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Making a necklace...a statement

Posted by Jacqueline Arroyo on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Crafting 
By now I've made several of these statement necklaces, and it never ceases to amaze me how many different ways a few relatively mundane elements can be combined to make a glorious statement.

In the beginning, I mostly used beads that I happened to have in my crafting arsenal.  Things that I had bought a while back but had not had the chance to use yet. 

This one was the first statement necklace I ever made.  I called it Bahama Fantasy.  Back then I tried to get creative with my titles.  I've s...

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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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