Janet of All Trades

 I recently acquired access to some lovely felt scraps and I have some many ideas on how to use them. But this weekend the weather has been so lovely and my garden has been needing so much attention that I only had time to create a few fun bracelets. I started with a few strips of felt and leathers. Then with a little zig zag stitch in green by bracelets where almost done. I then added a snap to each and my bracelets were done. One with Leather and Felt. And one in just two colors of felt. I am sure I have many projects ahead of me using all of these felt scraps once my gardening is done! Enjoy!

I look at every piece of jewelry and think I can make it some how, but once I start dissecting the process and the parts it doesn't turn out that way. It usually is far more involved than my skills will allow or the materials are cost more if I had bought the finished product. Until this weekend when I actually created something less than if I had bought it. I found this on www.jewelrysaga.com  and you can buy them in bulk and they are a leather twist with shell accent. I decided to use braided leather pieces that I split my self using a very dangerous but effective stripper. I had a large piece of this leather embossed with Alligator print (cost= $0) and stripped it into numerous pieces. Then I clipped it to my lap desk and braided a piece about 18" long. Next I knotted,glued and crimped the ends so that I could add my trinkets ($1.00) and buttons ($.50). Finished off with a Lobster clasp ($.50) and it was done. Not and exact replica, but close. It was so easy to make that I ...