5 New DIYs! Try our New Jewelry Bases + Glass Domes

What fun we've got for you this month! So many new things to try! Let's get started!

1. Time Flies! Collage Pendant Mixed Media Necklace.

Both Anne and Kim's daughters are graduating HS seniors this year ~ an exciting time for all. (Hooray! Oh No! Yay! Aaauuugh!) Know the feeling? With that in mind, Kim made this Time Flies Necklace from nothing more than a magazine clipping (closeup of a great watch face), one of our new collage pendants + glass tile tops, and an assortment of our mini bottles (stuffed with secret message of course!) and  our key and wing charms.

2.  Bollywood Vintage Matchbox Label Bracelet

I've been a fan of Vintage Matchbox Labels from India and China for a long time. I made this Bollywood inspired Matchbox Label Bracelet with our new glue-on acrylic bracelet forms, (3 shapes and sizes available) our 20mm matching glass tile domes, and a simple ink jet copy from one of my matchbook art books. I sealed my ink jet prints with our Fixative Stick, then applied a small drop of 3D Crystal Lacquer and firmly placed my glass domes on top of the sealed art making sure there were no bubbles. Once dry (low microwave or baking oven will help them dry quicker), I gave them a close trim with sharp scissors (you could use an exacto blade or box cutter also) and applied my finished art tiles to my bracelet base with a drop of e6000. I let them dry overnight.

We have a ton of new bracelet bases and matching glass dome tops - these are GREAT for either collage art, alphabets, sayings and ALWAYS, photos!

3. Typewriter ART Glass Dome Bracelet

I'm hoping you can see the exciting potential in these new stretch acrylic bracelet bases! I used our downloadable typewriter art, printed out at 130% (slightly enlarged from the original file), and followed the same techniques as Bollywood above, I used our large 1" round bracelet form and our new 25mm clear glass domes to complete my design. Really easy. These domes sit just slightly within the edges of the frame so make sure to seal the edges well with e6000 and dry overnight. Our bracelet and pendant forms have so many options: magazine clippings, fabric samples, copies of old photos, alphabets, family photos....on an on!

4. Custom Dog Tags!

We just got these in and the possibilites for instant crafts seem kind of endless. I'm thinking especially of summer crafts but you can get very nice results for grown-up crafts as well. I used a postcard printout and an image from a magazine to create these samples with our new dog tags with matching epoxy covers (two sizes availalble). Add a ball chain, cords, etc., a couple of charms, you've got a nearly instant, really cute and easy project for all ages!

5. Dream Big Scrabble Tile Bracelet

Bear with me, you know how I love to use scrabble tiles for everything - This is a ROUGH idea - I did not take the time to glue in the scrabble tiles so it's a little wonky - take any 8 scrabble tiles (I used DREAMBIG) and glue them in to our square bracelet form. Done.

6. Glass Domes for Near Everything Else!

We are now well-stocked in all sizes and shapes of glass domes, cabochons, and matching pendant bases. Take a peek - a little dab of e6000 or 3D Crystal Laquer is all you need to take your printouts, scraps, family photos or collage art to a new wearable (or fridge-magnet) level! Great gifts, fun for kids too! You can see them all here.

We hope you find some fun new things in our store as we prepare to open eCrafty.com shortly. Stop by and visit us atRubber Nation Crafts, check out all of our new items for June 11, and remember to use your code JUNE2011 for a 20% instant savings in your cart!

New Glue-On Bracelet Bases, New Custom Dog Tag Kits, Newly Restocked Memory Frame MInis

I'm usually a little more informative than this - suffice it to say, it's the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and we're unloading a new boatload of nothing but NEW FUN STUFF to play with. So here goes - the short version! Click here to see them all - including some new bracelet and pendant bases to match up with our expanded clear glass domes and cabochons. 

We will be making some samples this weekend for Monday's big newsletter, so watch this space! Anyone reading this blog can enjoy our 20% off code: MAY2011 ~ enter on your payment page after you've signed in. OK, a couple more pretty pictures, then it's up to you! See you in Monday's newsletter if not over the long weekend! Thanks always and Happy creating!

