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shiny little things
shinylittlethings.blogspot.com
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a blog about my life as a mom, wife, artist and bead store owner with projects, craft ideas and lifestyle essays
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How do you feel about unmatched earrings?

6 days ago

Vintage Glasses Lenses,

These vintage lenses, complete with their super-cool vintage lens packages, are available NOW on our website and in the store. They are pretty cool, eh?Hey, I think that one right there is my prescri...

21 may 12

brushes-painting on the porch...

21 may 12

Bridal Tiara How-To

We have a new how-to for bridal jewelry over on the Tutorials Page. The directions are written for a metal hair comb but they can be adjusted for a tiara or headband fairly easily. Click here to down...

17 may 12

P.S. -I made this, a shoe-redo!

I have written here before about the glory that is P.S. -I made this. That fab blog is filled with super cool ideas that you can make. I especially love this shoe dress-up idea from an April post. Hm...

09 may 12

Sand in a bottle...

So, I spent a too-short time at the beach this last week and it was filled with those moments when I wanted to stop time and just BE in that exact, beautiful instant. My daughters, running ahead of m...

04 may 12 1 person likes this

Organized for the summer...

Im already thinking about our summer plans here. Ill be in the garden, of course, and there will be hours at the library (the BEST a/c,) movies, long afternoons at the art museum. There will also be ...

30 apr 12

Quote me on this...

I found this quote, where else, on Pinterest.Yeah, I shoulda been doing something else. Cleaning my closet? Finishing another teeny-weeny sterling silver basket?Anyway, I wasnt doing anything product...

25 apr 12

New Tutorial - Frayed Floss Bangle

23 apr 12

Get em while you can...

We are working on some upgrades to our website that will allow us to be more flexible in the way we show you our fabulous ingredients. Its in a very tedious, putting-all-the-ducks-in-a-row stage righ...

17 apr 12

Beads, Baubles and Jewels DVD now available

This is the cover of the newest season DVD for Beads, Baubles and Jewels with Katie Hacker. See those last two projects there in the inset images? Those are both MINE!Really.Wow.Kinda cool.That fabul...

14 apr 12

Playing around with the punch...

We put some holes in a Cotswold Cuff today. Stay tuned to see what happens next!

11 apr 12

Put This Quote on Jewelry - Albert Einstein

Another great quote that you havent seen on every single piece of jewelry at the last five craft shows. Put this on a tote bag for me. In kelly green.See my quotes board on Pinterest here.

05 apr 12

Art Beads on Pinterest

Are you on Pinterest? It is seductive, addictive and alluring; like Twitter for the illiterate (or Twitter for the visually literate...) All those beautiful images! Look at that sofa! Wow, a cute dog...

03 apr 12

put this quote on jewelry...

Tired of the same six quotes stamped, etched and stitched on everything at craft fairs? Me too. Im going to start a new blog section called Put This Quote On Jewelry in the hopes that I can see these...

27 mar 12

Things that are not steampunk...

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20 mar 12

New Tutorial - Tulum Beach Fringe Earrings

16 mar 12

New Tutorial - Garden Path Earrings

This pair of dangly earrings can be made to any length you prefer. I prefer to make them just long enough to show off some Elaine Ray beads...get the free PDF printout of the project right here.Have ...

11 mar 12 1 person likes this

Elaine Ray Photo Contest on our facebook page

This photo by Susan Reynolds was posted in our Facebook photo contest. You can go vote for it. The winner of the contest will receive a $25 Ornamentea gift certificate.The photo contest details are u...

10 mar 12

New Tutorial - Magnetic Charm Bracelet Instructions

This project first appeared as one of our Try-It-Tuesdays. The table was SUPER BUSY all day. A mix of two strands of leather and a few simple charms turns into a hip bracelet in just a few minutes.Ch...

09 mar 12

Art Bead Scene Challenge for the month

This beautiful Van Gogh painting is the theme for Marchs Art Bead Scene Challenge. The painting, with its wirey trees, pops of blue and red and those neutral tones begs to be made into a piece of jew...

07 mar 12

Jon Pitts featured in Raleigh On The Rocks

Jon Pitts, our favorite local-boy wood carver is featured in a nice article over at Raleigh On The Rocks. This blog is one of my favorites; it brings back memories of those distant days when I had a ...

28 feb 12

New Tutorial - the Long Drink of Water Tassel Earrings

click here for full instructions these earrings are pretty quick to make, but look like a million...

27 feb 12 1 person likes this

New Tutorial - The Lisbon Earring

 click on over here for this new earring tutorial...kinda nice, huh? 

25 feb 12

A note to creative people...

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

23 feb 12

Charming Inspiration - Makin Charms

 Ive been working on my swap charms. They are tiny baskets. The ones for the swap are sort of like that top one-with linen and silver wire. The bird-cagey one below it is an attempt to make a, w...

21 feb 12 1 person likes this

Free Images - The Vintage Workshop

I love this image of a little girl with her sled that I found at The Vintage Workshop. Amy has so many incredible images that could be used in charm swaps or artwork...visit the Vintage Workshop by c...

20 feb 12

Shes Making Jewelry Now

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19 feb 12

How to make a slide bracelet knot

There is a great how-to over at the Art Bead Scene about this easy-peasy slide bracelet knot. Those Squash Blossom Elaine Ray beads are pretty swank, too.Click here to visit the ABS tutorial by Erin ...

18 feb 12 2 people like this

Suburban Girl Studios design team needs YOU!

Arent those beads pretty?If you like them, and you are a bead designer and bead blogger you could be part of Dianas Suburban Girl Studios Design Team. Click here for the info and good luck... http://...

17 feb 12

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