Saturday Blog Hop

Today I am part of a special blog hop showcasing sequins!

The hop is featured on Resin Crafts Blog.

Here are my bead blogger links too!

A Bead A Day
Need a bead or finding at midnight? You might find what you need in a pinch at a 24 hour superstore!

About.com Jewelry Making
There is still plenty of time to make some Halloween jewelry. 

Art Bead Scene
Heather shares some tips of the trade for jewelry designers who are interested in wholesaling. 

Beading Arts
Cyndi believes that you can never have too many ideas for how to use your lampwork beads... 

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie shows the results of the liquid clay slip application experiments she recently made. 

Resin Crafts!
This week Carmi shows you how to glaze a feather with resin! 

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Bead Soup, the great book by Lori Anderson, has arrived! Enjoy this review about Lori's delicious concoction by jean! 

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton

Andrew shares his latest win! Check out "Night of the Shaman" that top honors in Nina Design's most recent design challenge.  

Morning Cuppa!

New Paint - Silks

My new paint arrived from my favorite color company:  LuminArte!!

These are Silks Acrylic Glaze!!

Printemps Department Store Has Gone Dotty!

"My life is a dot lost among thousands..."
Yayoi Kusama

The artist Yayoi Kusama

an infinite and graphic atmosphere

Yayoi Kusama : an avant-garde vision, a constantly changing imagination… An infinite and graphic atmosphere that has seduced Marc Jacobs, Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton “(…) You see it in every painstaking canvas and installation she creates, and you also see a world that never ends.”

The French House associates with the talent of one of Japan’s dottiest artists and create the colourful and round-patterned Dots Infinity Collection…

Created by Louis Vuitton in collaboration with Yayoi Kusama, and produced exclusively for Printemps Haussmann, this installation includes a unique Pop-Up Store in the atrium at Printemps Haussmann, 5 brand-new window displays, as well as a range of leather goods previewed at Printemps Haussmann.

When Fashion and Art beat as one mind.

Printemps Haussmann, Women's Store, Lower Ground Floor.

Sunday Beading LInks

Art Bead Scene 

Rebecca shares her Turning Leaves bracelet tutorial, a beautiful free project that speaks of the change of seasons

About.com Jewelry Making 
Tammy says "yes" to wire hangers, especially when they become part of a pair of earrings.

Beading Arts 
Fabric art and beads? Of course!

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! 
Jean falls for Erin Siegel's tutorial which she designed for Ornamentea and decides to challenge herself by trying it! It is irresistably cool!

The View From Caledon

Autumn is my favorite time of the year.  

An early morning storm made everything look frozen today.....happily the plants were just covered in rain drops.

Jewelry Give-a-way!

I am giving away this fabulous set designed by Nancy Donaldson on the Dazzle-it Blog linked here.

The Lamp and Crafty Links

 A few weeks ago I spotted a women pulling this beautiful lamp out of her van at the antique market.  She gave me a great price...but hesitated actually giving it to me.  She really liked it too!  I am so glad I got it.  I have never seen anything like it.  The attached plate is perfect for potpourri!  I would put candy there...but then the dish would always be empty.

Now that I have had the lamp for two weeks I have given some more thought to the plate.  I wonder if it was an ashtray?

About Family Crafts

Browse through this list of unique, homemade Halloween costume ideas and then share yours!

Aileen's Musings

Aileen shows you how to turn a washing machine lid into a chalk/magnetic board!  

Beading Arts

Did you know that you can bead a bezel for...get this...a large BEAD? Yup! And it's really easy! 

Cherie Burbach's blog

Cherie makes a sculpture using green and gold glasses.  

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a pattern and tutorial on how to sew an acorn, two cat cross stitch patterns, an interview with Lisa Solomon author of Knit Thread Stitch, and some fiber nutrition tips.  

Crafty Princess Diaries
Download a free book excerpt from the adorable new title How to Make Stuffed Animals published by Quarry.  

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
This week, The Artful Crafter tells how you can create free yarn crafting patterns online.  

 

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
How to make a recycled champagne cork acorn. 

Bead Blogger Links

Art Bead Scene
Rebecca's breezy necklace commemorating the end of summer and featuring fun artisan materials is available as a free project!

About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy takes a look at a bea-u-tiful bead weaving book.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's Beading to be done!
A wonderful book deserves a good review! Jean reviews the fascinating and terrific jewelry design book, The Spirit of Bead Embroidery by Heidi Kummli!

Beading Arts
Did you know that you can bead a bezel for...get this...a large BEAD? Yup! And it's really easy!

Carmi's Art/Life World
My t-shirt yarn flowers have been turned into a fab necklace!

Resin Crafts!
This is a week dedicated to working in molds on Resin Crafts Blog!

A Bead A Day
Do you like to put a little craftiness into your jewelry making? Lisa's altering a filigree component with a paint pen. 

Rose

I needed some colour on this rainy gray day!

I grew this!

T-Shirt Yarn Pendant

Yup, added in a zipper....

T-Shirt Yarn Corsage Bracelet

 It has been great testing and experimenting with t-shirt yarn.  This corsage on velvet is a great example of how soft and light t-shirt yarn can be.

 It really does curl beautifully!

 I wish you could see this in person.

It really is pretty!

T-Shirt Yarn Necklace!

 My tarn experiments have resulted in this over the top necklace made of florescent coloured t-shirt yarn!  The colours are so hot they flared in my photo shoot!

