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When life gives you buttons...Put them everywhere!

Posted by Jacqueline Arroyo on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, In : Crafting 
That seems to be my state of creating lately.  I was fortunate enough to inherit quite a collection of buttons through a friend.  She knew this lady who used to do a lot of sewing projects and had collected all kinds of sewing supplies, from buttons, to fabric, to upholstery trim, lace etc.  When the lady approached my friend asking if she wanted to take some of the stuff she had because she was trying to clean up her closets, my friend right away thought of me and let me have first dibs in l...

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Upcycling a Ring Out of a Bracelet

Posted by Jacqueline Arroyo on Monday, August 8, 2011, In : Crafting 
This is a very fun metal spiral ring that came out of a slight misfortune. I found that one of the silver bracelets I used to use for belly dancing had snapped where the soldering used to be, and this gave me an idea. I pictured right away a spiral ring, like the ones you usually see in those snake like Egyptian theme jewelry items.



So I spiraled it around, added some beads, and there you go! I purposely left the beads loose, as to give me something to play with (I like to fidget with s...
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