Amoebas, safety pins, and cookies

manictrout.com is chock full of beautiful, simple beaded jewelry. I've never tried making beaded jewelry myself because it generally brings to mind the cheap crap that you get from those vending machines with plastic toys inside. Manictrout, however, is different. Delicate, stylish, and imaginative, I feel more like calling the pieces artwork. Speaking of artwork, there are also watercolor and oil paintings. Everything is for sale. These bracelets struck me as a highly original idea. Very simple and cool, and a little punk.
Check out her embellished painting too, which combines oil painting with embroidery.

I also found the Starving Artist Bazaar which has handmade, glass jewelry. The name of the site is completely awesome to begin with - why can't I think of anything like that? Different types of jewelry are grouped under mysterious names like "Eukaryotes", "Protozoa", and "Amoeba". With a little bit of imagination, the pieces also look like it. I really want to try working with glass someday, and the likes of this site are really inspiring. Everything on this site is also for sale.
Like manictrout, the Starving Artist Bazaar also has some paintings for sale in addition to the glass, and stone & silver jewelry.

Here's my favorite- the Periwinkle & Seafoam Eukaryote Necklace with Stacked Silver Beads. Worth seeing also are the hair pins.

 Last, but certainly not least, I found the simply delicious etsy shop page of Sweet Stella Designs. Hairpins that look like chocolate cookies, lollipop earrings, cookie bracelets, gourmet chocolate bracelets, a lemon slice necklace, mint rings... It makes me drool, just looking at these pictures. You have got to see this! The jewelry is crafted from polymer clay and silver. Who would believe it? Yum yum yum...

04:03 - 30.9.2007 - post comment

Bubbles & Beads

Lin, my spouse, used to do a lot of this kinds of crafts in particular the bracelet with the beads. These are some of her favorite colors. My youngest son does beads too. He is a free spirit and does crafts to earn a bit of money until his music gigs take off.
Love your page but for some reason it is a bit slow loading.

richmont - 09:45 - 30.9.2007

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I would eat that bracelet in a second :O

bitzky - 09:47 - 30.9.2007

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Thanks, Richmont! ..I wonder why that is. :( My host has always been fast until now. I noticed the same thing yesterday too.
I really like beads and polymer clay - I haven't messed around with it since I was a kid though. I've tried to incorporate beads into my knitting however.

Yeah, bitzky, it really looks like it would melt on your arm.

annmi - 10:31 - 30.9.2007

mmmm cookies

they looked good enough to eat :)
might get a stomach ache afterwards though........

thanks for dropping by, is much appreciated.
me am now subscribed to yourself.

wozza - 03:31 - 1.10.2007

Fake chocolate meh

Hm..the first one seems uncomfortable...

I don't wear braclets but I do wear a watch. I always fiddle around with it. If I would wear that safety pin braclet...I suspect I would probably by accident would fiddle out a needle and pinch myself. Anyway I find those safety pin needles are icky...*shivers*

The middle is a neckladge right? Looks nice. But I guess it really depends who wears it and with what other clothes.

Bah...fake sweets and chocolates. my mother used to have these fake chocolate's on the table not sure if she made them herself. But everytime I walked by I wanted to get a chocolate but then discovered by the the touch (of my hand not my teeth luckily for me) it was a fake. Made me hate these fake things...so no fake food jewelry for me! Not that I wear jewelry...unless you count watches or sunglasses as jewelry.

Alex aka Lexius - 10:18 - 1.10.2007

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Wozza:
Thank you. :) As soon as I rediscovered the subscribe button, so was I to you. Yeah, I can imagine that they're not good to give to little children, as they will guaranteed attempt to eat them even if they are told it's plastic and not real.

Alex:
You're hard to please!

annmi - 09:58 - 1.10.2007

Thanks!!

Yay! Thanks for the shout-out and your kind words :)

Amy (Sweet Stella Designs) - 05:09 - 2.10.2007