Water Marbling Nails

I love looking around on Youtube for inspiration & ideas, there are so MANY creative people uploading tuts there. I tried water marbling my nails, my first try-in lavender, purple & gold. I painted 2 coats of plain white polish first, then I taped the nails of my left hand only-my 1st MISTAKE! As clumsy as it might feel I suggest taping BOTH hands before ANY marbling is done. I used a paper cup, an orange stick, tap water, scotch tape, & nail polish: opi revlon milani. I discovered I liked marbling 2 nails at once, it goes faster & uses less polish.

Vintage Reverse-carved Pansy Ring

I had this beautiful vintage pendant & I wanted to turn it into a ring. So I finally got around to getting it done-I found a really good glue that dries clear & is very strong(hopefully)enough to keep the beaded band stuck to the back. I LOVE pansies, can't say that enough....So I used some twisted bugle beads in light lavender & some seed beads I got in a vial at JoAnn's. After I beaded the band I used a thread-burner to seal the knot...then came the moment of truth-I used an epoxy glue that comes in 2 tubes, I mixed a small amount for 1 min. then I pressed a small piece of clear plastic & sandwiched the beaded band between the pendant & the plastic strip. Oh I also removed the jump ring from the pendant, I don't know if I'll attach a teardrop bead to it...maybe later.  Pardon the cat hair, & yeah the side angle pic is blurry so the amazing 3d effect of vintage reverse carved lucite is not on full display.

Hand Made Blue Cellophane Bag

I bought some vintage straw/cellophane, it was a large flat braid & I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it so I just put it aside for awhile. OK, so it was for a few years, BUT I finally found a good use for it-a small clutch! I used a book as the template, just wrapped the straw around it, then I hand stitched it together-I soon discovered that I had to use large running stitches or else the cellophane would split. I lined it with a dark blue taffeta, you can easily see the running stitches attaching it to the straw. I embroidered 2 patch pockets, 1 with a star, & sewed the top edge using a decorative stitch.