tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163222320661091572024-03-12T19:07:45.634-07:00The Creative KlutzThe Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-29070558740697314942014-05-10T07:07:00.001-07:002014-05-10T07:07:46.555-07:00BSBP RevealHi everyone, sorry I'm a little late to the party ... had some technical glitches.<br />
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My partner for this years BSBP is the lovely Sarah Strover of <a href="http://www.beaupepys.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Beaupepys</a> who sent me a beautiful bead soup. Unfortunately in my eagerness to play with beads I forgot to take a picture of it in its entirety lol.<br />
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I have to apologize in advance for the somewhat crappy pictures - we've had a lot of rain here and my indoor lighting is terrible ... actually you can see the raindrops on the display bust in the pics lol.<br />
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I only got a chance to make the necklace out of the set that I had planned - sadly allergy season hit me hard this year and the new meds keep sending me to sleep, but hopefully when I figure out a decent routine on these things I can finish up the rest of my ideas =)<br />
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I love the focal Sarah sent - the bead weaver in me sort of wanted to bezel it but I do that all the time and wanted to use the BSBP to try new stuff so I went with an illusion cord necklace (never done one in my life before). I only added some little O bead spacers to the lovely selection of vintage glass and gemstone beads Sarah sent.<br />
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Here you can see the gold pearl accented box clasp and the vintage glass coffee bean beads also from the soup ... and the raindrops that made photographing anything a pain lol ;)<br /><br />
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Sarah also sent some lovely pairs of lampwork glass beads, carved bone beads and lampworked chillies that I planned (still do) to make into earrings ... sorry I'll have to come back and add some pics of those since the rain was coming down too heavy - the poor things would have been swimming lol.<br />
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Thanks to Sarah for the great bead soup and to our fantastic hostess Lori Anderson =)<br />
Head over to <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2014/05/welcome-to-8th-bead-soup-blog-party.html" target="_blank">Pretty Things</a> for a list of all the participants and links to their bead soup reveals. <br />
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<br />The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-20211023775746303862014-02-24T11:17:00.000-08:002014-02-24T11:17:20.134-08:00Design ChallengeHey everyone sorry I've been AWOL - went back to film school for a couple of short courses to brush up on some stuff (it's my dream job) but I'm back and signed up for this years BSBP =)<br />
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Also check out this great design challenge hosted by the gossiping goddess, blueberri beads and smitten beads: <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/spring-fever-design-challenge.html">http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/spring-fever-design-challenge.html</a>The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-53722769662884586912013-10-05T13:01:00.000-07:002013-10-05T13:01:01.272-07:00Blog Hops UpdateHi everyone .... sorry I've been AWOL - gave myself food poisoning ... the curse of my crappy cooking strikes again lol ... and now I'm waaayyyy behind on everything.<br />
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I'll be posting the Octoberfest reveal on Monday (one day late) and the Sequintastic September reveal Wednesday (very late).<br />
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Sorry for the delays - I just have to catch up on the paid work first (yeah ughhh I know) =(<br />
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Lo xxThe Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-67652970540341945812013-09-23T01:41:00.000-07:002013-09-23T01:41:00.463-07:00Giveaways & UpdatesMorning all, <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/another-milestone-another-giveaway.html" target="_blank">The Gossiping Goddess</a> is having a giveaway to celebrate breaking the 2000 sales mark =)<br />
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So be sure to stop by and enter - some great prizes up for grabs!<br />
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... Also I've signed up for the <a href="http://vintagebluestudio.typepad.com/vintage_blue_studio/2013/09/halloweenday-of-the-dead-jewelry-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Halloween/Day of the Dead Blog hop</a> hosted by the very talented Suburban Girl Studio, with the big reveal on October 28th.<br />
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Happy beading - Lo =)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-34042248836713060442013-09-18T06:40:00.000-07:002013-09-18T06:40:09.470-07:00Creating with cabochons RevealHi, sorry for being a little late posting the reveal for <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">The Studio Sublime's</a> Creating with Cabochons blog hop - we had a nice big powercut in my neighbourhood and I can honestly say attempting to bead by torch light is HARD lol ... and then Blogger decided to be awkward about posting pics and rain made it hard to get outside in the good light to take any. <br />
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I originally planned to make a polymer clay cab to work with but none of my clay attempts came out any good so I started working on a freeform bead embroidery piece but when the powercut hit that had to go out the window - I couldn't see the needle in the felt backing and kept stabbing myself, so I put it aside while I could still feel my fingers ;)<br />
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On the upside the powercut led to a very interesting effect when I decided to bezel up some little crystal cabs instead - I miscounted seedies while I was beading and ended up with a really nice flower pattern on the back.<br />
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Hopefully I'll get a chance to finish the bead embroidery piece I started, especially as I was working with a rectangular cab - a shape I've never attempted before ... for now I'm still associating it with needle stabs and a lot of cursing lol ;)<br />
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Big thanks to our great host Sally Russick =) <br />
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And here's the list of the participants for the hop:<br />
Your Host: <a class="" href="http://thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Sally Russick</span></a><br />
<a href="http://islandgirlsinsights.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">D Lynne<span> </span>Bowland</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Alicia<span> </span>Marinache</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Lynn <span> </span>Jobber</span></a><span> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Jenny<span> </span>Davies-Reazor</span></a><span> </span></div>
