Ever wonder where you get those funky bits and bobs to make funky junk with?  Or wonder where "that" designer found those funky beads?  Or how she got those great photos?  Here's your chance to find out! 

Funky Junk Designs(me) and SDR Jewelry (my sister) are cleaning out
our studios. Now this is not finished work...we know you all make
your own stuff. This is stuff that you can use to make stuff, that
we'll never use. Great for Jewelry Making, Collage, Altered Books,
Scrapbooking, Bookmaking and who knows what else...things WE haven't
thought of obviously!

Stuff Like:
Gem Stone Beads (Turquoise, Peridot, Howlite, Pearls, Pompeii Glass,
Citrine, Pyrite, and more)
Game Pieces
Fabulous Metal Letters, Numbers and Punctuation
Kreate-A-Lope
Bottle Caps
Buttons
Wire Jigs
Paper Punches
Paper Trimmers
Computer Pieces
Ephemera
A Cloud Dome for photgraphing your stuff
Art Rubber Stamps
The Studo Magazine (Fabulous OOP Journal)
Sterling and Onyx Headpins
Storage Pieces Including 3 and 6 drawer Iris Carts
Jewelry Making Books
Jewelry Findings in Base Metals (probably not sterling or GF, possibly in Vermeil)
Book Making Books
Paper Craft Books
Art Papers
Book Making Schtuff
Painting/Art Supplies
Heat Guns
Wood Burning Tool
Might be some beautiful faceted Sapphires and Emeralds (although I may
sell them before email me if interested)
Scrap Silver Wire (by the gram for fusing)
more, more, more...the cleanout has just begun

66 Potter Pond, Lexington. 10-1 September 27. Not easily accessible
by Public Trans, although it is right off of Trapelo Road in Waltham,
which public trans does go to  (and, if you ask us reeeeeaally nicely, we might even pick you up at Trapelo, 'cause there aren't any sidewalks down to Potter Pond and we want artistes to have what they need!! LOL!).

So, I needed 2 washers, but the hardware store had them only in bags of 50.  So, what to do with the other 48?  Make a bracelet, of course.  I'll wear it every time I go to the hardware store, which is much too often.


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I have been a professional, make my living through jewelry for many years.
My niece, who will be 13 in April, has always been interested in it, and a few years ago, I started to teach her metalsmithing.

For her upcoming birthday, she wants me to teach the girls chainmail.  BUT she decided that she wanted to learn first, so that she could make them each a bracelet as a party favor.

So, since she is not a member of this or any other forum (her parents don't let her have a lot of computer time for good reason) I told her that I would post her bracelets for her friends so that everyone could oooooh and aaah over them.

So: