Snowflowers Bracelet

A 7 1/2" bracelet made with faceted Czech glass beads (matte finished clear & irridescent sheer icy crystal) Tiny opaque white flower cup beads accent the bracelet like tiny flowers poking through the first snowfall of winter. Available in my Etsy.com shop.

Snowflowers Bracelet

If you've been thinking about selling your handmade craft creations and have come to realize that eBay isn't for you, but you think that Etsy might be worth looking into, take a look at 5pm (EST) tonight.

Go to the site, (you may need to sign up, but there's never a fee to be a member)click on the "community" link, then click on the Virtual Labs link and find the vitual room holding the Newbie Chat.

Many of the questions a person thinking about selling on Etsy/or new sellers may have will be answered with explanations tonight. Etsy holds a couple of these Newbie sessions each week and probably will share many links to helpful threads for people just starting or those thinking about starting a shop on Etsy.
Check it out if you have a chance!

Sea Glass Turtle Mosaic

Sea Glass Turtle Mosaic

Other than my handmade sea glass jewelry, I haven't done very much creating. I still have a couple of scarves in progress, but very desire to get back to them right now.
I have lots of sea glass that isn't jewelry quality. I have them in jars by the window sill, on the entertainment center...anywhere that get a little bit of sunlight during the day.

And then I remembered an idea I had years ago about making mosaics with some of the pieces. So I spread out a couple cans of smaller pieces one evening after dinner and played with the pieces... after playing for awhile, I had made a couple sailboat images, a dragonfly, a butterfly and a turtle (shown below) I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my new creations...maybe keep a few for myself and maybe put them in my Etsy shop...not sure yet, but i thought I'd share my newest creations with my myLot crafting friends!So what's on your crafting table?

Ocean Mist sea Glass Bracelet

This 7 1/2" silver plated bracelet is adorned with five pieces of frosty clear/white sea glass. The sea glass is accented beautifully with 6mm round amazonite; a light, soft, misty blue-green. This wonderful bracelet is finsihed with a lobster clasp. Available in my Etsy.com shop

Ocean Mist sea Glass Bracelet

I finally had a chance to spend a lengthy amount of time at my crafting table this weekend. I have several craft shows right around the corner and I really needed to start building up my inventory, and I finished several bracelets and a half dozen pairs of earrings on Saturday night.

AC Moore's had a sale on polymer clay recently and I bought 5 packages. I'll probably be making some pendants/necklaces with a few packs and the remainder will be used to make holiday decorations/ornaments.

It'll be time to begin knitting scarves and hats, as the weather turns colder each morning and evening and I've already pulled out my "tubs" of yarn. I have some really nice skeins I purchased last spring that I'm looking forward to turning into a scarf/hat set.

So what are you working on or planning to make?

Things to Do With Old Jeans

1) Make cute waste aprons, you can use other fabric to make a fun trim, this is a great gift for a little girl, or jazz it up for an older gal in your life.

2) Use just the pockets from several pairs to make a fun wall organizer for a teens bedroom.

3) Cut a bunch of squares out of the legs, all the same size, and make a lawn quilt. Perfect to take on picnics and such. The material is heavier and won't blow away as easily.

4) Make some potholders. The material is thick which is perfect, add some quilt batting in between to pieces and there you have it. :)



Hope these ideas help a little bit, if you need more, please feel free to pick my brain. I can come up with a ton.

Happy Crafting!

Pattern (sewing)

I am looking to find some easy to follow sewing patterns for making soft toys and dolls clothes, I have tried numerous websites and not found anything easy enough to follow just yet, I am not used to making things like that on a sewing machine, however I did used to work in a sewing factory many years ago but all our patterns were cut out for us, I want to make something that I can sell eventually as I do actually make jewelry and scented candles but want to try something new for a change, any ideas or links would be very helpful.

Why Is ScrapBooking So Popular?

Why is scrapbooking so popular? It seems that it is far and above the leading craft in this day and age. I don't understand what the attraction is, so maybe someone can explain it to me.

I came across a scrapbook, that I made 40 years ago when I was a teenager, and I still have it, but after you have made one scrapbook...what do you do then? Make another? Add to the one you made? And what is the fascination of pasting pictures from magazines, poetry you've written, etc., in a book. It doesn't seem to me that a scrapbook will not last. The one I made is all in a mess, because the glue and scotch tape has dried out and let go, and the papers are everywhere. So please, educate me.

Made by me, you can make one too

Huge Orange Murano Glass Pendant

I made this necklace using a huge 40mm Orange fire Murano glass focal bead. I used craft wire which is very soft and pliable to make it into a pendant then added it to the lovely goldtone chain. This is the first piece I have done in a while. I was so busy over the holidays I just did not have time to create. Please share any new pieces you have done.

Polymer Clay

Polymer Clay

I've used it before in my crafting, but right now I really enjoy making pendants and holiday decorations with it. For some reason, this time around, it's been very therapeutic working with polymer clay.

What do you make with poly clay? I'm looking for more ideas because I really enjoy working with it right now!

Sea Glass Bracelet

sea glass bracelet

This is one of the items I created this past weekend. I haven't been in a rush, because I really like this bracelet and I'd like to keep it around for a couple more days before placing it in my Etsy shop. But I'm kinda stumped as to what to call it.

Usually, I would go with something like "Cobalt Sea Glass Copper Bracelet", but in my opinion, this bracelet is so very pretty and it deserves a more creative name... and that's where I'm stuck. I haven't come up with anything that really jumps out at me and I'd like to give this one soemthing that pops off the page as much as the bracelet does.

So I'm turning to all my crafting friends here at myLot and asking for suggestions!
Anyone have an ideas?