This is a prototype for a bracelet I wanted to make for my friend Brooke. Of course, once I started I realized all of the mistakes I was making, so this one will remain in my own collection.


In the one I finished for Brooke today, I used one color wire, and hooked the charms onto on ring back to back. I'll try to post a pic of the finished product tomorrow.

These were the fun little wires I worked with. Aren't they pretty!

Exciting news for me, I've been cast in "As You Like It" with the Woodward Shakespeare Festival. I will be playing Amiens, a part written for a man, but we're doing a sort of twist on it.

New Projects

I finally finished this frame. It was supposed to be a Christmas present for the girl that works for us, but it got put aside for more pressing projects, so now it is her birthday present. The idea came from Nicole, who makes jewelry trees every year. I said, 'why can't we put jewelry on other things?', she replied 'Let's go to Micheal's'. She is my perfect best friend. At any rate, I started with a basic unfinished wooden frame, painted it silver, then started glueing beads and jewels to it. It's such a basic project, with a wow result. I used Alene's glue, because it dries clear. It could turn out to be a pretty expensive frame, but I used a bunch of random thrift store jewelry.



My next project is a crown for one of my nieces. Here's the start to it. Since I started with multi-colored beads, I am going to continue using several different colors of wire as well. I plan to leave the wire under the loops unadorned, to allow for bobby pins.