Vial Neckalce

These necklaces seem to have become pretty popular. I saw these on Pinterest.

One of my (somewhat) secrets when it comes to making jewelry is to get my supplies at Claire's. There's an outlet store near me with a coupon for 20% off your purchase. Combine that with their 10 for $10 sales and you have some cheap supplies. 

Last summer, I cleaned them out of their vial earrings there. My intentions were to turn them into necklaces. Not to long ago, I relieved them of their earring hooks. Alas, I was short on necklace chains. I am ALWAYS short on necklace chains. So, that sat for a while.

Last weekend, I finally got some necklace chains and turned them into necklaces.

Do I feel bad it took me this long to make them, yes. Am I glad I finally got them done, yes.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Chalkboard Trays

One of the projects I finished during my crafty weekend were some chalkboard trays.

My Mom picked up some silver trays from Goodwill awhile back. We always intended to paint them with Chalkboard paint and turn them into signs for my business. We hadn't painted them yet to do a lack of paint. I think most people know Chalkboard paint is expensive. If you've never looked, let me just go ahead and tell you, it's expensive.

Lucky me, I found some SPRAY Chalkboard paint in the As-Is section at Michael's for 75% off. The lid was damaged but it didn't look used. WooHoo!

After spending 30 minutes taping off the edges of the platters, this is what I had.

And away I went with the spray paint, giving me this.

I gave them another coat and let them dry to gain the final product of this.

Even with all the time spent taping off the edges, there was still some seepage. (No matter the project, I always have problems with seepage.)

I've been able to scrape the seepages off for the most part and I still like the overall way they came out.

I think they'll be good signs at my next Craft Show.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.