Silhoutte Jewelry

Here's another Pinterest inspired project. 

I have had my Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio square punch, bubble caps, and metal charms for a little while.  Up until now, I have made a few charms and embellishments using pretty paper.  When I came upon children silhouttes in a Pinterest project, I wanted to try!  The original post I looked at suggested playing with the printer settings to get a dark profile picture.  What I ended up doing was getting the profile size that would fit in my charm.  Then, using a very sharp pair of scissors, I cut the profile out.  Next, I used a black Sharpie and colored the entire profile.  I attached this to a background paper, and then used my Epiphany Crafts tools to create the charm. 

I am very pleased with these, and plan to make a bracelet next.  This is a fun technique that is a great memory saver!

Project Embellishment or Hair Pin

With this project, you get a two-for-one.  The original packaging on these say "Hair Pin with Bezel".  That's all well and good, and one of the finished projects looks like this.

I got these hair clips at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 for a pack of 10.  The bezel is empty, so lots of space for imagination!  For this particular one, I added a round rhinestone.  This is the same clip design that I used for one that I placed on the edge of my calendar from my previous post.  That's the two-for-one part.  You can use these clips in the traditional way...in your hair...or as embellishments on your craft projects. 

Here are all the clips I have made thus far.

Besides adding rhinestones, another way to decorate your bezel is to add decorative paper.  Using my 1/2" circle punch, I chose a few to try out.  I love the little pumpkin paper!  Then, to top it off, I added some Glossy Accents to make a nice cover.  I plan to use these alot on projects, as hair pieces, and even as bookmarks!