Craft Madness

green.. GREEN I say

2007-01-23T12:29:00.000-08:00

A daring design which is seen more often nowadays.
A bundle of leather and fabric strips from which a collection of beads is hung.
The knot on the front keeps it all nicely together while a traditional toggle on the back makes it easy to put on. usually 27.50 euro now 20 euro

Children are so innocent

2007-01-18T11:16:00.000-08:00

This post has taken so long to write, there has been phone calls, computer mishaps, internet disconnection and blogger being a little bugger, so lets push the devil aside and get right down to why I am writing this.
This post is about children helping children.

I do not know how to write what I am feeling and what is weighing on my heart, so I shall copy and past a little story that is about my daughter and the reason behind this post.

Made by my 7 year old daughter and the story begins back Christmas of 2004 when the tsunami hit south east Asia my daughter then 5 come to me with tears in her eyes and her moneybox in hand saying that now the children need help and an angel, I told her if they need an angel why not make some for the children, this is the end result of my daughters now dream to help children in poverty.
These angels she calls AJ's saved angels, AJ being her initials and "saved angels" has 2 meanings,
1 she sells her angels to donate the money for children in need to save a child
2, "saved" is because the beads she uses are saved beads, ones I have dropped while making my jewelry.

Now you know the little story and can see the pictures above, some of the angels made and also one of my daughter making an angel.

Is there a price I can put on these angels ? I don't think so, so every donation made to the charity my daughter has chosen will receive a "saved angel" know in making a donation you are also saving a child!

please feel free to contact me on ways to donate or surf to the link above.
shy@imaginationmadness.com

Rice, but not to eat!

2007-01-10T13:42:00.000-08:00

This is a hobby of mine for years but I put it on the back burner, that was till all my friends started having babies! As a gift I wrote the babies name on one side and the date of birth on the other. I have also written lovers names on the rice, nick names even "marry me"
I will give anything a try.
I sell these for 7,50 euro. ($9.60 US)
I think these will be a nice gift for valentines.
Contact me for postage and handling: shy@imaginationmadness.com
you can also surf to www.imaginationmadness.com to see the different vials your grain of rice can be displayed in.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures but I found it harder to take a close up picture of rice then writing on it!

A little Tie

2007-01-08T16:25:00.000-08:00

A simple necklace without a lock, but that is worn by putting a little tie at the front. The necklace is made from a nickel free chain and faceted glass beads. I can make these in many colours
$20,- including P&H

Lets all read.

2007-01-06T23:27:00.000-08:00

lately I have been reading a lot, when I am finished reading I have to look for a receipt or scrap paper to use as a bookmark, I got really sick of it so I decided to make myself a bookmark.
I liked the results so much that I spent the whole afternoon making them. Here are some of the finished bookmarks

I should charge by the hour!

2007-01-04T04:48:00.000-08:00

Oh I love to hate this necklace, It is one long strand of pearls, the necklace shown in the picture took me close to 5 days to make! It is not made the usual way by making circles in the ends and connecting the beads one by one, it is made by weaving and wrapping the wire around itself over and over again, The end result is stunning.
I do not charge an hourly rate for making my jewelry if so this necklace would run into the thousands.
The pearl as you see in the picture is $27 including postage and handling if you desire faceted beads they come in a wide range of colours and cost $32 including postage and handling.
Allow 72 hours for your necklace to be made and posted due to the fact that these necklaces are made to order and I will need to purchase the beads when demanded.

Gothic Spider

2007-01-02T10:20:00.000-08:00

I made this necklace originally for myself to go with a gothic dress I was wearing to Carnival (A Dutch tradition) I got many comments about it, it was admired by many.
Made with antique copper coloured metal, together with black faceted Chez beads. The middle piece consists of an ornament that has small Swarovski Rhine stones.
This necklace I will not make more of there is only 2 ever made and one I have for myself. $65 which includes postage and handling

One for you Americans

2007-01-01T13:08:00.000-08:00

I love this necklace it looks really delicate.
Made with red, white (clear) and blue swarovski beads along with small stars. This can be made in many different colours and other then stars there is also hearts or half moons to choose from. Because your all so lovely and sweet and I am to lazy to do conversions I am am selling them for $24 this INCLUDES postage and handling to anywhere in the world

What started the workshops

2006-12-30T10:28:00.000-08:00

This necklace was made for a friend to wear at a wedding. So many people liked it when I placed it on my webpage that I decided to do a workshop so people could make it themselves and to choose thier own colour. This can still be ordered and comes in a wide range of colours
E-mail with any questions
shy@imaginationmadness.com

www.imaginationmadness.com

First things first

2006-12-29T04:35:00.000-08:00

A few years back when I thought about making necklaces, I knew nothing about what to use or how to do it. So my daughter (3 years old then) and myself went out shopping for beads she picked everything and helped with making the necklace and here is the result..
The first necklace I ever made. On the back there is a rice grain where I wrote my name and also my daughters name ( also a past time of mine, writing on rice)

Why oh why oh WHY???!!!!

2006-12-27T06:50:00.000-08:00

So why make this blog you ask?
Well over the last year I have been working on my necklaces and jewelry making, considering the amount of beads, wires, clamps, bottlecaps, coins, machines and so on I have gathered over the years and due to the fact I have injured my back and unable to work it is time to go wider then the local markets and word of mouth. So watch out world here I come I have hit the world wide web.
I shall be posting necklaces, bags, window hangers, bookmarks, whatever I can think of making you shall see them posted here!!!
So watch out world here I come!