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<span></span><a href="http://itsabeadifulcreation.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Jo-Ann<span> </span>Woolverton</span></a><span> </span></div>
<a href="http://www.fancimar.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Marde<span> </span>Lowe</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Dawn<span> </span>Doucette</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://mkaymac.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Mary K McGraw</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://gloriaallendesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Gloria Allen</span></a><span> </span><br />
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<a href="http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Cheri <span> </span>Reed</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Sonya Stille</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.1996shabbylane.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Elizabeth Owens Dwy</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://veradesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Veralynne<span> </span>Malone</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://pelimadesign.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Tania<span> </span>Hagen</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://lynseybrooks31.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Lynsey<span> </span>Brooks</span></a><span> </span> <br />
<a href="http://wingsnscales.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Christina Miles</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Holly<span> </span>Westfall</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Kathy<span> </span>Lindemer</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Patti<span> </span>Vanderbloemen</span></a><span> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Therese Frank</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://acreativeforce.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Adrienne Berry</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Liz<span> </span>E</span><span><span style="color: #0066cc;"> </span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Tanty<span> </span>Sri Hartanti</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Ginger Bishop</span></a><br />
<span></span><a href="http://www.lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Renetha Stanziano</span></a><span> </span> <br />
<a href="http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Marlene<span> </span>Cupo</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.sandivolpe.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Sandi<span> </span>Volpe</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Sharyl McMillian-Nelson</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Niky<span> </span>Sayers<span> </span></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Mischelle Fanucchi</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.beadtrilogy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Tracy<span> </span>Stillman</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://brisingbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Skylar Bre'z</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Ann Schroeder</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://cavecreekbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Paula<span> </span>Kramer</span></a><br />
<span></span><a href="http://tabbiekoshka.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Jess Green</span></a><span> </span> <br />
<a href="http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Susan Kennedy</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.stacieflorer.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Stacie<span> </span>Florer</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.cathiecarroll.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Cathie<span> </span>Carroll</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://libellulajewelry.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Susan F.</span></a><span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.cabbycraft.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Michelle Caballero</span></a><span> </span> <br />
<a href="http://www.perlendschungel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Sabine Dittrich</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://wildrosesandblackberries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Kristina Johansson</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.bahamadawn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Kimberly Sturrup-Roberts</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Melissa<span> </span>Meman</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Cheryl McCloud</span></a><span> </span> <br />
<a href="http://www.metalsngems.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Michelle<span> </span>Timms</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://cindypack.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Cindy<span> </span>Pack</span></a><span> </span><br />
<span> </span><a href="http://freshbakeddesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Lynda<span> </span>Carson</span></a><span></span>
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<a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Cynthia<span> </span>Machata</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://forthishobby.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Julia<span> </span>Harris</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Karin<span> </span>Slaton<span> </span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://lilisgems.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Ingrid<span> </span>Anderson</span></a><span> </span><br />
<a href="http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Karin<span> </span>Grosset Grange</span></a><br />
<a href="http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Jasvanti<span> </span>Patel</span><span><span style="color: #0066cc;"> </span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Inge<span> </span>von Roos</span></a><br />
<a href="http://beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Molly Alexander</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Toltec Jewels<span> </span></span></a></div>
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HumbleBeads is hosting a BeadFest Pity Party for those of us who unfortunately can't attend the real thing - I live in the UK so sadly it's out of bounds for me.<br />
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Today's pity party theme was about going out and finding inspiration which as a keen albeit amateur photographer, I was really looking forward to - but wouldn't you know it after a lovely week of pretty decent weather it decides to absolutely pour with rain all day long! LOL<br />
