tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64788863202758480992024-03-05T09:13:21.476-08:00Ooh! Shiny!I'm April Bell and I make jewelry. I have an Etsy site for my jewelry under the name Stella Magia Designs. I have created this blog as a space for me to showcase items that I am working on or have made whether they are for sale, for gifts or just for me.April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-20673034456545987552013-09-19T19:35:00.000-07:002013-09-19T19:35:00.432-07:00A Study in PinkSo when I design a piece, I usually have a complete image in my head that I set to work on and maybe tweak a bit depending on the supplies I have on hand or at my whim. This, on the other hand, was a build as you go project. I had just finished a red and gold necklace and wondered what the next would be. I went feeling through my beads and I found these gorgeous faceted pink beads that are some of my favorites but seldom used. I took a few out of their container and placed them on my workspace.<br />
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They landed pretty much in this sort of clover shaped position and that was enough inspiration to make what I consider to be a very lovely necklace.<br />
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It grew bit by bit as I gathered many of my pink beads to figure out which ones would work. I didn't want them to be too match-y. At one point, I was tearing through all of my supplies looking for a particular bead. It took forever to find, and when I finally did find them, they were so wrong for the necklace that it was kind of funny (kind of, as in not at all). I found the perfect substitute a lot easier and the layout of the necklace was complete.<br />
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Then I had a few stringing issues. I wasn't too upset that the way I wanted to do it didn't work out because it was highly experimental for me. It was a stringing technique that I dreamed up for this necklace that didn't work out because of my issues with knots. I've pretty much perfected the type of knot I use most often, but this would've needed an entirely different sort of knot. So, I decided to go with something that I knew would be successful, I added the chain (it wasn't always going to be chain but I figured it would keep it dainty if I used chain), then the clasp and...<br />
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This is one of many lovely necklaces I will have for sale this Saturday at the Vineland Flea Market. It's my first time trying this one, it's new. I hope I have great time there because it's weekly and it would be great to have a weekly gig instead of once a month like at Silver Lake.</div>
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I was a bit hesitant due to my challenges with using the double
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It's really late and if I bothered to really edit the photos, this post might not get done, so I'm going to be showing pictures of it as they came off of my phone. Still, this one isn't for sale anyway, but when I do make some for sale, the pictures are going to look a LOT better.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Rob says that it reminds him of a Venice Carnavale mask. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Um, I don't see it, but okay! lol He did say he really liked it.</span></td></tr>
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I'll probably end up keeping this ring. I had a few glitches happen while making it. I do plan on making a few more though, for sale in my booth. It depends on how fast I can make one. I'll probably try to crank out one more for now, but I really have to make some more necklaces for sale because I found a new market to vend at and I'm trying it out this weekend. Wish me luck!</div>
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*Fun fact: The title of this blog entry is a nod to the Beatles where at the end of Helter Skelter, Ringo Starr yells, "I've got blisters on my fingers!" from all the crazy drumming throughout the song.</div>
April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-63246378032230439252013-07-28T08:31:00.001-07:002013-07-28T08:31:55.243-07:00Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology<div class="MsoNormal">
So I was pretty busy last night, and by that, I mean this
morning. I got to bed close to 3am. I was writing descriptions and listing
things on Etsy. Before that, I set up my Etsy shop on Facebook. I don’t know if
I sometimes have Type A personality spells or what but I feel so elated when I’ve
had a productive day/night/early morning. Now I’m up way too early and
listening to some Iggy and the Stooges so it’s all good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve made a goal to have at least 20 listings on Etsy by the
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doable and not a goal that is too far out of my reach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stellamagiajewelry/app_259525164100619" target="_blank">Here is a link to what my FB Etsy page looks like.</a> One of
the backgrounds I had to choose from was Steampunk themed and I SOOOOO wanted it.
It was gorgeous! But my jewelry (so far) isn’t Steampunk themed so it wouldn't
be true to the biz. I did find one that just happened to have an 8-pointed star
which is the symbol of my business. Not like my logo but still an 8-pointed
star so I felt like that was an omen that I should choose that one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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of accomplishment and lack of sleep. I know that I’m going to crash in the near
future, but I’m hoping coffee will delay that a bit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh, and I just looked up Pantone's Fall colors yesterday. I know, it should've been much sooner. So here's the colors I'm looking forward to using:</div>
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April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-68964634937435614602013-01-31T01:47:00.000-08:002013-01-31T01:47:38.779-08:00A Quick Update.<br />
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thing had to do with jewelry making and the business side of things as well. I
also owned up to the fact that I had been neglecting this blog for far too
long. So I yoinked it from the grips of my personal blog and decided to put it
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<span class="line">Well, I am all out of my spiral bracelets.
They have all been sold! [Insert happy dance break.] So now I have money from
buying them and I get to make some more, which is fun for me. So this is a
win/win situation. Another win, is I get to buy one of those 6 ft. folding
tables that are much better than the one that I have. It’s really heavy and is
such a bugger to move every time I need to, even though Rob does most of the
moving. It also takes up more space than a folding table would. My next major
purchase will be a new pop-up-style canopy for my booth. The one I have now is
on the cheap side, and it’s the kind with the splayed out legs. I want a
sturdier one with legs that stand vertically. They allow for more room because they’re
10’x10’ top to bottom, where as the one I have now is debatably 10’x10’ at the
feet and about 8’x8’ at the top. Splayed out legs are also easier to trip over.
