Beading Arts

Lots of new additions to my Steampunk accessories board ! Visit and pin your favorites :-)

Time to Run Mixed media steampunk-style jewelry just never seems to go out of style, at least not with those who love mixed metals, industrial chic, retro styles, and fantasy!  Here's a piece that I made years ago that I still enjoy wearing.  Super easy!  The tutorial is at the link above. If you are a lover of all things steampunk too, you are welcome to follow my new Pinterest board called Steampunk accessories . 

Thanks to my recent obsession with all things textured, I ended up heat-shrinking a bag of Dove chocolates.  NO, the chocolates were not IN the bag, silly.  Of course I had already scarfed them all down, because that's another thing I'm obsessed with! What I did was to open up the bag completely, take it outside in case of fumes, and shrink it with my trusty heat gun.  If you don't have one, you might even be able to use a hair dryer if you can get it hot enough.  What happens is that these bags are layers of both metal and plastic.  The plastic shrinks and wrinkles, and takes the pretty bag colors with it. I'm thinking that this would be a great base layer for something steampunk, with gears and other metal bits.  And beads, of course!  What do you think? Copyright 2014 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided...

I feel funny saying too much about 1,000 Steampunk Creations: Neo-Victorian Fashion, Gear, and Art , because four of my jewelry pieces are included. So here's my up-front disclaimer: I didn't get paid, nor do I receive royalties from the sale of this book.  I am an Amazon affiliate, so if you buy the book through my site here, I think I get a couple of pennies!  There, I feel better :-) Dreamer's Chatelaine , one of my pieces that is included in this book Now I can tell you what I think of the book.  It's fantastic!  Browsing through all the fabulous images served to both solidify and to stretch my personal ideas of what constitutes steampunk style.  My husband likes it too, especially the metal assemblage pieces and inventions.  He desperately wants me to design a steampunk cover for his cell phone.  I'm thinking that I might just find the proper inspiration in this book! There are seven chapters in the book, some of which kind of overl...

Well, how to make the Time to Run necklace at any rate! Wish that I knew how to make more time in each day :-) Time to Run Materials - Metal parts from Beadaholique 3 copper discs, 26 mm 4 hammered oval links, 20 mm Copper curb link bracelet, cut in half 5 ” piece of heavy brass chain, cut in half 12 ” piece of small copper curb chain, cut in three 4 brass jump rings, 8 mm 12 copper jump rings, 6 mm Miscellaneous watch parts Two-part epoxy resin Tools Flat nose pliers Wire cutters Ruler Toothpick 1. Attach oval links together with copper jump rings as shown. Add dangling 4 ” pieces of small copper chain and copper discs with jump rings. 2. Attach oval links to the brass chain pieces with large brass jump rings. 3. Attach copper bracelet chain to each end of the brass chain with large brass jump rings , with the clasp on the outside to use as a necklace clasp. 4. Stir up some epoxy resin and use to adhere watch parts to copper discs.