Pebble Art Stone. This weeks assignment for Hobby Alternatief was “pebble art stone” we didn’t have to use the real pebble stones, we where allowed to make some. So I went to look for an alternative. finally I choose to make this pendant. But let me start at the beginning.At first I wanted to buy some stone art clay, but forgot that I would have to use my hand working with it. Sadly my hand hasn’t healed enough yet for…
Project I like to try this year For this months blog Carnival from the Jewelry Artisans Community we need to write about a project we like to try this year. Well that’s a difficult one, because there are so many things I still have to learn and want to learn too. I already started with one of them. Branding my jewelry designs and website. 😀 I always wanted to make my own packaging materials and it never was more then a nice piece of paper…
2016 recap of this year For this months blog Carnival from the Jewelry Artisans Community we decided to write a 2016 recap post, so this time I will include the photo’s of all the challenge pieces we had this year. First of I want to wish all of you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a healthy, productive and joyful 2017, may it bring you all that 2016 forgot. So here are all my JAC challenge creations…
Zip it up – JAC June / July Challenge. Cat told us that she’s more of a zipper girl than a button girl. So, in honor of Cat, our challenge for this round is to create a jewelry design using zippers or something zipper related in our design. So once again the challenge for the Jewelry Artisans Community was set. This time it was “Zip it up” It was a good thing we had extra time for this challenge…
Creating jewelry for charity JAC May blog carnival This months blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about creating jewelry for charity. In all the years of making jewelry I have donated 3 pieces for charity, better said I gave the 3 pieces to be prices for a tombola. In the village where I live there is a small sports club for disabled people and one of my neighbours has a daughter with down syndrome who happen to be…
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…
Since it’s a new month and a new year, your challenge is to make something new. You can use new beads/materials, techniques, a tutorial, a color that you haven’t used before – just anything that is new to you. Something New – JAC Challenge The challenge for Januari 2016 from the Jewelry Artisans Community was to make something new. This is an easy one for me, because most of the times I create something it is to challenge me to…
December favorites – JAC Challenge The December challenge from the Jewelry Artisans Community was to make a jewelry piece inspired by your december favorites. At first we wanted to skip this months challenge because of the festivities we all have and it would be a busy month, but then we decided to make it a small one this time. Our challenge is to make a design based on your favorite thing about December. It could be Christmas, the winter solstice, snow, frost,…
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…
Halloween – JAC Challenge Octobers theme challenge from Jewelry Artisans Community was to be expected of course. Halloween First a short history lesson, because it is not commonly known. At least in my country most people think it’s only for dressing up and the candy. Just for a night, we have a chance to go out in the world as someone else this weekend. What some may fail to realize this is that the holiday was not always…
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