Dad's hatband

My Dad's birthday is Monday. I was going to make him a mix cd of some of his favorite country and bluegrass music, but that's what I always do. My husband was joking that I should make Dad a bracelet, since everyone else gets one. Dad wouldn't wear a bracelet, but he does wear a cowboy hat, so I made him a hat band.

Grandma's bracelet

I didn't want Grandma to feel left out! Her bracelet is on stretch cord, so that she won't have to deal with a clasp.

Terry's bracelet

My uncle Terry is visiting, too. I also made him a bracelet.

Sandy's jewelry

My aunt Sandy is visiting from Arizona. I haven't seen here in a few years, and thought I'd make her some jewelry.

After she saw this blog, she specifically mentioned hearts, so this pair of earrings is the result.

Scissor/cell phone charms

A friend at work asked if I could make scissor charms. I told her I didn't know what they were, but if she showed me one, probably. She uses them to identify her scissors at scrap-booking parties. They can also be cell phone charms, zipper pulls, or whatever you like!

Candle Jar

This is a candle jar I made as a birthday gift for one of the nurses at work. It is the first time that I used wrapped loops. I didn't really do them by the book, and they are a little "rustic", which I think works in this piece.

St.Patrick's Day necklace and earrings

Last Friday we had another "beading bee" at my friend Laura's house. She is insanely talented, and made a bunch of St. Patrick's Day beads for us to play with. Here is what I came up with.

Button necklace

One Sunday afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I went through my button tin looking for inspiration. Here's what I came up with.

I love the purples in the mother of pearl button.

This is the first time I have mixed chain and beading.

Pam's bracelet

I made this bracelet for my sister, Pam. The first attempt was too small, so I suggested she give it to one of her grand daughters.



This is the version that I think will actually fit her. I haven't seen her again yet to give it to her.

The clasp is a button I bought years ago in a tin of buttons at a yard sale. I love yard sales, and can't wait to go this summer and look for beads and jewelry to deconstruct and reconstruct.

Green bracelet & memory wire bracelet

I made this green bracelet to go with an outfit I was wearing to work for casual day. It's so cool that if I don't have jewelry to go with an outfit, I can just make it!

I made this memory wire bracelet at a "beading bee" at my friend Laura's house. I really like the color of these beads. It is one of my first attempts at randomly stringing beads. I'm pretty anal about symmetry, and this was an effort on my part. Even the green bracelet above, is symmetrical, but in reverse from one strand to the other.

40 x 40 bracelet

I will be turning 40 in July, and my goal since the first of the year is to lose 40 pounds by the time I turn 40, hence the 40 x 40 bracelet. The middle section is 20 rows of 40 beads. (40 by 40, get it?!?) I wear this bracelet daily, to help me remember my goals.

Or at least, I did wear it daily. I used a toggle clasp, and managed to lose the bracelet. Stupid toggle clasp. Below is version 2.0 of the 40 x 40 bracelet, with a new, improved lobster claw clasp. And a different design on the 40 x 40 beads.

BTW, if you'd like to see my progress on my 40 x 40 goal, see my other blog (that's right, I'm so important I have two blogs!) at jen-s-journey.blogspot.com.

Christmas earrings.

I made several pairs of earrings and sold them at work at Christmas time. I gave lots of earrings for Christmas gifts, as well. Here are 2 pair I kept for myself.

More earrings

These were made for the Super Bowl. Yea Colts!


These are the first earrings I made for myself. My friend Laura made the swirl charms.

Another big pair or earrings.

This pic isn't too good, but I love the purple and green iridescent color of these.

Earrings

Here are some random earrings I have made. As you can tell, I kinda like big!

I made these and another pair like them for me and my friend Shauna for Race for the Cure.

These are some of my faves, because they go with everything, and have a lot of movement.

I made these to match a bracelet I made.

Shauna's bracelet

This is the first complicated project I have taken on. My friend Laura made me a Dutch Spiral bracelet for my birthday last year, and my friend Shauna wanted one. So I made her one for Christmas. This stitch looks really complicated, but isn't so bad once you get it started. Laura made the clasp for me.