Colorful colorful

Wow, it's been a while, blogger!

I've been caught up in Kickstarter fulfillment for the past month or so. We mailed out about 475 little padded envelopes full of Writers Dice...whew! A few hundred of those involved hand writing each address on a customs form. It was a pain in the hand for a little while, but it was worth it. We're selling a limited number of the remaining dice on etsy, so check them out!

I haven't had too much time to work on anything brand new, but I can at least share a couple photos of this maybe-too-colorful necklace that has remained unfinished for a while now.





Too crazy? I can't decide. Perhaps I should just finish it off and wear it and see how I feel about it!

My favorite thing to make

My favorite Thing to Make will always be free-form-esque necklaces from a unique, limited stash of funky beads.




I had enough left over to throw together a chunky stretch bracelet to match.


I really love clasps not made of metal. I think this one is glass.

Buddha earrings

Made these earrings the other day. They make me hilariously happy.

Kitty Charm Giveaway

I'm having a very quick drawing for this cute kitty charm. He would make a fun stocking stuffer:



To enter, visit my etsy shop : http://www.etsy.com/shop/hardboiledmegg
Then, come back and leave a comment on this post of your favorite item. Be sure the profile you use to comment contains a way to contact you, in case you win! I'll pick a name from those comments Wednesday (12/7) at noon!

Hats hats hats!

Just a quick update today! I've added a new batch of chicken hats AND lots and lots of sale items (MORE hats and some fun accessories).

No Clasp Cuff Bracelet

This Wednesday, I'll be teaching the basic spiral herringbone/n'debele technique, to produce one of these babies:


Color scheme and dangley do-das are up to the student.


And yes! It will stay on your wrist without a clasp. Super cool.

Call Rare Earth Beads in Durham to sign up! (919) 342-5966.

Green and brown cluster necklace

While trying to come up with a fun class idea for basic even-count peyote stitch (other than making the run of the mill bracelet), I made this:



It's many strands of seeds, pearls, garnet and pyrite bundled together in the back with a tube of seeds.



I only had 15's in a color I liked to work with. It took a while and I will modify the project for a class, but I think it would be fun to make something similar with larger seeds for the tube.

I decided to add something decorative to the back as well. It sort of reminds me of a crown. It was a fun experiment!