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Home for the Holidays ~ 5 Quick Personalized Gifts!
Try these quick no muss, no fuss everyone will love it ideas for the holidays. 1. Baby's First Christmas! This is a wonderful gift for new parents or grandparents - make an easy, affordable keepsake with our memory glass frames or let parents update yearly with our memory glass lockets. Simply trim that darling family photo from last year's card, or copy a favorite from a framed family photo in your own home. Place it between the glass panels and you're done. Add jump rings, organza cords, or a simple ribbon. This is sure to be a treasured holiday treat for your friends and family.  2. Memory Glass Lockets Lovely , artisan-quality, reusable 2-sided glass lockets/ pendants with permanent glass panels, beautifully hand-crafted, soldered top bail and a slide close latch. About 5mm thick.Click to see all 5 shapes This is a WONderful idea for holiday presents and ornaments! Thick enough to hold needlepoint, artwork, locks of baby hair, flowers, evergreen sprigs, misteltoe and other small keepsakes. No sealers, no glues, no coating to apply - just open the locket frame, place your art or photo inside, and slide down the latch to close. We stock these little treasures in 5 shapes: squares, diamonds, rectangles, diagonal squares and triangles (crafty note: triangles make a perfect Christmas tree!). 3. Vintage Santa Glass Ornament  We used one of our 2" top-drilled flat glass blanks, our clear Weldbond sealer, a color copy of a vintage Christmas greeting card, and some scissors. To finish: Coat back side of glass blank with Weldbond, apply image face down, coat back side of image with Weldbond. Use several coats (dry between layers) for outdoor use. Let dry overnight. No excuses - this is EASY! :-) Our glass blanks come in (4) shapes - click here to see them all. 4. Personalized Bamboo Bead Pendants! Great idea by our friend Anne ~ The letter “A” (for Anne!) trimmed from a perfume box, embellished with leaves from her garden, sealed onto one of our mixed bamboo tiles with Weldbond and strung on 1.5 to 2mm cording to match. Finished with a simple knot and a few coordinating beads. 5. Personalized Wine Charms ~ made from your recycled art and our Photo Charm Blanks and Wine Charm findings - see article on the right!
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Personalizing your crafts
by Dianne Murphy- Rodgers
Personalizing your crafts is easy and can be done in lots of ways, depending on the reason you wish to pe rsonalize them. There are two main reasons for personalizing your crafts: to put your own stamp on the things you make, so your crafts will be recognized as your own work; or to make them special by personalizing them for someone who will receive them as a gift. This makes a gift more meaningful and more appreciated.
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Basic guide to bead weaving craft projects
by Melanie Marten
If the sight of tiny seed beads gets you excited, you might like to try bead weaving. While others co ncentrate on making beaded jewelry, bead weavers can create flat picture creations to use in ther fashionable ways. This article gives you a basic guide to bead weaving with a needle. No bead looms or other special equiptment are needed.
Uses for Bead Weaving Projects
Bead weaving results in a flat piece of beading. These creations show pictures or icons, or are done in patterns. Southwester style bead weaving is popular, as is Native American style.
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Typewriter Key Antique Charm Necklace You Choose the Letter!
Ours exclusively! Arty antiqued typewriter key charm on an 18" silver-plated adjustible leather cord necklace. Gift box included.
Price: $6.99
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Add a Bead, Charm 3-Strand Organza Cord Necklace Silver Plated Clasp 18" 100pc MIXED LOT Wholesale
100pc lot of our triple-strand organza voile ribbon cord necklaces with adjustible chain silver-plated lobster-clasp closure.
Price: $99.99
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Just the Fancies! Lampwork Beads Mix RED ORANGE 6-14mm 100g
40 beads. 6-14mm mainly.100 gram bags. Just like the name says, ONLY exquisite fancy lampwork beads in the most popular sizes for jewelry making.
Price: $6.99
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PHOTO Picture Frame CHARMS BEADS 12pc ALTERED ART A GIFTS! Antiqued Silver Squares #1 Floral
Just restocked! Customer favorites! Lot of 12 Photo Charms, Pendants. Approx. 1" high each. Frame Style #1, Floral. Add recycled art from magazines, postcards, scrapbooking, return address labels, a little clear sealer and some wine charm rings - a great hostess, holiday, any time gift! Add our wine charm findings and jump rings to finish. $9.99 for a set of 12 available in 4 different styles, or get 144 (1 gross) $74.99 and get everyone on your list done!
Price: $9.99
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Altered Art Message in a Bottle Pendant Mini Glass Gold Looped Cork Top 24x7mm 2pc
2 mini bottle charms. Make your own message in a bottle and altered art pendants! 24x7mm each (about 1" high x 1/3" thick).
Price: $2.99
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