Recent Jewelry Makings

Sidenote: I have made much more jewelry than this recently, but this is what I had around me and it is what I could find. :)


Since it is now Summer, I have been making a lot o' jewlery of late. This is just a fraction of what I have been making! :)


I've been doing a lot of wire hammering. It's really easy and makes the wire look really nice and flat. As you can tell, hearts are one of my favorite things to make. :)

 A single-strand gold braided wire circlet (that's a mouthful!), I plan on decorating it with royal blue beads and gold flowers (if I can find them, that is) to make it look like Eowyn's circlet from The Two Towers.

I made this bracelet yesterday. I am shamelessly proud of it. I found the silver beads with the blue crystal at JoAnn's for a little over a dollar! They are Swarovski, which are usually close to $10! I also used some tiny crystals and some seed beads I got a long time ago. It was actually pretty easy to make. :)

That's all for today, folks! More posts coming soon! :)

Love,
Mary Grace

Wire Braiding

One of the techniques I've been working on lately, is wire braiding.

This cuff, was my first wire braiding attempt. I made it in back in January. (Read about it here)

First project. 

Soon after I made the cuff, I decided to try a circlet. (Check it out, here) The braiding is pretty uneven, but it's not too bad for a beginner.

 A couple months later, in May,  I decided to try single strand wire braiding. I made a circlet. While I personally prefer the look of the multiple strand braiding, the single strand is still pretty. (I would like single strand braiding a lot more if I could get it even... this circlet is SO uneven!) It works well if you're low on wire, also. 

And then in June, when all three LOTR Extended Editions were re-released I, again used single strand wire braiding to make an Eowyn Circlet to go with my costume. The braiding on this circlet is way more even, but sadly the only picture I have on this computer is one I took of myself wearing it. (WARNING: I look really weird in this pic.) 

I'm actually wearing the circlet as a headband in this photo. ^_^

And then, last week, when I was at the craft store, I spotted some beautiful blue copper wire that was on sale. I fell in love with it. I bought it, along with some silver wire. I made two wire braiding projects with it. First I made a cuff.

I used three strands of wire in each section, and then braided them together. My braiding still isn't that even, but it has improved.

After I made the cuff, and was planning to make a circlet a sudden idea popped into my head. Who ever said you could only do the basic three strand braid on wire? NO ONE. So, I decided to try a fishtail braid in wire! I <3 Fishtail braids, they're everywhere in LOTR! Like, every elf has one. So that's why I chose the fishtail.

Me wearing the circlet.

Doing a fishtail braid was a lot harder then the basic three strand... My wire kept getting tangled up, and a couple times it was so tangled that I had to undo part of the braiding and start over. My braiding was waaaaaaaaaaay uneven, but I still love this circlet.

My sister said she couldn't tell how the two braids were different, she claimed that the fishtail just looked tighter. So I took a picture to show that they are different. ;)

God Bless!

Braided Wire Circlet

Sorry some of the pics aren't that great. This circlet was made with 20 GA Wire and a couple glass pearls. It took up almost all my wire! o.O

I braided the wire, wrapped the wire around the ends, then wove in the pearls. :)