Jewelry post #2

Why do I always write jewerly? Every time...

Anyhow- I think I am addicted.  I made another necklace. And then matching earrings. And then a matching anklet.  I don't plan on wearing them all together, that would be just too much; but Kevin found these perfect turtle beads, and when I finished the necklace, I had three leftover, so I had to make a whole set!

The turtles and turquoise combination evoke wonderful memories of our many trips to Mexico. I'm very excited to wear these.

I'm really enjoying the wire-wrapping, and hope to try some new techniques soon. I had an idea to make another project from the Craftsy class, but then the wires for it would have been way too expensive, so I did this one instead. I think expense is what is going to prevent me from doing much jewelry. Since I don't buy it normally, I don't save anything by making it myself.  So far, these have all been inexpensive projects, but it could really add up.

New Hobby!

I signed up for the Craftsy class on wire wrap jewerly and am having so much fun.  I don't have very good supplies, as I'm trying to spend as little as possible, but I spent this week making a long necklace (I like to wrap them a few times) and some earrings. I have really practiced my wire wrapped loops, which is one of the main building blocks of this technique.

The class was a great value at $14.95.  My only issue with Craftsy is if you don't get the class when it is new, the instructors don't seem to answer questions anymore.  Whenever I have a new class, you hear back in like a day. It's been a few days, and I haven't heard anything from this instructor. But- if you just want to learn from the demos, she was amazing. Very clear, and repeated the basics to boost memory of important steps.

I didn't do any of the class projects (the earrings all seemed really heavy!) but I'm really happy with what I did make.  I think I might try to buy some better quality (but still not jewelry grade) metals and make more things!

Here's a close up:

If you do make jewelry- don't use cheap seed beads. Rather than pink plastic, they are coated clear plastic. And when it rained, half of the beads had their coating flake off!