…compilation of tutorials
I found the jewelry with the self-made turquoise already a long time ago and was thrilled!
Once I tried myself making my own turquoises from Fimo but it didn’t quite work.
Somewhen I will try it again… ;-)
Links:
Making faux turquoise
Jewelry with polymer clay turquoises (Gallery Southwest)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘faux’
When I saw the little beaded wooden spools I directly wanted to go for making them myself!
Luckily I didn’t have any wooden spools at home at the moment ;-))
But you can easily ‘weave’ the little Peyote beads from my paper beads bracelet (without any wooden spools ;-)) around the wooden spools.
Links:
Beaded Wooden Spools
Here at unikatissima: Making Paper Beads
Must be quite heavy, such a rock key chain, mustn’t it?
It mustn’t! ;-))
It is fake stone and made from foam and spraypainted ;-)
I don’t quite understand how it works and why it isn’t dented, but at the moment I can’t make it because I still need my mattress at night ;-))
And by the way it should be possible to make them from paper maché, shouldn’t it?
And wearing it around your neck should look, great, too ;-)
Links:
Fake Rock Keychain
I find those beads soo beautiful and can easily imagine them in other colour combinations!
One day…
Sigh.
;-)
Recently we wrapped recycled gift tags, now washers.
And why not, most of us have enough stash yarn at any rate it looks cute ;-)
Links:
How to Make a Washer & Yarn Pendant
Here at unikatissima:
Recycled Gift Tags
The gift tags on the photo aren’t ready yet: I simply can’t decide with which yarn I should wrap them.
But I find the idea really great: flatten the cardboard tube, cut it in strips and wrap the pieces with yarn.
I think that it could look beautiful, too, when wrapped in a piece of beautiful polymer clay and worn as necklace, earring or pin.
Hm.
When reading the instructions for the gift tags I had to think somehow at the surprise ball gifts ;-)
But she had other ideas, too, about what to make with these paper shapes, namely a cute tealight and an interesting lamp decoration.
I presented before entries about recycled cardboard tubes here in this blog, namely the beaded amulet bag, the plaster photo holder and the knitting loom from a plastic bottle.
But there the cardboard tube was ‘only’ a tool.
Links:
recycling project no. 19 – yarn gift tag
recycle project no. 12 – tealight decoration
recycle project no. 16 – hurricane cover
Here at unikatissima:
Surprise Ball Gifts
Beaded Amulet Bag
Plaster Photo Holder
Knitting Loom from Plastic Bottle
I’d never have had the idea myself: beading shoes!
Up until now I mostly ‘jumped’ at buttons and pins and the bead embroidered Paisleys are still on my list, but shoes…
If you don’t like the pattern, check out again the cross stitch patterns treasures ;-)
I’m thrilled, it’s possible that I really will make them once ;-)
You can possibly even embroider your self-made shoes.
On the other hand it may be easier to spraypaint the shoes.
And if you are a sneaker type you may prefer to customize your sneakers ;-)
Besides fall has begun, possibly you better add crochet embellishments to your shoes?! ;-)
Links:
Kasut Manek (Beaded Shoes)
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 1 – Preparing the frame and canvas
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2 – Border Beading
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 3 – Interior Beading
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 4 – How to take measurement on your foot
Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
Bead Picots
Cross Stitch Patterns Treasures
Sneaker Customizing
Self-made Shoes
Spraypainting Accessories
Shoe-torial
I always liked those beads and they are not so difficult to make – but I haven’t yet managed to make them ;-)
Links:
Feather Beads
I find this ring so beautiful: just a little wire and two buttons.
Great!
It matches well the button necklace or the button collage necklace and to tell the truth I also like the other rings…
Again I don’t know where to begin ;-)
Links:
Button Jewelry (Jumping on the Button Bandwagon!)
Here at unikatissima:
Button Necklace
Button Collage Necklaces
These knit-felted knot bracelets are cute, aren’t they?
I think that you can surely make them with filled I-cords, too, then they are more firm (only take care about what happens to the filling when felting with hot water!). In principle it’s what Sue suggested in her comment.
Or the whole thing may be even possible with a buttoned I-cord bracelet, where the original was made with beads. When using glass buttons or glass beads it should be no problem to felt it (but I haven’t tried it yet).
Possibly you can even use filled and felted I-cords to make a fabric bowl from?!
And when you felt some of the cords of the cute spaghetti scrap scarf it surely looks great, too.
Oof, soo many ideas ;-))
Links:
This Is Knot a Bracelet : A Tutorial to Knit and Felt a Bangle Bracelet
Here at unikatissima:
Actinia – here I put my own instruction on how to make an I-cord in the PDF file
Clothesline Knitting or Filled I-cord
Buttoned I-cord Bracelet
Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl
Spaghetti Scrap Scarf
Sues comment