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This Week on Cool2Craft TV: Fabulous Felt

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Cool2Craft TV - Fabulous Felt

This week, the Cool2Craft design team is sharing crafts that feature felt! Watch your favorite crafters create super cool projects and join in the on-line live chat. Join EcoHeidi Borchers, Tiffany Windsor, Candace Jedrowicz, Heather Valentine, and Savannah Starr for this week’s online episode.

EcoHeidi is crafting a Floral iPad Cover, Tiffany is making a Felted Flower Headband, Savannah is going stylish with Red Lips Felt and Water Bottle Earrings, Heather is sharing how to make Felt Strawberries and Candace is crafting a Stuffed Whimsical Felt Crow.

It’s easy to watch the Cool2Craft TV Channel right from your computer. Watch craft demos and join in the live chat at showtime at Cool2Craft.com. 9 am Pacific/11 am Central/noon Eastern.

 

Cinema Saturdays: Chandelier Earrings Tutorial

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Can you never find the perfect piece of jewelry for an outfit? Then you should try making your own! Making beaded jewelry is easier than it looks and is less expensive than buying from a high-priced designer or store. These beautiful Chandelier Earrings from AllFreeJewelryMaking are made with black crystal beads so they go with pretty much anything.

It’s an elegant beaded jewelry project that is great for a night out.  It instantly adds glamour to your little black dress. You can keep these earrings for yourself or give them as gifts. I’m sure anyone would love to receive these beautiful chandelier earrings. In this free video tutorial our friend Catherine from EclecticDesigns will show you how to make these gorgeous crystal earrings.

Chandelier Earrings Tutorial

If you love chandelier earrings then you should try making one of these other projects:

Have you ever made your own jewelry?

This Week on Cool2Craft TV – Glitter Your Garbage

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Cool2Craft TV - Glitter Your Garbage

This week, the Cool2Craft design team is sharing glitter your garbage ideas! Watch your favorite crafters create super cool projects. Join EcoHeidi Borchers, Tiffany Windsor, Candace Jedrowicz, Linda Peterson and Savannah Starr for this week’s online episode.

EcoHeidi is creating a Pizza Box Spacer Glitter Pendant, Candace Jedrowicz is crafting a Charming T-Shirt Necklace, Savannah Starr is making Lighting Bolt Earrings, Tiffany Windsor is creating Glitter Your Garbage Magnets and Linda Peterson is making a Bottlecap Birdhouse.

It’s easy to watch the Cool2Craft TV Channel right from your computer. Monday May 28, 2012 at 9 am Pacific/ 10 am Mountain/ 11 am Central/ noon Eastern. Watch craft demos and join in the live chat at showtime at Cool2Craft.com. See you Monday!

 

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This Week on Cool2Craft TV – Love My Music

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Cool2Craft TV - Love My Music

This week, the Cool2Craft design team is sharing music themed ideas! Watch your favorite crafters create super cool projects. Join EcoHeidi Borchers, Tiffany Windsor, Candace Jedrowicz, Linda Peterson and Savannah Starr for this week’s online episode.

EcoHeidi is creating a Love My Music Craft Foam Frame, Candace Jedrowicz is crafting Make Your Own Chimes and Softly Chiming Earrings, Tiffany Windsor is making a CD Cupcake Holder, Savannah Starr is spraying a Sing Loud Canvas and Linda Peterson is creating Guitar Pick Earrings.

It’s easy to watch the Cool2Craft TV Channel right from your computer. Monday May 21, 2012 at 9 am Pacific/ 10 am Mountain/ 11 am Central/ noon Eastern. Watch craft demos and join in the live chat at showtime at Cool2Craft.com. See you Monday!

 

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National Craft Month: Jewelry Link Love

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As experts and enthusiasts of all things crafty, FaveCrafts decided to host a special National Craft Month blog series for all of our lovely readers. Check back for a new blog post every day featuring our favorite projects, new craft videos, how-to’s from the FaveCrafts editors, and a GIGANTIC, ENORMOUS, AMAZING craft giveaway at the end of the month. That’s right–we’re giving away the biggest prize ever, a gift basket chock full of crafting goodies from our craft closet. There’s something for everyone in this gift basket.

