Author Archive: RSjewelrydesigns

First Craft Fair Ever

So I just wanted to share with you all the fact that I just did my first craft fair, and wanted to share a few pictures of the items that I sold there! First off I made some cold process soap to sell. I’ve debated making a tutorial on making cold process soap, although it’s …

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Cotton and Wax Fire Starters

Here’s a tutorial for those of you who love camping. Credit for the original tutorial for this craft goes to JERRM’s Outside The tutorial is really simple for this and all it requires is candles and cotton pads. To make this get your cotton pads ready, and decided how you want to melt your wax. I simply …

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Bungee Cord Necklace

To make this bungee cord necklace, the supplies you will need are: – 2 bungee cords (mine were 24 inches-60cm long bungee cords, just make sure they’re long enough you can slide the necklace over your head! – 1 piece of copper piping that is about 1-2 inches – a hot glue gun – scissors …

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Wearable Art, Fashion Show Pictures

So this post will not be a tutorial; but, I thought I’d dig up some photos of some dresses that I made out of recycled materials back in High School, for a wearable art fashion show for charity. My first dress below got me an ‘honorable mention’ and in my opinion was the better of …

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Homemade Hot Pack With Rice Filling

This tutorial is going to teach you how to sew your own Hot Pack, with a rice filling. Hot packs can be great for any sort of muscle pains, pregnancy, and even just to go to sleep. I’m not much of a sewer, but hot packs are fairly simple to make so long as you …

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Pencil Crayon Necklace Tutorial #2

Here I am with yet another pencil crayon necklace tutorial. For this necklace though that I made, the supplies needed are: – pencil crayons – a pencil sharpener – a ruler – an electric drill – a saw (preferably an electric type of saw. I myself used a scroll saw) – varnish *optional The steps with …

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Wooden Geometric Statement Necklace

I’ve for some reason really gotten into the mood for making jewelry, so I warn you in advance that the months ahead may be filled with lots of jewelry tutorials; but, I’ll try to throw in the odd tutorial for some other craft to at least keep some variety to this blog! Today I’m sharing …

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Knitted Bath Pouf

Call it a ‘bath srubber’, a ‘pouf’, or whatever you like. But today I am going to teach you how to make one. To make this you need to know how to cast on, do the knit stitch, and although not completely necessary it is recommended you know how to purl so that you can …

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Plastic Bottle Ring Necklace

This bottle ring necklace was inspired by beyond bracelets video where she made pendents using plastic bottle rings covered in embroidery floss to make pendents in her video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTAi5IAWgD4&list=PL3260DEDEE7612A37&index=21&feature=plpp_video I decided to take the idea, and use it to make this statement necklace. The steps to make this necklace are with pictures: 1.Using a …

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Tissue Paper Flower

I wanted to share with you all this photo tutorial for a tissue paper flower, that is a great craft for both adults and kids, and can create some neat looking decorations for a party.

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