Some more Mayhem!

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Just a few of the lovely things on offer by the Mayhem listers. A bit of a blue theme.

Necklace under construction

I have been working on the necklace I have been asked to make. It has been great fun and it is nearly finished.  Here is what I have been doing:

 I collected the various materials, memory wire, beadalon rubber tubing and some large ribbed, red wood beads

Threading the wire through the tubing. That was a lot easier than I expected and it gives a really nice finish. I shall have to see what other colours are available.

The beads slide on very easily but the holes are a little too big and the beads won't stay in place.

I decided to locate the three beads together by drilling them and pinning them together.  It was "fun" to try, as my drill bit was a little bit too short and my tiny drill not quite powerful enough and I spend ages getting the first hole drilled. I borrowed a small drill and achieved what I wanted in a minute flat! I guess good tools are worth the money you pay for it.

 Here are all the elements of the necklace. I solved the problem of the holes which were too large by using some small, black,wooden beads either side of the red ones.  I had to ream the centres a little to fit over the rubber tubing but they really finish them of nicely. It will be a necklace in two parts, the three bead choker is one part and the slightly longer necklace that lies lower on the neck. Tomorrow I will finish of the ends and then it's ready for it's first inspection. Hopefully my customer will like it, but in any case it has been a great learning experience.

Jewellery making commission

I have been asked to make a special necklace for someone. I went on-line to get a picture of it as it was from a film (Arthur and the Invisibles) and this is it:

Image from  Internet

Well at first it looked simple enough but thinking about it there are a couple of complications. At the moment I'm thinking of rubber tubing with memory wire inserts, but that doesn't space the beads apart on the choker part. So I'm still busy thinking on how to space them apart. Looking at it closely again I also noticed that there is a size difference that I hadn't noticed before. Well as soon as my materials come in I will take photos of the process of making this commission.

Mayhem at Folksy!

No, nothing to worry about it is just another listing club. This month it is Mayhem. But beautiful Mayhem. Above are some of my fellow Mayhemmers gorgeous goodies. Click on the photo and you will be transported to the relevant shop, where you can find many more lovely items.

I have been busy elsewhere lately but I have re-listed some beautiful items in my own shop hope they will find a new home soon!

April show-ers in Bloom!

 

Here are some of the gorgeous flower items that the Aprils show-ers have produced. There is nothing to add except "go get them before they're gone!"

Inchies inspired!

A few days ago I really felt uninspired and I blogged about it. I told you about the things going wrong and the interference I was getting from the cats. It was surprisingly freeing and your comments also cheered me up.

I decided that what was needed was a rethink on the interference. Maybe they weren't interfering but actually telling me to do something. As they were drawn to the photographic light box I guessed they wanted to be "in the picture" I took a pile of photos of them and looked at some inchies on the web and came to the decision to make some "Kitty Inchies."

I thouroughly enjoyed making these and a stack of prepared inchies is ready on my desk to add more kitty-ness to.  Surprisingly the left me to get on with it and snoozed in various places. I wonder if that is a sign that this is what they wanted?

April Show-ers, the new monthly listing Club on Folksy.

Just have a look at all the lovely goodies available on Folksy. We have again got a listings club this month, called the April Show-ers. I haven't had time to list anything today but hopefully will join with a double dose tomorrow. Hope you'll enjoy these for now!

Uninspired, under siege and underwhelmed.

I don't know what it is but everything I start at the moment goes wrong.  Paintings don't work out, inchies just look tatty and beads are not speaking to me at the moment. In my head I have visions of very pretty things but I cannot bring them to fruition.

The cats are also troublesome as they insist on breaking their way into my crafting space and jump on my desk or rummage through my materials. The trouble with having FOUR of them is that when you get one out three others sneak in again.
It's probably  revenge on their part as we left them at home and went on a short break in the Lake District. The kids looked after them well but according to them it is not the same. We should be here to serve them. Or we'll wee on your bed!

Yes one of them really did and then they had an even better idea.... Puncture the waterbed! There we were thinking they'd done it again and they were just sniggering in their whiskas!

Ok so I have bought the stuff to mend the waterbed now and they seem to have forgiven us but I am still not allowed any peace to craft. They have to interfere. I think I will have to build them a big gazebo type thing in the garden that they can lounge about in when the weather is nice. It is sad they can't go out except on a lead but even here in the countryside the traffic is too dangerous. 
Other things that have interfered lately with creativity and opportunity to make things has been the total lack of support from my domestic appliances.  The dishwasher makes my dishes dirtier than they go in and throws hissy fits every two or three days flooding the kitchen, the tumble dryer is being "cool"  and the microwave threatened to go up in flames yesterday. Thank goodness "Henry" still works even though he spends an extraordinarily amount of time lying on his back....
Anyway, I'm hoping the postman will bring me some parcels tomorrow so I can try out some different techniques and maybe kick-start me again.