Are You a Beading Goddess?

I'm counting down the days until the Craft and Hobby Association Conference and Tradeshow at the end of this month. I love seeing new products and catching up with friends in the industry. Speaking of new...

Here's a project for all of you beading goddesses out there! My friend and fellow Beadalon Design Team Member, Julianna Hudgins, is the proud creator of a new line of die cuts for Spellbinders Paper Arts. They're hosting a Blog Frenzy today, so hop over and check it out.

The Jewel Goddess #LF-013 shown at center in the picture above is the actual die. My friend Nikia and I ran it through a Spellbinders Grand Caliber cutting/embossing machine with some Shrinky Dinks Frosted Ruff and Ready shrinkable plastic. Then, we colored our goddesses with colored pencils and followed the manufacturer's instructions for shrinking them in the oven. This is a fun, easy way to make your own pendants and charms! I think they'd make great ornaments, too.

When our pendants came out of the oven, we let them cool and then beaded those girls right up! I turned Nikia's sunshine goddess into a fun little purse fob/keychain and my island goddess into the focal point for a necklace. I immediately thought this would be a great gift for my midwife, but these would be fun gifts for any girlfriend in need of a boost.

Julianna's new line features a bunch of other inspiring elements, including swirly graphics that would make lovely links: check it out and enter the gigantic Spellbinders Blog Frenzy giveaway on her blog. To enter, visit Julianna's blog and follow the instructions. I welcome your comments on this post, but they won't be considered as Blog Frenzy entries. Thanks to Spellbinders for providing the dies and cutting machine for this review. Now, go get your goddess on!