Tuesday, July 15, 2008 No Comments
I still don’t have the digital camera cleared off or charged up, but I did want to get some pictures up of a piece or two. Here’s two fishbone hemp necklaces – one is with beads I picked up at The Bead Gallery, the other is amethyst from Etsy.
Category: Hemp Necklace
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 No Comments
Lampwork beads are something I just recently came in contact with – when I was doing the hemp jewelry thing before I had a really limited budget and I mostly just bought from craft stores, flea markets, and yard sales. I never encountered much lampwork at that point, but now that I’m much better set [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 No Comments
When I first started selling hemp jewelry, it was in high school – tons of opportunities there. Now that I’m older and semi anti social, I was a wee bit worried about getting set up with wholesalers and other random sales opportunities offline. Apparently there isn’t an issue – I went to one of our [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Monday, July 14, 2008 No Comments
When it comes to making hemp jewelry, I just love using a variety of beads to add color and fun into the pieces. However, due to the size of the hemp cord, it can often be a giant issue as to what sizes you can even pull off for your beads. I ran into this [...]
Category: Make Hemp Jewelry
Saturday, July 12, 2008 No Comments
So the first bead show I’ve ever went to is the Intergalatic Bead Show. I wish I knew where they came up with the Intergalatic part of the name, but all in all it was fun fun fun. I ran right into a guy that had a metric ton of polymer beads in all sorts [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Thursday, July 10, 2008 No Comments
Now I do have a pretty good collection of beads, but my tastes have changed over the year. I used to just gobble up all of the deconstructed jewelry I could get my hands on, whether it was my own or from flea markets or from wherever. Now I find myself longing after lampwork glass, [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Thursday, July 10, 2008 No Comments
After a nasty break up, I stopped making hemp jewelry for years and years. It was almost 4 years after that I started up with hemp jewelry making again, and I am just a bit rusty. I’m not sure why I’m motivated to start with the hemp again – I love making stuff, and I’ve [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
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