Pirate's booty

Check out all the bling!  It's all costume stuff I'm repairing for the thrift store where I volunteer.

One Step At A Time

Some mornings I let myself do a little craft work before work.  Some mornings I have to do other things instead.  Some mornings I am late for my "real" work-like today!

Designing Things

I'm not very creative. I'm very crafty. I can make things based on others' designs. I can make very well-made, pretty things based on others' designs. I can stray pretty far from those designs into fabulous variations. I cannot, however, create things only out of my thoughts. Actually, my thoughts are not that tangible, I think (pun intended). I don't seem to imagine things anymore; I can see something tangible and determine whether it will work well with this fabric or that yarn or in another color scheme, but actually visualizing the finished product seems to be a skill I have lost, if I ever had it very strongly to begin with. Nice to realize one's own limitations. Perhaps I'll stop expecting myself to design stuff from scratch from now on, and concentrate on making wonderful variations of other's designs.




This is what got me out of bed (a few minutes early) today.

Three beaded bracelets

I fininshed these a couple of weeks ago-I bought a beading magazine at the same time as the knitting magazines, and tried out some weaving techniques.  I added a small section with stretchy cord so they can be a little smaller than my hand could normally take.

Now I need to finish my sweater!!!

Purple bracelet

I finished this bracelet this morning, while I waited for my digestive system to do its thing.  I also wore the bracelet to work and had one of the "stones" fall off before I even got to work.  Fortunately I found it in my coat pocket, so I'll be gluing it back in place after this.  I wish my camera had a half-flash setting, then perhaps I could use it without washing everything out, unlike this photo where the colors are tanned and you can't even appreciate the pale greens and purples.

Charm Necklace

I just finished this few minutes ago.  I gotta find a way to take better photos!  The colors are actually pale green and lavender.  I've had violets (and springtime!) on my mind lately.  There's a robot charm and a lighthouse and a pinecone.  There's a treble clef, although I frequently have to read bass clef, but they don't have those.  (Nice flannel shirt too, eh?)

Beadwork 1

I was looking for artistic inspiration and picked up a beading magazine.  Here's some first attempts.