craftgrrl | Earrings, a purse, and Fellowship pins! (Reply)

I've been on a crafting binge, and set about making some early gifts for future birthdays and next Christmas, as well as finally finishing a purse of my own.

A preview:

I lost a lot of weight after freshman year in high school, so these trousers no longer fit me. I kept them even after I graduated, but I never got around to making them. Finally, here they are. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do to add flair and decoration to it?

The shells I got off a beach one day, and those are malachite stones above them. The origami cranes are made with mulberry paper and have been set with 10:1 water:glue mix. Because the Chinese have a superstition about wearing paper, I can't use them, but I'm going to give them to a friend in dire need of earrings.

I made these out of clay and wire, then painted them with metallic acrylic paint. I also made an extra ledge with a holes in the back so they can either be worn as a pin or a necklace. I'm making plans to make earrings too, but these are prototype pins. I'm hoping to be better at working with Sculpey. Which one do y'all think is the best looking one? I'd love to know so I can improve my design.

That's it for now.