I have been busy making some necklaces and working on a picture of Neela. Let me share that first:
I found a free printable on the Internet and made several copies of it. The song title is Smile and Show Your Dimple. It is part of a church Easter program. I don't know how old the song is, I know it was just what I needed.
I found the picture I took of her with a big smile and her dimples showing and after much copying, cutting, I finally got the black and white photo just the way I wanted it. Only part of the song is here but it has the part about her smile and her dimple.
Then I just put it in an 8x10 picture frame. I had to cut the picture down from an 8 1/2 x 11 so that is one reason I had to copy so many pictures.
I am so pleased with the way it turned out. The frame is a beautiful gold and I am thinking about putting some red dots on the frame, since her feather bow is red. Just a thought!
Now for the jewelry fun. I see people designing lots of necklaces with all kinds of things attached to them, whether it be beads, broken pins, etc. I don't usually do this because I like simpler things. Well, I stepped outside my comfort zone again and here is what I made.
I must stop and apologize for how awful my pictures are lined up each time. I just can't seem to get the computer to do what my what I want done. Must be me because other people don't have this problem.
Top and bottom left: Just a simple beaded necklace that I had and I added a broken bracelet piece in the center, then I had vintage crystal beads that I linked for dangles. The flower piece is from a pair of earrings that I found. So simple but I think it makes a statement.
Top Center: I made the necklace from a piece of vintage chain that was my mom's. The hang down is an earring. On the left, is a diamond shaped pendant that is 925 sterling silver with what looks like a black onyx stone. Under that is a vintage earring from the 60's. Now the piece on the right side of the necklace is most unusual. I don't remember where I got it. It's a piece of broken jewelry. The little piece dangling down is black chain and rhinestones. I used 3 black jump rings to hold it to the necklace. I wanted it to have freedom to move around.
Top Right: I had some green chain, green toggle closure, 2 pieces of beads that were hooked by loops, (They were broken off of some necklaces), a gold buckle off a shoe and a beautiful dragon fly pendant piece. The buckle had 5 holes on top and the same on bottom, so I just used jump rings to attach the dragon fly to the bottom of the buckle. The two beaded pieces were different lengths but that didn't matter. I connected them into the first and last holes of the buckle. Before I connected my green chain, I looked around and found 2 pieces of what was a plastic candy ornament. One is pink and the other is blue. I made loops in them. Then I found 2 unusual glass beads to finish the look and made loops in them (with head pins). On one side, I connected the bead, then the candy piece and on the other side, I put the candy piece, then the bead. Finished it all off with the green chain.
Well, that's it for this time. Keep checking back with me. I am working on some more projects to share with you. As always, be safe! Jan
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