Bottlecap Bonanza!

I found a great pack of High School Musical stickers at the store the other day. They worked perfectly with my punch even! So I made a whole batch of High School Musical bottle caps. In fact, it's amazing what you can do on a treadmill.

It took me a little longer than usual and I didn't do as fast a walk as usual, but I glazed all of these while doing my evening exercise the other night! I made up for the speed by pumping up the incline. Trust me, my heart rate went plenty high, LOL.

Uses for bottle caps:
mount on a bow or on a pony-o to put in hair
add a jump ring to make necklace pendant
add to key chain (such as the BYU keychain in previous post)
add magnets to the back and use on the fridge, filing cabinet, locker, magnet board, etc.
add earring wires to create unique earrings
add a filler and a pin back to pin to a jacket, purse, backpack, scarf, etc.

As-is, Retail $.1.00 WS $.75
pendant, Retail $1.50 WS $1.12
keychain, Retail $3.50 WS $2.62
magnet back, Retail $1.50 WS $1.12
earrings (pair), Retail $5.00 WS $3.75
pin back, Retail $1.50 WS $1.12

Wholesale minimum: 10

In a whole different area of crafting

Before I started with ribbons and bows I was making lots of jewelry. Mostly I made wire wrapped jewelry with sterling silver or gold rolled wire. It is beautiful, unique, and more expensive to make than bows, LOL. I still love jewelry, but I just can't do it as often as I wish.
I made this jewelry set for a mother of 4. What mother couldn't use something fun for herself? Unfortunately I am out of wire right now, so I wasn't able to do wire wrapped jewelry for her. I make this jewelry set out of wood, tigereye, mother of pearl, and freshwater pearls.

Interchangeable Bottle cap Necklace

My 6 year old has a birthday party to go to this afternoon. Without having to go to the store I decided to try my hand at a bottlecap necklace. I am so happy with how it turned out! I was even smart this time and made an extra for my 'Daisy' to keep. She was really happy to hear that :) I used a plastic tubing to make the necklace part so it is a little stretchy. I used a lobster clasp on the necklace and put split rings on the bottlecaps so you can just clip on your choice of pendant. It even comes with two necklaces: black and brown. They'll be the most fashionable girls on the playground ;). The way these necklaces are put together if you pull hard on them it will pull apart. There is a small hard plastic bit that holds it together. I considered using something different, then decided that I was more comfortable with this method. If the necklace gets caught on something, the necklace will give way before serious damage can be done. It adds a little peace of mind for those overly anxious mommies (like me!).

Modeled by my little "Sunshine"