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Now I'm not one to shy away from a little rain - I actually like an occasional amble in a light shower but this was bordering on torrential. I did venture out into the garden late this afternoon hoping I could catch something but I got just one shot of my hydrangeas before accepting I was getting soaked and beating a hasty retreat to the kitchen where the dogs looked at me like I was mad for even trying ;)<br />
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<br />The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-86051552872037118822013-08-20T07:47:00.002-07:002013-08-20T07:47:49.285-07:00A Great GiveawayOoooh check out this great giveaway going on over at <a href="http://www.beadinggem.com/2013/08/shaktipaj-designs-75-gift-certificate.html" target="_blank">The Beading Gems Journal</a> - a $75 gift certificate for Shaktipaj wirework tutorials!! =D<br />
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<br />The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-75035498845829047752013-08-16T11:11:00.002-07:002013-08-16T11:11:50.796-07:00The Gossiping Goddess & Blueberribeads Blog Hop Sign UpOoooh just came across this great blog hop hosted by the very talented duo of <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/thea-elements-and-blueberri-beads.html?showComment=1376676288340#c3773390647478823143" target="_blank">The Gossiping Goddess</a> and <a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/archives/1583" target="_blank">Blueberribeads</a> - they're currently accepting sign up for a 20 person draw, if selected you get a gorgeous string of Blueberribeads ceramic beadies and a couple of THEA Elements bronze beauties for just £10 ... then on October 2nd you reveal what you made with them.<br />
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I just love both these artists stuff so I'm keeping my fingers crossed I get through =)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-17647360425641364652013-08-13T15:36:00.001-07:002013-08-14T01:23:22.459-07:00Bits & BobsHi everyone, just stopping by to post some news and updates ... but first a great giveaway from <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/almost-back-to-school-time-im-ready-as.html" target="_blank">Sharyl's Jewelry & Reflections</a> - a <b>$20 gift certificate </b>to spend on her fab jewellery and components! So be sure to stop by and get your entry in =)<br />
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As I mentioned last update I'm in on the the Bead, Book and Bounce challenge over at <a href="http://tacklethatbeadstash.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/introducing-bead-book-bounce.html" target="_blank">Operation Tackle That Bead Stash</a>, even though I don't have the book ... already have a design idea ;) the reveal for which is the 6th of Sept, as well as the Creating With Cabochons Challenge over at the <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/07/14/creating-with-cabochons-challenge/" target="_blank">Studio Sublime</a> (almost finished my cab) the reveal for that one is the 18th September and I've added to the month's challenges with the Sequintastic September Blog Hop hosted by <a href="http://www.saturdaysequins.com/2012/07/sequintastic-september.html" target="_blank">Saturday Sequins</a> with the big reveal for that one coming up on the 28th September ... so a very busy blogging month ;)<br />
And then there's the second annual Octoberfest hosted by <a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/2013/07/second-annual-October-fest-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Toltec Jewels</a> which will be revealed on the 27th October.<br />
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Also I hope to be able to show you all the pics of my pieces for this year's FMG Swarovski contest real soon .... speaking of which I just received a very nice email informing me that my Golden Rays piece will be featured in one of their adverts in the Fall 2013 issue of Stringing Magazine - yay technically my first ever published bit =D<br />
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Anyway that's all from me for now ... happy beading!The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-44219810472427573432013-07-14T06:12:00.004-07:002013-07-28T05:17:46.129-07:00Summer UpdatesHi everyone, hope you're all having a great summer<br />
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Sorry for being AWOL so much lately but I haven't made much jewellery - my tv finally gave up the ghost and forced me to go out and buy a new one and then my vacuum went kaput so all my funds for beady bits went right out the window ... or should I say in the electrical stores till lol ;)<br />
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Just signed up for a blog challenge though - the Creating With Cabochons Challenge over at the <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/07/14/creating-with-cabochons-challenge/" target="_blank">Studio Sublime</a> - perfect timing as I've just been playing with polymer clay cabs this week ... granted none came out any good but still it gives me an incentive to keep trying ;)<br />
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I'm also probably going to join in with the Bead, Book and Bounce challenge over at <a href="http://tacklethatbeadstash.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/introducing-bead-book-bounce.html" target="_blank">Operation Tackle That Bead Stash</a>, even though I don't have the book (the fantastic Beaded Colourways by Beverly Ash Gilbert - sorry the Brit in me cannot bring myself to take the 'U' out of colour lol) and can't really justify buying it right now - I think my fridge may be dying too ... I appear to be the angel of death to household electricals this month - the washing machine's cowering in fear =P<br />
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Lo -x-The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-21368728498685576312013-04-27T06:39:00.001-07:002013-04-27T06:39:48.099-07:00Not So Revealing Bead SoupHi everyone, sorry I won't be revealing anything for the BSBP after all - the mail has not been kind to Lana and I ... we think my soup may still be stuck in UK customs.<br />
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I've seen pics (drools - oh so much pretties) and have my fingers crossed it will still arrive eventually *send lots of possitive vibes everyone lol*<br />
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I have it on pretty good authority that the UK customs has recently axed two thirds of its staff and is extremely backlogged so if you're ordering anything from overseas fellow UK'ers I suggest opting for express or courier service instead, just incase.<br />
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Anyways I hope you'll considered popping back in a few days - Ill be giving a sneaky peek of my big Swarovski Glam 2013 contest piece ;)<br />
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Lo =)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-91164451641870974902013-04-13T07:41:00.000-07:002013-04-13T07:41:12.656-07:00BSBP updateHi everyone, it's only just come to my attention that Lana and I are listed as being in this second reveal - we've had a few problems with the mail and so we've been pushed back to the third reveal - hope you'll come back then ...<br />
