The Wigglebutt Blog

Hey! Look! I posted twice in two days! But this is a quicky so maybe it doesn't count☺ I dunno? I can't tell you how happy I am with how this necklace came out. I honestly don't care if  NO ONE else likes it, I LOVE it and I don't say that about my own jewelry ..... EVER. I used another tutorial that I purchased from Lisa Lynn Barth I used one of my own polymer clay beads I wrapped it using her tutorial and I strung it on viking knit And I am very proud of how it turned out☺ Now, like I said, this post is a quicky. I am off to work on a hockey jersey wearing turtle. He is promised before the end of the month, so I must get busy☺

There is actually a ton of stuff going on around here lately, so I have had stuff to blog about but no time to blog. Go figure☺ I'll have quite a few posts coming up very soon because Bead Soup Blog Party has begun! I'm in the process of creating a post about my partner and her soup! Look for that soon, but for today I only have time to post  my contributions for Week 10 of  The Year of Jewelry Project   This one is really similar to one I did last year. It uses one of my polymer clay beads. This isn't the one I had originally planned on submitting for this week but THAT one is quite a bit more time consuming so it didn't quite get finished. It also uses another one of my polymer clay beads  and copper but looks so, so different. (I am so pleased with how it came out ~ you'll see in a day or two☺) I am just putting the finishing touches on it while simultaneously  trying to finish the handmade components that will...

This weeks prompt was "Rescued from the Scrap Bin" I have had this teardrop-ish pendant? in my scrap basket for a couple of years. I had tried my hand at creating some mokume-gane and I was squishing up the left over scrap clay and thought Oh! That's kinda pretty.. so I shaped it a little and baked it. Then I thought it looked a little plain and kind of odd shaped and didn't have a clue what to do with it☺ So it went in the scrap basket. I actually pulled it out of that little basket yesterday and decided to practice my wire wrapping. (Nothing like waiting til the last minute) I figured if it turned out crappy it could go right back where it came from☺ I obviously have a long way to go with my 'skills' in wire wrapping But I don't think it has to back in the basket, but I still am not sure where to go with it from here☺ I'll come up with something eventually. lol! I am almost finished with my whole...

I had to drive to Anchorage today for a "parts run" and office supplies and since I had quite a few Office Max rewards points built up I thought I would treat myself to a new camera. I wanted something itty bitty that I could carry around in my small-ish purse so that I would have it handy for the occasional 'awesome sunset' or 'beautiful mountain view' that I get rewarded with on my way to or from work because I have learned that I am apparently incompetent when it comes to taking pics with my phone. Which is not a smart phone, by the way, because smart phones are apparently smarter than me and I get annoyed. Sooo, anyhoo, I found the cutest itty bitty Nikon Coolpix s6100 and I love it. So far I seem to be winning in the smart department AND it fits in my purse☺ And since the battery had some juice I took a few pics...  Snow-zilla This is the pile of snow in the lot of the building next to the shop. They have already had snow hau...

I haven't listed very many new things to Etsy in a while  and I forgot how much work it really takes☺ Today and yesterday I listed some of these....  SOLD  Some of these.... And.... some of these...... I have a ton of other things I need to get listed but I just can't stand the thought of sitting in front of the computer another minute LOL! I think I will grab a snack and wander over to my clay table☺ Oh... and Happy Anniversary Honey! 18 years and counting♥

In addition to the owls I've been working (and reworking & reworking) on, I have a  few new pendant and bead sets. The little 'bee hive' beads. Cute huh? The little birdy beads. Cute too huh? Who doesn't love humming birds? And I finally decided on THE owl design(s) The large ones (approx 1 inch tall) and the small ones (approx  3/4 inch tall) are slightly different designs. I like both designs and of course each bead has it's own "personality" since each one is made by hand.  I'm hoping to start listing all of these in the next few days☺ *(coming soon...star fish and dragonflies☺)* And since I ONLY have about a gazillion unfinished projects in the works, I decided I should add a little something. Something simple... just to keep my hands busy... when i am just relaxing... We all know how much I LOVE seed beads (OMG they drive me CRAZY!) Nothing like starting "simple" when trying something new;~) Is there a cure for th...

Now that the weather has turned  ~ less than nice, I am spending a lot more time inside and apparently I decided to trash the place......again.  My Bead Soup is back there in the corner on that bead board on top of that box  behind all of those open drawers. Apparently I have forgotten everything my mother taught me about  putting things away when I am done with them. But since I am not done with them I guess it's OK. I have started on my bead soup project, but I have to admit that I am glad we are doing a 4 day weekend over Labor Day so that I have some quality time to spend. I really want it to be awesome;~) Work table is also trashed. I've been working on some faux ceramic pendants and beads. I've been mixing alot of different colors of liquid clay that I  use for the 'glaze' on the 'faux ceramic' pendants and beads. I learned the hard way that depending on what I use to color the liquid clay,  the color can change dr...

They arrived! I just read that the Bead Soup that I sent to Shannon of   http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/ has arrived, so I can now reveal what was in the package. I wanted to make it as special as I could so I made everything myself. Polymer clay "Succeed" focal and beads, paper beads, itty bitty beaded leaves. Two clasps (the 'toggle' is reversible, the other side is stamped "try again") and various links and doodads all made from steel.

Well, the little fellow that I mentioned here  has arrived safe and sound at his destination in Munich so I can show him off now. This fellow went to Germany to live with Birgit She named him "Sutton" after the name of my home town. I think it fits nicely☺ And I am still plugging along on my "tubular peyote" thing. lol! Someday I hope it turns itself into a necklace. I know it's not 'perfect' but LOOK! IT'S TUBULAR!  and it's WAY longer than the totally deformed 2 inches of completed bead crochet that I disgustedly threw out after 'thehellishtwoweekordeal' of trying to teach myself how to bead crochet. (for some reason some of those beads want to look purple  but they are lying, they are brown) I haven't been feeling overly inspired lately, (it could be weather related - ie. winter sucks!) but I did try some experimenting last weekend with tinted liquid polymer. I was going for a 'faux' ceramic look. I used blue because it...

I have accomplished a few crafty things in the last few weeks, just haven't had much chance to post cuz Honey has recently found a "Snow Machine Forum". Alot of chatting about and photos of snow machine  (or in most parts of the country - snowmobile) adventures. So he has been spending a bit more time on the computer than he used to, which means I spend less☺ The good part - more crafty accomplishments. The bad part - less show and tell. I was really getting in a funk about winter and I was crocheting  neckwarmers and wristwarmers like mad, so I decided maybe I should stop the winter wear for a while and think summer. I found this pattern for a summer "Straw Hat" and knew it would  be perfect for my sister.  She loved it so much she sent me a picture☺ Isn't she cute?  I want her hair. I also found a pattern for a bag that looked cool First let me say, I didn't think it would be so hard to take a picture of a bag. This was my experiment so I followed th...