Darling Cookie Cutters Cardinal, Hummingbird, Dragonfly and Owl

Recently I downloaded a few recipes from online and one of the recipes had an adorable cookie cutter.......I was in love it was a bird, perhaps a Dove. I went to Joann's, Michaels and Hobby Lobby but no luck finding any bird cookie cutters. So I did a search online and I found Make More Cookies and I found a hummingbird, Cardinal, Owl, then I could not resist the cute Dragonfly. Ann Clark is the owner and creator of these cute cookie cutters, you can find the cookie cutters here.  

She has a nice page where customers can upload photos of the cookies they make here. Also a page of recipes. 

The cookie cutters are $3.99 and if you buy four she ships them free. I got a nice recipe card and three Hershey Kisses and four cookie cutters I chose. 

Did I tell you each cookie cutter has beautiful card with recipe and gorgeous art on the front for each cookie cutter you buy. 
These are great because I love birds and dragonflies, I have to go back and get the butterfly, love those as well.  

    

I will be back soon with some decorated cookies!

Rolled Rose and Ruffled Rose Crochet Flower Brooch

Ooh I have gotten off track and have not make the colorful heart I was suppose to make this week. Instead for some reason I ended up making two colorful flower brooches. One is a pretty Rolled Rose Brooch in Light Purple, Deep Violet, Rose and Blue. The other brooch is a Ruffled Rose Brooch in Deep Violet. I like the way they turned out. These are the first brooches I have made. It was a lot of fun.

Ruffled Rose Brooch and Rolled Rose Brooch

It looks so pretty on this jacket, will look great on a sweater as well or cute top

ruffle rose Brooch darling!

5th Bead Soup Blog Party 2012 - My Partner and Ingredients

Today I received my ingredients for the 2012 bead soup put on by Lori Anderson at Pretty Things. She has created the 5th bead soup blog party and I was ecstatic to participate in it. Lori's website for the Bead Soup Blog Party is http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/ 

My partner is Kashmira http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/

She made me a really pretty peach crochet medallion, red beads, cute antique brass filigrees, seed beads and finding. I am already kind of getting an idea of what I will make.    

Today is the day I reveal what Kashmira sent in the mail.

Now I reveal what I sent to Kashmira, I can't wait to see what she makes!

  In this bead soup to Kashmira is a Millefiori Donut Pendant, Czech Beads in various colors and sizes, Chinese Crystals, Swarovski Crystal Heart Beads, Seed beads, Silver Beads and Findings.  

What will she make??

The date we reveal what we made with the beads our partner has to sent to us is March 3, 2012.

Just a little end note I posted a tutorial on how to put a donut pendant on a ribbon, chain or beaded strand here. 

Happy Beading!

Sweet Crochet Owl Ornment - Very Colorful

Recently I was over to visit my online friends Liz's blog and found the cutest little crochet ornaments she made. She left a link to the pattern online at ATERGcrochet, I must say Great has the most adorable little patterns-so colorful. I purchased a few and make up one this weekend. I had a hard time understanding parts of the directions, but eventually I got through it and made one cute owl. I am sure it will go faster next time. I messrd up on the head a bit, but it's okay.

Greta lives in the Netherlands and she makes great sales on her darling patterns and I can see why. I am going to make a colorful heart next. 

The key to her cute patterns is you change colors for each row, it's kind of a pain but the results are extremely adorable. I have to go get some size 3 cotton thread because size 10 is to small and I don't have to many colors in size 3.  

No matter how much yarn I buy, I always seem to need more! A lot of the crochet I love to do is with the smaller threads anyway. I will probably have to purchase the crochet thread online because Joann's does not carry to many colors here in size 3 crochet thread.

Michaels barley has any of this crochet thread, It's such a pain. I want it now and I didn't want to pay shipping for yarn. 

I have even looked at Hobby Lobby but they have the smallest selection of yarn out of all three stores. I am not a huge fan of Hobby Lobby because they carry to many knick knacks and I would rather see more content in the actual craft supply department.

The Hobby Lobby near me just happens to be a small one, so that might be why. 

The one I visited in Texas in 1998 was huge! when my dad was alive I flew out to visit him with my daughter and he took us to his huge Lobby Lobby in San Antonio . My daughter Kirsten and I spent over an hour maybe even two there. I found some adorable crochet patterns, a cute jar that is shaped like a bunny. I still have that jar, the crochet patterns were for cute angel ornaments, I still have those patterns.        

