THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

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How to Make Skeleton Jewelry for Halloween Posted: 21 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT Image by Lola Ebola It's nearly that time of year again!  If you like to join in the fun, then make yourself some skeletal jewelry for Halloween. You can easily get skull and bone beads to make the jewelry quickly. But if you have time, check out these inspirations! Lola Ebola on Cut Out and Keep bought some inexpensive plastic hands and painted them for her awesome Skeleton Hands with Roses necklace tutorial. It's cool how she modeled it on a black draped mannequin with spider web designs in the background! Azurafae's fun skeleton earrings tutorial uses shrink plastic. It's a long process getting the drawings and shrinking it correctly. But the results are awesome!  She adds that these can also be used as decorations. Image by Azurafae She is also a co-editor of the Skull-a-Day blog started by Noah Scalin. If you're into precious metal clay, check out the amazing tutorial for Skull and Crossbones Cufflinks tutorial by meshell on Craftster. Here's a fun project you can do with kids. The Impatient Crafter otherwise known as Margot Potter has a delightful tongue-in-cheek video tutorial on how to make Gliterrati UTEE Skull and Bone jewelry. UTEE stands for ultra thick embossing enamel.  She first made molds using a small skull and bone beads.  I am sure some experimenting with an old saucepan on an electric frying pan can substitute for the special melting post she has. More Halloween Inspirations : How to make wire and bead spider tutorials How to make beaded witches How to make Halloween jewelry with DG3 Art Gel Real human skeletons as jewelry displays Frankenstein stitch and zombie bloody chokers Vampire inspired jewelry Subscribers : To comment, click on the post title to return to the blog. At the bottom of the post, click on "Comments". If you do not have a Google account, website or online store, use Name/URL - and leave the URL blank. For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post! Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

$450 Designer Component Sale and Giveaway Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Are you a component designer or love using handmade supplies for your designs?  Need to replenish your findings stock or destash? Then you ought to check out the one Melinda Orr is organizing. The 3 day extravaganza is scheduled next week from October 26-28. All types of handmade media are welcome. Check out her most recent blog post for more details on how to participate or enter to win.  She will also be updating with the run up to the giveaway. They've got a total of $450 from various designers so far. Before You Go : Unconventional Uses of Jewelry Findings Unconventional Ways with Bead Caps How to Make Hammered Wire Earrings Subscribers : To comment, click on the post title to return to the blog. At the bottom of the post, click on "Comments". If you do not have a Google account, website or online store, use Name/URL - and leave the URL blank. For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post!   Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

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