CabbyCraft: faux stone

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

[Project] Hello, October!

Hello, October! What? Where did the time go? It was this day last year when my parents and sister came to the US, yes, on the day of the government shutdown. The memories are so fresh in my mind.

Well, I wanted to start the month making jewelry hence I made earrings! I saw this article by one of my Bead soup blog party partners, Melissa Meman, in the April -May 2011 issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry. How cool is that? I used peridot teardrop glass beads and copper wire. It is not quite finished yet but it's a good start.

Melissa Meman's Article

I wanted to share with you this pair of Faux Stone Earrings that I made during my Integrated Earring Design Class with Ms. Kathleen Dustin. These were made several months ago from polymer clay beads but I didn't know how to design and make use of them. I added sterling silver wire that I oxidized and wow, I love how it turned out. I'm planning to make more of these.

Faux Turquoise Stone made from Polymer Clay
Sterling silver earwire

I hope you enjoyed your first day of October. Take care and see you soon!
♥ michelle ♥

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The Studio Sublime

Hello friends and welcome to the reveal date of The Studio Sublime's

"Creating with Cabochons"

hosted by Ms. Sally Russick.

"Serenity Statement Necklace"

by Michelle Escaño-Caballero

se·ren·i·ty

"the state of being calm, peaceful, untroubled"
"an oasis of serenity amidst the bustling city"

Serenity Statement Necklace
Faux Stone Polymer Clay

There is a feeling of peace and calm whenever I do something that is far beyond what my day at the office is. I like spending time at home and being creative. This challenge was a long process that took about 3 weeks of my free time to finish.

I love making cabochons from polymer clay so I made 3 teardrops using the Rocky Path technique that I have shared in this blog a couple of times. Doesn't it look like stones?

Serenity Statement Necklace
Polymer clay cabochon: Rocky Path Technique
Faux Stone

The embroidery took about 4 nights to finish and that includes sewing and unsewing the beads. LOL. I am happy with how it turned out but I think I will add a picot beads on the border... perhaps I will write a post blog article on that.

In the meantime, let's head over to The Studio Sublime and see more beautiful pieces.

Our Host: Sally Russick

D Lynne Bowland

Alicia Marinache

Lynn Jobber

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Jen Judd

Jo-Ann Woolverton

Marde Lowe

Dawn Doucette

Mary K McGraw

Gloria Allen