The straight legs would be safer for me as well as anyone around my booth. The
way things are going, I feel like I’ll be able to do that soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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super-productive mode. I have the Silver Lake market on the 9<sup>th</sup>
which means that I need to restock my booth. I should have been doing that
since the end of the holiday season, but I needed a bit of a health break and I
have been working on commissions. Getting back into doing the booths and all is
something I am rather excited about. I am going to have a small part of my
booth set up for seasonal products. For this month, it will be Valentine’s Day
jewelry. Next month will be Spring themed with maybe a bit of the green stuff
for St. Patrick’s Day. The market in April is on my birthday, so I might do
birthday specials something like “guess my age for a 10% discount.” Hmm, maybe I
won’t, because NO ONE would guess right unless they were very lucky. I have the
family “curse” of looking WAY younger than I actually am. My mom says it bugs her
to no end but I know deep down inside she likes it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-1971670525637958312012-11-24T08:18:00.000-08:002012-11-24T08:18:22.708-08:00Pantone Color Forecast -- Spring 2013So these are the colors that are forecast for Spring 2013:<br />
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Okay, so I thought it would be really bad-ass if I just ended this with "Challenge Accepted" and strut off without looking back like there's explosions going on behind me. But I have to say that I'm really excited about these colors! Look at them! They're so Preeeeeetttty! And I can see myself combining them in ways that I may not have thought of before. Another bonus is that I'm pretty sure that I have all those colors in my stash already. I also have nail lacquer (that's what they call it now) that is the color of Monaco Blue that I bought a month ago or so. I feel like such a trendsetter! But I digress...</div>
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*Buckle your seat belts and be prepared for the awesomeness to come. <--Too much? Maybe, but we'll see.</div>
<br />April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-9398634141296015482012-11-01T13:05:00.003-07:002012-11-01T13:05:59.565-07:00November 1st "Eureka!" MomentSo this month I've decided to take part in the <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> challenge. But I'll still be doing my beading of course. In fact, I have a boutique to sell at this Saturday in Signal Hill. It's at an Antique Mall so I'm sure to have better results than at Glendale a couple weeks ago. But none of that is the main point of this post...<br />
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Okay, so this may be a little hard to explain but I'm going to try anyway. Besides, I think it’s
a great technique. So today I’m working on a bracelet and I need to add new thread. I already
weaved in the end of the end of the thread I was already working with, and I
was ready to add the new thread. Now, I would normally add the thread to my
needle, go back a few rows, and weave and knot the new thread through to come
out at the point where I would continue my rows -- dragging most of the length of the thread
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This time, what I did was go through the point where I would
usually come out to continue beading, and I would only pull through a short
portion of the thread and weave that back a few rows. When done, I put the needle at the other end of the thread and continue. This made adding new
thread go quicker so I can get back to adding more beads as soon as possible . Quicker, except for this first time because as soon as I did it I felt the need to put a post about it on Facebook, but it turned into this blog post instead. Anyway, I now have less chance of getting tangles just in the process of adding thread. Also, I don’t have to make any awkward twists
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I just stumbled upon something that everyone does and I’m just out of the
loop?), but I thought it would be a great idea to share and it’s something I’m
going to continue doing from now on. I
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smallest I've ever seen! About the size of my fingertip.</td></tr>
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April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-232232207872401282012-10-23T18:38:00.000-07:002012-10-23T18:38:33.228-07:00Necklace Display Templates in PDFSo here they are, the templates for the necklace displays that I posted a couple of posts ago. See the <a href="http://stellamagiadesigns.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-long-awaited-necklace-display-entry.html" target="_blank">previous blog post</a> to see how they are put together. You can attach them with velcro tape or double-sided tape. I hope these templates will give you a lovely yet functional display.<br />
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Here's the <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzdGVsbGFtYWdpYWRlc2lnbnN8Z3g6NTZiOTcwYjg3MjA3N2UzNA" target="_blank">Low Profile Template</a><br />
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Here's the <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzdGVsbGFtYWdpYWRlc2lnbnN8Z3g6NmE0NGEzZDk4N2RjYjk5Nw" target="_blank">High Profile Template</a><br />
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Um, I guess that's it. I feel like there should be a picture here or something...<br />
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Oh, I know, here's an instagram pic of a teabag tag I had once:<br />
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<br />April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-71970062170152714102012-10-21T20:16:00.000-07:002012-10-21T20:16:57.054-07:00Glendale and Bust<br />
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So Sunday’s swap meet at Glendale College was a bust and I
wish I hadn’t stressed out so much about it the night before. I should’ve taken it as an omen when after I
finished setting up, I began to feel so sick and dizzy that I almost passed
out. It was quite scary, but after laying back in the van for a while, I felt
much better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There were good points to the swap meet though: My mom got to visit me which is always fun. I
also got a visit from a friend who I hadn’t seen in a long time. She was the
one person who bought something. She didn’t have to but I’m glad that she
really liked what she bought. Another good thing that happened was that I got
to see my new display and booth set up in action. I really liked the way it
turned out, despite the fact that I’ve forgotten the connectors for the grate
cubes that I was going to set up. It still looked nice though. Unfortunately, I
only got the one picture because I wasn’t feeling so hot. Lastly, today's set up taught me what I need to fix or ad to the booth to make it work right. For one, I need lots of little weights to keep things from blowing over. I also learned that if you see someone coming towards you wearing sheer tights for pants (hint, just because they're black does not mean they are not see-through), avert your eyes before you see something you don't want or need to see. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The swap meet seemed more like individual yard sales all in
one lot, a bunch of people getting rid of things they didn’t want. I thought it
was going to be more “retail”. You know what I mean? I spoke to this one vendor who had been going
there for several months says that it’s always low sales for her and she
regrets prepaying for the next 4 months. But I learned that at the end of the
day. It was good though to talk to someone who has been there often enough as
opposed to setting my opinion of the site just on my personal observations. I
also overheard one lady say that she usually packs up and leaves by 11. The swap
