Take-Out Tuesday

This week's take-out treat from the Peterborough Downtown Craft Market is Crystal Wilson! Crystal makes polymer clay pendants and colourful beaded necklaces, bracelets and earrings. She is influenced by natural elements and magical symbols and her pieces are well-balanced and appealing! Visit Crystal's Etsy shop and her PDCM page! She is at the Market almost every Sunday and we love having her! Come meet Crystal at the Market between 11 and 4 every Sunday at Peterborough Square!

Time-off with the DH!

Please feel free to browse the Peterborough Downtown Craft Market by clicking on the picture!
I'll be back next Monday!

Friday's Feature!

Today we are featuring the talented and supportive Patricia Wood, of VerreDesign: a Quebecoise glass artist and jewellery designer extraordinaire! Patricia is a member of Artfire Canadians, and she has a blog, Etsy shop, Artfire shop and lots of other links that will please you. Her glass and metal work are superb! Please do have a look! You are sure to find a wonderful contest to enter!

Make My Monday!

 

It's another Beadin' Path Design Partner Project! I started with 20 Vintage Lucite Yellow Moonglow Barrel Beads and Vintage Lucite, Bright Spring Green Moonglow Round Beads, 14mm. There are 15 beads per strand.I used 8 in the actual necklace and held 4 back to make earrings. I used faux leather cord in yellow and green, the exact same shades as the beads and attached crimp endings to each end of cord. I don't tend to measure things because I'm too impatient, so I just kept folding the cords in half and cutting them to get the right size. I was going to use chain but wanted something a little more exciting. The cord is perfect and fits right in with the Woodstock influence trending now due to the music festival's 40th anniversary. You may remember me saying that I am trying to make jewellery that doesn't have clasps. I love being able to throw this over my head and wear it at different lengths. I also used big 9mm jump rings for a contemporary, modern look. The real key to making this design are the silver-plated crimps, 6x2mm tubes with loops,
from Fire Mountain Gems. They finish the ends of the cord beautifully, don't they?  The cord was just the right size, but to make it easier to put the crimp tubes on, I cut the cord on an angle and applied a drop of glue to hold it tight.