I've always lived in flats owned by other people, so I never wanted to decorate them or stick things to the walls. However this year I have a house, and that means I can make all the changes I want in the world! This year I went away, so I only made a few things. …
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Here is another model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book that I love making models from. The name of this model is "Hanagaku Matsuba", written as 花額松葉 in Kanji. Roughly translated, you get the words "Flower frame" and "Pine needle". Previously the other names have been fairly descriptive, but I wonder what it could be …
I bought a lot of seed beads a long time ago and they just sit in a box on my desk, not really being used much. At some point, I moved flats and the beads got shaken up as well! It was time to do something with them. I had a little bit of 0.4mm …
I don't normally make stuff for Christmas, but I have a lot of spare beads lying around... I plan on making some jewellery for a Christmas party soon but I'm missing some key components and Black Friday starts soon so I'm waiting for some nice sales. In the meanwhile, using some spare seed beads and …
I said I'd try another kanzashi piece. I got inspiration from this video by MyInDulzens on YouTube - give her channel a look if you're interested, she's very talented! I started with white organza ribbon. Some green organza ribbon for leaves and white rattail for dangles are optional. You need a lot of ribbon, and …
I bought a string of green aventurine gemstone chips a very long time ago, and have never used them until now. I felt like they would make for very nice tree leaves, so I wanted to make a tree of life. Seems people like to add things to their trees of life (as seen in …
I made a pendant with serpentine previously - see here! By the way, I got this cabochon as a gift, so I determined that it could be serpentine. If someone could tell me otherwise, that would be great! This pendant is named for the still waters you see in lakes that are tinted green with …
This is the late Christmas post. I made a simple card for someone by hot-gluing buttons and decorations to a red card, and cut out some green borders to go with it. I bought a lot of buttons recently. They are so versatile! I'm quite fond of the big tubs of value buttons. I'm finding …
This is gonna be a quick post. So I made this pendant two years ago when I was starting out on my beadweaving journey, but there were definitely some improvements that I could do to it. Well I've finally gotten around to it. I used more beads, a crystal rondelle, and a larger Swarovski drop …
An earthing stone, Serpentine also opens new pathways for the Kundalini energy. It aids in meditation and enhances spiritual exploration. Serpentine assists the retrieval of wisdom, helping to regain memory of past lives. It clears the chakras and stimulates the crown chakra, opening psychic abilities. Serpentine assists the conscious direction of healing energy toward problem …
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