 These are all the elements I made for my final piece.

 I finally have a flower making technique that I like!

 My friend Nancy whipped up these crochet flowers for me.

The necklace cord I braided kumihimo style!

Bead Blogger Links!

A Bead A Day

Can jewelry help you take a trip down memory lane? Lisa sure thinks so! Check out her Sanibel bracelet and accompanying memory.
About.com Jewelry Making
This month's jewelry designer interview showcases the work of the queen of resin.
Art Bead Scene
September's Art Bead Scene challenge is a portrait full of floral beauty in rich autumn colors. Check out our blog and see how this painting from the 1500s inspires you!
Beading Arts
Beading Arts takes a look at lampwork and glass fusing all this month!
Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi is making jewelry this week with t-shirts cut up into yarn...which is TARN!
Resin Crafts!
You will not believe how stunning a little crumpled foil can look under resin!
Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
A completely fabulous book, Necklaceology, by Candie Cooper, all about necklaces of all styles and lengths is the subject of Jean's review today!

Crafty Blogger Links

 

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi has been experimenting with t-shirt fabric all week. Who knew it could be used like yarn?

Cherie Burbach
Cherie makes a glass sculpture using candy dishes, ashtrays, and a tea light holder. 

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a fun mixed-media card tutorial and the graphics and techniques it was inspired by along with a recipe for edamame hummus.  

Crafty Princess Diaries
The Crafty Princess is giving away a book about chain jewelry this month. Enter for your chance to win. 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Wood and copper combine for a casual blue jeans themed bracelet. Instructions included. 

Mixed Media Artist

Cut out felt circles...check! Stitch together...check! Add a button on a wire...check! Smile and share your felt flowers with your friends!  

Black T-Shirt To Tarn Necklace

 This is project three in my series experimenting with recycling t-shirts.

 This black rose and necklace was easy to make.

 T-shirt fabric into yarn = Tarn.  I showed you how to do this in my first post about this recycling technique.

For this flower I decided to stitch the flower first.  

Then I attached a felt back with glue.

T-shirt to Yarn - Tarn Brooch

 I am experimenting with the various ways I can add "tarn" to my projects.

 Yesterday I showed you how I made these ball of tarn.  I don't imagine any of my t-shirts will be going to the Good Will any time soon.

 I simply glued the tarn into this circular flower shape.  I really liked the result...but was bothered by the bits of glue I could see.  I used a clear drying glue, but it is still visible when sitting on fabric.

So I sewed some beads to camouflage these areas.  I really like the brooch now!

 The reverse side!

Tarn - Have You Made Some?

This necklace features braided tarn.  What is tarn you ask?

T-shirt fabric stretched into yarn = Tarn.

 This long weekend will be remembered for the tarn making blisters my Mom and I both have.  Now I know what it must have been like to spin your own wool.

 You need really great scissors (Westcott is my brand) to cut t-shirts into strips.  To save time I was cutting through four peices of t-shirt fabric and needed a super titanium blade.

 The technique is perfectly illustrated in this 1979 book called Rags: Making a Little Something Out of Almost Nothing, written by sisters Linda and Stella Allison.  The chawed rosin blogger had a great link explaining how to make a rag rug with old t-shirts.  I am so glad I saw this post.  My Mom and I made several balls of Tarn.  We could not believe how easy it was to stretch the fabric so it curled into itself...hence the yarn idea.  It was the constant stretching needed to make the bigger balls that caused the blisters.  I wore gloves after rolling the first ball of stretched tarn.

 I have seen lots of online posts turning the tarn into flowers.  

I wanted to try braiding it.  

I set up my tarn so I could use the classic kumihimo braiding 8-strand technique.

Isn't it great?  More tarn ideas to come!

Bead Blogger Links

Art Bead Scene
School season is almost here and that inspired Erin to blog about some of her favorite creative classes she has taken over the years.

Beading Arts
Cyndi shares her thoughts on Kim St. Jean's magical book, Metal Magic!

A Bead A Day
Design inspiration...the Sun! Lisa shares her Ode to the Sunshine State jewelry project.

Beads & Books
Win a copy of Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue. While you're entering, you can also download a free simple spiral necklace project from the book.

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie makes lemonade out of lemons, or at least out of clay slabs that got too dry, and creates new pendants in the process.

Resin Crafts!
A little paper and paint can result in a wonderful Frida pendant! 

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean discusses the worldwide jewelry, mixed media and Blythe doll project which she has been involved in throughout 2012, and invites you to follow its progress!

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton Andrew announces the future plans for Allegory Gallery and the NEW annex space!

Crafty Blogger Links

ACreativeDream
June is building houses now. Come see what’s going in… maybe even build one of your own!

Blue Glass Garden Sculpture With Bud Vases and Beads
Cherie makes a glass sculpture with some gems she got at a rummage sale.

Carmi’s Art/Life World
This is the week Carmi is gathering flowers to dry for the winter projects she has planned.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there are fun tips on how to date your work easily and use tracing paper and photos to sketch your ideas, an idea for probably the easiest crochet scarf, and the 7 types of foraging walks.

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Are you making Homecoming Mum corsages this year? You’ll find everything you need at The Artful Crafter - from suppliers to directions, including love chain weaving instructions.

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi shares about a bracelet project that took her four tries to get it right!

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
Bead and button spiders have been made kicking off the Halloween decorating.