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Penelope Designs: 12 Weeks of Christmas
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Sunday, October 11, 2009. 12 Weeks of Christmas. Penelope Designs is being featured in Week 3 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas. A great giveaway blog contest by SewArtsy. Each week for the 12 weeks before Christmas, SewArtsy is featuring a different Etsy artisan and a free giveaway item from that seller. Head on over to her blog to see what to do to to enter the contest! For my part of the contest, I am offering a red, white and blue button bracelet and matching earring set. And enter now, and good luck!
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Penelope Designs: Art on the Avenue!
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Friday, October 2, 2009. Art on the Avenue! Tomorrow is Art on the Avenue, a fun festival of food, crafts and music on Mt. Vernon Avenue in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria. There will be dozens of crafters there, including yours truly, hoping against all hope that it doesn't rain! Come by and visit if you are in the neighborhood - I am in booth W172 between Hume and Uhler Streets. Art on the Avenue. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bethesda, MD, United States. View my complete profile.
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Penelope Designs: May 2009
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009. My First Tutorial: Wired Beaded Hair Thingies! Thick elastic ponytail holder (I like Scuncis). An assortment of seed beads in your favorite colors (I used size 11 in these pics, but I'm sure you can use any size you like). I like to mix them up in a shallow bowl. Craft wire (22-24 gauge is good). Knitting needles of various sizes, or pencils. 1 First cut the wire into 3 equal lengths of 8 inches. The original tutorial called for 6 inches, but I found this too meager. Please send ...
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Penelope Designs: October 2009
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Sunday, October 11, 2009. 12 Weeks of Christmas. Penelope Designs is being featured in Week 3 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas. A great giveaway blog contest by SewArtsy. Each week for the 12 weeks before Christmas, SewArtsy is featuring a different Etsy artisan and a free giveaway item from that seller. Head on over to her blog to see what to do to to enter the contest! For my part of the contest, I am offering a red, white and blue button bracelet and matching earring set. And enter now, and good luck!
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Penelope Designs: June 2009
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Friday, June 5, 2009. Crocheted Wire and its Many Possibilities. My latest passion is making jewelry with crocheted wire. The possibilities, given the different gauges and colors of wire available, are endless, especially if you combine them with different beads or stones. My favorite colors to work right now are blue and aqua. Here is an example of what happens when you use a bead soup of Indian glass beads and combine them with three strands of fine gauge silver plated wire. Finally, here is what a chu...
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Penelope Designs: July 2009
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Sunday, July 5, 2009. Buttons, Buttons, Buttons! So I have been going crazy finding ways to use them in jewelry, since I love the way they feel against my skin, especially during the summer. Made using silver plate chain and large (10 mm) jump rings. And even button necklaces:. Made using gold plated chain and jumbo jump rings! If you can think of other ways to use buttons, please post here. Would love to see other photos and ideas! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bethesda, MD, United States. Gracie in a Box.
