Wire Word Necklace

A word that means a lot to someone turned into a fashion statement necklace, yes please!  I wanted to make a special present for my friend's birthday, and this is what I came up with.  To begin, I printed of the word I wanted to use in a cursive font so I could use it as a template.

Materials for this project:
Needle-nose pliers
Beading wire
Chain
Circle rings
Pencil
Beads (optional)
Claw clasp (optional)

1) Start forming your first letter, mine was a capital L.  Be sure to have a bit of extra wire at the beginning so that you can form a loop at the end.
2) Start forming the other letters and be sure they are all attached.  A tip when making circles, use a pencil and wrap the wire around it.  Also, the needle-nose pliers work to bend the wire into tight areas.
3) Once you have the entire word formed, make a tiny loop at the top right hand corner, and the bottom left.
4) Open a circle ring and attach it to the bottom loop, attach one side of the chain to that loop.
5) Now you can add beads.  I added two.
6) Attach the other side of the chain to the opposite loop using another circle ring.
7) At this point I chose to be done, but you could cut the chain and add claw clasp.

Picture Below:)

Journal Page 3

Sorry, this picture turned out really blurry. This page is entitled 'be a star'.

I used:
old book pages
washi tape
stamps
ink pads
card stock
scrapbook paper
blue and purple acrylic paint
modpodge
fine tip sharpie
letter stickers

Tape Chevron Nails

This is the nail trick that will change your life!
I've seen chevron nails all over the internet and on my quest to find a way to accurately create this look I came across several people who recommended this way.

Step one: Paint your nails your base color.

Step two: While those are drying, paint a strip of scotch tape the color of your stripes.

Step three: Cut the tape into thin strips using silly scissors (the kind that look like mountains)

Step four: Apply the strips to your nails.

Step five: Apply a fast drying top coat and your done!

Picture Below:)

Journal Page 2

This page came to be through my finding of a new technique.  It's where you mix one part water, one part paint.  This mixture is put in a spray bottle, and then the magic happens.  When you use brown paint it can make paper look aged.

The quote I chose is, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened," -Dr. Seuss

Materials I used:
Black and Brown Acrylic Paint
Spray Bottles
Old Book Pages
Charcoal and Pencils
Mod Podge
Patterned Paper
Homemade Stamp (string wrapped around cardboard for texture)
Ink Pad

Picture Below:)

Journal Page 1

Mixed media is an amazing type of art, because you can use anything and everything.  This is the first page I've posted on my blog, but I've made many others.

In this I used:

Green, Pink, White, and Yellow Acrylic Paint

Mod Podge

Stamps

Purple and Black Ink Pads

Alphabet Stamps

Printer Paper (for the words)

Rectangle Stencil  

Picture Below:)

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas...

 

Yes...I'm aware this isn't a craft, but let's just take a moment to worship the coziness of hot coco.

Frankenstein Nails

I know it's a little late, but I just couldn't help posting my nails from Halloween. I used a creme green polish and a black striper.

After painting your nails green, draw a zig-zag hairline.


Then fill it in.


Draw two eyes.



Then draw a slanted line.  Add dashes perpendicular to the line to create the scar mouth.


For the accent nail, I drew more of the scars.



Add a fast drying top coat and your done:)