Here are some piccies of how I displayed my charms from the various swaps ~ it is so great cos it means they can all be seen together and up close too!
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
More Charms
Here are a few of pictures of charms I have made for recent charm swaps. My handmade charms are quite simple to make and always use 'found' bits and bobs ~ there is much beauty in simplicity!
Picture 1 shows some button charms, made using vintage buttons from my massive personal collection!!
#2 is a suspender clip which I stamped and embelished with ribbons. For #3 I used a vinyl 45rmp record /single ~ cut it up, smoothed of the edges and then stamped 45rpm ~ I really love these!
The big problem now is that whenever I see bits n bobs I wonder how I can alter them into charms!! I'm sure loads of you know what I mean!! Answers welcome!
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Belindas 4 for 3 ATP Swap.
These are the ATP's Ive done for Belinda's 4 for 3 ATP Swap, I used bits & bobs of game peices
Artist Trading Pin ~ Envy
This is a jigsaw ATP I have done for a UK swap, the swap is based on the 7 deadly sins & 7 virtues!
Here is the link should you fancy joining!
Monday, 29 January 2007
Vintage Button Bracelets For Sale!
A cake stand filled with a scrumptious pile of button bracelets ~ I raided my stash of vintage buttons to make these! Again some still are available to buy via the link to my gallery!
Bracelet Bundle!
A bundle of handcrafted bracelets ~ I used memory wire and a selection of broken jewellery bits! I have some of these for sale via my gallery link!
Saturday, 13 January 2007
Funky Fabric Felt Charms!
These charms are for the fabric charm swap! I hand felted these using merino wool. It was my first time, I really enjoyed it!
Junk Charms
Here is a selection of' 'junk' I have used to make charms. My favourites are the guitar picks and the bottle caps. The shrink plastic VW Camper and Watch are for another of Amber Dawn's exchanges!
Leopard Skin Design Charm
This is a charm from my 1st set for Amber Dawn's charm exchange. I have done a whole set of these. I have used a wooden heart and hand painted it in a leopard skin design. I am pleased with the outcome ~ grrrrrrrr!
Amber Dawn's Charm Exchange
This is the second set for Amber's exchange. I have used a variety of vintage beads harvested from my hoard of broken jewellery! Junk Jewel Charms!
The End Results!
And here we have the finished charms. I hope that those of you who recieve them are pleased with them! I can't wait to get a look at all the charms everyone has been working so hard to create.
Babushka & Revlon combined!
For my 1st charm swap ~ hosted by Dawn Sellers ~ I made 2 different charm, from the top of a clothes peg I made a babushka russian doll, and then used the left overs to make fingernails! No waste!
The Hands of Time!
This picture hangs in my lounge.It is made up of all the handprints of my family! It was really good fun doing it and as it was a few years ago some of the kids have really grown!
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