Graveyard Glitter

A Pokémon that is basically a fire-breathing dog wasn't that difficult of a design. It was getting good pictures that was tricky. I have actually had these done for a while, and have finished up to Machoke on the national Pokedex list. I'm just now catching up here. Growlithe: I had orange beads left over from Charmander and Paras, so I didn't have to buy any more of those, and I always have the black beads on hand. I only had to buy the paw prints, which were about $4 on ebay. Arcanine: The bracelet used the same beads, and finished off the packet of paw prints. It's made with memory wire, a short chain, and a lobster clasp. I forgot what I was going to say about most of these, but at least they turned out cute.

I realized in the imagination process that this Pokémon would be hard. How do you communicate "Perpetually angry hairball that beats the snot out of everything" using cute jewelry? The result was this. Mankey: An angry monkey with no visible mouth. It's a simple design, so these earrings are a simple design. Gold beads came from a strand I bought at Hobby Lobby, white beads from radrockmama on Etsy. Primeape: Much less simple than the earrings, this necklace is one of the best things that came from this challenge. White beads came from radrockmama on Etsy, and most of the brown beads came from the same strand as the Hobby Lobby beads in the earrings. Some brown beads were left over from Pidgey and Spearow. I love the necklace, but unfortunately, my skin tone is too light to wear it. It would look really nice on someone with darker skin, but anyone who can wear white can wear it. I will sell it in the hope of someone finding it and giving it a good home.

I'll admit it, my creativity wasn't the greatest here. However, Psyduck is a duck crossed with a platypus, so I'll ignore my thoughts for this one. Psyduck: The yellow beads were from a Hobby Lobby strand left over from Pikachu, while the white ones were from the Etsy shop redrockmama, and left over from Meowth. Golduck: The same white beads, and the big blue ones from a big Hobby Lobby tube. The projects weren't the greatest for how long it took to make them, but the good news is, they're done. I will try to do even better on the rest of them.

As a cat person, I always loved Meowth. Even the villain Meowth. When it was time to find the right inspiration for this evolution family, I had to once again decide not to use the Alolan forms and just go with the classic. Meowth: When I found these white beads during my second time buying from radrockmama on Etsy, I also found these little 'scaredy-cats' that I knew would be better for Meowth than any other cat charm. They remind me of my sister's cat, so I might have been biased. The memory wire bracelet closes with a small magnet clasp. Persian: Since Persian has the same colors as Meowth, just with a different forehead jewel, I decided to copy the Parasect design using the white beads and cat charms, add some red beads I got for the Oddish family. This set is adorable, but unfortunately, I don't look that good in white. I'm sure someone will buy it. Maybe for Christmas.

I thought Diglett would be a simple  Pokémon to do. I was wrong. After struggling to find how to do things right with these, I eventually decided on this design. Diglett: The single brown bead is the color of Diglett's single head, while the gray beads are the rubble it sticks up from and the pink the same color of the nose. The brown and gray beads came from SofiasCottage on Etsy, the pink ones were left over from Clefairy and Jigglypuff. Dugtrio: The same brown head, gray rubble applies here, but, like Dugtrio being a 3-headed Diglett, there's even more. The wooden beads are from Hobby Lobby, and so are the tiny pink ones. This turned out cuter than I imagined it would when I first came up with it. 52 Pokémon in and this challenge is still going.

I've always thought Venomoth was pretty cool. I thought about making it into a hair bow instead, but I decided against it. Luckily, I still had stuff left over from the Caterpie family, so I only bought one more strand of beads for this one. Venonat: Venonat is just a simple purple hairball with big red eyes. The ovals were left over from the Butterfree necklace, and the red was left over from the Gloom bracelet and Vileplume necklace. Venomoth: One of my favorite bracelets ever, made with memory wire and a magnet clasp. The purple beads are new from ebay, and the butterfly beads are left over from the Butterfree necklace. This is one set that I want to keep, but I know that I should sell it. If I love it this much, I know somebody else will.