A pair of earrings on the program this afternoon. As often I did the first one pretty quickly, and it took me ages to manage to do a second one alike! I’ve used blue and lime craft wire and a turquoise & gold Majorc bead. The fishhooks are .925 [...]
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The people who know me are always a bit surprise when I make a clock because I simply do not have a watch. It all started when I was a student. I had a watch, not very nice but it was doing its job properly until the day it went faulty. Money was in [...]
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Last time Anne came home, she did a bright yellow and orange bracelet. So for her birthday she is getting …. a matching necklace indeed! For the pendant, I did the base in flat Peyotte- Then, a fringe with matching smaller beads on one side, and loops on the opposite side to pass the silk [...]
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800 Bohemian Rocailles patiently woven one by one for this bracelet. Outside the bracelet itself, I’m also pretty happy with my ‘button’ and buttonhole, smoothly integrated in the whole work. 800 de Rocailles patiemment tissées l’une après l’autre pour ce bracelet. Outre le bracelet lui-même, j’aime aussi le ‘bouton’ et sa ‘boutonnière’ réalises avec les [...]
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This week end my daugther had a b’day party of a friend turning 11. She had asked me a bracalet with purple to offert to her friend. So here we go. Ce week-end ma fille etait invitée à l’anniversaire d’une amie qui a 11 ans. Elle m’avait commandé un bracelet avec du violet pour offrir à son amie. [...]
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I’ve been busy lately, making my first baby shoes. And while I was at it, I decided for fully reversible shoes. I’m please with the result. Aren’t they adorable! I’ve done very tiny ones, just 9 cm / 3.15” long for 0 to 3 months old babies. Here are the first 3 pairs, well I [...]
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I’ve just got a new header for my blog ! Bright and bubbly :’) To get yours, it’s there at bananieresplit. Now I can’t escape from a good re-look of the blog. I will try to put some time on this. If you like color, may I recommend you visit Luciano Micallef at saatchi on-line gallery Superbe !!! Je [...]
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This necklace is as easy as a Yoyo! You will need: - Small pieces of fabric, preferably stretch – In this case I did 20 Yoyo beads with the patterned black & white fabric, and 1 in red ; - Rocailles / seed beads - 2 medium black round beads with the hole large enough to [...]
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With Eastern coming, I thought to present you my two hens, Henriette and Solange. Hens have been around for about 4,000 years. The earliest signs have been found in Asia. It is estimated that there are about four times more chickens than humans on the Planet! There are about 150 varieties. Henriette and Solange are [...]
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1. Take a couple of pages with nice colour pattern, 2. Cut isocele triangles (2 sides of the same length), 3. Apply white glue on a piece of paper and roll it tight on a platic stick, 4. Leave few days to dry, 5. Add enhancements -colour, metal leaf,… as you feel like, 6. Drill [...]
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