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Lo =)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-58762785161556828502013-02-19T09:58:00.000-08:002013-02-19T09:58:13.385-08:00Bead Soup TeaserHi everyone, thought I'd drop in and post a quick little teaser pic of the soup I've sent my BSBP partner - Lana Kinney of <a href="http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Something Unique by Lana</a> <br /><br />
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The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-19979853802249323302013-02-18T10:46:00.001-08:002013-02-18T10:46:11.237-08:00A great giveaway by THEAtooHi everyone, THEAtoo is doing a fantastic giveaway to celebrate her etsy shops 1st birthday over at her blog, <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/thea-too-birthday-giveaway.html?showComment=1361212675257#c8494709536012475553" target="_blank">The Gossiping Goddess</a> so be sure to go check it out ... I just love her stuff so I've got my finger's crossed ;)<br />
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Lo The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-22473849418215917952013-02-12T04:34:00.001-08:002013-02-12T04:34:19.962-08:00A Great GiveawayHi guys - just came across this great giveaway over on <a href="http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/2013/02/12/charming-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-78952" target="_blank">Jeannie's Blog</a> ... some amazing handmade charms/focals =)<br />
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I'll be shopping for some of those paisley charms soon ;)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-26351844607776910012013-02-07T01:31:00.000-08:002013-02-07T01:31:32.218-08:00BSBP & Other UpdatesYay!! I got my BSBP match up yesterday - the very talented Lana Kinney at <a href="http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">somethinguniquebylana</a>... so be sure to stop by and check out her blog =)<br />
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This is my first ever Bead Soup Blog Party ... hope I get all the technical stuff right lol ;)<br />
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In other news, I hope to have my etsy shop up and running by the end of next week ... if I can figure out all the technical side of that ... better go see if amazon has an "etsy for idiots" guide book!<br />
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Also check out one of my fave jewellery artisans - she's having a great giveaway over at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ANANDI11" target="_blank">Crystal Art</a> on fb.<br />
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Lo =)The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-51859925910006089472013-01-28T22:43:00.000-08:002013-01-28T22:43:26.446-08:00UpdatesHi everyone, sorry I've been AWOL - the holidays were nuts and I didn't have a chance to really do anything jewellery making wise ... well I did finish two necklaces I was comissioned to make for christmas pressies but everything else went out the window lol.<br />
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I'm also through to the finals of the Fire Mountain Gems Swarovski design contest again with both of my pieces so that was a really nice surprise.<br />
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The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-88100974314080033362012-10-29T03:47:00.001-07:002012-10-29T03:47:38.818-07:00The not-so-revealing Octoberfest and Solar Flare Blog hops<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A big HI to everyone hopping through my little blog from the Octoberfest and Solar Flare Blog Hops ... I'm so sorry I haven't posted my reveals yet - I seem to be having one of those weeks. I've been working on both pieces - I went polymer clay for both and just had to bake the pieces <span style="font-size: small;">to finish</span> - then suddenly one of my dogs fell ill and I had an unexpected visit to the vets at the beginning of the week (she's fine - it turned out to be the lesser of the two things that could have been wrong ... phew on that front) and I thought 'no worries, I can get the pieces baked up the next day' ... yup fat chance on that one! My poor old mother's been hugging the bog and I've had to play nurse and run errands (just don't tell her I said 'old' lol) but I still foolishly thought I could get them baked up today and only be a day late to the party .... well the oven that's been trying to kill me consistently for the past couple of years has finally decided to give up the ghost this morning, so I am now sans oven until the end of this week. On the upside I get a new oven that doesn't nearly blow up half the block every time I try to light it - still won't improve my cooking but at least I get to keep my eyebrows intact ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So please be sure to stop by again on Sunday when I'll have both reveals posted up ... once again I'm so sorry for being late.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But here's the hop participant list for the Octoberfest Blog Hop:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our lovely host: <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span> Toltec Jewels </span><span><a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/" target="_blank">http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com</a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span>Heather Otto </span><span><a href="http://www.thecrafthopper.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thecrafthopper.com</a></span><br />
<span>Mischelle Fanucchi </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span> <a href="http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
</span><span>Marlene Cupo</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>
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</span><span>Shaiha Williams</span><span><span> <a href="http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com%c2%a0/" target="_blank">http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com </a></span><br />
<span>Shelly Graham Turner <a href="http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/ </a></span><br />
<span>Shelly Joyce <a href="http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
</span><span style="right: auto;">Charlie <span class="yiv1663222192mark" id="yiv1663222192misspell-8"><span class="yiv1663222192mark" id="yiv1663222192misspell-8"><span class="yiv1663222192mark" id="yiv1663222192misspell-8"><span class="yiv1663222192mark" id="yiv1663222192misspell-8"><span class="yiv1663222192mark" id="yiv1663222192misspell-8"><span class="mark" id="misspell-9">Jacka</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span> <a href="http://clay-space.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://clay-space.com/blog/</a></span><br />
