This is my second ring of this kind; the first was much better. However, I had gotten it out to show my little cousins and can't find it now. I made this one to teach them how to make it.


I used an 18 ga wire as the base of this ring. I twisted it around my finger twice, finshing off the ends with a flourish (as pictured).

Next, I took some golden floral wire (the really thin wire) and wrapped it around the two "levels" of wire. I wrapped it around the top level once, added three beads, wrapped it around the bottom level once, added three little beads, and wrapped it around the top once...

You know what, the picture itself does a much better job teaching you how to make this. So I'll just shut up. :)

We had a pretty family tree picture frame a few years ago; unfortunately we never used it. While cleaning up to sell the house, I accidentally broke the top branch. I pulled the dangling picture frame from the branch and added some fun beads. Simple and fun!

I'd give instructions but I doubt anyone else has saved a broken peice of a picture frame. :D It just goes to show that anything can be used if you have a pinch of creativity.

A treble clef and two quarter notes for the musician at heart. That would be me; I love music even though I am quite terrible at it.

Fun and funky. Unfortunately, I can't give good instructions for chainmaille, even a simple thing like this. So I will simply post pictures.

I know, I am wowing something that I made. But I just had no idea you could do this with chainmaille.
This is the Celtic Flower halfways through it's creation-- it begins as a string of complicated chainmaille knots. It looks like dragon scales, doesn't it?

This chainmaille design is called a Mobius, after the Mobius strip. The elegant twist is created from several jump rings, each carefully twisted inside of all the others.

60 years old may be retro, not antique... but hey, it looks Victorian and it winds. I have never actually seen a little clock without a battery before. :) I love this little trinket, which I got from Grandma's basement. I made it work, so I got to keep it. I love how that works.