Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Welcome

Welcome to my first blog. I make jewelry and love all handmade arts and crafts. I started making jewelry in 1977 after I landed my first job out of high school at a shop named "The Bead Nook" at a local shopping mall. I mostly made strung jewelry and lots of macrame. I taught macrame classes back then and would love to teach again. Over the years I mostly made jewelry for gifts. For several years I wasn't able to create very often because of illness. In recent years I have been learning off loom bead weaving techniques, metal and wire work. Of late, I have fallen back in love with macrame, or what is now called "micro macrame", when I made a couple of pieces for Christmas gifts. I combined macrame with bead weaving for one of the gifts and metal work with another, which has inspired me to come up with new designs incorporating these techniques with the knotting.

Here is a simple macrame necklace I made with a bead woven Cellini spiral (aka peyote stitch in the round using different sized beads).

And here is a necklace I made using hammered copper with the macrame.

9 comments:

  1. Hi, Lori!

    I found you through AF Link on Facebook.
    Great looking blog! You're off to a great start!
    I'm following!

    Kisses,
    Cris, from DeCris Creations - Blog
    DeCris Creations on Artfire

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  2. Hi Cris,

    Thank you so much! Have lots still to learn on setting it up but it will be fun figuring it out.

    Thanks for following. Heading over to your blog now:)

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  3. Hi again, Lori!

    Thank you for visiting my blog, I was very happy with you dropping by!
    If you ever need any help with your blog just send me a line (through Fb, blog comment or email) and I'll be very happy to help in any way I can.

    Kisses,
    Cris, from DeCris Creations - Blog
    DeCris Creations on Artfire

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  4. Lori -
    Your page looks wonderful !
    I wish you lots of luck - great job:)

    (((hugs)))
    Cindy

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  5. So glad you have a blog to show off all your beauties! You gave me a great idea, since I have a couple of cellini "ufos" in my stash! Can't wait to see more!!

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  6. Thanks for following Shirley. It's a great way to use small amounts of beads and makes a great gift.

    I'm working on something new now but haven't quite figured out how I'm going to make it work. Figuring things out can be half the fun of making a new piece but doesn't do a lot for my need for instant gratification, lol

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  7. Very beautiful blog,nice job!!!!

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  8. Thanks very much Sophie! Love your blog too. Thanks for stopping by!

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