meet opens at 8 and closes at 3. If the crowd thins enough to want to leave by
11, then I should be finding a better use for my time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s a few other markets that I want to check out,
granted that I have the funds to get a booth at them. Hopefully I’ll find one that I can attend
regularly with beneficial results.<o:p></o:p></div>
April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-49025042353954542422012-10-13T03:53:00.001-07:002012-10-13T03:53:47.011-07:00The Long Awaited Necklace Display Entry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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So one day, I was looking through Google Images for
something, and I came across a picture of a necklace display that I thought was
rather interesting. That got me to searching for more necklace displays that I
can make myself. The displays I wound up
making were a sort of amalgam of a few I saw plus a few ideas of my own. I fixed
some things that I thought could have been designed better or made more
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">First it started off with sketches of what I wanted to make.</span></td></tr>
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Then, I used Word and the Insert Shape function to modify into the forms that my displays wound up taking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found this poster board and foam board at the dollar tree.</td></tr>
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This ankle weight made it easy to hold down the pattern for tracing onto the poster board. I used it for tracing the pattern onto the foam board as well.<br />
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One tweak in design that I am especially proud of was my decision to use sticky Velcro tape to join the displays so that I can dismantle them to lie flat for transport. The instructions that I have come across used double-sided tape, but that meant that it would stay in it's standing position and be cumbersome to store and transport. This Velcro tape is VERY strong and I don't regret using it one bit!<br />
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At Marshall's, I found this awesome shelf liner to cover my necklace displays. I'm planning on using it to cover several other things for my booth, including the earring displays I will be making this week. Included in this picture are some inexpensive cardstock pads I also found at Marshall's for a great price!</div>
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(I just realized that I didn't take any pictures of covering the displays in the shelf liner. I might do that in a part 2 if I get the chance to do that soon. I must say though that this shelf liner was VERY easy to work with and ease around corners and such.)</div>
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And here's the finished products. It's hard to tell from this picture but the slope of the taller one is quite steeper than that of the smaller one. I feel the different heights will give my booth a lot of visual interest.<br />
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Another thing I would show in a second entry is how the back of the display looks and how the part that props it up is attached to the back. Hopefully, I'll get to that second post this week but I wouldn't quite count on it because this week will be SUPER busy as I prepare for the swap meet. I also plan to make PDF documents of the templates so that others can use it, that is, if they don't feel like designing their own.April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-14121173308626754172012-10-12T13:50:00.002-07:002012-10-12T13:52:02.076-07:00Blog quickie: April’s Homemade bead spinner<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the most common spinners look like</td></tr>
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When I first heard about bead spinners, a contraption that
helps you speedily string up long strands of seed beads, my first response was,
“Wow, what an awesome idea!<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I looked them up, my second response was, “<b>They cost
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Then one day I was stringing up a bunch of seed beads for a
project, probably one of my beaded flowers, and the bead spinner popped into my
mind. I had already gotten tons of Pringles caps from people because I asked
for them to use as trays for beads that I was working with stuck something
through the middle of it to use as a spinner handle.</div>
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I’ve used many things as the handle but I have settled on
using a large nail. The cool thing about
the nail is that not only is it removable, like most things I've used, but you
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Speaking of heat, if the hole in the cap gets too big or doesn't fit around the
nail snugly, I just take the nail out, and pass the hole in the cap over a
lighter flame. That warms the plastic enough to be more malleable so you
can push the plastic down to make the hole smaller. Much of the time, just
holding it over the flame is enough to make the plastic snug up the hole on it’s
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The Pringles caps work for me now but if I ever need to do
much more beads than I normally use, I’ll probably find a new container. Maybe a yogurt cup, not the Yoplait type but
the short wide Chobani type. One day, I’ll probably even try getting the long
curved needle to see if that makes it work even easier.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lastly, here’s a hilarious video of someone trying to use
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I'm glad I didn't shell out the money for THAT gem lol</div>
April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-6321786287415806602012-08-30T22:22:00.000-07:002012-08-30T22:22:19.194-07:00Necklace Rescue Mission<br />
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A project I’ve worked on recently is a repair of a friend’s
mother’s necklace. I’m not going to say
a whole lot about it, except that I’m very happy with how it came out. I can’t
take too much credit for that of course because the necklace had great “bones”
to work with. I just added a little extra color and shine as you will see in
the after pictures.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In this before picture, we see that it had two stringing
materials, a silver chain and a gold beading cord where the gold tinsel on it
came loose and balled up between the beads. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I decided to use beading wire for strength. I added silver
beads as spacers in the upper position and a very light turquoise seed bead as a pop
of color in the lower position. I think it gives the necklace a little added
something without taking too much attention away from the main beads. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I also added chain to the end to make it the 18" length that was
requested, but then I decided to make it a little longer, no more than an inch
and a half. That way, she has an option to change the length if she’s ever
wearing a something with a collar/neckline that conflicts with it. I really
hope she loves it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-13637025478774943652012-08-21T11:47:00.000-07:002012-08-21T11:47:08.209-07:00A Colorful Experiment<br />
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So I’ve fallen back down the research hole. Which would be
fine but in this particular hole, all kinds of sources have been throwing in
conflicting advice. There is an elevator that will take me back to ground
level, but it’s awfully slow and I’m still not sure that it will take me to the
right place or not. There’s another elevator that I’m sure says that it goes up
but really will go further down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Man, I love talking figuratively to get my point across.
