Showing posts with label charms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charms. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2009

Charming Little Charms


I am addicted to buying jewelry. I love it and I can't help myself. The last thing that I went nuts over were trollbeads. Three bracelets later and a lot poorer I realized that maybe I should take a break from buying things. Then my mother and I went to a little shop that had the cutest little charms and we needed them. Obviously we would have never come into contact with them if we weren't meant to have them right. We took the brochure and went outside to sit down and decide what we wanted. After looking through it a few times I started seeing how they were made and realized I could make my own. I came home ordered the stuff, made a whole bunch for both of us, ended up with lots of extras, and saved a ton of money.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Magic, Voodoo, and Ouija Boards Oh My!

I've loved going to New Orleans since I was a little girl. I have always found all of the Voodoo stuff fascinating. The painting is done in acrylics and is a woman making a pact with the devil. I also used to be into making Ouija boards. I have always heard that if you want one to actually work it should be real wood, so I made some out of wood and the funny thing is that I have never actually had the nerve to try one out so I still have no clue if any dead people would like to contact me. I guess they will just have to find a more direct way, like taking it off the wall and hurling it at me to get my attention.


I made this for Ryan. The symbol in the middle is for good luck with money and once again I went nuts gluing things together. The coins were left over from trips to Europe and were no longer spendable because of the Euro.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

I'm Addicted to Gluing Things Together

This is a picture of me (from a skinny time period a couple of years ago) and behind me is an example of what I tend to do in between projects. Basically, any small item in my house might be at risk. There are things that were picked up on trips or just held onto because they may be useful in some way someday and I glue them on stuff. It's quite enjoyable because not only do I end up with something bright and cheerful and give purpose to overall useless objects, but a lot of times, if I'm on a roll I can get an entire cabinet cleaned out.