In 2014, I had a very fun year at my new university, and made it into second year. I also had a nice new workspace in a location where I could obtain craft materials from the local market, but even then, I ordered a lot of new things to play with. Jewellery was still the …
Category: Hair Accessories
Wire jewellery with Linda Jones
*This post is quite picture-heavy* I have a book called "Making Beautiful Bead & Wire Jewelry" by Linda Jones, which provides step-by-step instructions on how to make about 30 different projects involving rings, necklaces and earrings. This author is quite accomplished and is worth looking up if you are a beginner-to-intermediate jewellery maker; I myself …
Ribbon obsession
I went home for a bit and visited the local haberdashery when the market was open. I ended up buying lots of ribbons to make hair clips with! I made ribbon barrettes a while back, but I wasn't too happy with the blue one that I made, mainly because I wasn't able to buy a …
Summary of year 2013
2013 has been a good year for me. I made some new things that year such as wrapped bouquets and hairbands, as well as improving my skills in things such as pendant wrapping. Being determined to learn a new craft every year is a good New Year's resolution, if you're the kind of person who …
Large ribbon hair clips
A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to make her a hair clip that was made up of ribbon bows stacked on a barrette. After I made the one for her, I was so captivated by it that I ended up making two more for myself specifically! XD The simple idea is to make …
Origami pinwheel hair pin
This is the last thing I can share with you before I go on holiday for three weeks. I will be away from my computer for the entire duration, and also away from my workspace and materials, so it's not like I could make anything anyway. ='( I've always tried to make origami into more …
Colourful butterfly hair band
I have been meaning to make something butterfly-themed for a while now. I wanted to make a hair pin, but I could not find any local stores selling them, however John lewis sell metal hair bands and hair combs in their craft section, so I had to get some! At first, I was planning on …
Seed bead flower hair comb
I decided to make use of the stacks of seed beads that I had lying in my bead box on Friday, so I looked up some things and came across this tutorial on how to make a seed bead flower. It was fairly easy to understand and make. The only difficult part was dropping the …
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