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New Resin Goodies, and summer show schedule

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May 11, 2015

What We’ve Been Up To

Actually, I’ve been up to a great deal more than this – I’m building out an e-commerce site that will allow folks to purchase patterns, books and jewelry from us, without having to bother with Etsy, but it’s not ready for release just yet :)…

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April 06, 2015

Resin Tree Ornament Tutorial

Of course, resin had to be an installment in my holiday-related crafting tutorials, and I honestly think they’re the prettiest ones yet (I’m biased though!). Tito and I made these for our vets, to thank them for the awesome care they have shown our diabetic…

Christmas crafting DIY gift tag holiday Resin tree ornament tutorial Tutorials

December 11, 2014

Ombre Dyed Yarn DIY

I love the idea of ombre yarns, and since I got weaving I’ve been dreaming of a beautiful ombre scarf, plain weave, with a neutral warp, transitioning over the course of a long, fine fabric. Laurie from The Black Lamb had given me 2 skeins…

acid dye DIY Dying Yarn gradient ombre dye photo tutorial tutorial

April 10, 2014

Tutorial – How to antique copper

Creating that antique look with copper is super simple – on my first try I got really nice results. You will need: A copper piece Household ammonia Fishing line (or, as in this case, plastic beading string) A jar (about a pint should do, this…

antique copper DIY Jewelry tutorial

September 25, 2013

Product Photography Tutorial

In my work on the book ‘Resin Jewelry’ I did a ton of photography –many folks who looked at the book in its first stages remarked on how the photography really made the book shine. In my day job I work in advertising, and I…

DIY jewellery lightbox Photography product photography tutorial tutorial

September 22, 2013

I’m writing a book!

From my intro: I have been working with resin for 6 years, and in that time I’ve made some beautiful things, but also had some tragic failures. I’ve been inspired by the beautiful things to keep going, and learned from the failures until I got…

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August 02, 2013

What, you’re allergic? Let’s put some on the wall!

Ok, so he’s not that allergic. Tito’s pretty awesome =D and he made me this: Pretty snazzy, eh? If you’d like to make your own, or to sucker someone into making one for you… he’s posted a DIY right here.

DIY Knitting yarn yarn display

July 17, 2013

DIY Custom Stitch Markers

Who doesn’t love custom stitch markers? They make knitting just a little more cheerful – and they’re super easy to make. I can’t take credit for this brilliant idea for snag-free markers, I got it from the fiber flux blog and I haven’t purchased stitch…

DIY Fibre Flux Blog Knitting stitch markers

January 05, 2013

Upcycling

Tito and I have these little IKEA lamps beside the bed – and the other night I (having, no doubt, some very serious nocturnal karate match going on) decided to fling my arm out and smash mine. What a mess. Rather than brave the madness…

DIY Other media upcycling

January 16, 2012

DIY Swarovski Bracelet

I wanted to share a super easy technique for bead weaving that I used to create an adorable Swarovski crystal bracelet, at less than a tenth the price. I needed 32 large frosted Swarovski beads, 16 clear ones and 32 small copper beads – you…

beading crystal DIY Jewelry Swarovski tutorial

January 14, 2012