</span><span>Pam Sears</span><span><span> <a href="http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Margareta Saari <a href="http://magsinhelmet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://magsinhelmet.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Marita Suominen <a href="http://momentofjewelry.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">http://momentofjewelry.blogspot.fi/</a></span><br />
<span>Lisa Posthumus <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lisa.posthumusharper" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lisa.posthumusharper</a></span><br />
<span>Jeannie Dukic </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog%20" target="_blank">http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog </a></span></span></span><br />
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<span>Cheri Reed <a href="http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Arlene Dean <a href="http://aglassbash.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://aglassbash.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Duffy Blevins <a href="http://bubbasjewels1.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://bubbasjewels1.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Susan Kennedy <a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://suebeads.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Dita Basu <a href="http://www.alankarshilpa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.alankarshilpa.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Sonya Ann Stille <a href="http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Audrey Allen <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wrapped-Up-In-Magic/145456948869148" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wrapped-Up-In-Magic/145456948869148</a></span><br />
<span>Kashmira Patel <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Kathy Lindemer <a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Kris Mattingly <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kris.h.mattingly">https://www.facebook.com/kris.h.mattingly</a></span><br />
<span>Lennis Carrier <a href="http://www.windbent.net/" target="_blank">http://www.windbent.net/</a></span><br />
<span>Shannon Hicks <a href="http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Paula Hisel </span></span></span><span><a href="http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html"><span style="color: black;">http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html</span></a></span><br />
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<span>Karin Slaton <a href="http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Shirley Moore <a href="http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Alicia Marinache <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.allprettythings.ca/</a></span><br />
<span>Valeria G. Rome </span></span><span><a href="http://fancysphynxdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://fancysphynxdesigns.blogspot.com/</a></span><span><br />
<span>Lo <a href="http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Zoe Marcin <a href="http://beadsteaandsweets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://beadsteaandsweets.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Carolyn </span></span><span>Lawson</span><span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_880690247"> http://</a></span><span><a href="http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com/">carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com</a></span><span><br />
<span>Kimberly Booth <a href="http://thepinkmartiniboutique.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://thepinkmartiniboutique.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Sherri Stokey <a href="http://www.knotjustmacrame.com/" target="_blank">http://www.knotjustmacrame.com</a></span><br />
<span>Tanya McGuire <a href="http://www.tanyamcguire.blogspot.com/%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://www.tanyamcguire.blogspot.com/ </a></span> <br />
<span>Debbie Rasmussen <a href="http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Christine Stonefield <a href="http://sweetgirldesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://sweetgirldesign.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
</span></span><span>Tanty Sri Hartani</span><span><span> <a href="http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/">http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
</span><span style="color: black;"><span><span>Sandra McGriff <a href="http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Renetha </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="right: auto;"><span id="yiv1663222192yui_3_2_0_27_1347709560643257">Stanziano</span></span></span></span><span><span> <a href="http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span>Evelyn Shelby <a href="http://raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span><br />
<span>Colene Waltermire </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/426147797447039/?fref=ts" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/426147797447039/?fref=ts</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">And the hop participant list fo<span style="font-size: small;">r</span> the Solar Flare Blog Hop:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Our lovely host on this one: <a href="http://usupplies.blogspot.co.uk/">http://usupplies.blogspot.co.uk/</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_151986414941059}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[4]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">Gloria Allen</span><span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_151986414941059}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[6]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">:</span><a href="http://innovativedreamsjewelry.blogspot.com/" id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_151986414941059}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[7]" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #edeff4; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://innovativedreamsjewelry.blogspot.com</a><br />
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<span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_153809248092109}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[0]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">Jessica Murray</span><span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_153809248092109}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[2]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">: </span><a href="http://whimsicalweavings.blogspot.com/" id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_153809248092109}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[3]" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #edeff4; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://whimsicalweavings.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=512488870" href="http://www.facebook.com/paula.hisel" id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_156549351151432}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[1]" style="background-color: #edeff4; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Paula Winchester Hisel</span></a><span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_156549351151432}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[2]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">: </span><a href="http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html" id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_156549351151432}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[3]" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #edeff4; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html</a><br />
