Live By Faith Stamped Metal Necklace

Stamped Necklace for Mindy:

The necklace reads, "live by faith" "not by sight". I actually made two versions of this as I didn't like the original. Mindy let me know if you like the one below better and I'll send it.

Redeemed Stamped Necklace

Men's stamped metal Necklace for Geoff:

It reads, "redeemed" "r323".

Past Projects: Bad Mo Art

Mozart has been a fun dog. Most of the fun comes after I get over the annoyance of what he's done, however, I am glad that I've had enough patience to take photos of these unfortunate times because they've come in handy.

What we've got here is Mozart covered in mud, Mozart's big nose, and Mozart eating the newspaper.


Schubert hasn't had any of these experiences so far so we only have sweet happy little Schubert pictures around.

Past Projects: Black and White Sketches

I'm not an artist, but I can do swirly things so I decided to make a couple sketches for my office.

I must like them ok as they're still there 2 years later.

The Greatest Thing Vinyl Canvas

I've been wanting to make a canvas with a quote for a while now, but wasn't sure which quote to use. I LOVE Moulin Rouge so this one was perfect.

It was a major pain to get the vinyl letting to stick to the canvas so that I could paint over it, but I really like how it's not perfect and some of the paint bled under the letters.  I just wish I had kids so I could make some really cute things.

Ribbon Pillow Box

Annabelle's is nice and girly with a ribbon and all.

Star Gift Box

I wanted to make some cute pillow box gift boxes for Grant and Annabelle's necklaces. I thought this one was cute and a little boyish.

Etched Baking Dish

This turned out a lot better than the colored glass Pi plate.

Easily identifiable dish for easy return at pot lucks or for delivered meals.

Etched Pi Plate

I made a Pi plate using the Silhouette Cameo to cut the vinyl stencil and Armor Etch to do the actual glass etching.

Using non-colored glass may give better result. I'm not really impressed with it, but it'll work.

Initial Stamped Necklace

I kinda like the simplicity of this one.

Grant The Great Stamped Necklace

Grant's necklace for Valentine's Day:

Grant's necklace says, "grant the great" "fight the good fight 1t612". I let the lettering on this one be a little uneven to try to make it a little more manly.

Princess Stamped Metal Necklace

My sister asked for necklaces for my niece and nephew for Valentine's day. I really like how Annabelle's necklace turned out!

The necklace says, "Princess" "daughter of the king of kings".

Clean or Dirty Dishwasher Vinyl Decal

My dishwasher has an indicator light which tells me if the dishes are clean, but this light goes off if the door has been opened. I've re-washed clean dishes and I've put an entire load of dirty dishes away in the cabinet before seeing a clearly unwashed fork... If I can get in the habit of using this it could save me some time and headache.

Might try to make a cute magnet to go with this sometime, but for now the doggie magnet will do.

Vinyl is so much fun since you can easily remove it without any damage to the surface you've put it on for the most part.

Sourdough Bread

I have been working on sourdough bread starter allllll week. In the end I'm not impressed at all.

I Love You To The Moon And Back

I wanted this one to be kind of messy and imperfect. Even so I should have moved the stamping further down the plate.

Silk Ribbon Cuff With Leaf

I saw a simple cuff like this on Etsy for $30. Mine was a lot cheaper.

Be The Change Bracelet

My favorite quote is Ghandi's, "Be the change you wish to see in the world". I have been contemplating the possibility of a tattoo, but this is way less permanent.

I had been looking for a bracelet just like this and couldn't find exactly what I wanted. Now I have it and I made it myself!

Raging Demon Shirt

Akuma shirt using ink printing:

Front:

Back:

I had to adjust the images I found through Google image search, but it's really a very easy process once you start playing around with it.

Simple perfection!

I Am Loved Dog Tag

This is really hard to see. I'm not having the best luck with the silver stamping plates.

There is a little paw print, but I didn't stamp it hard enough so it's not as distinct as the rest of the impression.

Dream Wish Necklace

This would look better on a leather cord I think.

Will change it out when I'm less lazy.

Key To My Heart Keychain

Spacing is a little off on this one, but I guess it adds to the charm?

Need to get some larger jump rings and some other goodies to play around with.

Croissants

I got a bread machine for Christmas so I'm randomly trying out different dough and bread recipes. 

Henry I can't believe you make these so often. It's a lot of work!

Cupcakes Stamped Charm

I love cupcakes so I thought this was appropriate:

It reads, "cupcakes make me smile". I'm getting a little better at spacing and placement. There is a smiley face in the space on the other side of the cupcake that you can't see. I really need a closeup lens for my camera so that these photos are more worthwhile.

Lazy Sunday

After a stressful week following a break in, a lazy day is just what we all need.

Here's to a better, more relaxing, 2013 going forward.

Stamped Metal Necklace for Mindy

For Christmas I asked my mom for some items to try my hand at stamped metal jewelry. I bought myself a necklace for $20 off of Etsy and like the idea of being able to personalize items for myself and others. I've tried out a few random things, but this is my first full project. It is a lot harder to get a full print of a letter and to get letters in the right location with proper spacing and orientation on the stamping blanks than I expected.

It is too difficult to get a good close up picture of the stamping on the necklace, but the square holds the three names of my nieces and nephew and the two bronze pieces hold the names of the parents. I used ribbon and decorative white and purple beads to make it more feminine. If Mindy wants to switch it out or play with the overall setup of the necklace etc. I won't mind in the least.

Mindy will be getting a lot of random craft gifts I'm sure. I really like the stamping, but am kind of at a loss for ideas of things to make for now. Ideas welcome!