To Make a 6 Year Old Squeal...

...all you have to do is give her a set of jewelry-- complete with clip on earrings. I made these for my sister's birthday a few months back. Only picture I have, sorry. But who minds seeing a cute little girl in a picture with jewelry, anyhow? (I didn't make the necklace, it was her present from Dad a few birthdays ago. She loves it, so I made her a bracelt and clip on earrings to match)

Epic Fail

 

This was supposed to be a beautiful necklace for my Grandma. I was going to dangle little pearls on it... only after I put this much together did I realize-- the pearls were too small to fit my wire. :( It turned out all right because I made something else for my grandma, but it sure bothered me then! Anyway, found this picture and thought I'd post it, just because.

Sir Herbert, the Snowman

 

This is art, right? I can put it on the blog. After all, it is a snow sculpture!

This snowman is named Sir Herbert. (Sherbert). Dad did alot of the face and I did most of the hand. I can forsee a tradition going on here. Especially when we get more than three inches of snow.

One man's junk is another man's treasure...

...or however that quote goes.

Does the picture above make your fingers itch and your imagination run on end? 

Those are all random trinkets I found lying around the house. I am sure I will uncover more when we move and get the boxes out of storage.

I am not sure what to do with a broken zipper, belt loop, or spiral paper clip, but I can assure you whatever I make will be... interesting.

Look what else I found! And old watch. The wriststrap was missing, the battery was rusty, and it was salvaged from the "junk/to be sorted box".

The actual watch case would make a great locket bracelet. I could imagine something romantic like a lock of a loved one's hair or sentimental like a picture of your family. But, me being me, I am more likely to build a miniature Narnia in there. :)

With the help of a handy screwdriver, I pried the watch face off the gears without breaking anything. I am very proud of myself. I was able to reattach the hour and minute hands, but I'm sure you can see the tiny, lonesome second hand... just lying there...

Let's see what I do with all this mess!

Glimpses Into An Artist's Mess

I have to say, I have a great talent for making messes. Much as I love tidiness, I rarely feel like actually cleaning. Organizing-- love. Cleaning-- hate. I do make myself actually clean, because I do dislike mess, but its... cleaning.

But when it comes to actually working on art/craft projects, I'm content with mess. :) And while it may not look very organized, be warned that I can remember where everything is and shall bite your head off if you mess with my messy unorganized style of organization. :)

Here are some glimpses:

This was during my very first jewelry "spree". Boy, was I making things left and right! This is on my desk in my bedroom. Made it a bit hard to set schoolbooks on there. :)

A lamp makes an excellent place to dangle jewelry from... it was much more organized there than in the box where it is currently all crammed. :P The poor lamp has left me, sadly. It suffered a dramatic fate at the hands of my little brother.


...I had another picture of my yarn basket, which was overflowing beautifully, like a waterfall... only the picture as disapeared. So you only get one glimpse today. Sorry.