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Monday, April 16, 2012

How2: Upcycled Printing! @NPL

A short stack of styrofoam© re-maker

Since styrofoam isn't recyclable... I've been saving trays from the grocery store for at least three years and (unfortunately) have accumulated quite a stack!

What to do, what to do?

Upcycled Printing!

If you happen to be in Newburyport this Saturday, April 21st,

stop by our lovely Library any time between 1:00 & 4:00pm

and learn how to make really quick, really fun prints

with foam trays, wine corks, old books & paper and some ink!

Make a card or a print or a really fun book marker!

In fact, we'll make lots of upcycled book markers

printed on old dictionary pages and we'll share the extras

with folks checking out a book to celebrate Earth Day!

Hope to see you there!

Newburyport Public Library

Saturday April 21st from 1:00 ~ 4:00pm

This event is free and appropriate for all ages!

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Balled Headpins from Gardanne Beads~ Reveal

Oh, my! What beautiful headpins!

As I mentioned last month, I was one of the lucky recipients of a pair of beautiful lampwork glass ball headpins made by Anne of Gardanne Beads from the lovely Lorelei Eurto as part of this blog hop challenge.

I encountered a little trouble at the start. I was a bit too agressive while wrapping one of the wires and the ball end popped off. You can read about that adventure here.

I had originally thought that I'd add a leaf dangle, but after trying a few different ideas, decided that I really wanted to showcase the beautiful glass.

So, I made a couple of 14 gauge copper jump rings and balled copper headpins for earwires, popped the whole lot in the tumbler to shine the copper up a bit and viola!

Here we are, the great reveal!