Goldeluxe: An Etsy Shop Highlight

My husband will hate this statement, but I love Facebook.  He's totally on board with Twitter, but really dislikes (and refuses to use) Facebook.  I don't use any of the apps or send hugs (sometimes I will return them because I feel bad for ignoring them) or build farms or anything.  But, I love the idea that you can reconnect with people that you've known over the years and really see what people have been up to.  Inevitably, you will run across people you probably didn't like very much when you knew them before, but you never know what people are like now.  So, I try to be friends with everyone and sometimes hide notifications for people with statuses I regularly dislike.  It's a very neutral way to be friendly, without a lot of effort.  And, we are all SO busy these days that we need ways to keep in touch without a lot of effort, right?  (I think this is part of what my husband objects to.  He thinks if a relationship is worth having, it's worth the effort.  Which I agree with on some levels, but...)  I'm always excited, though, when I see people on there that I have missed, or really enjoyed knowing when I knew them.  Do you do that too?  Do you like social media in its various forms?

One of these people was Libby Hopper.  I've been friends with her brother Dan for a long time, in real life and on Facebook.  I don't know why it didn't occur to me to see if Libby was part of his friends list.  (That actually almost never occurs to me, to look for people.)  But, Facebook is super cool for suggesting people that you might want to be friends with.  Libby popped up, and I was excited.  See, Dan and I dated a couple of times in middle school (if you can call it dating) and high school.  Libby was his younger sister.  She was young enough that we never really hung out, but I could tell even then that she'd end up being a really cool person.  She was always nice and genuine and those are my favorite kinds of people.  I was checking out her profile and found she has an Etsy shop, Goldeluxe. 

My kind of girl ;)  So, I follow the link to her shop and it's so fun!  This is my favorite necklace she's made!








Super cute, right?  She makes jewelry with vintage finds.  I love the idea of using vintage items in crafts and especially jewlery, but I really love Libby's results!  I'm usually not even a big fan of gold jewelry, but these are such fun combinations...

Have you found that some people from your past are really fun, creative people?  Do you love Facebook, Twitter and the like?  I'd love to "meet" some of the creative people you know!  Comment with a link below and I'll pop on over sometime :)

If you want to visit Libby's shop, click here or click the picture to lead you to that listing. 

PS - This is one of the posts I promised for last week, but I messed it up and had to redo it before it posted.  Sorry!  I'm trying to figure out HTML and I keep breaking things in Blogger ;)

PPS - I should've known that Libby would be a crafty girl because she made me a homemade birthday card once.  She's super sweet that way ;)

PPS - Libby is now offering 25% off to anyone who mentions Lucky Star Lane at checkout.  See, told you she was nice ;)  Convo her before you purchase and she'll arrange the discount!

Bottlecap Pendants

I know bottle cap jewelry has been around for awhile, but I am just now getting around to trying to make some. I researched how to make pendants online, but I just ended up doing my own thing with supplies I found at Hobby Lobby and these great custom graphics I found on an Etsy shop called Oh So Cute Boutique. I used a nail and hammer to make the hole for the round finding on the top of the bottle cap. It works best if you do it through the side which is bent up slightly. I had some small jewelry pliers I used to attach the round finding to the bottle cap.

These faux suede necklaces came from Michael's.

This was really simple to make. I simply glued the image on and then used two coats of the Triple Thick glaze on top.

I am obsessed with these Glass Tile Pendants at the Tidy Nest

A week or so ago I was cruising through links at a linky party I was attending. I came across a tutorial for making acrylic tile pendants at The Tidy Nest. Since I have been seeing a few of these around lately and LOVE them, I was really excited. For some reason (ok maybe I am a little bit unskilled in the ways of blogger) I didn't book mark the post correctly and could not find the post again! Yikes..so sad:(
Luckily I left a comment for Alisa at The Tidy Nest, and she found me through email and sent me her blog address. PHEW! She even did a post today on making the pendants using

GLASS tiles, which includes a giveaway! The ones pictured are just a few of the choices.



Today has been my lucky day and I hope you check out Alisa. I'm so glad she took the time to email me. These are going to be great Mother's Day Gifts!

Fabric Yo Yo's Part 2

I wanted to have a few more yo-yo projects completed but I'm already onto something new. I may come back to this because I had a couple of home decor ideas. ...pillows, lampshade, rug border..the possibilities are endless.




Since I am ready for spring, I embellished a few brightly colored accessories with yo-yo's. Flip Flops, a glass beaded necklace, and a fabric wrapped bangle get some pizazz with small fabric yo- yo accents. These accessories will now stand out in a crowd.



I attached these to metal clips so I can take them off for a different look.

OK Spring, I'm ready for you any time now!

Erin

Fabric Yo-Yo Projects Part 1

Fabric yo-yo's are so easy to make and use just a small scrap of fabric. In a nutshell, you cut out a fabric circle twice the size of the yo-yo you want, fold over the edge about 1/4 inch and do a running stitch all around the edge of the circle and then pull it tightly and flatten the circle.

Here I've added them to a foam wreath I wrapped in fabric. I used some of my vintage buttons in the centers.

You can find plastic bracelets and foam wreath forms at the dollar store to embellish.

I also found this coupon wallet at the dollar store. I don't like the button so I added a fabric yo-yo with a vintage button sewn on using a strong glue.




This is one of my plastic bracelets I wrapped in fabric and added a small yo-yo, button and pearl.

This is the set I made. I had a couple ring findings in my jewelry making stuff, so I made a yo-yo and sewed a pearl on it to glue on (I used Amazing Goop). This makes a cute gift for $2 and supplies I had in my craft stash!