Monday, March 4, 2013

SHOCK!!! I made a piece of Jewelry

My usual pattern is to either play with papercrafts OR play with beads and wire; not both at the same time though... until now.  It was my daughter's 42nd birthday (and she's my baby, egad time flies) anyway, I always make my own cards, not a problem but I wanted to surprise her with a piece of jewelry because she knows I haven't been making any for quite some time. 

There are 2 blogs I follow because the gals are so darn creative in soooo many areas.  Now I love altered art but  Bev at Flamingo Toes  takes it to a whole new level.  Check out her altered dresser, it's awesome!!! Well, she and her blogosphere friend, Michele, at the Scrap Shoppe decided to do a "Jewelry Week" where for each of 5 days each one had a jewelry tutorial to share and honestly it was so much fun to follow them, especially when on the first day Michele had an incredible necklace that I really wanted to make (if only I was in my playing with beads phase, LOL).  Well, not too long after that I realized Drea's birthday was fast approaching... I had to give that necklace a try... here is the result.  Drea loved it and Michele, I hope I did you proud...



But, hey I loved how her birthday card turned out as well.  It started with my playing with Fantasy Film (y'all remember that right?) I loved how the butterfly turned out (even though I burned it just a bit... LOL)  I ended up building the card around that butterfly using a background technique video I found on Gina K's blog  (this link will take you directly to the video).  In my photos, I was trying to capture the sparkle of the butterfly (not an easy thing), so here are a couple of pics:



Whew long post today... thanks for taking the time to stop by!

10 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous necklace and how could Drea not love it??? The card is stunning as well! That butterfly looks amazing on that embossed background! Beautiful!!!

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  2. Your necklace turned out so fabulous Willow!! I love those colors! I'm so glad you enjoyed Jewelry week - Michele and I had a blast doing it!
    I really like your card too!

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  3. Wow, what a pretty necklace. They are in my favourite colours. Your card is super cute too. Thanks for the links.

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  4. A little birdie told me you tried the braided necklace tutorial. ;)
    I love, love, LOVE your spin on it! I'm so glad you enjoyed Jewelry Week. Seeing projects like this make me so glad we did it!!

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  5. stunning jewelry!!!!!!!!!!!!! love that butterfly on the card.

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  6. Hello wwilloww.... dont know if Leigh saw your comment on DOMINOART as she is having internet issues.... if you havent heard from her please email me at blackdragonscrafts@googlemail.com and i'll help you out with what you requested.
    Love the necklace by the way...
    BDX DT for DOMINOART.

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  7. Really gorgeous necklace!!! I would buy this. It's sooooo pretty and well made. Your daughter must have LOVED it! Amazing butterfly, too, on a beautiful card. It looks like a piece of jewelry, itself. Love how the colors of the card match the necklace.

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  8. Yes Mom, I love my new necklace! I got to wear it today in the beautiful, sunny St. Louis weather. It was beautiful with a simple black dress. I even wore my hair curly because the dress was so exotic looking. ;-)

    Tomorrow I get to take Mom out for my birthday. We are getting pedicures and then going to her favorite, Sweet Tomatoes.

    Thanks again for the prezzie Mom, it's definitely beautiful!

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