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some of you will know that I also make my resin beads and pendants for others to use in their own jewellery making projects.
I'd happily sit in my workroom and experiment with resin all day, every day. The result is that I make more resin pieces than I can possibly use myself.
I don't make much beaded jewellery these days although I'm still obsessed with beads - I try not to look anymore so I'm not tempted.
Some of the customers who buy my resin pendants from Karen's Beads make the most fabulous jewellery with them. I'm luck enough to be "friends" with some of them on Facebook so I get to see the photographs of their jewellery creations.
I'll be blogging about one particular jewellery designer soon - I just need to go through her photographs and decide which ones to feature.
The pendants I've featured today have all just been listed in Karen's Beads on Folksy
(I so nearly kept some of them for my own jewellery - had to tell myself NO)
(I so nearly kept some of them for my own jewellery - had to tell myself NO)
I was asked recently by Jean of Talking Beads if dad could make her a special wooden dish for her brother's 60th birthday. She wanted a small coin dish with a 1950 coin set into the bottom. Dad hasn't been well recently so I wasn't sure if he wanted to take on a commission but he said yes and we discussed dimensions.
Dad found a piece of walnut in his workshop & we found a 1950 halfpenny in a box of old coins that Nick remembered he had.
My dad is an absolute perfectionist and the little coin dish he made is just beautiful.
I know Jean likes it because she's posted that she does on the Misi forum!
My dad is an absolute perfectionist and the little coin dish he made is just beautiful.
So far I've resisted making childrens jewellery - apart from some charm bracelets for a friends daughter & her pals.
I found some cartoon animal and butterfly stickers recently and made them into hearts and shapes - they were just calling out to be childrens pendants!
I found some cartoon animal and butterfly stickers recently and made them into hearts and shapes - they were just calling out to be childrens pendants!
These are all for sale in my GroovyCart shop - I'm still offering free P&P in this shop!
well the July Jesters have now become the A-Team - our daily listing challenge on Folksy
here's a few of my favourite things today - click the links below each photograph for more details about the item and seller
here's a few of my favourite things today - click the links below each photograph for more details about the item and seller
and my own listings so far for the A-Team
these were a few of our own favourite things yesterday
and finally me...
these are today's favourite things from our own Misi shops
and finally from me
on MISI we have a daily thread where we post a picture or a link to an item from our own shop
I thought I'd share a few of them with you...
I thought I'd share a few of them with you...
to find out more about any of the items featured please click the name of the maker/shop
oops - nearly forgot myself
recently one of the other sellers on Folksy - Serena from The Copper Swallow - posted on the Folksy forum asking for people to donate an item, or a percentage from the sale of an item, to an animal charity of our choice. She runs a website called One Small Mouse which campaigns for animal welfare.
I was more than happy to get involved as I really admire people who work tirelessly for charities that they feel passionate about.
I decided I wanted to make a pendant using a vintage image of cats and I had great fun trawling the internet looking a suitable image. I found loads a fabulous vintage photographs and postcards - some of which I've already used and lots that I'm saving for later.
In the end I decided to use an image of three little kittens popping their heads out of an envelope
Serena has written about the pendant on One Small Mouse & we've both tweeted, facebooked and blogged hoping to find someone to click the buy button! As soon as it sells I'll be popping a cheque for £12.50 in the post to my local Cats Protection League.
If you'd like to help The Cats Protection League by buying the pendant please click here
I was more than happy to get involved as I really admire people who work tirelessly for charities that they feel passionate about.
I decided I wanted to make a pendant using a vintage image of cats and I had great fun trawling the internet looking a suitable image. I found loads a fabulous vintage photographs and postcards - some of which I've already used and lots that I'm saving for later.
If you'd like to help The Cats Protection League by buying the pendant please click here
done it again - where did those days go to?
been busy making & listing pieces for Karen's Beads on Folksy - all I have to do now is take some more photo's...
I asked Folksy Admin if I could sell some of my dad's handmade woodwork in my shop - and they said yes! I also want to try making things other than jewellery so have renamed my shop Just K Jewellery & Gifts.
The last few items listed for July Jesters are
been busy making & listing pieces for Karen's Beads on Folksy - all I have to do now is take some more photo's...
I asked Folksy Admin if I could sell some of my dad's handmade woodwork in my shop - and they said yes! I also want to try making things other than jewellery so have renamed my shop Just K Jewellery & Gifts.
The last few items listed for July Jesters are
Dannie, from Booties by Dannie, had a really good idea for a JJ blog (and not just because she included one of my items) and wrote about her favourite things. She chose her favourite items from all her JJ blogs so far this month. I'm going to copy her, and do the same for my next blog - hopefully I'll be able to do it first thing tomorrow when it's quiet & peaceful. If you'd like to see what she chose - read it here
nothing from me in this blog - I'm just featuring a selection of goodies from the other Folksy sellers doing the July Jesters daily listing challenge
Lots of us involved & the sales tally so far is awesome, especially as we only done 10 days - 21 days still to go
Lots of us involved & the sales tally so far is awesome, especially as we only done 10 days - 21 days still to go
trinity handbag from Bliss Knits
red train coat peg from Great Green
little star t-shirt from CheeryMishMash
purple dress jotter from JessicasJotters
wooden heart card from Adien Crafts
evergreen shoulder bag from Leanne Woods Designs
fruit loop fascinator from SLC
steampunk dragonfly brooch from SteampunkStorm
red butterfly hairslide from Cult Angel
glass cat suncatcher from Diomo Glass
beach huts cushion from HWR Designs
personalised photo album from Dottie Designs
little girl's dress from MollyMoo & Jessica too
I've deliberately not chosen any jewelley (apart from SteampunkStorm) as that's for another JJ blog - all jewellery in all its gorgeousness