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March Madness: Green Play Memory Wire Bracelet

March 3, 2014December 16, 2016Posted in crafts

Today’s bracelet is a double-wrap that features black chunky lampwork beads with green and white accents. Also included are white pearl 8-0 czech seeds, translucent green rondelles (similar) and silver tube beads.

March Madness: Meow Mix Memory Wire Bracelet

March 2, 2014December 16, 2016Posted in crafts

I’ve mentioned Mr. Kitty’s Bead Bonanza bead packs in the past, and though I’ve only purchased a few of these, the amount of beads from them adds up quickly. The problem with these packs is that not all the beads have matches (so makes them a poor choice for earring pairs), such as the case with today’s selection.

Today’s bracelet I dub “Meow Mix“, in honor of Mr. Kitty’s awesome bonanzas!

Here’s what it all looked like during the planning stages! This entire storage container holds all my Mr. Kitty beads, too.

March Madness: Cloudy Skies Memory Wire Bracelet

March 1, 2014December 16, 2016Posted in crafts

Every craft show I seem to be lamenting the fact that my bracelet selection has dwindled, and between offering earrings, necklaces and hair bows as well something ends up slipping through the cracks.

Yesterday I had a thought: why not just try to make one a day over the next month, then you’ll have 31 new bracelets to display! So here I am on March 1st, celebrating March Madness–crafter style. 🙂

I usually make memory wire bracelets; it was something I started back when all my kids were little ones who liked to pull on jewelry. There are a few more embroidery floss bracelets I want to try out from the book I picked up, but overall I’ll likely just be using memory wire.

Today’s bracelet I call “Cloudy Skies“. It is a double-wrap featuring chunky grey swirl lampwork beads with white and grey pearls (similar) on silver memory wire.

Discovering 2014: Egg Carton Ladybugs

March 1, 2014October 12, 2016Posted in crafts, kids

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Us northerners are still stuck in the depths of this very long and cold winter, but it doesn’t mean we can’t dream of a nice spring day. Today was the first project of March: Egg Carton Ladybugs, inspired by this pin.

This one the kids can definitely get involved in; the only parts mine didn’t do were cutting up the egg carton and gluing at the end (because I got frustrated with school glue and used hot glue instead). You’ll need some egg carton cups (I used both scissors and an Exacto knife to cut mine out), paint (at least one bright color and black) and paint brushes, pompoms, chenille stems and googly eyes. How you want to glue it is your choice: I tried to use school glue but it wouldn’t keep for me, so I opted for hot glue, though that was a bit messier.

Once you have your egg cups, one layer of paint on the exterior should suffice. Let it sit a while to dry!

Next add your black spots and do touch-ups as necessary. I opted for large black spots while my kids both did smaller spots. Let it sit to dry again.

Finally, glue on the chenille stems (I curled the tops by wrapping it around my paint brush handle), pompoms and googly eyes. My daughter and I used the “girly” googly eyes, which ended up crazy looking for some reason, while my youngest son used the “boy eyes, because mine is a ninjabug, not a ladybug.”