Hey everyone, today I am announcing a Giveaway on my blog. It’s as easy as one two three, all I am asking from you is:
1. Be a subscriber to my blog (through wordpress, email, bloglovin’ – whichever is more convenient for you)
2. Leave me a comment telling what kind of posts you want to see on my blog! And which bracelet you would like to get as your prize.
3. I will pick 3 winners, randomly on August 1.
4. The giveaway is open internationally, so go ahead, comment away wherever you are from
Now what’s up for grabs? Some of you may remember the bracelet that I made from beads I recycled from an old pair of shoes. Well I had enough beads for a couple more creations:
Good luck everyone! Looking forward to all of your comments!
Hey everyone! Today’s post is another reuse/repurpose one! Surprised, aren’t you? Well, it all started with this pair of shoes:
But I got them totally ruined when we went out last:
And since these shoes were totally unfixable (trust me I wanted to save them, they were my favorite pair to wear to work) I decided to take the best from them, aka the beads!
So 3 or so hours later (cutting those babies off was a torture), I ended up with this:
A neat little pile isn’t it?
My next thing to get was – some beading cord. So last Sunday on our way to Lake Calhoun, hubby and I stopped at Bobby Bead on Hennepin. Turns out beading is an expensive hobby here in the US! The stringing cord I was looking for was going to cost me $12.94 plus tax. Which was so not cool. Then I remembered that back when I was into beading in Russia, I used fishing line. And hey, they sell it at Ace Hardware for $3.50 plus tax, and you get 250 yd! How awesome is that? (Here is a tip – if your beads are small, like mine – go for the thinnest line – in my case it was the one that can hold 8lb )
The guy at Ace could totally tell I wasn’t going to fish with my purchase, so I told him it was for a craft project! Now I am sure you are all dying to see it – so here it is:
So today, as promised, I will be showing you another beaded project that I started yesterday and finished today. Again I used the beads from my Grandma’s old necklace. I was originally going to fix her necklace, but too many beads were missing, so it was a lot easier to just make something completely new. I did use the clasp, so that’s vintage
The original necklace looked like this
(the oval piece in the middle was something I was originally going to incorporate into the new necklace, but then decided against it)
It consisted of several twisted strands of beads
The original string was very thin, so I used my silk one (same as in yesterday’s post) to make 6 separate strands using the beads given. I also have a special needle, which I was able to use to speed up the process with the black beads. But the clear ones were too small for the needle, so I had to do without. After I finished all 6 strands, I braided them together. And braiding took a lot longer than I expected. You need to be very patient with it, and I suggest doing it on a fleece or a carpet, so that the beads don’t slide anywhere. I think braiding alone took me about 40 minutes. But I was extremely happy with the result:
Happy Monday everyone, let’s all pray and hope that I will make it to Minneapolis sometime this week!
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