A creative new year It’s the last week from this year and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy and a creative new year up front.For this week I had a free choice and what could I have made better then this fast and easy card. I only used a 210g A4 black card stock to make this card, there was a little piece left that you can use on an other project if you want. I…
Design challenge: Unusual shapes This week we received a sketch at Hobby Alternatief with, at least for me, unusual shapes, I don’t know if my college team members made cards like these before, but I haven’t. For this card, a real challenge for me, I had to sit down for some time and move the dies that I could use several times over the paper to get the best result. I had to do a lot of calculating and measuring…
You know you are a beader ……….. This post is for the blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community and theme this month is: You know you are a beader ………….. There are many things pointing you in that direction, for me it’s: Waking up in the middle of the night because I have to write down or draw a desigh that popped in my head. Forgetting to eat because Im working o a difficult piece. My hubby complaining that…
JAC – october blog carnival For October we were supposed to write an article for the monthly blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community. We completely forgot to choose a theme for this months entry and we just remembered it when the month was good as over. I forgot about the blog hop because I was working on the photo’s for my galleries and I had a show on the 16th, so in the week before I was sorting out all the…
Bead Store Experiences – August 2016 Blog Carnival This post is for the blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community and it’s all about our experiences with bead stores.We have a lovely craft store in one the surrounding villages but I don’t go there much anymore.I did go there almost every week before I discovered the internetThey carry a comprehensive variaty of beads and findings but the things I mostly look for is either not in their stock or way to…
My favourite jewelry piece – JAC Blog Carnival Is what this months blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about.I think you all know by now what my favourite jewelry pieces are. The jewelry that I make most, of course are earrings, why you ask, well because I don’t go out of the house without earrings on, without them I feel naked.Of course I do wear necklaces and bracelets but those I don’t wear every day, I wear those on special occasions like…
Time and motivation – JAC Blog Hop Is what this months blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about. When reading “Time and Motivation” most people think of endurance training. Because you have to invest time and you need to be motivated to keep it up. In a way one can say that it’s the same with jewelry making. When I have time enough then my motivation is gone and when I’m motivated I don’t have enough time to play with my…
Social Media. This month the blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about Social media. Social Media is the future of communication, a countless array of internet based tools and platforms that increase and enhance the sharing of information. – Social Media Defined How many different social media are there? When talking about social media most people immediatly think of facebook, twitter and instagram, but there are a lot more out there. Blogging is big and what about You tube, google+, Myspace, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, Digg, Vimeo,…
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