Puzzle Necklace the Sequel!

I made a necklace a while ago with pieces of a Peter Maxx puzzle. That particular post is viewed a lot and every time I wear the necklace, people comment on it. Because of that, I decided to do another one. The pieces on this one are a bit smaller so more difficult to work with. It's a good thing that this puzzle had a lot of pieces because a few of them tore. Here is a helpful hint, apply a coat of nail polish to the backs, they become more sturdy and also have a smooth texture. The design was more complex so it took a few hours to complete. This is one of those puzzles that had a lot of small pictures to make the larger picture. I really liked the shades of blue it gives it a turquoise like effect.

There are so many options with the puzzles that if I perfected the technique they would be marketable. But for now it is too time consuming to make very many and my hands got sore after making all of the tiny holes for the jump rings. I am looking forward to showing off my latest handiwork. Please let me know what you think. Feedback and comments are welcome!

Here is another repeat, but there is a story. My mother in law was at my home and saw my jar of shells. She had a bunch that my niece had collected and liked this idea to display them so she asked me to arrange them and add a decoration on top. It is always a surprise to me when a simple project like this can inspire others.

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Heartthrob Cafe Memories

The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me tell you they were tricky! The murals are on glass and when

Beaded Sunflower

Remember yesterday when I said this beading thing could be addictive? Well, here is another beaded project. Originally the flower was supposed to be pink but the yellow seemed to work better. For now it is attached to a headband but that may change to a brooch. While I was photographing the subject of this post, it reminded me of a cruise that we went on. The ship was the Carnival Conquest and until we got aboard the ship, I was unaware that the decor was all impressionist artist influenced. Just wandering around and looking at the decor was like being in a floating gallery. Why this post reminds me of the cruise, the gigantic sunflower in this atrium! Here is a picture of it. Yes, another item influenced by Van Gogh, go figure.

A few paintings

Can you believe it? Another post this soon! I have been making stuff, but the posting has gotten slower, sorry. These two wooden plaques were bought at a thrift store for less than $2.00 each. They had some premade botanical pictures on them. I decided to just paint some random designs on them. They are about 12 inches square and they turned out great but now what I really want to do is some more paintings in this style only much larger. The designs would make such a statement on a larger scale. That may require a trip to Menards or Home Depot. Sorry for the picture quality, my camera in not working the best right now.

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