My little artist

This is a picture that my 5 year old son Charles drew. He got to ride in a fire truck with my husband in our town's 4th of July parade yesterday.

He is becoming quite the little artist!

Here he is at the parade:

Hope that everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July!

A Christmas Themed Giveaway...

Up for grabs...two pairs of Christmas light bulb earrings (one made of polymer clay and the other set made from the seed beaded brick stitch pattern that I posted yesterday) and a really pretty polymer clay Christmas tree ornament. Sounds like the prize for you? If so....

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment in this post with a way for me to contact you if you win. I will randomly draw a name on next Tuesday, December 2nd.

Good Luck!

seed beaded witch hat earrings: pattern and giveaway!

**this giveaway is now closed, thanks!**

I created this cute witch hat earring pattern...just in time for Halloween!

Feel free to use the pattern to make yourself a pair (or enter to win a pair, details below!).

You will need to know how to do a two drop brick stitch and fringe.

Size 11/0 round or cylinder type beads will work best. I used Toho treasures in a black, yellow and green shade.

(click on photo below for larger image)

finished product:

check out this website for really helpful, free beading tutorials:

Bead Stitching Tutorials by Ann Benson

want to make your own designs?

look here for free bead graph paper:

http://shala.addr.com/beads/resources/graphpaper/

Like this pattern?

Check out my book of 15 patterns!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007M0KV0U

Oh...and about the giveaway!

If you would like the earrings pictured to be yours,

leave a comment in this post with your name and a way to contact you if you win. I will randomly draw a name on next Friday, October 17th.

Good Luck!

© 2008 threemoonbabies / Marjorie Dalgarn, All rights reserved.

You may use this tutorial to make jewelry for sale. If you do so, please link back to Marjorie Dalgarn (http://livingwiththreemoonbabies.blogspot.com) in the item description.