Hello! Thanks for joining us at the Pinterest Party, where feature one fabulous pinner a week! Beverly from Flamingo Toes, Michele from The Scrap Shoppe and I love showing off your pins.

Here are a few of Lindy’s Boards:
There are lots of cool projects on Get Your Craft On Board:

Let’s take a closer look at Lindy’s Pins:

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Gah the awesomeness. These Vintage Fabric Envelopes from Susan at Sugar Beans are so fabulous – and such a pretty way to give a card or gift!

I am sooo loving this Miss Mustard Seed Ironstone table from Melissa at Daisy Mae Belle! Such a pretty table refinish!!

This DIY Birthday and Anniversary Calender from Lauren at the Thinking Closet is such a great idea and so cute!

Ok hungry? Me too. And I am a sucker for crazy yummy breakfast things. This caramelized coconut banana bread waffle french toast from Tieghan from Half Baked Harvest definitely falls into the crazy yummy category!

Tanya from twelveOeight redid this pretty Yellow Vintage Chair and I loved how it turned out! It’s all chippy and fabulous!

Ok – I love this darling little Foxy Frame Tutorial from Susan at Sugar Beans! You have to go over and check out the whole little display. So cute!!

This pretty DIY Poppy painted teapot from Natalie at La gang a Nat is so fun! Natalie did such a great job on the design!

This little Funky Sunglass Case from Heather at the Sewing Loft is so cute! I love the all the colors in her quilt block!

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Now – onto some Weird Searches!!

(These are searches that people typed into Google or whatever, and landed here. And we make fun of them. All in a friendly-like fashion.)

Our first search this week was for “rounding up years“. Ok here’s the thing – I can totally see wanting to do that if you’re 16 – 18 – or something in that neighborhood. But later than that?? Nahhhh. There’s no need to get crazy here – let’s all say it together. Round. Down. Sweetie.

We also had “how to make bracelets with scabs at home” Um. Yuck. Though if you’re really set on doing that – I would say anything using hot glue, or unsafely wielded wire cutters will do the job. Not that I’d know anything about that.

Last up we had someone asking, “does flamingos toenails help” Wellll. That’s interesting. I think it really depends on what you’re using them for. If you’re making a witchy potion to show you how to use correct grammer? Possibly. I think you might have forgotten the eye of newt though. 

Happy Weekend Friends!!

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Isn’t it sweet? It would be super easy to change it for different styles or colors too.

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own:

• 1 center design piece – with loops on each end
• 5″ strand of beads
• beading wire
• crimp beads
• jump rings
• lobster clasp
• rhinestone bead
• Tools: wire cutters, flat nosed pliers, round-nosed pliers, crimp pliers

All my supplies came from Michaels but you can find similar items at other shops or online.

This tutorial makes an 8″ bracelet. If you’d like yours larger or smaller, adjust the amount of beads you add to the sides.

Start by cutting a 5″ piece of beading wire. Thread the wire through a crimp bead, then through one of the loops of your center piece. Thread the wire back through the bead and crimp it closed. The short end of the wire should be about 1″ long. You can find a tutorial for crimp beads on my How To Do That: Jewelry Page if you need a little more help.

Add 2 1/2″ of beads to the wire, make sure you cover the short end of the wire with the beads as well.

Thread the end of the wire through a crimp bead, then through a jump ring. Loop the wire back through the crimp bead and through at least one of the beads. Pull the wire mostly tight and crimp the bead around the wire.

Trim the loose end of the wire.

Repeat for the other side of the bracelet.
You should now have a strand on each side of the center piece that end in jump rings.

Add another jump ring to one end of the bracelet, and add a lobster clasp to that end.

You can add a little rhinestone bead to the jump ring too – for a little extra bling.

That’s all there is to it!

Isn’t it fun? It looks great paired with other bracelets too - for a fun layered look. I’ve put it together with my Sparkled Silk Wrap bracelet – I think they’re cute together!

I hope you like it and will give it a try! And if you’re reallllly in love –  I have a tutorial up for the matching necklace!

Linking up at Sunday Scoop, Today’s Creative Blog, Met Monday, Tutorials & Tips Tuesday, Shabby Creek Cottage, My Repurposed Life, 504 Main, and the other fabulous parties on the party page – make sure you check them out!

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