Necklaces for a Friend

I haven't been able to work with beads for a while even though I have had several bead projects to work on. A friend of mine in Lubbock asked me to re-work some of her beads into necklaces and I didn't get them done before we left. I finished them this weekend and they are packaged up and ready to mail. :) Thought I'd share them...

The orange necklace I re-worked into the rosary style which is what I do with most of the necklaces I create. Her beads are the orange chips and when I finished, I thought the necklace was too short so I added the brown round beads...

I decided just to re-string the pearl beads for an elegant look. Again, it was too short for my liking so I added a few of my own that matched...

New Journal

I have been wanting to try this idea for so long and I finally got enough time to do it. :)

The cover is made using my crayon paper. Both sides of the paper were covered in crayon. The inside pages are handmade papers. It measures 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches and is 1/2 inch thick. I think it would be perfect for altering by creating collages on the pages or painting or drawing on the pages. :) I am very happy with the results. It looks great!

Printing on Handmade Paper

I was asked recently if my handmade papers would go through a printer. I had never tried it before so I thought now was the time to give it a try. Here is the result:

The photos aren't that great. I need to learn how to use our scanner! LOL
The yellow ink didn't show well but everything else looks great. The paper went through the printer easily, no jamming. I am very excited about this! :)
A big thank you to those people who asked if this could be done with my papers! I learned something new. :)