October is National Craft-Making Month!

Final Day of the challenge! I picked up a string of fimo discs, not sure what to do with them, but I rather liked the color (and the price).

Realized when I was looking at this shell pendant that it might go very nicely for a coral sort of look. Added in glass seed bead spacers to make that work and then some glass studded metal balls for a bit more zing, and a reflective water angle.

Had a few of these bright copper skulls left over from two other strands, and was trying to think of something different to do with them than the usual creepy fare.

I had a strand of multisize orange and black beads which seemed a good Halloween counterpart. I added in some matching copper stars and some semi-metallic painted glass ovals to give it a little glitz.

I loved the colors of this butterfly, it had a very 1970s vibe to me. Decided to mimic the colors in different strands for a fluttery sort of look. It's rather sparklier in person but the camera didn't really pick it up.

More little slides for bracelets that I couldn't otherwise use, so turned them into dangles and decided to use them in a pattern here.

Wasn't planning on doing new Halloween necklaces but I have a couple in progress. This one is a bit on theme, night owl on the hunt.

Guess it's a bright moonlit night as a lot of the blues are lighter, but I alternated that with darker blue, and also greens and "branches" on the inside strand for a "coming from the trees" effect. Then I sprinkled in various stars and paired it with the twisted branch toggle.

Came on this idea by accident, as I was trying a placement with the 3 center beads and suddenly though, "Huh, that looks like a tie fighter."

Decided to use the yellow, black and blue used for the Star Wars logos or crawls, and then mixed them with some metal beads that might look like repurposed mechanical bits. Ended it with, of course, a star toggle.

Pretty sure I made a necklace before with one of these oyster shell jellyfish pendants. I love the look of it. Put it together with 3 different shades and shapes of green glass, with some plastic silver to connect it all.

A bit like one of the recent turtle necklaces I made, in terms of the sunshiny look. But more blue in this one to match the starfish, including the small cat's eye balls. Great for t-shirt or beach wear 🏖️

I mentioned the other day that I mostly used these slides as snowflakes, and as I had 2 of these apple beads, I thought I'd go for a Snow White theme, with bead ends looking fluffy and snowy.

Loved this set of charms and decided to make an all-metal look for it. The large beads are metal, E beads are a gun-metal grey finish, and then it has alternating silver, gold, and copper metallicized plastic cubes. I wanted a blocky look for a building blocks of life theme.