EARRING HOLDER & NEW JEWELRY

Yesterday I went to town to run a few errands. As I was checking out at Dollar General, I saw these canvas paintings on clearance. This one was marked $3.00, so I bought it. It has amber rhinestone bling in the center of each flower, I got a black marker and wrote dream, live, laugh & love on the lighter colored side. I poked holes in the canvas where I could add earrings. You can't see the holes, so if I get tired of it as an earring holder, I can still enjoy it. I plan to darken in my words and add a couple more flowers to it. I am pleased with the way it turned out. I guess this is an up cycle - finding a new use for a product.

One of a kind - Green and gold glass bead bracelet. The toggle is silver and the small beads are also green and gold. I bought these beads two years ago at Hobby Lobby and am just now deciding what to do with them. It's a good thing that most beads last forever.

Memory wire bracelet with some different colors that most people wouldn't put together. It starts out with a blue, purple & gold swirled bead. Next, comes the square beads that are turned on their side to look like a diamond. They are a greenish amber color. Next, comes the 4mm purple beads and in the middle of that are 5 crystal beads, then more of the 4mm purple beads. Then the round purple beads in different shades. Finished off with  lighter purple beads and in the middle, two floral metal beads.

 This bracelet is on it's way to Camp Siloam, Siloam Springs, AR. It is made with leather cording tied on each side. The center is glass. I don't make very many of these. The glass is just too expensive to make them affordable.

Sorry about this poor photo. No, it's not another bracelet. This is a 20" necklace with a silver toggle closure. The beads are both glass and wooden. I plan to tie off a few pieces of ribbon to 'jazz' it up. Cindy and I saw one of these at the Branson Landing and I decided to work on my own design.

Well, that's about all I have gotten accomplished in two days. I am trying to figure out how I can get my jewelry supplies together in the closet in the spare bedroom. It is an 8' closet with just scrapbook albums on the top shelf. It needs a good design where I can open both folding doors, sit at a table and have everything right there. My office just isn't big enough for the jewelry to take up so much space. Got any ideas??? Let me know. I can sure use the help. I need to hire someone to sort out all my small beads. That would help a lot. Until next time - stay crafty! - Jan