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Custom order part 4: now finished
I always seem to finish these stages at night when photo taking is rubbish as flash is pretty compulsory! I made the little silver pieces on Monday night and fired them on Tuesday morning, then distressed them with liver of sulphur and a wire brush. ...
Custom order part 3 and your help needed please!
The horse hair and ashes custom order is nearly complete, I just need to swap some of the findings for sterling silver ones when they arrive (hopefully today) and make the silver name bits. I think I should be able to add the full name to the pendant...
Make 50: Week 45 and custom order continued
My make for this week is this pair of earrings, they have fabric embedded inside which gives them an ornate sketchy feel. I am progressing with the custom order I blogged about in my last post. The pieces are now sanded and polished (sorry for the f...
Custom orders
I have quite a lot of custom orders going on at the minute. I have a special project involving locks of baby hair with Jellybelly*Jellybrain plus trying out bubble rings with photos for a lady too: Normally I can do photo rings with the flatter squa...
Make 50: Week 44
This week’s make is this pair of ladybird earrings: And I was asked to keep you posted on the friendship necklaces, so here are the two I currently have available, working on a girly girly one at the minute: ...
Spotlight on… None of the Above, plus a new idea in progress
Last week I received a little parcel from Canada, and I eagerly opened it… Look what I got! The colours and textures are gorgeous- just look at the detail! They are made by None of the Above on Etsy and I envy her patience and polymer clay sk...
Make 50: Week 43
I made these knitting needles as a custom order this week: ...
Make 50: Weeks 41 and 42…. and um… 20.
I’ve been trying to figure out why I had a picture missing in my Make 50 set on Flickr. Turns out I jumped from Week 19 to 21. Oops. So here’s three new things to share… Gardening cufflinks Glitter cuff (not available for sale as ...
PennyDog’s bonkers clearout bonanza!
Did that grab your attention? I’ve just got back from a stockist who has changed my stock over and no longer want my image pendant range, in favour of fabric pendants. I didn’t realise quite how much stuff they had though! So this weeke...
Skint day
I’ve been a little bit strapped for cash today, so after paying some cheques in at the bank and posting out some orders I finished off some more bangles: And I took the dogs for a walk and collected some autumn paraphenalia for embedding in so...
Make 50: Week 38, or how to create a mess
I’ve been making textured bangles and highlighting with colour, for example these resin bangles with metallic enamel paint… However I wanted to create some with black recesses and bought acrylic paint, thinking this would work better. ...
Some good news and a photo of my OH looking like a nutter
To me, they look like Jo Brand and a little boy with a beard but here is my OH (right) and his colleague marking some kind of church centenary thing in the village today… I can also announce now that Itemise (http://www.itemise.co.nz) are my n...
Make 50: Week 37
I’ve started making cards! What do you think- do they work? ...
Make 50: Week 35 and 36
Another Heart on Sleeve bracelet for you this time, and I’ve also had a play with some tiny bezels to make “charm” style necklaces. ...
Preparing objects for embedding in resin
I’ve had a few people recently ask me about what can or can’t be embedded in resin, and how they should go about preparing the items ready for use in resin, so I thought I’d share some information that should hopefully help in your ...
Gone dotty…
I’ve been playing around with the new two part silicone ring mould from Resin Obsession (http://www.resinobsession.com) these last few days, and whilst I threw away my first attempt (just came out in pieces) these are my second and third atte...
Make 50: Week 33 and 34
I missed my make last week, so here are two! Bali Gold Coasters: …and also some silver polishing cloths that I sent off to potential new stockists. These serve a purpose and also as a reminder of me ...
Custom pin tray- how I did it!
I made this pin tray as a custom order for http://lovealittle.etsy.com . It has magnets to attach it to the arm of her sewing machine and is shallow enough for easy access to pins when sewing. First off I needed it to be no bigger than 7cm x 8cm. Th...
New moulds in the PennyDog shop!
There are now more stocks of Resin Obsession moulds in the shop (www.pennydog.com), sorry these have been out of stock so long! I’m also expecting some more top up stock within the next week, so things can only get better! In addition to those ...
Make 50: Week 32
I finished my soap dish, and with SoapyChica’s soap contribution (www.soapychica.co.uk) made a gift box ...
Make 50: Week 31
I made this pair of clownfish earrings for my make this week! ...
Replicas
I’m quite pleased with how this has worked out. On the left are the buttons I use on my knitting needles with the shank cut off, though I can’t get these anywhere anymore! So what I did was create a mould from the buttons with silicone. I...
PennyDog’s Progress Part 2
All the knitting needles (and all but 3 bangles and a ring) are done! I’m waiting on some buttons for the ends of the sea green needles and just finishing the leaf ends for the winter snow ones, but no more wrist cramps from sanding the sticks ...
PennyDog’s Progress….
Well after the mayhem that was my last post my desk is a lot tidier and I seem to be getting somewhere. I should take a picture of my desk really to prove I’m not as dirty as I appeared to be- I’ve even changed the table lining as I got u...
Panic Stations!
I’m making a big order up, so I’m quite flustered at the minute, hope to get it all done by Monday…. I have a few items in the box already… The order is for 36 pairs of knitting needles, 1 ring, 4 bangles, 1 cuff, 3 heart ...
Glue and Glitter collaboration!
It’s very rare for me to update twice in one day, but I had to share this. I made some cabs for Laura at Glue and Glitter in return for my logo for Rothley Craft Farm that she kindly made for me (more on this when I am in a position to share [....
Make 50: Week 30
For my make this week I have these heart earrings. There’s actually more to them than meets the eye- first I cut off the shank on some heart shaped buttons and created a mould from them in silicone, then cast the resin (which for some reason ke...
Soap dishes- opinions please!
I’ve made this soap dish- it’s not finished yet as the edges are a bit rough, but thinking of including it in my delivery to Tiddlywink Interiors in Castleton when I send their order in the next few days. Trouble is, I’m not sure wh...
Make 50: Week 28 and 29
I’ve not been slacking- honest- just been really busy with new stockists! Check back at my stockists page in a couple of weeks to see what’s going on! Anyway, I thought I’d show you a couple of different makes this time, firstly I&#...
Beads and Beyond
I have a tutorial in the current Beads and Beyond that shows you how to make my Starburst Stacker pendants. If you want to pick up a copy, you can get it in WHSmiths and larger newsagents ...