Happy Crocheting! 

     

How to Make a Seed Bead Loop for Donut Pendant

Here is a way I have discovered to make a loop for a Donut Pendant so you can hang it on a chain, seed beads or even ribbon or other fiber such as crochet thread. In this tutorial I will be using ribbon and seed beads.

Firstly I will show how to create a seed bead loop to put into the donut pendant, in this case I am going to use a Millefiori Donut Pendant. Here is a description on wikepedia about Millefiori. 

Supplies you will need for this tutorial

Tiny seed beads

Donut style pendant

Fireline

Ribbon

Seed Bead Needle

nippers

Here is the donut style pendant

Create a circle with seed beads, make it about the size I made it here and later you can shorten it. 

Pull the circle of seed beads through the pendant

Once pulled through this is what it will look like.

Now pull the seed bead circle through the seed beads themselves.

Pull up tight, but not to tight but enough so that it looks pretty.

Like this, so it drapes nicely over the donut pendant. 

At this point you can begin removing any unwanted beads very carefully and then tie off the fireline and perhaps add a dab of glue. 

This is my finished look using hand dyed ribbon that I ran through the seed beads, but you can also do it even simpler if you don't want to mess with the seed beads, however the seed bead Idea is great if you're wanting to make a beaded necklace.    

Here is the alternate method with the ribbon

Follow the directions above but instead we use a ribbon that will be used for the necklace and loop.

Of course there are lots of ways to finish this off this is just two, but like I said you can make a seed bead necklace, beaded  necklace or even use silver chain.

So now you know what to with a beautiful donut pendant.

Happy Beading! ~Kat

Shiny Moon Beams @ Etsy Close Out Sale Everything Must Go Floral Hair Accessories, Post Floral Earrings

Check out my Huge Close out sale @ Etsy ShinyMoonBeams 

Would make cute Easter Egg Stuffers and Great for Little and Big Girls! Floral Hair Accessories , Earrings and one Wedding Pearl Floral Wirework Necklace all made by me! 

Check it out and tell your friends very cheap bottom line prices I am practically giving them away.

Here is a small sample of what I have left

ShinyMoonBeams @ Etsy Click Here.

Set of Two Rounded Rose Hair Clips Matte Orange and Matte Aqua.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/71298977/set-of-two-rounded-rose-silver-hair 

Purple Rose Dangle Earrings with Gold Filagree Settings

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72642165/purple-rose-dangle-earrings-with-gold

Set of 2 Large Rose Flower Hair Pins or Hair Clips Choose Your Colors Silver and Gold

http://www.etsy.com/listing/71280351/set-of-2-large-rose-flower-hair-pins-or

Colorful Dahlia Stud Earrings Choose Your Color

http://www.etsy.com/listing/71300197/colorful-dahlia-stud-earrings-choose

White and Cream Pearl Wire Work Twisted Vine Necklace with Pearl Flowers Free Shipping

http://www.etsy.com/listing/70546177/white-and-cream-pearl-wire-work-twisted

Check out my Crystal Suncatchers @ Krystal Kat's lots of new things added!

Also check out my jewelry at http://krystalkats.com/jewels/

See you there!

~kat

At the Blue Note Necklace

Recently I was visiting the website ArtBeads.com and I found a cute necklace design by one of their artist called "At the Blue Note", I bought all the findings and beads to make it, I didn't want to change a thing about it, I love it just the way it is in the photo. The necklace went together in about 20 minutes only because I had a hard time getting my silver beads over the hand dyed silk, if that would have been easier I could have made it in half the time or less. The directions said to use two silver 7mm beads and I already had in my stash lots of 6mm sterling silver beads so I didn't purchase those, instead I used my 6mm sterling silver beads. I had to use a needle with thread to get them to go over the silk. I really like the silk ribbon the ends are all finished so you can have a nice sleek professional look at the end of your necklace. The hand dyed silk is pricey I wish I could get wholesale I am so in love with it.  I know I am going to enjoy wearing this cute necklace a lot because I don't have many blue tone necklaces that I have made for myself. 

I am really in love with the new bead caps that are popping up they are flatish with rounded ends, very pretty.  The necklace is made with sterling silver bead caps, silk dyed ribbon and lampwork beads.

This necklace anyone can make it's that easy and the results gorgeous.