So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Saturday, March 3, 2012

A Memory Bracelet - The Perfect Homemade Jewellery Present

By Joe Wood


Making people presents can often be challenging but is usually the finest way, as it exhibits you actually care. By putting a lot of time, work and creativity into make one thing particular just for them. Why not make that particular a person a memory bracelet. You can location pictures in each of the tiles, they can be of things you have carried out with the particular person, issues they like, locations they have been or a themed idea such as botanical.

The resources you will need to have to carry out this creation are as follows:

Polymer art clay or Fimo - white or other light colour, Pasta machine, Dark T-Shirt transfer paper, Photographs at thumbnail sizes - print many pictures, in case one particular gets ruined, Eye pins, a single for each tile, - inch double-sided tape, Pewter metal sheet, Wooden stylus, Liquid polymer gel, Embossing warmth gun, Epoxy glue, Gloss varnish, Pre-made bracelet chain, Jump rings, a single for every single tile, Silver charms of selection.

1. To start with, spot your polymer clay (or Fimo) in the pasta machine on the thickest setting. Then to create double thickness fold more than the clay.

2. Print out the thumbnail sized photos and utilizing your jewellery equipment lower them down without having a border. Very carefully peel of the back of the picture and apply to the clay. Rub above gently to eliminate any bubbles there may possibly be and trim the clay down to the dimension of the image. Lower down the eye pin to inch, press into the top centre of every single tile. Then bake the tiles and get rid of the eye pins.

3. Following permitting cooling time from baking, apply double-sided tape all around the edges of the tile and cut a strip of pewter to inch. Get rid of the back of the tape and wrap the pewter all around the edges, commence at the hole at the leading and leave only a slight bit of the pewter sticking above the front. Utilizing the wooden stylus tool, push down the edges down over the tile on both sides.

4. Apply double-sided tape to the back of the, take away backing and place the piece onto the pewter. Reduce to flush and using the wooden stylus to soften the edges.

5. Add a semi-thick layer of liquid polymer to give a clean, glass-like appear. Warmth the gel with a warmth gun to set it. Whilst making use of the gun, never get to close to the piece, rotate so the whole piece gets dried.

6. Apply gloss varnish to all the pieces and change the eye pins and glue them in spot and attach them with jump rings.

7. If you want to have an extra appeal to the bracelet then you can add themed charm beads.

You can use as a lot of or as tiny pictures and charm beads as you want. The images do not have to be in colour, experiment with utilizing unfavorable and sepia effects to add a vintage experience to the piece.

This will be a fantastic present for someone near. They will by no means want to take this exclusive, unique piece off and they will even think it was keep purchased, and the finest point is you created it oneself.




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