Well, I have finally gotten around to updating. :) Theses are from my teaser.


Here are my Evenstars! (I've since given most of them away). The white one is actually the cheap $3 Halloween version that I refinished.

The gold evenstar on the left is made out of Sculpey Clay. I lay my evenstar on top of the clay, cut it out with a toothpick, pressed glass beads into the clay, pressed a wire loop in, and etched the designs. Then: I baked it! Voila! Were I to do it again, I would make the back more like the one in the movies, with a leaf design that stretches all the way to the back.

The very middle necklace is the very first Evenstar I ever made. It is part of my still-mostly secret Halloween costume (see here and here). The rest are the same, with different colors and some modifications to be sturdier.

Front

Back

The Front

The Back

Variation-- "Fair Isle" Flower

Now that I have effectively spent far too long online and have to finish up schoolwork, I thought I would leave you all with a teaser. :)

Instructions for ALL the crafts in this picture coming up! ...soon(ish)...
More Ink and Fairydust magazines with articles by yours truly...
And a description of why styluses don't work on iPod touches/iPhones, and how to make your own stylus that will work.

Another hair clip, made from beads and wire tightly twisted around a hair clip.

It was very difficult to wrap the wire around the clip so that it stays in place. I used floral (thin) wire, and wrapped it around my loops and beads, which were done with an 18 or 20 guage wire (I forgot). Remember: a good pair of pliers are your best friend!

EDIT:
Here is a much better picture of my first Elvish hair clip: 



SEE ALSO:

More Hair Clips

And this is featured in my posts:
Masquerade Costume
Shadow of the Bear Artfire

I am doing a Valentine's Day swap with some members of my fourm; I went overboard and took it as an excuse to make a bunch of little crafts... Not even related to Valentine's Day. :) I think I put most of them in that picture of random recent crafts on this post. Some of these things are for the swap.
Here you can see three rings that I made. I really can't give instructions because I made it up as I went along.

Gimli's axe is made out of Scupley clay. I cut it with a toothpick.

A few posts ago I mentioned Sir Herbert the snowman, who is pictured below...


We now have two more creations covering our lawn. All done out of two inches of slushy snow ontop of one inch of old snow.

I am pleased to announce the presence of Mr. George Snowman.



And The Dragon. The dragon was a full family effort. It used up much snow from the backyard, and spans THIRTY FEET. I made the head. :)


You might notice that the little dark spot on the right hand side of the picture is my brother. :)

I am going to figure out a way for you to see all the awesome pictures I took without cluttering up the blog with far too many pictures.

Like I said, these belong on the blog because they are snow sculptures and sculptures are art. :)

Yes, I am teasing you, my kind readers.With a photo of recent craft projects. I will write a post about each and every one, hopefully including some instructions. And, yes, the envelope is a craft. You shall see.

Oh, I am also working on a hand-drawn animation with someone who lives halfway across the country.

What you need:
-A washer of desired size
-Wire
-Patterned and/or decorated paper
-Sissors
-Decopauge glue (like Mod Podge)

Step one: Decorate your paper, trace the washer onto it, cut it out.

Step two: 1) Apply a layer of glue, attach paper. Dry for five minutes. 2) Add a layer of glue on top of the paper. Dry fifteen minutes. Repeat 2 as much as desired.
Step three: Repeat one and two for the back of the washer.

Step four: Wrap the wire around the hole in the wire and make a loop at the top.

Step five: Thread string through, and tie off. TADAH!!!

Here are pictures of the front and back of my washer necklace. You can see that I added strips of paper and a stamped flower.