Makes things interesting doesn’t it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyway, I did have a brief vacation out of the hole when I
spent a week working on these bracelets. This is the original here: <a href="http://stellamagiadesigns.blogspot.com/2012/02/oscar-bracelet.html" target="_blank">Oscar Bracelet</a>, which I had
shown before, and while I usually like to make one or a couple of any
particular design (see, my <a href="http://stellamagiadesigns.blogspot.com/2012/04/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html" target="_blank">bridal designs</a>), I took a good look at it and
realized that I would LOVE to see how it would look in other color
combinations. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The original pattern for this, titled "Lattice Lace Bracelet", was designed by Carolyn S.
DeGroff of CSD designs (look her up, she’s a great designer) but I tweaked it a
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Lucky for me, my husband is an artist who has a great sense
of color combination and he’s also very honest. If I do something that’s not
jiving with him, he will gently let me know that it’s not working. When he
raves about something, I know it must be really good!<o:p></o:p></div>
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He raved about this one. It was the first one that I tried.
I’m not usually a fan of gold, as I have probably mentioned before, but this
combination just spoke to me. Besides, it’s a pale gold.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This one was next. He liked it but didn’t really RAVE.
Still, I know it’s not bad. Also, for some reason I have come across many who
go balls-on-fire crazy for all things purple. I’m not worried about having any
takers on this one.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This one he REALLY liked because of how the clear grey beads
pick up on the colors of the skin or any other surface that it’s on. I really liked the blue and grey
together. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This last one is using a color that I find myself using
quite a lot; teal. This is funny to me because I used to HATE teal and turquois
until I had seen it used in really beautiful ways, like being paired with brown
and white. This bracelet almost turned out completely different, but for some
reason, that bracelet didn’t want to be made. I swear it, I had to take it
apart several times because the thread wouldn’t cooperate and as soon as I
switched the beads to the ones I used, I no longer had any thread problem.
Figure that, huh? After I finished, I was glad that I listened to the thread.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had such a hard time picking the pictures to use for this blog. Here's a link to a photo album with <a href="http://photobucket.com/Blog082112" target="_blank">more pictures</a></div>
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All of the bracelets have a quartz bead, clear or smoky, as
a toggle clasp. I like that because then I don’t have to worry about gold or
silver prices. I also think that it adds something special. Funny thing about
that… I bought the two strands because when they were strung up I thought they
were so pretty, but whenever I used them in a design, I didn’t quite like the
look. Until one day, I was trying to figure out what bead to use as a toggle
for something else and BAM it hit me. Now they are my favorite go-to beads to
finish off a bracelet. I’m going to be
sad when I run out, especially if I have a hard time finding more. But I’m sure
I’ll be able to find a great substitute. I’m lucky that way. I might even have some
great substitutes now, but I’m not using them because it hasn’t occurred to me
yet. Yes, beads are wonderful and they
speak to me in a beautiful language.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lastly, I feel sometimes that I work with blue far too often
and would like to jump into some more reds and greens maybe even orange. I feel
sometimes that most people don’t quite like orange as much as I do. If I’m
going to work with more reds and greens, it means I must go shopping, which I’m
ITCHING to do, but sometimes I feel bad about buying more things without having
specific plans for something. I could very well get out of hand. But that’s the
fun part isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></div>
April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-19844351209267899202012-08-06T17:32:00.001-07:002012-08-06T17:34:44.791-07:00Getting Down to Business<br />
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First off, I'd like to apologize for
taking so long to get back into blogging. My laptop took a crap and
died on me and so now I'm stuck with trying to do things on my
netbook. The netbook is rather impractical for all of the things that
I want to do. Still, I'm soldiering on, mainly because I have good
news as well. I am pleased to announce that I am no longer having
bank issues, I've got my account set up and attached to Etsy, PayPal,
etc. That also means that I've finally decided to stop the research
spiral and went to get my sellers permit, I filed and published my DBA and I am now an
official business. YAY!</div>
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I'm hoping to start adding things to my
Etsy shop this very week. I would've begun a lot sooner but the one
thing I'm trying to figure out is how to add tax to my listings. Who
do I tax and at what rate? I understand that California is a whole
mishmash of different tax rates for different counties and cities and
from what I gather, in some cases it goes from neighborhood to
neighborhood. So far, all the reading I have done hasn't clarified it
for me. Makes me wish I lived in one of those places with no sales
tax, or at least a straight tax throughout the state, if that even
exists. Do I use the tax-rate for the area I'm sending things to or
the rate for the area that I am shipping from. They really need to
make these things simpler to understand, unless I'm just missing
something. That could be the case. It's 106 degrees today (maybe
more), my brain works optimally at around 30 degrees cooler and I am
really fighting the urge to just nap all day. It wouldn't be a good
sleep anyway so I'm not going to bother.
