Witchy Nails

Keeping in the Halloween spirit, I finally had some time to paint some simple nails! The moon and the spiderweb both glow in the dark, unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of them glowing. I actually mixed some black polish into a bottle of topcoat to get the translucent black on the ring finger. I also couldn’t believe that black crackle was still working, I’ve had it for years! The badass ring is from The Rogue and the Wolf which I highly suggest everyone check out! This is also the first time I’ve used a matte polish without covering it in a shiny topcoat, usually I think most matte polishes end up looking like a weird melted crayon on your nails, but I liked the contrast between the shiny spiderweb and the matte black background.

Sinful Colors “Black Magic”
Nina Ultra Pro “Black Vinyl”
Funky Fingers “Black Scales”
Sinful Colors “Glow in the Dark”

Purple Wrapped Rock Hemp Necklace

The hippy inside me has a deep love for wire wrapped and hemp jewelry. There is something relaxing about making a wrapped rock too. I liked that this mostly black and white rock had a little bit of a purple hue to it, so I used a deep purple wire and some purple beads to bring out the color. I have a TON of random glass beads that I like to mix and match, used all white, clear, black and purple beads for this necklace.

Amethyst Necklace

I made this a while ago, but haven’t gotten around to posting it. I love making jewelry, and brought a whole ton of craft stuff out to the trailer a few weeks ago with my friend and boyfriend.

I got the amethyst in the shop while we were hiking around Starved Rock, and I used black embroidery thread. There is also purple and black iridescent black beads, as well as silver heart beads.

The clasp:

wrapped wire poinsettia ring

 

 

i’m enjoying having all kinds of colors of wire to work with, and it’s giving me more ideas as well. this ring is meant to look like a poinsettia flower, and ended up rather big but looks pretty cool. the band of the ring looks like this:

red and black cross necklace

 

another gift for my coworker, simple silver beads and red glass beads to go with a silver and red cross.

 

 

is has a non-adjustable clasp closure

blue frog hemp necklace

hemp necklace with turquoise-ey blue disc beads, and a dark blue glass bead with gold bands around it. the bottom has a little silver frog with blue shell on it’s back.

also going to my coworker for secret santa.

there is also little silver flower beads

multi-strand monochrome necklace

this necklace is available on etsy! go check it out here if you’re interested 🙂

since i got a lot of beads for christmas, there will be all kinds of beaded jewelry coming up.

this necklace has pearl, iridescent clear, white frosted and plain clear glass beads

it has a non-adjustable metal clasp.

pink, yellow, blue and green beaded necklace

this is a pretty long necklace made with black cord and glass beads.

a closeup of the beads- some of them have metallic gold and blue swirls on them.

available for $10 on etsy! https://www.etsy.com/listing/118517429/pink-blue-yellow-and-green-beaded

daisy wire wrapped ring

a friend of mine saw all the beaded flower rings and asked if i could make her some without any beads, and this is the first attempt! i bought a whole pack of different colors of wire, so i’m going to have fun with all the colors and make lots of different things. plus i got a ton of beads and things from my parents for christmas also, so i’ve got all kinds of crafting ahead of me.

the middle is gold, the petals and band silver to resemble a daisy.

 

firework ring

 

this one’s pretty fun, different from the other rings i’ve been making. still made with wrapped copper wire, this ring has a bunch of little spikes that kind of look like a firework exploding.

the ring is probably a size 7 or 8 as i’m wearing it on my middle finger. the band of the ring looks like this: