Some new jewelry I made....

My best friend Carla and I got together this summer for a girl's weekend. No kids. No hubbies. Just time to talk and craft, drink coffee leisurely (what's that?), sleep in. It was SO much fun. We decided it was going to have to be a yearly retreat for us! Here are some of my jewelry pieces I made that weekend.

Hard to tell from this picture, but these beads are maroon. I refer to them as my Aggie earrings and bracelet! (Now I need to make an Aggie necklace to go with them!)

Jewelry Holder

So with all my new jewelry I've been making, I needed a new holder for my necklaces and bracelets. I hate it when I'm trying to pick out a necklace and they're always tangled up. Now I should have plenty of room.

I took a picture frame I bought at a garage sale for $2, turned the canvas around and sponged painted the back of the canvas with 3 colors of brown. Then I painted all the knobs, screwed them in, and there you have it. No more tangled necklaces!

Jewelry Making

My newest endeavor...

I'm trying my hand at making jewelry. I'm still new at it, but I thought these turned out pretty cute. My best friend Carla and I are going to have a girl's weekend this summer and we'll be learning together to make a few more that are a bit more complicated.

Beading!

Beading!!!

I've started teaching myself how to make jewelry. Here are a couple of my very first trys. I also want to try making some beaded crosses. I saw one at a friends house recently and thought it was so pretty. I googled "beaded crosses" and found a really neat website, Rustique Art. She has some gorgeous examples.