Fiber Fetish!

Since blowing out my elbow in February and having to scale back on smacking metal around, I've been using more fibers, cords, leather, yarns, etc. and have been enjoying the daylights out of it.

The colors and textures are so yummy and luxurious - it's a whole new world!

Today, my sis and I are playing around with some of the fabrics and gadgets we purchased during the Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson (Go Wildcats!!)  this year so I thought I'd share a couple of pics of a few past designs I've done using some of  the wonderful Recycled Sari Silk Ribbon and yarn I have.

Once I get pics of the other bracelets and necklaces I have, I'll post them - they're pretty cool designs with charms and bead/gemstone dangles using various colors, textures and techniques.

What types of materials are you into right now and what are you creating this weekend?

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Beautiful Fabrics!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Pssssst! Want in on a Secret?

I mailed out my mystery bead mix to my Bead Soup Blog Party Partner, Melissa Pynn, of Behind the Smile Blog! Check out Melissa's many talents over on her awesome blog!

Wonder what cool jewery design she's going to create with what's inside this cute little pink package that I've tied with this Recycled, Fair Trade and Child Labor Free, 100% Silk Yarn from Nicole over at Darn Good Yarn?

Hmmmm,...what's that? You want to see what's inside the package?!  Yeah right! I can't do that! 

I could show you a "smudged up" or "puzzled-out" picture that I created over on Picnik, but then you'd know the colors I sent and I want Melissa to be the first to see those! And, I know she'll reveal what she gets once she opens them!  So you better keep up with her blog to find out! 

And, whatever she designs, is gonna be cool! 

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Beautifully Packaged Surprises!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Banana Fiber is YUMMY!!

Okay - I'm totally hooked on ribbons and yarns from "Darn Good Yarn"! Especially their Banana Fiber Yarn!  It's so YUMMY and SOFT!

 

I created some bangles with this super cool yarn and wrapped it up with some .925 Sterling Silver Wire and sporadically added some Turquoise bead dangles for movement and fun!

Funky, fun, soft, and FLUFFY – these bangles are your ticket to WILD!

You can find these cool bangles hanging out in my Etsy Shop.

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Funky Fibers!!

Cheers,

~Shel~ 

P.S. Check out this cool "Peace Baby" necklace I also created with some super soft Banana Fiber Yarn.  This one was donated to a cancer benefit being held next month for a young woman who's standing up to Brain Cancer, but various ones will be up in my Etsy shop in June!

Color Blind!

Okay, so over at Lark Crafts they're asking about colors and I wanted to share my colorful stash of fabric colors with you and see what you think?

What's the dominant color here?  Blues?  Or is it really more pinks/fusia/purples in this mix?  It's hard to tell when they're all mixed together.


But boy do they look yummy and they're so fun to use and play with! 

And yesterday, another batch from Darn Good Yarn came in the mail - Woo Hoo - now there's even more colors in there!

Don't forget to tell me what color you think is the prominent one here and also tell me what's in your "Color Stash", too!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Color Me Happy! (with soft, yummy ribbons and yarns!!)

Cheers,

~Shel~