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.