My daughter Riley designed this necklace. She designed it to give to a school friend for his birthday. Change the pendant to give the necklace a more or less masculine feel. The original necklace sported a very cool wolf pendant, in honor of the favorite animal of the birthday boy.
Because this was designed for a [...]
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The tassel necklace is long, about 30 inches, and is the perfect accessory for your flapper. Because it’s so long, you can easily slip it over your head, so no clasp is require. In this project, I give you general guidelines rather than hard fast directions, so enjoy making your personalized creation.
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The 1960s gave birth to one unlikely icon, the hippie. You could get a feel for the 1960s by using peace symbols, big flowers, or zodiac symbols. I chose to go with the sun to bring out the feel of the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
Tools and Materials
Flat-nose pliers Round-nose pliers Wire cutters
6 1.5-inch [...]
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Pre-made beaded fringe (short strands of beads sewn into ribbon) makes this project quick and easy. Look for beaded fringe at crafts stores, fabric stores, and specialty sewing stores.
Unless you’re a whiz with a glue gun, I don’t recommend that you use it on this project. It seems like it would be a good idea, [...]
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This technique is an easy way to embellish scuffed and scarred picture frames. Or buy an inexpensive unfinished frame at your local crafts store and give it some personality.
Tools and Materials
Cloth napkin or dishtowel
Small bead scoop (optional)
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Papier-mâché literally means chewed paper. It’s a crafting technique that requires you to take a basic form (like a foil ball, a balloon, chicken wire form or just about anything else) and cover it with a mixture of paste and sculpting medium, usually newspaper. Papier-mâché is great for making lightweight sculptures and other items like [...]
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Like any papier-mâché project, you must create a form for your beads and pendants. Aluminum foil is an excellent choice for bead forms. It’s lightweight and easy for kids to work with.
Here’s how you create a basic foil form:
1. Take pieces of foil and wad them up. Start with roughly a 4-inch by 6-inch square [...]
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Barrettes are part of the official uniform for childhood for just about every girl with long hair. Many girls take great pride in coordinating their barrettes with their outfits. Help them out by customizing prefab barrettes to wear and share. Buy plain barrettes at your local drug or discount store and decorate them with your [...]
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Birthday parties, sleepovers, or even any random winter afternoon is a great time to organize a jewelry-making party for kids. Both girls and boys of all ages enjoy making jewelry. Of course, the kind of projects you choose will vary with their ages.
The biggest challenge with kids is to keep it simple. Here are my [...]
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Brooches of the Twentieth Century
Platinum became a popular jewellery material in the early 1900s. The Edwardian used its pale colour to offset delicate shapes and the light hues of diamonds, pearls, peridots and aquamarines. In the early 1920s Cartier set jewellery with carved coloured gems to create a multicoloured effect often described as ‘fruit salad’. [...]
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