(SMART SUMMARY) I hope you enjoyed my ecoFashion I find myself looking at everything twice before I throw it away never know what you can come up with until you stop and open your mind to using unconventional materials along with the usual!

(SMART SUMMARY) (The ribbon I used was flat in the center and ruffled at the edges, so I only glued the flat center portion down, which was ideal because my bracelet was domed in the center, so it wouldn t have worked with flat ribbon.) Patience is key when gluing your fabric down;

(SMART SUMMARY) Brick Stitch Beaded Bracelets Featured in Beadwork magazine In my last post, I wrote about ways beginners can embrace seed beads without even having to touch a needle and thread .

(SMART SUMMARY) Knitting I can do a lot of things and consider myself a pretty crafty gal, but knitting is beyond me.  Watching me try to use knitting needles or crochet hooks or anything else of the sort is pretty comical.  Being in the line of work I have been in for many years, I have had the opportunity to meet many talented people who know a lot more than I do about creating knitted works of art.  We once had a customer who was knitting a cape with seed beads .  I can t even imagine!  I have also seen seed beads incorporated into knitted mittens  and gloves.  Scarves lend themselves perfectly to knitting with seed beads or even to just having seed bead fringe at the ends.  A knitted hat with a floral pattern made of seed beads is just to die

(SMART SUMMARY)  Keep the open house going until at least 7 p.m.  That gives the ones with the 9 to 5 jobs a chance to come by.