New Bracelet Set

Pink Simplistic.

Took awhile tonight and I had some assistance.

I listed to bracelet set on Etsy. It's affordable. $.9.50 + basic shipping.

Pink and Aqua Paper Bead and Glass Bracelet Set - 3 Bracelets - $9.50

Discovering Some New Stuff

Now, I'm not trying this right now. I don't have the supplies or the money. I have a hideous headache, so thought I'd just link this stuff to check back later. Due to a group I'm in for chronically ill crafters and artists, I discovered...Viking knitting.

Viking Knitting by Awesome Cool and Quirky artisan

This girl is so cool, I've subbed to her channel now. I want to keep watching her speed dry brushing vids and her tutorials.  One thing other than wire that one needs is a tool for stretching. She made her own.

Here's her website: Blue Kitty Creations
Check under Gallery and Sindri Collection and you can see exactly what Viking Knit is. Her bracelets are stunning.  I do want to try this eventually. I don't have....well I might have wire that's appropriate. I'm not sure. She sells her stuff on Etsy and is working on more as well.  We had a blast watching her tutorials and videos last night for A.) the stuff she shares is cool and B.) she's quirky and FUN.  Love her personality. Makes me miss having a webcam though. Someday we will. We've wanted to vlog.

Here is where you can buy a Draw Plate

I've heard people use the circle wrenches, key holes, anything they can to stretch the jewelry.

And look! It's a cat :)  Zoey is my art assistant. I'm in too much pain to function today, but she's keeping me company. Ignore the dirty carpet. It's our art space. There are fuzzies, string and who knows what lost beads one might find.

Finished Necklace

Necklace Available on Etsy - $25.00

The beads are paper, of course. They have a daisy floral pattern with shades of green, gold, black and white. I made the necklace with black, teal, green and gold beads.

Had fun setting up a way to make this. It fits about the same as the one I made for myself, so slightly longer than a choker.

Just Waking Up

I crashed out at a reasonable time for once. I've had a lot of difficulty with sleeping of late. Took part in Sketchfest a little bit last night. With Sketchfest you choose from prompts that are posted and spend only one hour on a sketch. It was my first time, really. Problem is, I loved it so much that after posting the image, I've been working on it.

The Prompt:  Owl Princess.
Feathered Regalia on Sketchfest

Here's the image pre "mess around with the colors to get it to look brighter."

It has been a very high pain/fatigue day, so I can't sit at the desk for long. I settled in on the floor for a little bit with my tools and my freshly charged iPod. Had some Tool going on.  Then later I moved to the desk. Too tired to finish it last night. Maybe more will go into this today. 

Something a Little Different - Owl

Awhile back I made up this little concept of an owl. It's fairly simplistic in that it's easy to crochet. What I like to do that is different, however, is add on some fabric and hand-beaded accents. I thought about sculpting beaks, but decided the little chip would be better. I think they're just glass chips, not actual amethyst or anything, though. I'm working on more of these.

I plan to finish the necklace featured in the last post, but I haven't had the chance yet to just sit down and do so. I'm in that mentally non-functional arena today.

Too tired to have words

Still in progress.

Now For Something Completely Different

OKay...not completely. It's still on a papercraft theme. I decided to see if it would be possible to do a bookmark using a similar technique to the paper beads. I can also try pendants like that later. I used Prismacolor indigo blue and Prismacolor watercolor in goldenrod to fast sketch a dragon doodle onto normal mixed media paper. I then coated it with Elmer's school gel glue. Right now it's drying. I'll add more coats and then coat in the triple thick when I'm done. The idea is to figure out where my hole punch went, and then add paper beads and regular beads in a tail to the bottom of the bookmark. I don't know if this will work out, however. It's an experiment.  This is all leading up to the large bust sculptures I have planned for "Dolls."