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How to Make a Simple "Key to My Heart" Necklace

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Our friend and co-worker Anne recently whipped up this little gem from  our new arrivals box.  It couldn't be simpler.  Attach a silver prong bail  to one of our crystal heart pendants which you can find in the dollar beads section  (yes, .99 cents!).  Make a simple crystal dangle using one of our headpins or eyepins, little crystal bicone, and spacer beads of your choice.  Add one of our new antique key charms and voila! Simple, heart-felt, easy and ready to give. What could be sweeter?

5 Charming Jewelry DIYs for the Merry Month of May

Hooray! It's May! A great time for celebrations of every kind - weddings (including royal ones), graduations, proms, promotions and flights of fancy. With those in mind, we hope you enjoy our latest DIYs. You'll find most of the items mentioned below are in our May 11 or Apr 11 new arrivals.

Anne made the beautiful pink and black polka dot cha cha bracelet above with our chain maille link charm bracelet, some of our pink rose beads, pink and black jewelry maker's mixes, and pink/gold lampwork beads. She secured all of her dangles with some of our head pins and jump rings. You cannot have a bad day once you pick up this bracelet!

 Royal Couple Spotted at eCrafty Headquarters!

We really love packing your orders. So, too, apparently do Will and Kate!  Imagine our surprise when they stopped in after their 

busy week to say "hi" and pack a few sets of freebies with us before they continued down the Californiia coast on their top-secret honeymoon. They left even happier than when they arrived - we really do have tons of fun packing up your goodies and freebies!

Our friend and co-worker Helen just got off the plane from England and brought us much-needed Will and Kate memorabilia – I’m happy just looking at the tea towel and Commemorative Pictoral Tin with shortbread! (But let's face it, we'll cave at some point and open it). You may catch us Windexing the tin from time to time....it's lovely!

Helen made up these incredibly sweet earring pairs and bracelet with our encased rose lampwork glass rounds. If you haven’t yet tried them, you should – they’re very easy to use even for beginning beaders with beautiful, romantic, sweet results

  Anne was especially inspired after our royal visit to make a beautiful cha cha bracelet and with our Blue Jewelry Maker’s mix and our Chain Maille Bracelet form. She

made tons of little dangles while chatting up the royal pair, then attached them to with jump rings to the bracelet form. Simple, easy, done! Beautiful!

Anne also made a very sweet  "Key to My Heart"little ball chain necklace that would be perfect for mother, daughter, a brand new big sister ~ lots of possibilities, variations, but very quick to do! Key to my Heart Necklace

Facebook Bracelet and Earrings Kim, feeling slightly overwhelmed by all the Royal festivities, coupled with the pending e-newsletter deadline, made this silly little tribute to Facebook and our Facebook page fans ~ (are you one yet? If not, click here to check it out!) 

here’s some of our latest fimo women FACES adorning one of our glue-on bracelet forms with a little dab of E6000. This latest batch makes us laugh as they’re a little crabby – not quite so smiley – kind of like Monday morning at the office with not enough coffee! Just the same, they still make us smile – enjoy!

Hope you've had as much fun reading this as we've had preparing this month's newsletter. Best crafting advice for May ~ approach your deadlines with a healthy dose of humor and enjoy the moment! We hope you find some fun new things in our store as we prepare to open eCrafty.com shortly. Stop by and visit us at Rubber Nation Crafts, check out all of our new items for May 11, and remember to use your code MAY2011 for a 20% instant savings in your cart!

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Here are some of us (Kelly, Anne and Helen) busy either packing up your orders, packing up your freebies, or  thinking up the next great DIY project

Facebook Bracelet and Earrings ~ Easy FREE DIY Instructions ~ Enjoy!

Here's a silly little DIY for die hard Facebook crafters! :-)

Kim, feeling slightly overwhelmed by the looming e-newsletter deadline, made this silly little tribute to Facebook and our Facebook page fans ~ (are you one yet? If not, click here to check it out!) Lots of quick (and usually easy) DIY Jewelry and wearable art and craft projects!

Here’s some of our latest fimo women FACES adorning one of our glue-on bracelet forms with a little dab of E6000. This latest batch makes us laugh as they’re a little crabby – not quite so smiley – kind of like Monday morning at the office with not enough coffee! Just the same, they still make us smile – enjoy!

