Things To Finish...Things Done

Things to Finish

1. Glycerine soaps
2. Put on corded chains for pendants (still in the mail)
3. Make gift bags (wait until everything is collected for size measurements)
4. Order tea leaves, coffee beans, bags of mixed nuts, usable nutcrackers
5. Continue looking into wrapped candies
6. Get feedback on nail decals
7. Finish bookmarks
8. Sugarplum Faerie dolls
9. Order embossing plate



Things Done

1. Hand-knitted partridges in nests
2. Yellow pear pendants
3. Sugarplum Faerie pendants
4. Business cards (in the mail)
5. Wine Glass Charms
6. Business ornament/charms display cards
7. All packaging materials - eggplant, white and antique gold colours

The gift bag so far - The Sugarplum Faerie

1. 6 Faerie Wine Glass Charms
2. Sugarplum Faerie Rubber Duckie
3. Faerie 'Pez' Candy Dispenser
4. Sugarplum Faerie Pendant
5. Package of Sugarplum Tomato Seeds
6. Hand-cross-stitched Sugarplum Faerie Bookmark
7. Hand-made Sugarplum Faerie Doll
8. Hand-made Sugarplum Scented/Faerie Shaped Glycerine Soap
9. Hand-made Gift Bag (not yet made!!)

I am looking into a small package of sugarplum flavoured tea leaves.

So.....anything else?

Finished Wine Charms :)

Wow, what an evening of wine, beads, hoops, charms and wee little pliers!

Each gift bag will receive a set of 6 wine glass charms. I have 3 themes with 10 gift bags each!!

My little fingers hurt...so the Pears will have to wait for another day :)

The Work Station.....

Sugarplum Faerie - Wine Glass Charms

The Nutcracker Prince - Wine Glass Charms

Smelly Stuff :)

For the glycerine soap....

Sugar Plum Dreams (The Sugarplum Faerie) -- my personal favourite :)

Tea & Honey (The Honey Bee)

Fresh Pear (Partridge in a Pear Tree)

Acorn Harvest (The Nutcracker Prince)

Sugarplums Dancing in Your Head.....

Well, I have almost finished my Sugarplum Faerie pendants. All I need to do now is solder the hoops closed. I am extremely happy with how they turned out! 

Crazy for Beads

Well this blog will cover both projects that require beads --- the Wine Glass Charms and the Sugarplum Faerie Pendants.

I purchased some beading matts. These ones are made of foam and not the tacky ones that I originally wanted. I will have to wait to see how well they work.

I ordered new beads for the Wine Glass Charms in a 4mm size as I found the seed beads just a bit too small. I am extremely happy with colours I got and have now placed another order for more of the same. 

                   

Jump rings....lots and lots of jump rings. As these are needed to attach the Wine Glass Charms to the wires and also they are needed to attach the Sugarplum Faerie Pendant to the bead charm holder. It is hard to tell in these photos but one set is matte and the other set very shiny. 

And finally, I ordered a longer length of beading nails and ended up ordering the eye type instead of the flat head! Oh well, the correct ones have now been ordered. 

Hanging by a Thread

Well actually by a jump ring!!

Here is another spacer bead that I can use to hang my Sugarplum Faerie pendants from. These ones have a little daisy flower stamped on them. (The others had a star, please review my blog post from March 17).

Sugarplum Faerie Pendant

Well folks...she is almost complete. I have being shipped to me now longer nail pins to complete her....but I do believe everything else is ready to go!

Of all of my projects...so far....(well besides the Petal Faeries)...this is my favourite. I can't wait to assemble these and see how they really turn out.

I received the pearl beads from bluemiste82 (ebay). I can't believe how quick they got here too!

Sugarplum Faerie Pendant Components

Slowly but surely, all the little bits and pieces are arriving to make the Sugarplum Faerie pendants.

Today from Moonbaby1962 (ebay) I received the little silver caps and a string of very soft pink imitation pearl beads. Unfortunately I think the pearls will be too big for this project....but no worries, they will get used :)

A work in progress....