Still experiementing, still unsatisfied

I had done some cabochon as a test this week.  Now, it is time to go for the next level: time to try with the resin cabochon.  I still have to perfect doing the stitches with beads.  I did a second row of beads.  Not to my taste but I guess I get the hang of it.  I haven't made the bezel yet.

Here what I had done until now:

The first row is green and the second row is blue.  I tried yellow as a second colour but it didn't show at all.  Seeing the photo, blue and green was not a great idea after all.  In real, it show a bit more than on the photo.

I don't see much progression since the first one I did.  More practice is needed.  I am lucky that I have plenty of resin cabochon in reserve.  I hope my learning curve will improve soon.  I don't see much improvement since the first cabochon I made.  This one is the third one.  It seems so easy on diagramps for this kind of project.  I wish there was a class or a knowledgeable person who could give me advice.

A time to practice and experiment

Time for a follow up for the resin cabochon.  I found a cameo piece and a small snowflake obsidian cabochon.  I decided to practice and experiement on those two piece before heading for the resin cabochon.  Here are the evolution of the cameo in disorder:

Here is the evolution of the snowflakes obsidian cabochon:

I don't know if I am getting it right.  For each one, the seed beads are place in a different position.  The cameo is horizontaly and the snowflake obsidian, it is vertically.  Both are looking decent.  For the cameo, I would had liked to put a second row of smaller seed beads but it didn't worked up as I would liked.  So, I decided to do another row of green seed beads beside the red ones.  I may miss something.  Some further experiement is needed.  The only problem now is that I will have to do the experiment on the resin cabochon.  Lucky me, I have many resin cabochon done, so plenty of experimentation that I can do.

Happy chocolate day!

There are two major orgies of chocolate in the western calendar: Valentine day and Easter.  Chocolate is a known aphrodisiac.  Too bad I don't have a chocolate tooth.  I don't work with chocolate, as a material of choice.  I prefer delegate the chocolate making stuff to the specialists of the house.

Easter is also linked with Easter eggs.  I haven't touched to the artwork of decorating Easter eggs.  Nor I was not an expert at it.  I used markers on them, not the dying technique.  So, my past Easter eggs looked like more rustic arts than the extricate decoration seen on tv.  I must admit I never saw an Easter dyed decorated eggs in person.  I think I miss a special experience there.

I think the difference between Valentine day and Easter is about the shapes.  For Valentine, there are the heart shaped and the cherubin shooting arrow shadow.  For Easter, the Easter Bunny, the chocolate eggs shaped and wrapped in cute metallic wrapping.  Would be fun to see a VS video like in America's Funniest Home Video (http://afv.com/)

Memories, sugarcoating and the mind

I am in a busy period of my life right now.  I admit juggling a few things.  It does have a side effect: as I am busy in my daily routine, my mind seems to work an extra shift.  My mind is working a bit too effectively.  I get ideas, I works on stories, I also seems to be effective on some projects, I seems to want to get everything done right away.  I sense that I may get a new bunch of new ideas in the near future.  I know that my dream life work on an written story, to get it even better, with extra more layer.  So, some rewritting and editing is approaching.

My mind seems to wander in all direction.  My mind seems to be like a octopus stretching his tentacules in various tasks.  It is a mental multitasking.  It brings various things that I saw in the past and present.  I don't know why but I just remembered a film that I saw on tv a long time ago.  I didn't remembered the title and I only remembered a small part of it.  So,  I decided I feeled lucky.  After a few unlucky keyword search, I found.  I feel a bit too much lucky on it.  The movie was Solarbabies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarbabies).  When I saw it, it was an interesting idea.  I saw a clip on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcDCJyP9fo).  So, seeing this trailor made me remember the rest of the movie.  I also remembered that even the idea was not too bad (could have done better), the movie was not a great epic movie.  It is not the first time that memories seems to be better than reality.  Youth seems to easily sugarcoat the little the mind remember.

What surprised me the most: it was from Brooksfilm.  Yes, the Brooksfilm that made The Producer, Blazing Saddle, Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood men in tights, Dracula dead and loving it in addition of Spaceballs.  I have learned something new today!  All that for saying that my memory may have sugarcoated the movie (Solarbabies).  Maybe it is something that happen when we are young and a bit innocent, without much experience and much emptied of deep critical thinking.

Some really quick projects

There are projects that are really quick to make.  All it's takes is some materials and assemble them with pliers, well, it is the case with those I have done.  Here a look at the result:

On top of the photo, there is a bracelet.  I only added a clasp and a jump ring at each end and it was done.  The two pair of earrings, I used small beads and jump rings and the hooks that goes into the ears holes.  It was all really quickly done, a question of minutes.  It was nice to do those projects.  I hadn't done that kind of projects in a while.  It really good for quick creativity fixes.

Thinking of it, it could be the kind of projects that I could do when I am in an hurry.  I am definitively in need to create tangible objects.  As I think more of it, I could set a time each day to do something creative.  Depending of the day. it could be of various lenght of time.  It would be something to consider.  Taking the habit is another thing.  I have food for thought.  I don't know why but springtime seems to affect my ideas.  Maybe it is a side effect of a period of mental hibernation.

Stroke of Genius

Yesterday, I was getting ready for doing my seed beads and resin cabochon and I stumbled on some rings.  I put two plus two together and the result are show above.  I am mainly happy with the result.  If I try this again, I will take a bit more time, not stressing myself.  I was in a rush and hurry to get it done.  I was too much into getting result.  I wanted to see how it will end up into.  It is what happen the first time I do a project.  Too much in a hurry to see the end result.  I want to see if it will be a success or a failure.

For the resin cabochon on a ring, I consider it a succes, even if there is little minor inperfections.  For a first try, I can live with the inperfection.  What I liked about this project was the colours of cabochon that I have.  It is nice to do a variety of colours for those rings.  I don't know why but I thought of Sailor Moon.  In his manga/anime, each sailor scout have a colour for her costume.  The colours of my cabochon doesn't exactly match those of the sailor scout.  Nice thought anyway.

The hardest is to wait for the glue to set.  I also took a glue that is smelly (the e-6000).  The rings were bought at a craftstore.  It is a one size fit all except for one.  Would be fun to be able to do myself the rings, I guess.  I had done some rings in the past but not like that and it was in a class setting.  I don't know if I could try to do one right now.  I do have some of the material.  I don't know if the soldering part will be possible with what I have.  It will have to go on the to do list for a later time.

Sewing but no project

Those are some of the fabrics I have.  A pillow had been made with the Hello Kitty fabric.  I also made a bandana with the same fabric.  Beside those, I have not done anything yet.  I thought that projects would come easier if I have fabric under hand.  It doesn't seems to be the case.

I thought I could do some little bags, like those for cards.  I think to do a few, just to become familiar and confortable with the process.  I don't want to do clothes with those fabrics.  I would like to do sme small fun little projects with them.  I know, it limit me on what to do.  Time to look around and see if I can get some inspiration and ideas.

I also want to practice a little bit.  I never made much with a sewing machine.  Now that I have one, better have the excuse to use it.  Not just to do repairs.  It is already nice to have it to do some quick fix on clothes.  I have the desire to do more and get more at ease with the machine.