Michaels haul

Now for something entirely different!  I pointed out in my intro post to this blog that I dabble in crafts – generally knitting and some jewellery making.  So I was pretty stoked when a new Michaels store opened up in downtown Toronto!  I finally had a chance to check out this past weekend and of course, I can never walk out of a Michaels store empty-handed:

In my defense all the beads were 50% off!

Here’s a quick look at what I purchased – I kind of group them into colour families:

Silvers

Close up:

Blues / greens

These are my favourites!

Earth-tones

The ones on the right are made of real stones.

What I like to make with these beads is simply string them onto stretch cord and make a bunch of coordinated bracelet stacks. Here’s an example of a bracelet stack I made; I love wearing at least 8 at a time, mixing bead types and styles:

You can go really fancy and use Swarovski crystals or semi-precious stones.  They’re so basic but impactful and also make terrific gifts!

My sister gotten a bunch of sock yarns.  I didn’t get any yarn this time but I’ll likely be going back soon to get some yarn for a project that I’m still trying to find an proper pattern.

I’ll post some DIYs in the near future! hope you took pleasure in a non-makeup post. Do any of you make jewellery or do other crafts?

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