Rainy Day Pennies | Debt Free Living and Personal Finance » Hobbies http://rainydaypennies.net Just Like Grandma Used to Make Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:42:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Making Jewelry http://rainydaypennies.net/2008/12/making-jewelry/ http://rainydaypennies.net/2008/12/making-jewelry/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:28:00 +0000 Cathy http://rainydaypennies.net/2008/12/01/making-jewelry/ I’m trying something new this year for the holidays. I’d like to give David’s brother’s wife a casual necklace for when we go to Mexico. Instead of buying one at the mall, I bought a semi precious gemstone, jewelry rope, and clasps. I’m going to try making it! If this works out, it will have cost me $13. I looked online and I found a number of different jewelry patterns that were exactly what I had in mind. I also bought a bead kit to make a bracelet for myself that cost $3. I haven’t made bead jewelry since I was in 3rd grade – let’s see how it goes!

I’ve bought a couple of handcrafts from Etsy.com. I found a couple of unusual gifts there for less than $20. Now I just need to figure out what to get the boys…

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