Crafts by Chris

Musing on polymer clay, beads, jewelry and other stuff.

vote handmade

How cool! I just found my dainty purple flowers are on Vote Handmade.

silver cored beads

I was out of town last week and am still playing catch up, but I wanted to answer Lori’s questions regarding the silver cored pandora beads.

The beads I’ve shown were made and cured first. I then drilled a hole large enough to fit the silver tubing. I purchased the silver tubing from Monster Slayer. [...]

forever 29 sale!

One day only! Saturday June 13, 2009 until midnight central time. It’s my birthday and you get the present.

29% off everything in my Etsy shop (excluding custom orders), plus shipping is only $.29!

Make sure you put “forever 29″ in the notes to seller when checking out and I will send you a revised invoice.

each day is an adventure

There is never a dull moment around here. Yesterday, my son, Brandon, had a routine check up and was due for a tetanus booster and something else. So, the nurse comes in and gives him the shots. Brandon then leaned forward a little and I thought he was goofing around until he didn’t stop. The [...]

color names

A couple of weeks ago the boys’ bikes went missing out of our yard. I figured we would just have to buy them new bikes. Then my mom told me that they usually just get abandoned somewhere and end up at the police station. So, I called the police station and the gal I talked [...]

pandora

May was a crazy busy month, but I want to say, “Thank You!” to those who purchased heart pendants or other items from my etsy shop during May. Thanks to your purchases, I am able to donate $55 to the American Heart Association!
On a different note, I recently made some silver core pandora beads for [...]