It's Gotta Be the Rain!

I really have no idea what has spurred my burst of craftiness and creativity...but I like it.  My wallet doesn't like it right now, but as long as I sell some stuff, it will be fine.  In the last two days I was on a buying supplies binge..Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Jo-Ann Fabric all got some of my cash.

I went to Jo-Ann to buy some fabric for a dress and skirt I already had patterns for, both of them from Burda.  One I purchased in store and one was a free download from their web site Burda Style.  I have the skirt cut out and pined, and will sew it tomorrow.  I got lucky and found the perfect sandals to wear with it a JC Penny when I went in to pay my bill (isn't that how it always goes?)  I really need a dress form and need to decide what kind I want.  It is just too hard to show off my work without one and when I make my restyled t-shirts I often just kind of pin things on and step back and take a look to see how it goes.

Hobby Lobby had all the metal bits and pieces on sale this week for 50% off, so I loaded up on them and a few scrap book items I am using to make pendants.  Michaels had coupons in the paper so I got beads (they were 40% off) with an extra 15% and another 10% off everything else.  I got so much I bought 3 more bead organizing boxes and immediately filled them up.

So here are some of my most recent creations:

Rutilated Quartz and  Gunmetal Charm Earrings - SOLD

T-shirt necklace featuring pearls, charms and a funky pendant $25

Quartz and a handmade aluminum bale on suede - $15

Silk Petals and Crystals $20

Custom Order Pendants I created

Here is the finished piece....the customer loved it!

here is the back of one of my resin pendants

Another custom order just completed

Black and White Delight $20

fun metal chain on a t-shirt necklace

Copper and Blue Beauty $25

I made this resin pendant too!

So if I didn't mark it sold, it is for sale and you can contact me for buying instructions.  I also make special requests if you want them to say something special.  I haven't listed some of these in my store yet as I give my blog readers and Facebook friends first dibs.

Recycled T shirt Necklaces

So, I now have done enough t shirt restyling to have left over scraps.  I decided to make some more necklaces.  The first one I used the purple sleeves from the t shirt I restyled into a ruffled tunic top.  I cut 6 strips and used 5 to make the necklace and one to cover the knots.  I thought it needed a bit more flair ( and I'm all about the flair) and when I saw these bright lime silk flowers I knew what I had to do.  Using ribbon and hot glue I created a flower piece and attached it to the necklace.  It now will go with a tank a friend of mine gave me in that green color.  I was going to try to embellish it, but now I don't have to!

Here are the pictures

 

I love these vibrant colors!

This morning as I cruised the DIY sites that are now my drug of choice I got inspired to make more stuff.  There is a skirt from a t shirt I may try to make on this site.  Yes I know I am probably too old to wear this, but I may make it as a casual weekend skirt for the summer.  Then I went to this blog - The Married Squirrels and saw this amazing ironing board from a piece from IKEA. 

Don't you just love this!

I can seriously see making this.  How many of us use and leave our ironing boards up way to much!???  It could hide in plain site as a buffet in my great room!

I then found this blog lower your presser foot and she had a skirt I want to make.  Lucky it is a free pattern download from Burda 

I've never tried this before, but what the heck..I'll post pics when I get it done.

Here is yet another necklace from a t shirt. I used this grey to make another shirt and had the back left over so I sliced it into strips and tied the ends together to make a necklace.  I used another strip of the shirt to cover the knots in the back.  It looked kinda plain so I want to jazz it up...and I'm all about that!  I remembered an amazonite pendant and beads I purchased at the last bead show with my friend Kristy

 She's the pretty blonde

 

 

 

 

She is one of my closest friends and bead buddy extraordinaire!  She also has her own web site and has been featured in quite a few national magazines. You can see her jewelry here http://www.kristyskreations.com

So here is a picture of my completed creation

I used vintage brass wire to add some extra texture/color to this piece.  Now I have to decide it I can stand to sell it!

Oh, and one more site I found not martha and I can't wait to make one of her felt flowers  to add to a necklace soon.  I just have too many ideas and can't get to them all fast enough on my days off from my "real" job.

Hope you keep finding fun stuff to craft.  If anyone is interested in having me post tutorials on my projects let me know and I'll start to document what I make in steps.

Thanks!