Crystal Petals Jewelry Set for Martha Stewart Weddings

Happy Tuesday, Girls and Boys!

I hope all is glitterfabulous in your corner of the universe!  I'm doing my best to stay in the Happy Bubble, but some days it's easier than others.  Such is life.  Today I'm teetering on the brink, but determined.  Yes, determination is a good thing.  Speaking of good things...

A few months back I designed a jewelry set for Beadalon using their 49 strand wire and a plethora of lovely SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.  Here it is, in an ad in the newest issue of Martha Stewart Weddings!  This collar necklace features crystal swags working around the neckline like petals on a flower.  It feels divine when worn.  The earrings are two ovals that work to make a three dimensional shape. I really love how they turned out.  I kept the bracelet simple and added one lovely red heart crystal, which of course is a surprise for wedding jewelry, but I'm a romantic and I quite like that tiny pop of red.

There are INSTRUCTIONS to make these designs at the Beadalon Website!  Here is the link to the tutorial!

Here is a pic of the necklace and earring, alas it is not a perfect pic, but it gives you a sense of the designs:

I designed for Beadalon even before I had this 'accidental craft career.'  In fact, you might say they discovered me!  Or more aptly that Yvette Rodriguez from Beadalon discovered my work.  This was one of my last projects for Team Beadalon and one of which I am immensely proud.

While working with Beadalon, Katie Hacker, Fernando DaSilva and I wrote a beautiful book filled with interesting designs to inspire new pathways for creativity in beading.  There's a giveaway of that book on the
All Free Jewelry Making blog!  Follow this link for the details!

I am off to dust off my pith helmet, time to prepare for a bold new adventure!  Exciting things are happening at Studio Madge!  Soon I will share with the class!

Cheers,
Margot

iLoveToCreate Retrofabulous Mini-Frame Pendant

iLoveToCreate Retrofabulous Mini-Frame Pendant 
Margot Potter 
"These are your grandmother's craftshttp://www.margotpotter.com/collections/yourgrandmotherscrafts, ya gotta problem with that?"

Making these miniature wearable paper artworks is easy peasy and a ton of fun.  Old book pages make great collage backgrounds and you can find images in Dover Books titles or do this with upcycled new magazine pages for a more modern look.  No matter how you do it, Aleene's Dry Adhesives and Jewelry Glue make this a breeze!

The Craftabration Continues!  Day two of Margot Potter: Live Handmade! I'm sharing a project I created for iLoveToCreate.  These are my collage jewelry frames.  I make them for myself, family and friends and they're just divine.  I can not claim to have invented this art form, but I can tell you it's a ton of fun making these mini-collages.  The images I use are from vintage pre-1940 magazines I found at a flea market in Paris...and soon...my little crafty chickadee...you will be able to buy them as PDFs from my new site!  YAY!  I'm still working on the logistics of that, so until then, here's a little project to whet your whistle with a free vintage image for you to use!  We've got lots of old book pages for your collage backgrounds at the new site...I'm just sayin'.

(This image is sized to fit in a 1.5x1.5" frame. For personal use only.) 

Materials
Miniature Frame (HHH Enterprises)
Tiny metal Tim Holtz idea-ology flower
4mm crystal AB SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS round
Old book page
Red construction paper
Artistic Wire mesh black
Aleene's Tacky Tape Runner
Aleene's Tacky Sticker Sheets
Aleene's Jewelry and Metal Glue
Chain
Clasp
Jump rings

Tools
Chain nose pliers
Small scissors
Pencil

Trace background paper to fit frame and cut with small paper scissors. 

 

Cut out and adhere tiny collage elements using Aleene's dry adhesives.

Use Aleene's Jewelry and Metal glue to attach flower and crystal.  (Be sparing, a little goes a long way!)

Cut a small section of mesh and tie a bow, pull mesh tubing on both sides to create bow shape.