Realm of the InterNutter

Artsy Fartsy part 8!

I’ve been shopping! And scrabbling through both my culch and MeMum’s for little bits and bobs.

The Photos:

1. I’ve had these pearl teardrops since the 80’s, but hadn’t done anything with them because the one on the left had a blocked hole. We finally drilled that sucker and now it’s going to a good home!


2. Three baggies of found culch. One bunch of assorted gold beads from my computer desk [don’t ask] and two other bags of beads from MeMum’s


3. Cosmetics Plus has some cool stuff if one is prepared to overlook the fact that it’s in the kiddies’ section


4. A good haul from a dollar shop


5. I FINALLY GOT THAT FIRKIN GLUE! YAAAAAASSSS! And some other things to handle said glue


6. Lovisa had a colour I was missing, so I made some strategic selections


7. Grab bag beads are a firkin BITCH to sort

Okay, my lovely readers. Stay tuned. I shall have some new pix sometime tonightish, my time.

Artsy Fartsy part 7!

This will be my last photoset on the theme for a little while, but I am FAR from finished.

The Photos:

1. The mandatory plain pearls for impressing staid business types or pretending that one is an adult


2. Interesting chain clusters for punk days


3. Simple pendants for hypnotising the staid business types who weren’t impressed by the pearls


4. I realised I didn’t have a true black-and-white earring for the collection so I went and made

Artsy Fartsy part 6!

What a difference a night of sleep makes! I had ideas, but executing them kind-of failed a little bit…

The Photos:

1. I was ready to sign off on these as they were because it was late and I was tired and I was also about a million percent DONE


2. But in the morning, I realised they needed some fixing. Fortunately, more black beads and some pins fixed that


3. All I had to do was remove the pins

Artsy Fartsy part 5!

After I finished the silver tassels, I thought it was time to do some designing again, but as it was getting a little late, I think my efforts may be lacklustre. I don’t know.

The Photos:

1. The finished silver tassels in all their glory


2. A relatively simple build, I just took those three pin-beads off the necklace as they were


3. These ones requires a little more disassembly to reconfigure


4. And these chain links came off the

Artsy Fartsy part 4!

Whenever I do something ambitious like the wind chimes, I unwind by doing a bunch of simple transfers. It helps my morale immensely and increases the earring count.

The Photos:

1. The finished wind chime earring at long last. Those nicely-arranged chains took about five goes each to hang right.


2. The finished pair has symmetry because I find symmetry satisfying


3. Swapped pendant earrings are almost imperceptible from the originals


4. The process goes thus: pick your bits to match, where

Artsy Fartsy part 3!

Making things is sometimes a learning process. I learned a lot, today.

The Photos:

1. The silhouettes I got were not reversable and they did not match the finings quite right


2. I had to use two rings to get them to hang properly


3. I really prefer not to mess with the loops of these finings as they are often super-breakable. It’s easier to mess with the rings, as they’re made for that nonsense


4. The beginnings

Artsy Fartsy part 2!

Disassembly and reassembly. You’d be surprised to learn that the first thing you need to know about making jewellery is how to take it apart. Especially if you’re as cheap as me and don’t like paying more than $15 a gram for beads.

Getting them pre-assembled at the shops is WAY cheaper. The most I paid for any one set of bling was $15.

The Photos:

1. It’s amazing how nasty