I’ve always dabbled a bit in chainmail. It’s all a part of wire manipulation that I really enjoy. I need to post some of the chainmail that I have made, but I’m having trouble getting good pictures of it. One site that I visit a lot is Silver Weaver. Spider makes amazing stuff that I can’t even try to figure out. I can do most of the basic styles, but some of her designs are...
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Geocaching is something my husband and I have been doing for a couple of years now. The sport started in Portland (we live in such a cool town!) and now they can be found all over the world. Basically it’s a treasure hunt. You use your GPS to put in coordinates that people have entered on the geocaching web-site. Using the GPS you find the hidden cache. The usual protocol is to take something out of...
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Faun contacted me and asked to swap some of the fused glass I have previously posted. First of all, I was so happy to be asked to do a swap. I see so many great packages that people send each other. I was so envious of the good natured giving of all things crafty. I sent off my package to Faun before going on vacation. I sent her two glass fused pendants, a glass bead necklace I made, and a facial kit from Burt...
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My first dabble into the world of crafty sites was with Andrea’s Superhero Designs. Besides making great jewelry like the bracelet above, she has a great community page and resource section with a good article about starting your own business. She has also started a great photo booth gallery that makes me think of the movie Amelie every time I see it. Mainly I like going to Andrea’s site to gain...
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I got an offer in the mail for a free trial of this magazine. Since free is my favorite word, I thought I would try it out. The magazine turned out to be very small and not filled with much that I would actually want to do. The thing that surprised me the most was that almost all the articles were on metal clay. Metal Clay is silver in a mold-able clay. Once you fire your piece in the kiln, the clay burns...
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I discovered Joseph Cornell quite by accident. I was a teenager and looking through art books at Powell’s. Something I did quite a lot of at that age. I found a book on Cornell and I was blown away. His shadow boxes are extraordinary. I have always wanted to make shadow boxes. I have spent years collecting odds and ends to put in the boxes I’m going to make. For some reason, I...
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