My attempt at jewelry making

A couple weeks ago I went to the craft store with my grandmother.  She was very interested in the fact that I wanted to start making jewelry.  She didn't really listen to the part where I said I wanted to make my own beads with polymer clay.  Any way she told me to get what ever beads etc. that I wanted.  I picked out a the cross in the photos below because my grandma liked it and wanted to get it for me. 

Anyway tonight I made a necklace and matching bracelet.  I am going to sell them on my etsy.com store.  I am not sure how much to charge though.

Current projects

I am currently working on two projects right now.
The first is a knitting project.  I promised my aunt I would knit her a bag, similar to the ones I made for my sisters (see my second blog post).  She asked if I could add a pocket on the side for a cell phone. 
The bag pictured below was going to be for my aunt, but now I think that it won't be wide enough for a side pouch.  So one of these days I will go shopping for some more yarn so I can make her the purse I promised her last year. 

As you can see I still have a lot to do before it will be finished.  I am using two kinds of yarn and knitting them together.

I am also working on a Casino themed cake topper for a 65th birthday party.  Today I finished the playing cards

 

These will be arranged in a fan-like way to spell out DINO. 

I know that they are far from perfect, but I don't really know if I can get them any better.

I am going to start on the base of the topper tomorrow.  I am also going to try and figure out what will be the best way to make poker chips.

Well, it's past my bed time. 

Good Night.

Followers I Haz Them!

I have two followers!!!!!!!  Yes I am that excited.  My offer for a prize for my first follower still stands, and I will extend the offer to my second follower as well.  All you ladies need to do is message me.

Now for something completely different.  I just had what I think is a great idea.  I think I may start making flowers out of polymer clay (of course) with jewels in the center.  Specifically birthstones and birthmonth flowers.  Does that make sense, if not here is an example.  The flower for June is rose and the birthstone is pearl.  So I would make a rose with a pearl in the center. 
I think I will make a couple and see if they sell on etsy.

That's all I have to say for now.

Below are some of my past projects (the ones I have pictures of anyway)

This is a purse that I made for my sister.

Another purse.  I was experimenting with different kinds of yarn and changing the pattern slightly.  This was for my other sister.

This picture is a bear I made for my nephew.  I miss read the instructions in a major way but I was able to salvage it (that is why it has such long legs).  D says that the bear looks like the Wicker Man.
Nephew carries around all the time, and calls it his baby.

This is a necklace I made for my 4 year old cousin.  I was experimenting with different bead making techniques and I didn't like how it turned out so I switched gears.  I made the fan pendant out of my mistake.  I didn't think that it looked that great but D said it reminded him of a butterfly and he like how it looked.
I am not 100% happy with how this turned out but my little cousin is happy.  4 year olds are so easy to please.

Below is a picture of a dinosaur I made for my 6 year old cousin.  Since I made his sister a necklace, I couldn't get away with not bringing him a treat.

That's all for now.

Insert clever blog title here!

Well I kind of suck at this whole blogging thing, which is okay because I don't have any followers.
I am pretty excited because this weekend I got my first order for a custom cake topper.  It is going to be a casino theme topper for a 65th birthday.  I start work on it this weekend so hopefully I will soon have pictures to share.
I hope to do another blog post tonight to show off past projects. 

One final note: Speaking of followers and my lack of them.  I have decided that I am going to give a prize to my first follower.  I don't know what the prize will be yet, but I am thinking probably jewelry or maybe I will let that lucky first follower request what they want (as long as it is something I can make.)

Well that's all for now.

My first post

Well this is my very first post in my very first blog.

This is a cake topper I made for my hubby's cousin's wedding reception.  It was my very first attempt at a cake topper and I think it turned out pretty good.  D (hubby) deleted the other pictures off my camera, but I may try to see if I can steal them off of facebook and post them here.

Here ends my first post ;)