Simply Crafting

Well this hasn’t been a very good week at all for any type of crafting. I have done absolutely nothing! I have both the kids home this week and when their around, I just can’t concentrate. And we all know that when your creating jewelry, you need a lot of concentration. But they both will be going back to art camp next week so I’m hoping I’ll get more accomplished when they are out of the house.

I only have enough wire left over to make five more bracelets and then I’m done for a while. I would like to be able to sell some of the inventory I have in stock now before purchasing any more supplies. So after these bracelets are made I am then going to take a stab at trying to make some earrings. With the links that Jeannine so graciously supplied me with, I’m hoping I can teach myself.

So I’m just going to enjoy this nice up coming weekend with the family (camping) and on Monday I’ll be back at the crafts.

ps. Happy 4th of July to all my American blogging buddies. I hope you all have a fun and save holiday weekend!

Well my jewelry making activities are almost at an end.  I have enough wire left to make five more bracelets and when they are finished I will have run out of wire.  I don’t want to purchase any more supplies until I sell some more items so I’ll be using my profit money to buy these supplies and not our household funds.

This is where you all come in.  I do have enough materials to make about 20 pairs of earrings, but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to get the top wire wrapped around the strait pins.  Someone told me that I needed a small pair of needle nose pliers so I went out and purchased them, but still haven’t been able to master the art of making earrings.

So for all you experts out there, this question is going out to all  of you.  How do you get your wire wrapped around the strait pin?  Is there a trick that I’m not aware of?

I’m thanking you all in advance for any help and assistance that you may be able to give me in this matter.

For the past few days I have been busy creating newer pieces of jewelry. No I don’t have any pictures ready just yet, but when I have more made I’ll be posting the pictures. Monday was kind of a waste of a day because the piece I did make I ended up hating it and taking it all out. Yesterday was a better day as the bracelet I made turned out awesome. Today I’m going to try to make a couple of necklaces and hopefully the first of next week I will be able to show you some work in progress.

The kids final day of school is tomorrow so I don’t know how much I’ll get done this next eight weeks. Hopefully I’ll be able to do some work in the evenings after they have gone to bed. But if not, I’m not going to worry about it. I know it will all get done eventually. So if you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to, now you know.