads" with all of you. I found them recently at Hobby Lobby and had a sort of jaw dropping moment when I saw them. I wasn't exactly sure what they were or why, but I couldn't stop looking at them or touching them. That's always a sign that I need to buy something, so I did!

I'm very anxious to work these into a jewelry design, so holler if you have any cool ideas!

Take care!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! The good news is, it's not over yet!

I was just updating my daily bead blog over at www.abeadaday.blogspot.com and wanted to mention something about this extremely cool bead over on mycraftivity because of all the artsy people over here.

I just picked this bead up at Hobby Lobby yesterday and when I first layed it across my wrist I thought "photo frame". Then I was thinking about all the gorgeous art glass beads that would look great floating in this wooden "frame" bead.

I was also thinking about all the great artistry I have seen in free form peyote with seed beads and how cool something like that would look within this wooden frame.

I hope you'll let me know if you have any other ideas. The cool thing is, this strand of wooden beads came with either 4 or 5 pieces. Maybe the challenge should be how diverse can you make pieces out of the same focal bead...

Anyone up for a challenge? Have a great Sunday!

Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderfully crafty Saturday! Since this site includes all types of crafters and for some reason I think it's my mission to convert non-beaders into beaders, I wanted to post a couple more jewelry pieces that can be made by anyone (no beading skills required).

I just made the blue one below last night after making a trip to our local Michael's store. The large hoops are acrylic and the small discs are glass. The only tool you need with this project is a pair of pliers if your fingers are senstive. These silver jump rings are so large I was able to open and close them with my fingers. I just added a magnetic clasp to the end jump rings for ease in getting the bracelt on and off. (Yes, it does sort of want to stick to the metal ring, but I get a kick out of that).



I made the bracelet below last year around this time just for something fun and funky to wear with a particular outfit. The funny thing about this bracelet is I was making in a dimly lit room with the beads on my lap and didn't realize until it was done that the wooden beads I was using were purple, not brown. I thought it turned out great with the purple and is something I wouldn't normally have done. I did hang a bunch of dangles off this one using head pins, but that isn't absolutely necessary. The only tool again would be a pair of pliers to finish off the memory wire.


I hope I have convinced at least one of you to think about making a fun piece of summer jewelry, you can do it!