<span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_158146574325043}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[0]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">Alenka Obid</span><span id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_158146574325043}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[2]" style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14px;">: </span><a href="http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/" id=".reactRoot[438].[1][2][1]{comment151567638316270_158146574325043}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[3]" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #edeff4; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/</a> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span>The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-27203715064396067022012-10-06T04:20:00.002-07:002012-10-06T04:20:54.480-07:00Holiday Bling Blog Hop Swap Reveal<span style="font-size: small;">Hi everyone, here's my reveal for the Holiday Bling Blog Hop ... (sorry if it's a bit screwy, I haven't been feeling too well lol).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well the idea was we were partnered up by our great hosts <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Marlene Cupo</a> and <span></span><a href="http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span>Shelley Graham Turner</span></a><span> and then we swapped something holiday themed. My partner was the very talented <a href="http://cherryobsidia.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dee Elgie.</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span>I went off to the nearest shop that stocks beading supplies and to my horror couldn't seem to find anything holiday themed but then I came across some really beautiful silver filigree spacers with rhinestones that made me think of snowflakes - sadly the packaging said they were flowers ... pfft since when do we ever take any notice to what packaging tells us right, they kept saying they wanted to be snowflakes so who was I to argue ;) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span> Back home I started working when disaster struck - I had a klutz moment when all co-ordination failed me and I jabbed myself in the eye, thankfully with a finger not the beading needle I was working with lol ... but it made it impossible to continue with working with the size 15's for the rest of the day. Happily by the next morning the eye was feeling much better and the design just seemed to make itself from then on out (don't you just love it when that happens) - I even conquered one of my feared beading stitches ... the St Petersberg =D</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I originally did a small section of spiral rope to make the bracelet sides but didn't feel it fit in with the idea so a quick flick through my beading books for inspiration and I came across the double St Petersberg and thought how perfect as it made me think of little icicles (I was going with a winter wonderland/snow theme).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I can't show you what Dee sent me as it hasn't arrived yet (I'll come back and update when it does) ... think my regular mailman must be on holiday as several things I've been waiting for haven't arrived yet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And here's the list of everyone else in the hop ... hope you have fun oogling the pretty things ;)</span></span><br />
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Fanucchi</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; width: 238pt;" width="317"><a href="http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://micheladasmusings.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://ahalfbakednotion.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://theresestreasures59.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.thecrafthopper.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.thecrafthopper.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://itsabeadifulcreation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://itsabeadifulcreation.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Linda Florian</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://lilysofthevalleyjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://<wbr></wbr>lilysofthevalleyjewelry.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Alicia Marinache</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.allprettythings.ca</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Ginger Bishop</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lo<span></span><span> </span></span></span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://thecreativeklutz.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Leanne Loftus</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://firstimpressiondesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://firstimpressiondesign.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Rita/Toltec Jewels</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.toltecjewels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.toltecjewels.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Shelly Joyce</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.aujourlejour-<wbr></wbr>shelly.blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Shai Williams</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://shaihasramblings.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Lori Bowring Michaud</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://artfullyornamental.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://artfullyornamental.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Lennis Carrier</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.windbent.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.windbent.net</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Marla Gibson</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://spiceboxdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://spiceboxdesigns.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Mary Howell Govaars</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://mlhjewelrydesigns.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://mlhjewelrydesigns.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Linda Younkmann</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.lindysdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">www.lindysdesigns.blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Shirley Jones Moore</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.beadsandbread.blo<wbr></wbr>gspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Melinda Orr</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.orrtec.