Gold Bar Necklace Pendant

Simplicity turned out to be so much harder than it looked: I saw a lady on Sunday who had a lovely & very simple necklace made up of three gold bars. I wanted to make something similar, but had neither … Continue reading

Printing on Book Paper

I’ve seen lots of lovely pictures printed on book paper, but they’ve all been in the form of framed pictures. I wanted to see if I could make a smaller version, for jewelry. The process itself is not very complicated. … Continue reading

Scrap-booking Embellishment Jewelry

I’m not a scrapbooker. I say this because I don’t own a scrapbook, have never put together a scrapbook page, and don’t plan to. However, I do find myself dawdling in the scrap-booking aisles of craft stores for a really … Continue reading

Sock Slippers

I’m a big fan of walking around in fluffy socks. The ones above where given to me by my sister some time ago: they are super soft, and have done me great service. However, we recently moved to a treacherous … Continue reading

Altoid Tins – Tiny Worlds

My ten year-old niece Julia handed me the above Altoid Tin yesterday. She and I had spoken about crafting with tins, and I’d asked her to save me her next empty one (she loves a cinnamon Altoid). I was touched … Continue reading