Itty Bitty FAT Books Coming Along

This picture from Mary Ann McKeating, Itty Bitty Book Club administrator, shows some of the wonderful pages that will be in the Orange and Black theme little fat book I'll be receiving later this month. Can't wait! Her Zutter binder is visible in the lower right. That's what will help put these little artwork gems together.

Itty Bitty Book Club

Itty Bitty Book Club, a photo by Gina2424 on Flickr.

Orange and black pages underway for the next book swap.

New stuffs

Another charm bracelet with Art-i-Cake elements. I'm calling this one "Princess of Pink." It may be for a certain someone special, so shhhh! Don't tell! And I've been doodling Zentangles again after taking a class July 10 at The Queen's Ink in Savage, MD. We learned "specific" doodles the "official" Zentangle way. Who knew?

Well, Isn't This Just Special?

I was thrilled beyond belief to get an email from Amy Labbe of Art-i-Cake about my Queen's Jubilee bracelet I made with some of her elements. In fact, she dubbed it the BBB: Bodacious British Bracelet. Fine by me!
Art-i-Cake is a line of jewelry and components designed by Amy for Horizon Group and sold exclusively at Michael's. My weekly email from Michael's gave me a heads-up about this new line, and I headed straight for the store.
I absolutely love her chunky, rhinestone-crusted, soldered-look pendants and charms! It took three different states and multiple stores, but I finally found her china doll head pendants and charms in West Virginia. They are to die for! I've only used one so far, on a charm bracelet. I have a bad habit of not using something I really like, thinking a better opportunity for use will always present itself.  We shall see.
Amy asked if she could add my bracelet to the Art-i-Cake Facebook page. I've made about 5 charm bracalets so far, the BBB, two French-y ones, and two gumball-kitschy ones. More pictures to come.

Blogging the bracelets

Charms + chains + mod + new Art-i-Cake from Michaels = BLING!

Purging the Rubber Stamp stash

If you are looking for any new and fun rubber stamps, I've just listed three huge lots of almost all new rubber stamps on Ebay. If you search by seller, my user name there is hpsgsmith. There's Suzi Blu, Unity, Stampin' Up!, Close to My Heart, Dyan Revealey, Inkadinkado, Stampers Anonymous, B-Line, Hero, Hampton and many more art stamps and stamp sets.

A long-time WIP whipped

A long-time WIP whipped, a photo by Gina2424 on Flickr.

I started this ripple stitch afghan waaaay toooo long ago! Here's the post where I started it in March 2009. So I ended up taking a shortcut to turn it into a crib or stroller or car seat throw. Another one of those WIPs (Work In Progress for you non-procrastinators) I'm glad to have finished. Woke up at 4 am and finished it all today: 2.5 rows, edging and 10 flowers, rinsed, blocked. Yay.

Weekend Part II

Fruit cozy I made, a photo by Gina2424 on Flickr.

Fruit cozy I made. You know, in case your fruit gets chilly when it's 95F outside. This is so stinkin' cute, but I bet I never use it! And, I'm off to make another one- different size, different color. Pattern on Michael's Web site. I used Martha Stewart hemp yarn.

And one for me....

Bracelet I made to match my top, a photo by Gina2424 on Flickr.

Bracelet I made to match my top

Jewelry I've been making- weekend Part I

Jewelry I've been making, a photo by Gina2424 on Flickr.

I'm lucky enough to be able to sell my rings, hairpins, necklaces, bracelets and ponytail holders at a local salon/spa. I just love these resin flower cabochons!

More jewelry-making

 Made lots of earrings Sunday night, as well as some rings, necklaces and hair pins, all to sell "at hair," as I like to say. Have been enjoying the resin flower cabochons I recently got. It's so simple to attach them to anything with a little G6000. More projects in the works!

A jewelry-making weekend

From a wine-cork necklace to a vintage button bracelet, charm bracelets and funky pendants, a.k.a. pull charms for Blythe doll pull-strings, I had a busy beading weekend!