Category: Inspiration Projects

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Moon Princess

 , , , , , , , 2

Get your creative juices flowing~~~   Moon Princess Designed by: Dwyn Tomlinson The soft pinks and blues of the Powder Blue Impression Jasper strike me as very soothing and pretty. I went to town and make a whole suite of items from this lovely stone. (Watch in the following weeks for my other combinations.) My first thought was to combine gold-plated metal findings and beads with the Powder Blue Impression Jasper, but I found I did not care for the look. The bright copper metal beads and finding – that was another story, however! The combination is gorgeous! The pinky …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Erin’s Mopal Bracelet

 , , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing ~~~ Erin’s Mopal Bracelet Designed by: Pam Kearns This purple is like mopal. A mopy Opal. Erin likes mopal. We made a bracelet. We named it Erin’s ‘Mopal’ bracelet. THE END 1. Pull wingspan of fireline; thread needle with both ends of the fireline so that the thread is doubled and the ‘end’ is a loop. Attach the fireline to either side of the cuff’s cutout usinga lark’s head knot (with the fireline loop under the side of the cutout, bring the ends over the cutout and through the loop).       2. Centre …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Fire & Ice

 , , , , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing~~~ Fire & Ice Designed by: Bonnie Cottingham There is a heart of fire glowing from within this cool milky stone. Silver, like ice, shimmers against the contrast of the fire opal. Necklace: Cut the beading chain into 2- 12inch lengths, 1- 10 inch length, 1- 14 inch length. Starting with the 14 inch piece of chain, string on the 30mm Fire Opal Coin bead to the centre, place crimp on either side and flatten with a pair of pliers. Cover the crimp with a crimp cover. You can choose your own placement of the 8mm …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Green Grapes

 , , , , , , 0

Green Grapes by: Rochelle Kilmer Sweet, sweet grapes being turned into delicious wine! Would you like a glass, because I sure would! So again, this necklace started as a yellow-green colour puddle. I had the glass coins and the olive jade hanging out on my desk for a bit before Erin said they reminded her of green grapes. From there the inspiration was born! I saw bunches of dangles and the little grape charms we carry were the perfect accent piece. First I started by making all the little dangles used in both the necklace and the earrings. On a …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Flutterby Stories: Pendant Necklace

 , , , , , , , , , , , 2

Flutterby Stories: Pendant Necklace Designed by: Anne Marie Desaulniers Sometimes designs work up quickly, and others need to percolate a little, as they take their own sweet time. The first time I saw these punched, Vintaj components, I decided that I wanted to make a little book out of them. However, I couldn’t decide what to use for the pages in the folio. Enter Ice Resin! I was working with it a month or so ago, and had some leftover resin, so decided to make Resin Paper. The rest was a story, just waiting to be told! Instructions: Resin Paper: …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Chained in Copper

 , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing~~~ Chained in Copper Designed by: Rochelle Kilmer Plain and simple. Dress it up or dress it down. Little black dress? No problem!? Jeans, blouse, dress, or even your pj’s! ?I love the look of this chain and just had to do a necklace with all of it. 🙂 Well not all of it – I left some if you want to make one too! I found some corrugated copper circles that paired nicely and off I went to designing the necklace. Instruction: 1) I attached the 2 sizes of corrugated circles together with a 4x5mm …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Lovin’ Copper ‘n Lace

 , , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing~~~ Lovin’ Copper ‘n Lace Designed by: Anne Marie Desaulniers What came first, the stone or the component? In this case, the Hammered Rectangles caught my eye, then I went searching for the proper stone accent. Easy enough you say, but quite the challenge, when you consider all of the stones BeadFX has lying about!! Although others vied for the honour, the Laguna Lace Agate won the round in a knock out! Call it love at first fight!! Instructions: Bracelet: – Construct one wire wrapped loop link (WWLL), consisting of a wire wrapped loop at one …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Gone Muddin’

 , , , , , , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing ~~~   Gone Muddin’ Designed by: Rochelle Kilmer   Sometimes life gets hard. It gets sticky, dirty and downright muddy. Sometimes you run. Run away from the mess. But have you ever tried running in mud? To lift your leg, even for that first step. To have the energy to keep going. It’s harder to avoid making an even bigger mess. Sometimes it’s just harder to run! It’s okay. It’s okay to STOP! ???STOP! Breathe. In, out. In, out. Take the mud for what it is. Feel it! Squish it between all of your toes. …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Thorn in My Side

 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0

Thorn in My Side Designed by: Rochelle Kilmer   This jewellery set is dark and moody. Kind of like how Mother Nature is being right now! The last 4 days have been rain, rain, and more rain. She can’t seem to decide if its’ cold or hot. Sunshine or rainy days. All this indecision is giving me headache and what better way to soothe the soul than to make a beautiful piece of jewellery. It started out as just a bracelet, then with my left over Swarovski rounds and Kambaba Jasper I made up a pair of earrings and a …

Inspiration Projects

InspirationFX: Sassy Brassy

 , , , , , , , 0

Get your creative juices flowing~~~ Sassy Brassy by: Anne Marie Desaulniers Inspired by the colour and texture of the Matte African Turquoise stones, I quickly pulled together the brassy components for this necklace. Far more symmetrical than I normally design, but easily paired with either a little black dress, or your trusty t-shirt and jeans! Instructions: 1. Insert one 1.5 inch eyepin, into 1 stone bead. 2. Then insert the straight end of eyepin (with stone attached), into channel and hole on the One-Step Looper (Note, you could also just add a simple loop on the end, using chain nose …