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.orrtec.blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://amazingdesigns-marlene.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://shelleygrahamturner.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><a href="http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://dreaminofbeads.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></u></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://<wbr></wbr>deelitefuljewelrycreations.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://www.alankarshilpa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.alankarshilpa.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dee Elgie<span> </span></span></span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://cherryobsidia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://cherryobsidia.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Gina Hockett</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://freestyleelements.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://freestyleelements.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Lori Jean Poppe</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://lorillijeanscreativecorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://<wbr></wbr>lorillijeanscreativecorner.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; min-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Charlie Jacka</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://clay-space.com/blog" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://clay-space.com/blog</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://skwds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://skwds.blogspot.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue;"><a href="http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://uptwnsh-<wbr></wbr>fallingintothesky.blogspot.com</span></a></td></tr>
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The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-22099893782076717892012-09-28T10:47:00.001-07:002012-09-28T10:47:22.105-07:00A Little Random UpdateHi, I haven't blogged much lately as I haven't had much to blog about ... just finishing up my FMG Swarovski entries (I like to skim the deadlines lol) - promise sneak peeks here in a few days ;)<br />
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I'm also jumping in on the <a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/2012/08/october-fest-jewelry-craft-bead-home.html" target="_blank">Jewel School Friends October Fest</a> blog hop since I love Halloween =)<br />
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Looking forward to the Holiday Bling Blog Hop Swap reveal in about a week - my partner is the very talented Dee Elgie at <a href="http://cherryobsidia.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cherry Obsidia</a> - be sure to check out her blog =)<br />
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And don't forget I'm doing the <a href="http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/pay-it-forward-handmade.html" target="_blank">Pay It Forward Handmade</a> as well <br />
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<br />The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-14711994268656964942012-09-02T23:40:00.000-07:002012-09-02T23:40:26.644-07:00Pay It Forward HandmadeHi everyone, sorry I've been AWOL - medical crap decided it would be fun to hit me all at once and my computer ate half my file for work one week before my deadline lol. But I managed to get it all redone just in time so no harm done, and now I get to spend a couple of months having fun with beads ;)<br />
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I found this really nice idea on <a href="http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/pay-it-forward-handmade.html?showComment=1346653957566#c5299959555373196402" target="_blank">Micheladas Musings blog</a> and decided to play along.<br />
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The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-26010252405055895492012-08-03T22:33:00.000-07:002012-08-03T22:33:29.311-07:00Thrift Shop Blog Hop RevealWell I just did my first ever blog hop ... so be kind lol.<br />
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It's <a href="http://pookledo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pookledo's</a> thrift shop blog hop - the idea was to go to a thrift/charity store and buy something for £1 (or $1.50 for the US participants), then make something/s.<br />
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I actually found this challenge harder than I anticipated - turns out even charity shops are expensive in London ... I went to one and they wanted at least £2.99 for a piece of jewellery, and up to £9.99!! I have to say I was shocked as it wasn't sterling silver, gold or anything precious - just costume/fashion jewellery. After a few more trips I managed to find something more in the budget:<br />
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A pair of brand new large hoop earrings and a cute enamelled bird necklace - the bird was named Tweet.<br />
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I didn't get a great in-progress picture as I did a bunch of wirework and wire wrapping which I got carried away with and forgot to photograph until I'd finished lol.<br />
But here's a pic of the wirework leaves as I was working on them =)<br />
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(Please excuse the bad picture - it was the early hours lol)<br />
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Unfortunately when I was finished with the leaves and put it all together I realised the metals mismatched and with all my monthly jewellery making budget spent (well actually I went over as I wanted in on a magazine competition) - the hoops were more of a bronze/antique gold mix while the bird details and chain were bright gold. So I decided to wrap the hoop in some gold wire to bring the colours closer. <br />
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So anyway, here's what I wound up with after stabbing myself frequently with the wire ... those little loops on the bottom of the hoops were a nightmare to wrap around, and I left the teal coloured drop beads on the hoop as they reminded me of leaves and I thought the colour went nicely with the pink of Tweet:<br />
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Oh dear, the pictures didn't turn out very good (it was raining outside so I had to take them indoors), but there you have Tweet's New Perch ... I hope I did okay in my first ever blog hop - I learnt that working on a £1 budget is very hard lol =)<br />
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And here's all the other folks in the hop so check out what they made too:<br />
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Sarah - <a href="http://www.pookledo.blogspot.co.uk/">www.pookledo.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
