Last month I flew out to Las Vegas to surprise my mom for her 60th birthday. Her party and my trip were all compliments of my Aunt. So as a thank you I sent her a box with some goodies for herself, my Uncle and my Cousin. Here is what I came up with.
Leather wrap bracelets are super popular right now. I see celebs wearing them in all the style mags, Etsy has a huge selection and they are all over Pinterest. Not to mention that I teach a class on how to make these at Urban and the classes are usually filled. So I made 2, one for my Aunt:
... and one for my Cousin:
And I was inspired to make some similar pieces. Here is the one that I thought my Aunt would like. The bracelets in the above picture look like "bangles" and I made mine with clasps to open and although some of the others that I have been making are with the recycled sari silk, this one I made with another silk blend yarn.
Here is the 3rd bracelet that I made for my aunt. This one is a little more funky but it is really fun to wear, mostly because it bounces and moves and almost has a life of its own. This is crocheted wire with some new and vintage findings. It is a double wrap with a magnetic closure so that it is really easy to put on.
As for my Uncle, I would love to have said that I made this, but I didn't. I bought it here at the Nothing New Stitchery Etsy shop. It is a recycled bicycle tire inner tube pouch. I thought that it was a perfect fit, since my uncle likes to bike.
Another one of the latest crazes is Washi or Paper tape. The tapes shown were purchased at Target.
I have to say that they are really handy, these fun decorative tapes can be used for anything. I had some generic white boxes and decorated them with the washi tape and coordinated the card envelopes to match.
With these gifts wrapped, sent and scheduled to be delivered today, I can work on this some more....
A paint by number which is a bit of irony considering I have a fine art degree and that.... just makes my giggle :-)
That's it for now. I have growing list of to-dos and want-to-dos.... we will see what I can get around to doing. For now, Happy crafting!
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