First Friday events - June 2015

Tonight we are celebrating First Friday with a special Tina Given's sample sale, a kit premier AND a free Gunshot Tassel-making project. We are the perfect place to start your weekend! Friday's schedule Breakfast and Beads  8:30-10:30 Clothing Sample Sale  12-9 Cocktail Sampling 5-8 Free Gunshot Tassel making 6-8

Make it at the red table...

tonight! Tonight join us for a special FREE First Friday project, the Gunshot Tassel Keychain, from 6-8 pm. We'll be offering this special First Friday project in conjunction with our Tina Given's Sample Sale, taking place Friday ONLY from 12-9 pm. You'll be able to create a fun tassel keychain using a recycled bullet casing and scraps of fabric designed by Tina Givens. This project is suitable for ages 10+ and does use a smelly glue to affix the tassel.  The Tassel project is free (one per person) Friday night and will be $4 per tassel for the month of June.

my weekend picks- Sarah Tector will be at Quercus Studios tonight and tomorrow with her newest jewelry learn more here Samantha will be at the Patchwork Market in Durham (at Full Steam brewery!) learn more here SO MANY of my favorite artists will be at the Larkspur Party this weekend. A beautiful setting for amazing art.learn more here

Okay, I'm headed off to the VAE Ignite Creativity Conference...I'm participating in the 'How to find a store' panel this morning! learn more here But first, a cup of coffee!

new tiny frog pattern to make with 15/0 seed beads

Do you love tiny seed beads? REALLY tiny seed beads?

We've added a new tiny animal pattern to our seed bead charm mix with this cute frog.

He's just a bit bigger than a nickle! 

 We've also added a 15/0 seed bead mix to our site. It's a web-only offer, a mix of 8 tubes of 15/0 Miyuki seed beads in a variety of colors for just $12. This is a great way to add some tiny beads to your stash.

click here to see the frog pattern 

click here to see the 15 mix assortment

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Yes, I know this isn't a shamrock, but it is green...

as is this!

and this!

Happy day!

create a poison ring...or maybe a love potion?

New Tutorial From Erin Siegel - Confetti Hoop Earrings

These Confetti Hoop Earrings are a sweet, colorful way to wear wrapped wire. The Magatama drop beads move nicely on the wire wraps, so there is a bit of a gypsy feel to these. Of course, the easy-to-follow directions from Erin Siegel are right here, just click!

Pendant Necklace How-to

Soldsie Sale Tonight!

visit our facebook page to register or learn more

Romantica Braided Silk Wrap Bracelet How-To

This new project uses silk dupioni ribbon and some very romantic charms. The locket is dramatic and makes this a better-than-everyday wrap bracelet. 

Check it out here.

Gilded Gold Tassel Earrings and Necklace DIY

Our newest project from Erin Siegel. We love this elegant, dressy set. Click here for the free project instructions. 

You should pin this on Pinterest, you know you love it!

Woven Wire Basket

 

Make this sweet little wire basket.  Get the DIY instructions here.  

Introducing....Amy Christie

We are so happy to have blogger Amy Christie joining us as a Contributing Designer here at Ornamentea. If you don't know her blog, you should. She's a mom of two with one of those lifestyle blogs that makes you want to cook a meal, clean out your entire house and find a really cute 2-year-old to chase around.

Okay, maybe not that last part. Two was fun, but I wouldn't go back. I would eat one of Amy's cakes, though. Or try this nifty polyclay project I first saw on Pinterest last year...

She's crafty, that girl. And we are happy to have her adding her ideas to the Big O this year. These earrings are just the thing for a bit of extra sparkle in your day...even if you do have to chase a two-year-old.

Visit Amy's blog, This Little Heart Of Mine, right here.

See the full instructions for these earrings right here.

See a picture of my almost 7-year-old when she was almost-2 here. 

First Friday Free Project

Join us from 6-8 on Friday, March 1st and you can make a free Neon Pop Bracelet.

Valentine's Locket Template

These frame lockets are perfect for holding a poem, or a bit of music, or just a lot of pictures of your dog...

And they make really sweet Valentines!

We have templates with tiny poems and clip art to make these sweet lockets sing.

Check out the tutorial here.

A new Tutorial - Rolo Chain Bracelet

click to see this new tutorial, and to download it for free, or just watch the video

New Tutorial - Wooly Wrapped Bangles

Click the picture for a free how-to PDF.

And here's a video how-to:

Knot large-hole pearls on leather - the Sebastapol Necklace

Our large hole freshwater pearls will accommodate leather or other cording up to 1.5 mm. We've knotted it onto leather, here, but you could also use our hand painted rayon gimp cording, or silk yarns, or even organza ribbon. You could create a long, knotted organza style that wraps around and around your wrist. Oh, that's a good idea!

Click here to download this tutorial for free right now.

New Tutorial - Easy Day Hoops

Sometimes our tutorials are really, really easy. These hoops are one of those projects. The whole point of this tutorial, and many of the others that are super-simple, is to teach a single idea or technique.


Click here to download this tutorial for free now.

New Tutorial - A Penny for your Thoughts

This project uses our penny chain and breaks up the links to create penny connectors. Get lucky and make it for yourself!

Click the picture for the full project.

New Tutorial - The Barcelona Necklace

I love this new shape from Elaine Ray...the flat discs have matching-up holes along the edges that are just perfect for lacing and linking. The full tutorial even has an idea for keeping track of your lacing. I always get confused unless I draw it out first.

Check out the DIY instructions here.

New Tutorial - Eudora Statement Bib Necklace

Oh, this necklace makes me swoon. I really adore it. I know, I'm not supposed to have 'favorite' designs but this one IS a favorite. The ribbony bits at the back are so pretty...and the stacked jump rings on the sides are almost Egyptian. It looks like something a crazy, Egypt-mad flapper would have worn to a luncheon with the local Ladies Art Society.

Hence the name. That Egyptophile Flapper would be called Eudora, wouldn't she?

Click the picture for the full project. The ribbon is bias-cut silk dupioni, the ceramic fans are the work of the talented Elaine Ray.