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So this sales tax issue has me back in
research mode. I don't want to under- or over-tax anyone and I want
to be sure that any filing I do is correct. But I've decided that
I'll balance it out with actual work. I've been trying to transform
the small space I have at my disposal into an office that works for
me. So far it's looking pretty good and I know once I have everything
in place, running the business should be peachy... I hope.</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-8002008377806940602012-04-23T19:56:00.000-07:002012-04-23T19:56:27.117-07:00Earring Photobucket testSo I recently took a bunch of pictures of earrings for a friend to see and I figured uploading them to an old Photobucket account would be easier than posting them individually. So now I'm checking to see how well I can post them from Photobucket to my blog. I will just post a few of them here and then link to the album. Enjoy.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/AprilRocks/Jewelry/Earrings%20Sp2012/Amydonuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/AprilRocks/Jewelry/Earrings%20Sp2012/Amydonuts.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey, that was easy! I'll try another below.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/AprilRocks/Jewelry/Earrings%20Sp2012/maybeholly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/AprilRocks/Jewelry/Earrings%20Sp2012/maybeholly.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So this is probably how I'll do it from now on</td></tr>
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As long as this works in other places that I link my blog to, this will be the method I use from now on. Here's a link to the rest of the collection: <a href="http://photobucket.com/earringssp2012" target="_blank">Earrings Sp2012</a><br />
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I see this making blog entries a bit easier... at least where pictures are concerned.April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0Elm Manor, Reseda, CA USA34.192564665526838 -118.5616207122802734.185997665526841 -118.57149121228028 34.199131665526835 -118.55175021228027tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-60494179726963373272012-04-06T21:10:00.001-07:002012-04-06T21:17:20.391-07:00Winter's Last Snow<div class="MsoNormal">So this entry was supposed to be written a couple weeks ago but life got kinda hectic. It’s about a theme I was working on. Back in the last half of March, I had plans for the weekend that fell through. In deciding on alternate plans, I realized that it was only a few days before spring. Then, the phrase “Winter’s last snow” came to mind and a series of jewelry around that phrase. I went about gathering all of my white/clear beads as well as a few other colors that seemed “icy” to me. The jewelry here is what I came up with. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now you may be wondering, why would I do seasonal stuff at the end of the season. Well, actually, figured that I’d be early for bridal season. All this white would look lovely on a bride.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I call this one "Ice Queen" Bracelet because it just looks royal, doesn't it? </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngt6NJlS32VD0b9FSWGcZQk4VoP_FXRRGCY0y7R40GaYXGXjEvfL6Kjy-_Iwegy9mElZiQRO1FCCIXMx-elY6W0YQ7asrT-gYprfSS8F5G61T166t9U1MQSWRJac2XcqIoohG6-6KUPM/s1600/IQ+bracelet+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngt6NJlS32VD0b9FSWGcZQk4VoP_FXRRGCY0y7R40GaYXGXjEvfL6Kjy-_Iwegy9mElZiQRO1FCCIXMx-elY6W0YQ7asrT-gYprfSS8F5G61T166t9U1MQSWRJac2XcqIoohG6-6KUPM/s320/IQ+bracelet+01.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is my favorite, well, until I add the next picture probably. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"> I think these next two pieces are just plain elegant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaowv55ODIOkLIGe2iWhgXX5x3zn2HtLlwVbTUI7lNT-4b16K3woWRgjAzSMjEsbazEkkH7W342qV1iS8XCVkZCULOmgPEh8twAVbsSw6iAnU8KeGrB6KFacgD-Mb6KYYzpKTnkPkHVI/s1600/elegant+earrings.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaowv55ODIOkLIGe2iWhgXX5x3zn2HtLlwVbTUI7lNT-4b16K3woWRgjAzSMjEsbazEkkH7W342qV1iS8XCVkZCULOmgPEh8twAVbsSw6iAnU8KeGrB6KFacgD-Mb6KYYzpKTnkPkHVI/s320/elegant+earrings.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> This was originally going to be a necklace but I thought they would make nice earrings as well<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0L7xNLK743JefUW7gEVP5JhFY5vKl7BWeK4Ot9l3e9zAAExinCg0pUuqUJWkX36m6Mm80eggd-vX5UvO3PIZHAlYtLGcfOFZDImXrpoC5fX5Ihs8yIJGQU3SP2Q3OPzsvD3enH6aNdaM/s1600/elegant+bracelet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0L7xNLK743JefUW7gEVP5JhFY5vKl7BWeK4Ot9l3e9zAAExinCg0pUuqUJWkX36m6Mm80eggd-vX5UvO3PIZHAlYtLGcfOFZDImXrpoC5fX5Ihs8yIJGQU3SP2Q3OPzsvD3enH6aNdaM/s320/elegant+bracelet.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> And here's the bracelet to go with the earrings.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This set, I made quite a while ago meant to be a bridal set, but I needed to work on it a bit more. I figured it would fit right in with this theme. I call this the Snow Flower set.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdu0xqnU9MOy9eRVzJ928RLDTFavmXupJtNhguiaVHswzqEiUTrsFrmxOIxhmfzKc2j-e7s6Ao0rHA_3QNSR064VTYSSaeoerhz5ydGcp9U28PIxv_dP2AIyJ8uJgP_C-etgqfLVIc14/s1600/SF+Set.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdu0xqnU9MOy9eRVzJ928RLDTFavmXupJtNhguiaVHswzqEiUTrsFrmxOIxhmfzKc2j-e7s6Ao0rHA_3QNSR064VTYSSaeoerhz5ydGcp9U28PIxv_dP2AIyJ8uJgP_C-etgqfLVIc14/s320/SF+Set.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Not very happy with the quality of this picture but I forgot to take another picture of them all together again when I changed the background. Individual photos follow.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lastly, this is another of my favorites. Normally, I don't really like gold in jewelry but I love it when paired with white for some reason. Well, here's a good example of the reason below :-D</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I call this Golden Lights because it looks like it's "on"!