Thursday, December 15, 2011

Deck the Cards with Lots of Embellies.....

Fala la la la la la la!!

'Tis the season to be decorating and adding all those extra little touches to the home, decor items  and packages!  Today and tomorrow, the E-Team is going to share some ideas on using Maya Road's Vintage Embellishments Bits Pack. 


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Sherry is sitting this one out, but make sure you stop by and wish her some holiday cheer!!

Daisy is REALLY in the Holiday Spirit and is generously picking 6 (SIX) winners for this blog hop! A winner will be chosen from each blog. 3 winners will win a $20 eP GC & 3 winners will win a fun box stuffed with eP embellishments that will include trims, brads, buttons, decorative pins, Stickles, & more!


•You can leave comments beginning Thurs - Sun (Dec 15-Dec 18)

•Winner's will be announced on Tues Dec 20th on the eP blog

I don't know about you, but I'm soooo far behind in my holiday preparations, that I'm beginning to think I'm ahead of the game, haha!  So, I'm looking for quick easy ideas to use on my (ahem) last minute gifts and projects.  While looking through the Pottery Barn Teen catalog and BINGO!!  Fun, quick and CUTE inspiration!!

First, the catalog inspiration:


Aaand....My Take!!
 

The main circle is from the Embellishment Pack.  What is nice about this is, it has a different pattern on the "backside", so there is no wrong way to wear the necklace, or if it gets twisted, no worries!  I just looped the chain and using jump rings, added the Findings Baubles and the smaller circle and beads from an old necklace.  Easy Peasy!!

Then I just happened to notice the cute flower paper clips that were also in the pack.





Seriously.....how easy was this to make such CUTE earrings?!!  All I did was use jump rings to hook everything together!! I think both these projects together took me under 15 minutes to make (I spent more time trying different layouts than the actual assembling!!)
 
I think that these would make a great stocking stuffer for a teen girl (or a young at heart lady! haha).  Quick, easy and cute.  What more could one ask for from a homemade gift?!! 
 
I'll be back later this weekend with the project that I did for one of the teachers.  'Till then.....

60 comments:

Lin said...

Cute! Your daughter will adore them!

Kathy Eddy said...

These are both super cute! My granddaughter would love them!

slbt17 said...

Great ideas!
Lovely.
Sandra ltb

Claudine said...

Oh my goodness, what a great way to use the things in the pack. I love these!! Those would make perfect gifts. Wonderful!!

Ruby Craft said...

Love your jewelry!

Stampin2day said...

What cool ideas! I wouldn't have thought of using the Maya Road embellies for jewelry. Thank you for the inspiration. And...Happy Holidays!

Pam said...

These are perfect gifts, love them!! Now I need some of those flowers to make the earrings!!
Pam

Dee in N.H. said...

Those are awesome!!! I especially love the necklace with all the bits!

Margie said...

Love the necklace!!

connie said...

Love your take on the necklace!

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

Love this embellishment pack. Your designs are perfect for those special little gals this season.
Thanks for the fun and great inspiration. E-Team always has such fun variety to share.

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful jewelry pieces! Fab use of the Maya Road product!

Sandy said...

Wow, how cute are those!!! Love your different take with the embellies!

paperpapier said...

so unique and stunning too!

Broni said...

OMG, girlfriend!!! You used these trinkets just perfectly! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the necklace and earrings and am seriously knocking myself in the head for not thinking of this!!

Kathy said...

I am not much of a jewelry creator, but you make it look so easy. I love what you did with the embellishments from Maya Road. Its gives me courage to try it - beautiful. Happy Holidays!

Melody (lacyquilter) said...

Fabulous! Love the blue one especially. Can't go wrong with jewelry.

SusanK said...

Well aren't you the innovative one?!?!? So simple yet they look like you spent hours on them. Maybe I should check out my paper clip stash for unique shapes.

Pat said...

Great idea to use the embellishments as jewelry. Love the earrings.

Sylvia said...

What fabulous embellished ideas, Starla! Love what you did with the beads. The paper clips are so fun. Hope your season is going together nicely! Have a wonderful day.

Bunnyfreak said...

So cool that you made jewelry. Love how the pieces turned out.

Kathy/NorthCarolina said...

That's impressive! Looks like a lot of great goodies in that embellie pack!

Anonymous said...

They are adorable, thank you for sharing them.

handmade_cass said...

Love that necklace! Great ideas for using the same supplies even when you're not papercrafting.

Beate said...

Gorgeous Necklace and earrings, Starla.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new Year.
Hugs and smiles

Terry said...

Gorgeous creations and will be so loved! Thank you for the great inspiration!

Julie Bowman said...

Great and quick gifts. I may have to "steal" from you.

Vail said...

Great way to use the embellishments, very nice.

Stef H said...

sheesh! is there anything you CAN'T do???? these are gorgeous!

wishing you and yours a truly blessed holiday. let the fun begin!!!!

hugs :)

Danee said...

you really thought outside the box. Love the unconventional way you looked at the project.

Sassy said...

These would make gorgeous gifts!

Susan said...

What great "outside the box" projects using the embellishments from the pack!Especially love the necklace.

Linda Carson said...

Get out!! Now that's a clever and creative idea!! Way cool!

dbjhudson said...

I did not realize the flowers were paper clips. What a simple and fun use for them. I am becoming very interested in jewelry making. Another use for all I have collected and want to play with. Thanks for the inspiraton.

Cathy Y said...

Wow - now that was a very clever take on using embellishments!

nonnie said...

these are way cute...nice job!

Anonymous said...

Your jewelry is wonderful! Perfect gifts.

Unknown said...

I love the jewelry you created with those embellishment bits. So creative.

Larissa Heskett said...

I LOVE the jewelry idea how cute are those!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

Kathy Ethington said...

Perfect and quick!! What could be better??

rush said...

oooo...something different than paper. what a refreshing idea! rush88888 at gmail dot com

Glenda said...

Oh my clever friend! These are lovely...didn't know you played with necklaces too!

land of ahz said...

how cool is this, i had no idea that you could make jewelry out of this, thank you for the inspiration i cant wait to give this a try. hugs candy

Unknown said...

wow! What a totally different take! LOVE how you used the 'parts'. These will make adorable presents.

Alexandra Lundgren said...

These are WONDERFUL! How super creative to see these used in non paper craft ways! LOVE the necklace!

Pam said...

Cute! Super quick & easy. Love how you did this.

Caroline D. said...

Super cute!! And you are extra clever to think of making jewelry from a trinket package!! Fun hop... thanks!

BethW said...

I would have never thought of anything like this.Thank you for the brilliant inspiration.

jengd said...

Great jewelry! I love that you went away from papercrafting with the embellishment pack!

Candy's Creations Blog said...

Great ideas! My teenage daughters would love it1

McStamper said...

Love your jewelry - great job.

Sharon said...

Wow, you're so creative to think of using the bits for jewellry.Neat!
Sharon

Renee Collier said...

These definitely will make nice gifts! Thanks for sharing.

Indy's Designs said...

Love the necklace!

Rea' said...

Oh so cute... great gift ideas, who would have thought ... But Maya embellishments take creativity to amazing heights !

Sue D said...

Very clever jewelry!
slrdowney at hotmail dot com

Denise Bryant said...

I love your creations! Very fun!
DeniseB

Toni K said...

Adorable gifts! Who knew it could be so easy?!

LaNell said...

so creative. Love the simpleness of the ear rings. Thanks for you project ideas.

Stacey Barrows said...

What a great idea! I love the necklace. Never thought of using scrapbook supplies that way! Thanks for sharing!