Category — Crafts

Aren’t these cute? I’ve always wanted business cards, but I’m still a student so that never happened… until now! Well, they’re not technically business cards. But now I have something to give out when I meet people at networking events and conferences. I got them made at www.shopmbmb.com.

When I visited a friend in Boston last spring, we spent a few hours at Beadworks. The shop has a variety of beads, jewelry supplies, and tables in the back for immediate creation of your purchases. 

I had never made jewelry before, so my necklace was simply strung beads. It’s supposed to be inspired by Greece: white houses and blue sea. The blue is the cord, which you can’t really see here.

After I returned to Davis, I found that we have a similar shop. A Better Place to Bead also has a table and allow patrons to borrow tools for making jewelry in the store. Sadly, I have been so busy that I have not been able to go. That all changed when I was inspired by a necklace I saw on freepeople.com, so I finally dragged my butt to the bead store this weekend.

Unfortunately, they did not have the beads I wanted. Next option? Joann’s Fabric. Got my beads for much cheaper, and I even got something to fix the necklace I made in Boston. The white and blue is now much more prominent. Here’s what it looks like:

I went crazy and made four in total. Two are inspired by Free People and two are inspired by the Greek Isles. 

I have enough beads left to make a few more, but I should start working on my Journal Club presentation for lab.

Ever since Season 2 of Project Runway, I have wanted to sew. I even bought a sewing machine without really knowing how to use it. My desire to sew didn’t translate into any projects, however. I tried once to use my machine and gave up.

A few months ago, I took a clothing alterations class through my school’s experimental college. It felt so satisfying to hem pants and skirts and make them fit me. Does that sound dorky? I don’t care. I spent an entire weekend once just hemming things. I’m shorter than the tall girls they make clothes for, so it felt good to finally have things fit me. Yeah, I could’ve brought them to a tailor, but I like to save money where I can.

My first non-alteration project is a camera case courtesy of a tutorial by Auymills. I made it as a birthday present for a friend. It turned out cute, so I also made one for myself.

I’m looking for a new project. If you have any suggestion of something semi-easy and cute to make, let me know!