Tuesday, July 26, 2011

This is Handmade Hoopla Week over at SnaggingStampers. I haven't been able to make anything in the past but I was determined to do it this year.

Stampington Magazines have been my best friend lately...Every spare moment I have been looking for something that I could replicate and the jar at the left was the most fun.   So far I've made 5 jars of various sizes.

Each jar has something different inside.  This one has Tinker Toys!  Hanging from the top is an array of things you might find in your kitchen junk drawer...things you can't throw away, but really aren't using.  There is a length of chandelier crystals, watch parts, wooden thread spool, old keys, buttons, beads, slide film, belt buckle, clothes pin from the 40's, a brooch, vintage thread bobbin, pendants and a few things that I can't give an name to!!!

One or two of the jars has hands from an old clock, a pair of spectacles from the 1800's (only has one ear stem!), vintage match books, dominos, wooden nickle, beaded earrings, shoe clips, vintage photographs, rhinestone jewelry, medals, button cards, vintage sewing things,  and the list goes on.  These are just some of the things I had around my art room and kitchen drawers. 

Even though they were time consuming to make, I enjoyed the process a great deal, especially being able to make a mess, leave it and come back fresh to add more. The third one was much easier as I'd finally got a rythym going for how to hang items from the top.



This is another project I found in a Stampington Magazine: Tags wrapped with lace and ribbon and pieces of fabrics topped with pretty vintage jewelry, shoe clips stick pins and buttons.

The piece at the left was made with a pair of earrings.  One earring became a pretty stick pin, and t he other is just clipped to the ribbon.
First the tags had to be dyed and dried then the fun of pulling together three items to fill the tags began.

This was fun as I had many pieces of lovely lace that were short pieces.  This one shows a vintage hankie wrapped on the tag.


This tag has a shoe clip on the front. It's big and has beautiful rhinestones in it.

The tags can be given as a gift that may be added to ones collection of pretty things, or the recipient may take it apart to use the pieces for other crafting.

Lucky for me I found a fun Thrift shop that had some jewelry at affordable prices.  I walked in and in 15 minutes I'd spent $44.00 !!!!!