security beads

To prepare for an upcoming workshop, I'm focusing on upcycling paper. I've wanted to try to make paper beads out of security envelopes for a while. I love the different patterns on the inside of them.

hair clips

 More fun with felted sweaters!

pendants

Coin pendants, from foreign currency.

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make up: day 8, 9, & 10

The thing about this thing-a-day thing is not so much the thing, but posting the thing.

Here are some make up items to post.
eight: ribbon organizer
Made from a coffee can, covered with fabric stickers. has a wooden dowel in the center.

nine: paper made from manila envelopes

ten: handmade paper inspired by guacamole and chips
with seeds, so after you read the letter you can plant it and grow flowers!

bangles

made from:
recycled yarn from an unraveled sweater
hand-dyed cashmere by Noro
some wool with a bit of glitz
hand-dyed wool from colinette

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thing 5 + 6

For my thing-a-day project #5 and #6 are: a pendant from felt and an tube bracelet made from koigu hand-dyed yarn.

re.creation

A couple months ago at a show of independent designers and artists, I bought a handful of ceramic evil eyes or nazars.

The artist said she wanted to make a mobile, and made tons of them out of clay. She was selling the left over disks and said it was cool if I turned them into jewelry. I hung a few on presents, using them as gift tags. With the couple I had left, I made pendants.

day 3: pins

Thing-a-day project #3: pins made from felted sweaters

 

felt petal earrings

For my second thing of the month, this project uses only a small amount of felt, making it perfect for scraps from a sweater hack project. After felting the sweater I cut circles out and sewed them into petals.

day 1: fiber beads

a little bit of cashmere, angora, alpaca + some left over tubing = wrapped yarn beads