St Piux Art and Craft Show Saturday

I am doing a show that tomorrow and am cranking out jewelry nonstop. I get into a creative frenzy and can't seem to stop myself. I always worry I don't have enough or the right stuff that everyone is looking for. I hope it's a good day! If you are in the Atlanta area stop by and say "Hi".

Domino Tutorial Finally

Here is it finally. I am sorry I took so long to get this done. If I need to clarify anything just email me your questions.

Domino Tutorial

Materials-dominoes, background papers, focal image, white glue, packing tape, 2 part epoxy resin ( I used Little Windows brand), flat back Swarovski crystals, E-6000 glue, flat backed bails, diamond glaze adhesive/sealer,
Bird images ( I used some from Lisa’s altered art) her link is
http://www.lisasalteredart.com/index.htm

Process- Glue background paper to flat side of domino with
Diamond Glaze, then trim away excess paper. Next, the focal image needs to be sealed by either sandwiching the image between two pieces of packing tape, or brushing white glue over the front, back and sides of the image. If sealed with tape, be sure to run white glue around the edges after the excess tape has been trimmed away. This step is necessary to keep the image from becoming transparent when the resin comes into contact with it. The image can now be glued down to the domino using the Diamond Glaze. Burnish down with your finger to make sure there are no ripples. You can now add further embellishments. I use Diamond Glaze to adhere the flat crystals and watch gears. Allow the glue to dry.

After preparing several dominoes mix your epoxy resin according to the manufacturers directions. Place domino on a non-stick surface such as a craft sheet or waxed paper. Slowly pour the epoxy resin down the center of the domino, then take your stir stick and gently push the resin out to the edges of the domino without running over the edges. Continue until all of the dominoes have been covered with the resin. Place a domed cover over the dominoes to protect from dust. In twelve hours dominoes will cure. To make the domino into a pendant a flat backed bail can now be glued onto the back of the domino with E-6000 glue. Allow the glue to cure for 48hrs for the best bond. If preferred a hole can be drilled into the top of the domino and a cord can be strung through.

Epoxy resin info

For these dominoes I used Little Windows resin. I found it to be very easy to use and had no perceivable odor. I never had a batch not cure or any trouble at all. I have tried other brands and did have some that did not cure correctly. It can be found here
https://www.little-windows.com/makeyourown.php


Now with all of that being said, if you do end up purchasing from Little Windows there is a referral program there that allows you to put the name of the person of sent you there and then they give a web credit. I would appreciate it that you tell her Denise Moore sent you. I don’t think I will ever get tired of playing around with it.

Look here to see more pictures of these dominoes from an older post.

Please email me if you need more info.

Queen Bee Steampunk Necklace

I have been holding onto some old pocket watch faces, not sure how I wanted to use them. I was playing around with some of my metal stampings and thought this looked kinda fun, the Queen Bee. I found a some new silver colored chain that sparkles so nicely. So I strung them all up together for this necklace.

I also made a new caged bird necklace. This one I added some of my new crystal ball beads. I love these! I have them in white, pink and blue, and then I have a silver color as well as a black oxidized color. I could easily hoard these and not want to use them, but I let a couple go for this new necklace.

Transformers Halloween Costume

I have always loved dressing up for Halloween. As a kid I spent many nights working on elaborate costume like Super Chicken and a very authentic Gumby that I wore in college. The Gumby costume netted my quite a few contest prizes. My friends toted me from bar to bar entering as many contests in one night as possible. The downside was it was very difficult to go to the bathroom, and it was highly flamable. I love watching the Today show and Regis & Kelly to see the costume contests. I found this amazing Transformers costume on YouTube someone took a loooong time on this one. See it here.

New necklaces

This week I have just wanted to hang at home, not feeling socializing much. So I stayed in and created several new necklaces. I am really trying to mix grunge with glitter, old with new you get the idea. Here are some of my latest creations. I would love to know what you think.

Time to say goodbye to a wonderful friend

I have not posted in about a month after promising a tutorial for the dominoes. I am very sorry if any of you have been checking back and looking for the tutorial. I will get it on here, I promise. I got distracted and off track during this last month, but for a good reason. My sweet girl, Maddy, who I just posted the smiling photos of recently became sick during this past month. It started out pretty benign, she didn't seem to care for her food anymore. No problem I got a new bag of something that sounded like it would please her. She was only mildly interested in the new stuff and soon started having diarrhea. After two visits to the vet then an internist vet who did a colonoscopy we found out what the problem was after all. Maddy was diagnosed with high grade lymphoma and was getting progressively worse quickly. We had to say good bye to her this past Saturday. She was truly a member of our family and we are having a hard time not having her with us. She was my constant companion, getting used to this new reality not easy.

Domino tutorial coming soon...

I have gotten a lot of requests for info on making the dominoes I have shown here. I am going to write up a quick tutorial and have the info for ordering the materials I used to make them. Check back I hope to have it on here by Sunday evening! Thanks for the emails and sweet comments :)