Terry Ricioli Designs

Hi crafty friends! Here's an easy tutorial for the earrings that I made last month.  Thanks for your encouragement Crafty Hope !  Stop by her blog for more crafty goodness! I made these with rope from Hemptique : I used the natural but it comes in a lot of different colors and combinations . For the wire hoops, I used TierraCast Charm Keepers in the 32mm size.  You could also make your own hoops with some heavy wire. The other materials are 24 gauge wire in Vintage Bronze and a pair of brass ear wires. For this tutorial, I'm using hoops that I made myself from 16 gauge copper wire.  I hammered them after I made the hoop to give it some texture and harden the wire. Cut 2 1/2" lengths of the rope.   Cut about 4" of the 24 gauge wire.  Fold the rope over the hoop and wrap the 24 gauge wire close to the fold. Trim the wire and press the ends into the rope.  Unravel the rope completely. Keep adding fringe until it is a...

Hi crafty friends, This Designer Crafts Connection blog hop we are sharing our favorite products, techniques and crafts.  Which one to choose?  I love so many crafty things. I just got a new box of craft goodies from Plaid as a result of a fortuitous meeting in their booth at AFCI in January (Thank you, Julie and Shauna!).  So, I thought I'd show you their quite generous shipment. Wow, right!  Plaid has been generous to designers ever since I've been in the industry - and they continue to be.  New brushes, several different brands of paint and plenty of Mod Podge! But, the item that I was most excited about was a product from their Bucilla line.  I love yarn and thread, fiber and fabric.  It's where I started crafting - stamped embroidery, sewing and needlepoint.  Now, I can add weaving to the mix with the Weaving Loom. I have strung the loom with the warp threads (vertical threads) with some Hemptique twine.  Then I took a l...