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As it happens in nature, winter likes to seep into spring a bit and so did these projects. But now I’m going to put my snowy beads away and go back to working on my previous challenge of using old patterns that I’ve collected over time. I know you’re excited about it… almost as much as I am!</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-28962126364931909522012-03-04T22:51:00.000-08:002012-03-04T22:51:00.068-08:00The Russian Spiral Blues<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp5J5OeANaI5o5UafxadvIa6O3_WwZAAeHSZFVDBqCLRoGIJ97YmK0V-ropcuG8V6ZcHiAVITkNcpF60aBcO-lVe0lzYSIqm9MpVfRaKGMUZPzr0iDKbpfs81fx1-Gv7Ed2Aheqxfgsw/s1600/RS+close+up+on+black.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp5J5OeANaI5o5UafxadvIa6O3_WwZAAeHSZFVDBqCLRoGIJ97YmK0V-ropcuG8V6ZcHiAVITkNcpF60aBcO-lVe0lzYSIqm9MpVfRaKGMUZPzr0iDKbpfs81fx1-Gv7Ed2Aheqxfgsw/s320/RS+close+up+on+black.JPG" width="320" /></a>This is a Russian Spiral bracelet that was the February bead-along project on the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seedbeadersters/" target="_blank">Seadbeadersters</a> yahoo group. I was a very late start because for a while I was VERY behind on emails. I also hadn’t done it because I was in the middle of my own little challenge that I didn't want to stray from. I felt it was sort of a cheat this week because this wasn’t a pattern that I had sitting around for a long time just waiting for me to make it. After I saw all the lovely bracelets everyone was coming up with, I decided that I was going to do it (and perhaps the March bead-along as well). </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So I have been trying to do this pattern all week and it’s pretty much been kicking my ass. First of all, I didn’t have the Hex beads listed in the instructions but I saw that some others in the group didn’t have them either and improvised so I decided that I would improvise as well. Boy did I improvise, many times and in many ways. There was always something going wrong or something not looking right. I’ve started, taken apart and restarted and taken apart and changed colors quite a few times. A couple people used bugle beads in their bracelets. I tried that, a couple times. I should've taken a picture of my attempts and titled them "Epic Fail". It's not that I couldn't work up the pattern, I was just having serious bead problems and it wasn't looking "right" or at least not pleasing to me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G1LGcLGzvPcbq3XVEzgmI5WUi2lsJqxz32SUwnI44ZV9vnr2XHiOlnu-35o_TjUFHzBy1BEmTz-kPV-WZNFlibDoGS4DggEXdKfrcQq_e9Do2z6LDHi4zHUiGUvde_YPQYPtxsMOVo0/s1600/RS+close+up+in+hand.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G1LGcLGzvPcbq3XVEzgmI5WUi2lsJqxz32SUwnI44ZV9vnr2XHiOlnu-35o_TjUFHzBy1BEmTz-kPV-WZNFlibDoGS4DggEXdKfrcQq_e9Do2z6LDHi4zHUiGUvde_YPQYPtxsMOVo0/s200/RS+close+up+in+hand.JPG" width="200" /></a>This incarnation of the project was started Saturday night and finished Sunday afternoon. I decided in the end that using size 6 beads worked best of the stuff that I had to work with, and in addition to those, these round blue beads that I’ve had forever and never used (I supposed that sorta follows my challenge, huh?). I also REALLY wanted to use the orange beads that I’ve used in this one. They are some of my favorite and it’s a part of my scheme to get the world to fall in love with orange. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOVAkmxyyxsF1Q3UXT_FC5xv0ISRuuU-inOd0hrbF1Ji6izDuT1IMY6OOTiXlP7p1t-6fdw00FhBO3UM_h4Hg3XpcSiGcWA8fWJrylf4_2KIVhJZ3QwK4i0D1QycrWERS6YQ-8lFsYTU/s1600/RS+on+wrist+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOVAkmxyyxsF1Q3UXT_FC5xv0ISRuuU-inOd0hrbF1Ji6izDuT1IMY6OOTiXlP7p1t-6fdw00FhBO3UM_h4Hg3XpcSiGcWA8fWJrylf4_2KIVhJZ3QwK4i0D1QycrWERS6YQ-8lFsYTU/s200/RS+on+wrist+02.JPG" width="200" /></a>I don’t know why this particular project was such a struggle for me, but I can tell you one thing that bothered me about it. It seemed pretty impossible to keep any kind of tension in the thread as I worked on it. As it is, it seems a little floppy to me but it holds its shape. I have no idea if it’s supposed to be like that or not. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRU2655QDsdCDOxx5GNUU9d8NwlduB_RMse9s3kvZ1-gceKIZGD_i8kI9nqgMCi2lLt3V5dW6UYXyG0GoiuNsNSzRGMFizApObATSXu1VwJQ9bLu7dF7M-Olx-2tL_rNAtYTyGoCLdNM/s1600/RS+on+wrist+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">I will say that my husband and MIL were wowed by the way it turned out and I really do appreciate their appreciation of it because I was pretty much mad at the whole project and just wanted it to be over with. Maybe I’ll try it again one day after buying the hex beads that were supposed to be used.I think I'm also going to add a clasp next time, that might help me establish and keep proper tension. We'll see. maybe one day I'll even get the bugle version right.</div><br />
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</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-79499946154164509202012-02-27T21:13:00.000-08:002012-02-27T21:13:22.753-08:00The Oscar Bracelet<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is the Oscar bracelet, called this because I made it last night while watching the Oscars. It was modified from a bracelet called Lattice Lace Bracelet designed b7y Carolyn S DeGroff. Of course, I made some changes to be more aesthetically pleasing to myself, not that the original was bad, I just felt that I liked it better this way. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was told by my MIL that it looks like something vintage from the '20s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Rob said that it has a Art Deco look about it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a lot of these beads and I've had them for a very long time. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table> I only just now, as of my last project before this one, realized that this bead is excellent as a toggle for clasping. It's quartz and I have some clear and some smokey. