Graveyard Glitter

I did it. My first ever complete jewelry set. The first Pokémon family in the official list - the Grass-type starter Pokémon that started it all, Bulbasaur. It's one of those Pokémon that even my mother recognizes. Unfortunately, my camera's flash isn't working as well as it could. If it was, you would be able to see the pretty green I chose for my beads. I've decided to keep the set, anyway. Bulbasaur: The earrings were made with beads I got on clearance at Hobby Lobby. Ivysaur: I used the same strands of beads for the bracelet, and this one does have an error. I used two pink beads in a row when the pattern said no, but I did decide to keep these. UPDATE: I changed the chain closure to a flower toggle clasp, in keeping with the Ivysaur theme. Venusaur: I used beads from the other two sets for the necklace, and I didn't get those from the clearance aisle. I did get the big pink beads from another clearance strand, and I made the charm

My last big project idea was to use all of my beads. When I was forced to accept that I hoard beading supplies like a dragon, I went back to doing whatever I wanted with whatever I had. Then I got my next big idea. On Etsy, I saw a bunch of small My Little Pony toys glued to ring bases. I thought it would be a much better idea if they had taken the pony and just used the colors, then sold the result. Then I asked myself why I didn't do that. Since I prefer video games to TV, I wasn't going to do My Little Pony. Instead, I decided I was going to make jewelry inspired by the original 151 Pokémon, and see if it went beyond that. My brother says I won't make it, but I'm going to try anyway. If any readers want to try, I'll give a full explanation. The goal of the challenge: To learn how to make complete sets of jewelry instead of throwing things together and seeing if there's any coordination later. The rules for the challenge: 1. Each evolution line wil

Hi, I'm Nora, and I have a creativity addiction. I've been running the Baking in Black cooking blog for years, but I haven't been doing much for it lately. That's why I started a blog for any other kind of creativity. Here, I'll show pictures of my current projects, links to my video tutorials on YouTube, my self-imposed challenges, and entire blog posts on where I get my inspiration from. As you can tell, I have plans for this blog. I still don't know what it's going to be like in even a year's time, but maybe my readers will get to see me get better at art. Probably not, though. Why should I do art when I have my brother to do art for me?