Find more crafty items and inspiration online all the time at 

Rubber Nation Crafts and very soon eCrafty.com!

5 Charming DIYS for the Merry Month of May

Hooray! It's May! A great time for celebrations of every kind - weddings (including royal ones), graduations, proms, promotions and flights of fancy. With those in mind, we hope you enjoy our latest DIYs. You'll find most of the items mentioned below are in our May 11 or Apr 11 new arrivals.

Anne made the beautiful pink and black polka dot cha cha bracelet above with our chain maille link charm bracelet, some of our pink rose beads, pink and black jewelry maker's mixes, and pink/gold lampwork beads. She secured all of her dangles with some of our head pins and jump rings. You cannot have a bad day once you pick up this bracelet!

 Royal Couple Spotted at eCrafty Headquarters!

We really love packing your orders. So, too, apparently do Will and Kate!  Imagine our surprise when they stopped in after their 

busy week to say "hi" and pack a few sets of freebies with us before they continued down the Californiia coast on their top-secret honeymoon. They left even happier than when they arrived - we really do have tons of fun packing up your goodies and freebies!

Our friend and co-worker Helen just got off the plane from England and brought us much-needed Will and Kate memorabilia – I’m happy just looking at the tea towel and Commemorative Pictoral Tin with shortbread! (But let's face it, we'll cave at some point and open it). You may catch us Windexing the tin from time to time....it's lovely!

Helen made up these incredibly sweet earring pairs and bracelet with our encased rose lampwork glass rounds. If you haven’t yet tried them, you should – they’re very easy to use even for beginning beaders with beautiful, romantic, sweet results

  Anne was especially inspired after our royal visit to make a beautiful cha cha bracelet and with our Blue Jewelry Maker’s mix and our Chain Maille Bracelet form. She

made tons of little dangles while chatting up the royal pair, then attached them to with jump rings to the bracelet form. Simple, easy, done! Beautiful!

Anne also made a very sweet  "Key to My Heart"little ball chain necklace that would be perfect for mother, daughter, a brand new big sister ~ lots of possibilities, variations, but very quick to do! Key to my Heart Necklace

Facebook Bracelet and Earrings Kim, feeling slightly overwhelmed by all the Royal festivities, coupled with the pending e-newsletter deadline, made this silly little tribute to Facebook and our Facebook page fans ~ (are you one yet? If not, click here to check it out!) 

here’s some of our latest fimo women FACES adorning one of our glue-on bracelet forms with a little dab of E6000. This latest batch makes us laugh as they’re a little crabby – not quite so smiley – kind of like Monday morning at the office with not enough coffee! Just the same, they still make us smile – enjoy!

Hope you've had as much fun reading this as we've had preparing this month's newsletter. Best crafting advice for May ~ approach your deadlines with a healthy dose of humor and enjoy the moment! We hope you find some fun new things in our store as we prepare to open eCrafty.com shortly. Stop by and visit us at Rubber Nation Crafts, check out all of our new items for May 11, and remember to use your code MAY2011 for a 20% instant savings in your cart!

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Here are some of us (Kelly, Anne and Helen) busy either packing up your orders, packing up your freebies, or  thinking up the next great DIY project

Whimsical PolyClay Beaded Women and Mini Bottles!

We've just restocked our very popular Whimsical Women Poly Clay Handmade Beads, and we've added some really fun mini glass bottles - they're been all over the craft channels lately with tons of different uses. Our mini bottles are available in 2, 10

, or 25 packs - they're great for storing our new collection of encased glass seed beads or our Matsuno "e" beads in style. Very stable - they stand upright on their own. They're great fun to play with - Stick an eye pin through the top cork along with beads of choice and you've got an instant place holder, desk buddy, or a just for fun arty pendant or hanging decoration.

Our talented friends Anne Strasser and her mom Janet Hyland made these really cool beaded lady samples with some of our fimo lady heads, bottles, eye pins, jewelry maker's mix and Matsuno "e" beads. Click images for detailed view. These would be incredibly fun for a ladies night (in?) , a wedding shower, or craft night. Which one are YOU?
See more at Rubber Nation Crafts and soon, very soon, eCrafty.com!