Ok. I have to admit it. I have seen these fantastically gaudy watch bracelets for quite sometime now. And as much I LOVE the beads I have refused to take the plunge and wear one. I always seem to justify that I would rather just have a bracelet – who the heck still wears a watch?
That is until my dear friend Christy from Scarlet Lime hooked me up with some beaded love. NOW I am not only totally addicted to wearing these fabu beads… but I totally addicted to making them. Christy is a rockstar, so the kits she puts together are so easy that my tween is able to put together the watch bands in no time. But grab a few kits and try mixing and matching some of the beads. Right now I am working on a Halloween band. Of course there are matching necklaces too.
Here is another watch band that I just made into a bracelet and a fun dangly pendant!
Because I love these guys so much… I just have to share. Leave a comment and one winner will get a complete watch kit. The only requirement is- if you are the winner… you have to send me a picture when you are done putting it together!
Be sure to visit my guest gallery at Scarlet Lime too.
It is no secret that I am an uber fan of my dear friend Allison’s glass work. In fact, I am just about her biggest fan for everything she does. Unable to create the works of art that she does.. I was inspired to make some fun pendants featuring the images she creates for Hambly.
These pendants took 5 minutes to make. To create them, I used Ranger’s glass slides and slide frames.
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I am so thrilled to be the guest designer over at Making Memories today. Be sure to swing by their blog and check it out! Getting this post together is the perfect kick of to my creative daily.*
Here’s a little sneak peek…
As I mentioned in my guest blog post, I LOVE the new Vintage Groove line. It is so eclectic and fun to put together the various pieces to create unique wearable art. Last night I put this necklace together in just a few minutes.
I love mixing things up. Here I used the the silk ribbon piece and a pendant from the collection. The string of freshwater pearls and the crystals I already had lying around. In fact, the crystals hanging from the 3 wishes component were rescued from a broken bracelet.
The pendants are an easy way to spruce up some of the jewelry you may already have. This necklace with wood beads was something my mom brought back from the Philippines. I just added the pendants to it and now, it is a necklace perfect for summer!
For more ideas, stop by the Making Memories blog and check out their jewelry website MakingMemoriesJewelry.com. Also, make sure you check out the Making Memories’ Jewelry FB page , mark that you “like” it, post a comment, and you’ll be entered into a DAILY drawing to win Vintage Groove.
*Creative Daily- I started the year with the intention of creating a layout a day. But after some time I realized that I don’t want to do a layout a day. I do however, want to do something creative everyday. What this is will change. Sometimes it will be a small project.. like sprucing up a picture frame. Other times, it will be a larger project. What ever it is – I hope you will stop by and join in for create daily juju!