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It would probably look fabulous worn with a gown at the Oscars!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"> I plan to make a couple more of the same type but right now I have to decide on this week’s pattern(s).</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-76119636180416402882012-02-22T15:57:00.000-08:002012-02-22T15:58:59.998-08:00my new favorite bracelets<div class="MsoNormal">Okay so this week, or at least the first half of it, I might decide to work up another pattern before the week ends, I made a bracelet based on the design of Carolyn DeGroff. I say “based on” because I believe parts of the instructions are missing and it’s all in gray-scale so I made it how I suspected it is supposed to be but I’m still not that sure. I think the design is called "Diagonal Embellishment" either that, or that was just the title of the one page of the directions I had. I made 2 of them and now I have a problem… The pictures came out so awesome that I’m having a hard time narrowing down which ones to put in the blog! </div><div class="MsoNormal">Here are the two bracelets together:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">keep scrolling, the pics get WAY better!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> This purple one is the first one I made. It took me two days to complete, mainly because I was also dealing with some computer issues at the same time (my poor baby is dying). Also, it took a while to figure out what I was supposed to do at times so I just winged it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5SYM9QzUZIQuCouMZsoYDn3QpN5FohUCpegi1Nm0EYUWxasXtPSETWxIrYirwAGdPNzjCvZovtWqBU0azHXuTiICSrx7RHZIg142Z-OAKMhtg4Z8CpWsfiti9SCLTCGfBSkjPykiRlA/s1600/close+up+purple+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5SYM9QzUZIQuCouMZsoYDn3QpN5FohUCpegi1Nm0EYUWxasXtPSETWxIrYirwAGdPNzjCvZovtWqBU0azHXuTiICSrx7RHZIg142Z-OAKMhtg4Z8CpWsfiti9SCLTCGfBSkjPykiRlA/s320/close+up+purple+01.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This blue one here, I decided on the colors last night; basically right after I finished showing off the purple one right after it was completed. I started the base of it before bed, got maybe an inch and a half to 2 inches into it. I worked up the rest, making a variation on the closure, and completed this one before 2 in the afternoon. It quickly became my favorite. Probably because it was so shiny!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye3OXT5BhZ7M11hqVaZT4LsO77Hc5X_BHQbv7AvK9t7C3Fdex1DwZnRAiPj1Fts9K3UuLt1DOzzpWPIEl33bJNyHxhR3bDNxsKVwRr9VOFMqRIZ0SqhaOdZtGqt5hUb9AzxLGkpuzPaw/s1600/close+up+blue+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye3OXT5BhZ7M11hqVaZT4LsO77Hc5X_BHQbv7AvK9t7C3Fdex1DwZnRAiPj1Fts9K3UuLt1DOzzpWPIEl33bJNyHxhR3bDNxsKVwRr9VOFMqRIZ0SqhaOdZtGqt5hUb9AzxLGkpuzPaw/s320/close+up+blue+02.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> The rest of these photos are just me trying to get artsy with my photography. I hope you like them:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jzHlikOqMOclzcQtM6xIWU99gJ7Y9k6Pxe3hnDGqwRTrphyphenhyphenAdB1auDl0o4gzF9OF3tX6LWtqbAmEtzqJ395OayCRmSj3P_InA3RLofLU9FyNe2eHc4a81ZEdVNXhLrUYkg0br_uwHqw/s1600/Artsy+close+up.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jzHlikOqMOclzcQtM6xIWU99gJ7Y9k6Pxe3hnDGqwRTrphyphenhyphenAdB1auDl0o4gzF9OF3tX6LWtqbAmEtzqJ395OayCRmSj3P_InA3RLofLU9FyNe2eHc4a81ZEdVNXhLrUYkg0br_uwHqw/s320/Artsy+close+up.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I LOVE how this one came out</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're pretty flexible</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one gives a good view of the inside of the purple one</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-89985962934472928902012-02-20T00:30:00.000-08:002012-02-20T00:30:22.404-08:00A new kind of earring for me<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal">So this past week, the pattern I chose to do was a pair of earrings designed by Carolyn DeGroff. It was called Blue and white Feather Earrings, but I didn’t go with the color scheme of the pattern. In fact, I think it took me a couple days at least to decide on the colors I wanted to use. Well, the first one was easy: Black and Red. Those colors together almost always look good so I went with that first.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are already claimed... by me!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"> I don't usually do this kind of earring because it wasn't quite my style, but I decided to take a chance and make some anyway. Now I really like them! </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> But for now, since it’s Sunday (actually by the time this goes out it will be VERY early Monday, but I haven’t gone to bed yet so it’s still Sunday to me…) I am going to switch to the next project. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding which to work on so I think I’m going to find a way to randomize my decision… or not. We’ll see.</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-6262978059194210842012-02-13T11:02:00.000-08:002012-02-13T11:02:26.263-08:00Finished wave braceletThis is going to be a quick post but I just had to share my finished bracelet. The first project of my challenge to use many of the old patterns I've saved up and haven't done yet.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQolt2CfeuCT2KpSz5HL_gtcecPYLsRRg9bIDpi1QVA6TmRMqcJpj-rXcv5_OMC01VmGMTqqotk0JQvqubCFNUce2n2Ip1En0sna7H6Q-orD5tG-ROaPG0cwy2qPI4C4OfFP2LTZ3kno/s1600/WAVE+BRACELET.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQolt2CfeuCT2KpSz5HL_gtcecPYLsRRg9bIDpi1QVA6TmRMqcJpj-rXcv5_OMC01VmGMTqqotk0JQvqubCFNUce2n2Ip1En0sna7H6Q-orD5tG-ROaPG0cwy2qPI4C4OfFP2LTZ3kno/s320/WAVE+BRACELET.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This was done with a flat, even-count peyote stitch. I've tweaked it a bit from the original pattern, I used different colors and 4 colors instead of three and just used regular seed beads for the edge embellishment. It was from a free Bead&Button online project called Victorian Waves.<br />
