Altered Ribbon Spool Box Swap

I just recently participated in a swap on swap-bot to alter an empty ribbon spool. This was my first attempt  doing this and it turned out to be quite fun, even my creations turned out better than I thought they would.

The host of the swap posted a link for the tutorial.  I made the first one thinking of a cheery springy feel, but when I got to the part on figuring out how I wanted it to close, (not liking the option in the tut) I kinda messed that part up. Seeing as I didn't plan the making of this thing, with it coming about as I went along, the way I added the ribbon wasn't exactly the way I wanted it to close...hence the observation in the second  and third pic.

...the closure ended up on the bottom. 

Then we had to fill it with goodies. This was a lot of fun and I will definitely be making more of these with a few other ribbon spools that I already have empty; maybe in another swap, some more for myself or as a gift to others. Pretty neat huh?

I then made another one playing close attention to how I should add the ribbon so it would close on the top like I had wanted the first one to.

I was going to send it with a domino key chain, but I liked it so much that I decided to keep it and go ahead and send the first one, besides, the stuff I wanted to fill it with initially didn't really go with the decor of this one. The swap required that we fill it with little things like buttons, brads, ribbon, inchies etc. I could have asked my partner what she would have liked in it as advised by the swap host,  the goodies or a cool surprise, but I just went with rules.

 I added a little image on the bottom and some nice words inside color coordinating the whole thing and the domino matches it too. Didn't take pix of it at the time because it was drying, sorry. But all in all, I think they turned out rather nice, don't you?

Beaded Jewelry

Random pieces of jewelry that I have made and in my shop for sale. I haven't fashioned anything new lately but that will change soon as the year progresses. So many things I want to try and put my creative juices to work.

 I made this piece from glass tube beads that have black and white spackles, glass pearl beads and silver tone metal spacers with lobster claw closure.

 

This set was crafted from silver plated discs and blue and green glass beads. I cease to amaze myself. 

 

 Made from shells, seed beads and chipped beads with silver tone lobster claw closure, this piece can be for either male or female.

This little 7 1/2 inch bracelet took a little bit of time to make as it was gestimation work while making it and with the jump rings being small with seed beads added. The silver tone frames for the center glass beads are neat. Turned out cuter than I thought it would and this one is already sold but thinking about making something similar to it.

I so need to get back to making jewelry; I remember how much fun it is creating new pieces so keep a look out for more to come.

How to Watermark Your Work!!

Well, since there has a been an issue with others stealing images and posting them as their own, this how-to will protect and deter them form doing so!! This is the simplest way I watermark my work before uploading it to the world wide net. Besides, most computers always automatically have the "paint" program, so there is no special software you need to go out and buy.
For more info on how to protect and copyright your art or images, refer to a very helpful thread  on Cut Out and Keep that is definitely good to know!

I didn't add the © (year) by (your name) in this how-to and I haven't in the past, but will start from now on. Just showing the basic steps on how it can be done.



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Toilet Paper Roll Album

I just happened to see these on youtube and had to make my own! I think they were tutorials for these but I mostly saw finished ones and they were sooo creative, pretty and cute.
I think the most that's good to use is four, so that's how many I had that I painted first (including part of the inside but not completely into the middle), then covered with scrapbook paper. I used a hole punch to tie different textures of ribbon and string together, which to I added tags. I decorated each one front and back something like scrapbook pages. The ribbons are not completely glued down, just at the ends so that it can hold pix or something in place. The 6th pix is of the tags I made to slide into the middle of the rolls. These you can add journaling, pix or whatever to front and back or both. The last pix is shown without the tags inserted.
This was fun to make and I plan to make themed ones for gifts!


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Zombie Craze

I joined a zombie swap hosted by Sugarlishes (Sug) on Cut Out and Keep, who was also my partner and a zombie fanatic. I had fun making everything for her!!
1. Amigurumi Zombie Head (my own pattern)
2. Zombie Exterminator Badge/Pin
3. Assorted Stickers
4. Assorted fridge magnets
5. Postcards
6. Zombie Survival cards (front)
7. Zombie Survival cards (back)
8. Zombie Pin-Up Brooches
9. Zombie Girl Necklace (Glow-n-da-dark!!)
I also made some Hollywood Zombie ATC's but the pix I took for those didn't turn out so well.


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Squash Books

These are a couple of books that me and my partner swapped on swap-bot. We are members of a Twilight fan group so they are had to be Twilight themed. The first one is the one I made and sent, the second one his from my partner.
Another fun craft that I have a slight fetish for!! 


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Home - ATC Mania Haven

Home - ATC Mania Haven

Hey there crafty friends! For those of you that love ATC's, I'm inviting you to join my network and some events that are now in progress. Having something of a Group Revival since it's been inactive for awhile; I got a little busy with other swaps and crafts left my poor network in the dark. So there are now some swaps and contests that going on that you can check out. In order to join any of the the events though, you will have to join the network. Would love to see others ATC creations, tips and ideas and hope to start having fun again with it. Hope to see you there!!