Tag: Jewelry

Eggshell Mosaics

unikatissima Egg Shell Mosaics

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Up until now I saw eggshell mosaics mostly at ‘kids crafts’, but now I found sites with wonderful (jewelry) pieces.

I already gathered my material, the actual execution is on my list ;-)


Links:
Short description (What are they? Why eggshells? How are they made?)
Mini Movie
Jewelry

Eggshell Mosaic Boxes, z.B.
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
(you must absolutely click them and look at the larger photos!)

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Beaded Freeform Wire Crochet

sqbr Freeform Wire Crochet

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I really love freeform and freeform crochet and therefore I found of course the instruction on how to crochet a freeform necklace with wire and beads instruction on how to crochet a freeform necklace with wire and beadsinteresting.
I haven’t tried it yet because I (still) have no jewelry wire and she wrote that her wire has since gone all rusty – it doesn’t have to come to this.
I will make the necklace one day!


Links:
How to make a beaded freeform wire crochet necklace
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
How to make a beaded freeform wire crochet necklace
Thanks, Louise, for telling me! :)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘freeform’
Entries containing ‘freeform’ and ‘crochet’

Weave Wrapped Bead Buttons

unikatissima Embroidered Bead Buttons

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Once I found an instruction on making buttons by weave wrapping wooden beads and tried it immediatley with different weave patterns: It is great!
I really like the weave wrapping of the buttons and find that the results are too beautiful to be used as buttons, I like them more as beads ;-)


Links:
Weave Wrapped Bead Buttons – scroll down to ‘To construct this type of button,…’

Here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘button’

Fringed Buttons

unikatissima Fringed Button

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I found the fringed buttons very nice. But they are done with ready-made fringes which I don’t have at home.

 

unikatissima Fringed Button Therefore I made a kind of pom-pom from wool rests and put my button inside there and although I find the button awful kitschy I quite like the combination ;-))

 

unikatissima Crazy Daisy Buttons Of course you can as well tuck a Crazy Daisy under the button ;-))

 


Links:
Fringe-y Goodness

Here at unikatissima:
Crazy Daisy Ring
Crazy Daisies
Crazy Daisies II

Beaded Tubular Net

unikatissima TubularNet Necklaces

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For a certain time I worked tubular nets, e.g. to make necklaces like the ones on the photo.
I find them beautiful and that a simply eye catcher like the beaded freeform bead is enough. Additionally they are wonderful soft because the tubular net is so elastic.

 

unikatissima TubularNet Glass Tubes detail You can use tubular netting as well to bead glass tubes like at the bead and wire wall vase or to bead little bottles.

 


Links:
TubularNet
Netz-Ketten (German) (short description, scroll down to ‘Netz-Ketten’)

Net technique (German) (not tubular)

Here at unikatissima:
Bead and Wire Wall Vase
Beaded Bottle

Entries with the tag ‘vase’

Row Counter Bracelet

Sutherland Studios Row Counter Bracelet

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When knitting or crocheting you must often count the rows.
I have seen people who kept checklists in a very disciplined way, but personally I find this taking-the-pen-and-sketching-a-checkmark-on-the-list bothersome, the more so as one needs a table for this (at least I need it ;-)).
But not if you’re making a row counter bracelet (ok, you must leave your work beside, but you don’t need a table ;-)).
I didn’t make one yet, but I found the tutorial very good.

I’m sure that you can make the beads yourself, e.g. from polymer clay or felt (but felted beads may be too lightweight ?!)


Links:
Row Counter Bracelet
via: Row Counter Bracelet at ravelry

Google search result for ‘row counter bracelet’
Google image search result for ‘row counter bracelet’

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘polymerclay’
Entries with the tag ‘felting’

PET-Inspirations

Miwa Koizumi PET project

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I wrote several entries about crafting with plastic bottles (see links below), this one is more of an inspiration: I’d like to present the PET-project and the wonderful PET jewelry.
Fantastic, aren’t they?


Links:
PET-Project
Flower with sash

Here at unikatissima:
Knitted/Crocheted Bangles
Plastic Bottle Beads
Plastic Bottle Box
Knitting Loom from Plastic Bottle
DIY Shrinky Dinks
Box from woven PET stripes

Entries with the tag ‘plastic’