Leave a comment below, and on any blog post labeled “National Craft Month” in the headline, and your comment will count as an entry into the giveaway. You are free to comment as often as once per blog post (for a total of 31 chances to win!). At the end of the month, we’ll pool all of the comments together and pick one lucky winner.

This week’s theme is homemade jewelry! Jewelry making isn’t just about beading–you can make jewelry out of just about anything. Just check out the cute ideas from craft bloggers I found, below!

  1. Anthropologie Accordion Necklace Knockoff from Yellow Blackbird.
  2. Hammered Chain Statement Necklace from Tiny Apartment Crafts.
  3. Pearl Bow Pin from Of Pinks and Fairy Tales.
  4. Cameo Collage Necklace from Flamingo Toes.
  5. Crystal and Grosgrain Necklace from …love Maegan.
  6. Swiss Candy Jewelry from Aunt Peaches.
  7. Button Earrings from Pretty Lil’ Posies.
  8. Clay Rose Bracelet from Show Tell Share.
  9. Fabric Necklace from Tilly and the Buttons for Elegant Musings.

Which one is your favorite? Do you wear a lot of jewelry?

How to: Make Sequin Heart Earrings

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If you’re a regular Link Love reader (or craft blogosphere lurker) you know that heart themed crafts are HUGE right now, and sequins are the new glitter. First I showed you Grosgrain’s sequin heart shoe clip tutorial, and then I found Rae Gun Ramblings’ sequin heart headband. I was completely smitten with these ideas, so I knew I had to put my spin on it. I just bought some earring-making supplies last week (of course I braved the Snowpocalypse to go to the craft store!) so I decided to make sequin heart earrings. The tutorial is obviously heavily influenced by the two aforementioned projects, but I figured I’d show you how I did it.

  1. I drew a heart on some card stock scraps and cut it out to use as a template.
  2. Then I cut out two hearts from some scraps of red felt I already had (leftover from my sewn Valentines!)
  3. I hot-glued strings of red sequins to each of the hearts, making sure to cover the entire felt piece. I just went in a random zig-zag design, since the pieces were so small.

  4. When both hearts were done, I attached the earring backs. First I added a jump ring onto each earring back, and then I hot-glued the jump ring to the back of the heart, covering it up with a smaller piece of felt to keep it secure. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but it was my very first time making jewelry!

Et voila! The earrings are done!

And in case you’re curious about what my ear lobe looks like, here’s the earring in action:

How to Make your Own Earrings

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If you’re like some people I know then you spend a lot of money on all your jewelry. What’s the point? I understand jewelry is the last piece of the puzzle, it puts your whole outfit together, but why spend all the money? Try to save that money and make your own jewelry. If you make your own jewelry, the possibilities are endless. You will always have a piece of jewelry to match every outfit because you made it specifically for your outfit. You can’t lose if you make your own jewelry.

Earrings are one of my favorite pieces of jewelry to wear. I feel that if you want a fun night out on the town you can wear some dangly earrings, they’re just so much fun. If they dangle, people can see them better than if they were just post earrings. Learn how to make your own earrings with me!

What you need:

  • Ball End Headpins
  • 2- Gems or crystals
  • 2- French Ear Wires
  • 2- 4mm round beads
  • Side Cutters
  • Chain Nose Pliers
  • Round Nose Pliers

Take one of the end headpins and thread on the crystal and one of the round beads. You’ll then make a simple loop with one of the pliers and cut off the access wire. Do not close the loop completely on the headpin so you can attach the ear wire.  You then attach the loop to the ear wire and continue closing.  You then have your beautiful earring, do the same thing with the second one. Wear with a fabulous outfit!

The Chain Dangle Earrings are a really cute pair of earrings you will love to make. These also make for great gifts. If you’re not into earrings but you like necklaces, then watch this video on how to refashion a necklace.

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