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Jackie is a medical technologist in Upstate New York. Her full-time day job is working in a hospital lab, but that’s not where her heart is — she’s hiking in the Adirondacks.
And she’s turning the inspirations of nature into jewellery, twisting wire around beautiful stones and pearls and beads to create striking bracelets, necklaces, [...]
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When you’re looking for a craft tutorial, nothing’s better than a good clear how-to video. This one, from Rochelle Dahl, shows a simple way to make polymer beads. The project is easy enough for beginners and kids, but the results — as the video shows — can be stunning and quite sophisticated.
Tutorial Summary:
Polymer clay is [...]
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Could a piece of jewelry get any less attractive?
Seriously.
That’s a real question. And it’s also the whole point of the Ugly Necklace Contest put on by Land of Odds, now in its 6th year.
I’m thinking, just off the top of my head, of a Cleopatra-inspired collar necklace of old stogie butts, [...]
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Heads up, all you lucky guys with serious tech-trending girls in your lives — Valentine’s Day is coming, and you know what that means!
You really need to start planning for a gift that will leave her breathless and affectionate enough to forgive you a year’s worth of leaving your socks on the [...]
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For today’s guest post, how about a bit of bling to usher in the Holiday Season? Please welcome Pelf Nyok — and she’ll introduce us to Malaysian jewellery designer April Yim whose opulent designs are inspired by the culture and folklore of the East… ~ Jen
April and her Hand-made Jewellery
Malaysian lass, April Yim, [...]
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