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Now on to the next project!April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-44466927527357833082012-02-11T23:15:00.000-08:002012-02-11T23:15:01.963-08:00A New Self-Inflicted Challenge<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal">So I’ve been wondering what challenge I wanted to give myself for this time of year. Last year, it was to make jewelry with all the colors of the year's <a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=20910&ca=4" target="_blank">Pantone Spring forecast</a>. While I did that, more or less, I totally bombed out on taking pictures of all of it to share. With that in mind, I was thinking that my challenge this year would be to use the new spring forecast and to actually take pictures this time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this week, I was preparing to go to a craft night at a friend’s house and decided to look through some old tutorials to see if there was anything I wanted to make that night. In the process, I realized that I had so many tutorials that I’ve bought or cut from magazines or downloaded online that I really liked but never made for whatever reason. So I decided that my new challenge will be to make something from as many of these patterns as I can. I’m thinking at least one new pattern/tutorial per week. I might have to weed out those that look a bit dated. I've been collecting for YEARS. I'll probably even throw in some of those <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBo9VOO0VRUp7dqVbzWPb-34tpenlZ42eTgjdWV1PwdEtWpH_PNKw4emAhxIJ_FXMAnGMcqyoodCUYy9WHVyLgSVTA3e5e4XL6hS1ffZUCwbpRdWI0WwGgnjFBYONkbaaDgsxSv1qqku6/s1600/spring+2012.jpg" target="_blank">Pantone colors</a> while I'm at it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like I have some <a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=20928&ca=4&d=1" target="_blank">Sodalite Blue</a> in there!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> It took me a while to get comfortable with the flow of the pattern when I started it Thursday night. By Friday I got the hang of it and I worked on it all day. It’s still not finished but that’s due to a problem I've had with sitting this weekend (horrible sacrum spasms or something in that area). I was still working on it off and on today despite the pain. Rob said that I was literally suffering for my art. Hopefully I’ll be done tomorrow and have a really neat picture to share and I'll go into more detail about it. Then on to the next project!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Whoa! I had a serious feeling of déjà vu while writing those last two sentences… freaky!</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-21444912078934053032012-02-07T20:27:00.000-08:002012-02-07T20:27:27.614-08:00A thought for beginners in the creative arts...I know I just made a post earlier today, but I just read a quote that I feel totally fits in this blog. So, because of that, and in effort to make a blog post more often than I do (my blog is dreadfully sparse, I know!), here is the quote:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://joeboydblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ira-glass.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://joeboydblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ira-glass.jpeg" /></a></div>“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” <br />
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As I was thinking about what I wanted to do, I realized that the lid would make the perfect workspace and promptly cut a piece of felt and glued it to the outside of the lid. This will be my go to from now on when I have craft days to go to. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> It's also cool that it fits inside of my purse!<br />
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</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478886320275848099.post-4460904289303037342012-01-22T16:56:00.000-08:002012-01-22T16:56:19.454-08:00An early bloom...<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">So as of two nights ago, seven of my UFOs (UnFinished Objects, for those who haven't read the last entry) have now become FOs I guess you could say. They are finished and they are GORGEOUS! ...if I do say so myself. Here's a picture of the bunch of them:</div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> I was able to acquire some black felt that made a perfect backing for my flower broaches... well, for most of them. (Oops, I just realized I didn't take a picture of the backs of any of them.)I have 3 that just won't look right with a black backing and they're going to need white felt. This I should be able to get on Monday. So I decided to take a few pictures of them, but they won't be the pictures I use when I put them online for sale. I'm going to give eBay a try and maybe ArtFire, for these pretties. Here's a few close-ups of some:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36PjSHEiiDwYEAytm0We5lR4nRY_lgQVvxijkSQ5UgcRmbu2GxCosAkWIdvrEWCsEbWJMuG1ZqoL_aW2A8TojOM6Lthh4yYbb5OjMTtSDYvTQz-LERvw2Bk8hF9Uz7-5XpwNM2gxzJcA/s1600/pretty+purple+and+pink.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36PjSHEiiDwYEAytm0We5lR4nRY_lgQVvxijkSQ5UgcRmbu2GxCosAkWIdvrEWCsEbWJMuG1ZqoL_aW2A8TojOM6Lthh4yYbb5OjMTtSDYvTQz-LERvw2Bk8hF9Uz7-5XpwNM2gxzJcA/s320/pretty+purple+and+pink.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">So, as I mentioned in a past entry, I wasn't so sure about doing the backing in the first place but felt maybe they needed to be done. Well, they turned out so nice that it makes me want to make more of the flowers. Besides, I have a lot more different bead colors now than when I first made these flowers, and I feel like I could come up with some very interesting color combinations. On top of it all, I'm so happy that I've been able to make jewelry again after so much time of not really being able to make any. Hell, before the last blog entry I did about jewelry making, the last one was at the end of June of last year. That's far too long.</div>April Dawn Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966393127677445607noreply@blogger.com6