Deb - <a href="http://greenshoot.blogspot.co.uk/">http://greenshoot.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Kimberley - <a href="http://goddessesandbeads.blogspot.co.uk/">http://goddessesandbeads.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Skye - <a href="http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.co.uk/">http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Ambra - <a href="http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com/">http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Beti - <a href="http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/">http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Emma - <a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.com%20/">www.apolymerpenchant.com</a><br />
Shelley - <a href="http://www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/">www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com</a><br />
Tammie - <a href="http://ttedesigns.blogspot.co.uk/">http://ttedesigns.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Leah - <a href="http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk/">http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Denielle - <a href="http://www.somebeadsandotherthings.com/">www.somebeadsandotherthings.com</a><br />
Keri Lee - <a href="http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com%20/">http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com </a><br />
Rochelle - <a href="http://acreativechelle.blogspot.com/">acreativechelle.blogspot.com</a><br />
Pam - <a href="http://pamelas-studio.blogspot.com/">http://pamelas-studio.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Ingetraud - <a href="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/" title="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/">http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Audrey - <a href="http://esperianterra.blogspot.com/">http://esperianterra.blogspot.com/</a>
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Julie Anne - <a href="http://www.thepeacefulbead.com/">www.thepeacefulbead.com</a> <br />
Sharyl - <a href="http://www.sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/">http://www.sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com</a><br />
Micheladas - <a href="http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/">http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com</a>
<br />Lo (Me)
- <a href="http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.co.uk/">http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Kala - <a href="http://maybejustperhaps.blogspot.co.uk/%20" target="_blank">http://maybejustperhaps.blogspot.co.uk/ </a><br />The Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-75629412301610664802012-07-31T12:54:00.000-07:002012-07-31T12:54:17.664-07:00A Greater IntroductionI forgot to put in my original introduction how I actually got into jewellery making - it's kind of a funny story ... for my 16th birthday almost as many years ago, my parents said they would buy me something special and there was a beautiful white gold and diamond bracelet I had my eye on but unfortunately I have the skinniest little wrists (6"/15cm total) and my mother joked that it would be a waste of money on me since I'd have to have about £100 worth of links taken out of the £300 bracelet! So I didn't end up getting the bracelet, and over the years I've seen many bracelets and bangles I really liked but every single one dropped off my little twiglet wrists until one day I saw a book with a lovely Swarovski crystal bracelet on the cover so I flicked through it and liked many of the designs. I've always been creatively inclined - I've been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember (my grandad painted also), I've done cross stitch since I was quite young and won contests for my card making over the years, so I bought the book and some supplies and the rest as they say is history =)<br />
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Last year I taught myself how to make things from silver clay and this year I'm learning to improve my wirework/wire wrapping (picture below is my practice piece). I'm hoping that next year I will be able to invest in the tools to start making lampwork beads and focals, at the moment I'm researching how-to books on the subject ... yup I'm a book nerd and proud of it lol ; )<br />
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Unfortunately I'm also one of the most accident-prone people around and power tools are not my friend ... I've had to figure ways to make holes in things like polymer clay and PMC prior to them setting after a few too many trips to the emergency room courtesy of a drill or dremmel lol. Friends and family have already expressed concern over my having anything that has the potential to cause explosions so my foray into lampworking should be .... interesting ; )<br />
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And now I'm entering the world of blogging - I'm even in my first blog hop (<a href="http://pookledo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/thrift-store-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">the thrift shop blog hop</a>) which will be revealed on the 4th August ... just have to find an idiots guide to blogs and the internet now lol. <br />
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And I'll leave you all today with a funny klutz story ... yesterday I went to the shopping centre and had to park on the top floor of the multi storey car park, returning from the shops I went to get the lift but I hate them at the best of times and they were packed out so there was no way I was getting in one. Instead I figured I'd get the exercise and run up the seven flights of stairs only to trip half way and fall flat on my face ... laughed all the way back to the car and hoped there was no security cameras to catch my epic face plant - and if there was at least I gave some security guy a good giggle lol xxThe Creative Klutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111764176875498587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416322232066109157.post-55351053007317830582012-07-24T20:00:00.000-07:002012-07-24T20:00:04.754-07:00IntroductionHi, I'm Lo .... new to this blogging thing but I heard there are some interesting things for beaders/jewellery makers on these blogs so here goes.<br />
I make jewellery, in fact one of my designs (pictured below) just took a silver medal in the Fire Mountain Gems Swarovski Crystal contest - Sparkling Elegance necklace category - which has been a very nice surprise, and I'm currently working on this year's entry.<br />
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I'm a creatively-inclined madhatter - I like anything artistic ... drawing, painting, beading, jewellery making, photography, writing, film-making, vinyl art toys, paper crafts (I've won competitions for my greetings cards as well) ... there's probably other things but my mind has a tendancy to wander off .... oh and I'm a completely accident-prone disaster magnet - hence the blog title ; )<br />
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And here's some pics of a couple of other recent designs since they were done before I started blogging - not sure if that's the right terminology ... I'm rather internetically-challenged lol =)<br />
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