Adorned From Above Jewelry and Blog

It has been such a long time since I have written anything, but I wanted to share some exciting news about Adorned From Above Designs and my Adorned From Above Blog.  

Starting this weekend, Thanksgiving weekend, you will find my new 10 Piece Jewelry Collection, called The Inspired Collection at Adorned From Above Designs.  I am so excited to share these beautiful pieces with all of you.  When you sign up for our VIP Newsletter List for Adorned From Above Designs you will automatically receive a 30% discount coupon, and this is good for your entire purchase!!! Yeah!!!  You can even use it on top of the sale prices.  Which means on Cyber Monday there will be a site wide sale that will be 20% off of everything in the store, after you receive that discount you can use your 30% coupon, also!!!  The thing is only the people who sign up for my VIP Newsletter List will receive the 30% off Coupon, because you are my extra special friends.

This VIP email list is going to have amazing benefits such as coupons that only my VIP friends are entitled to, exclusive sales for just my VIP's, and great jewelry giveaways.  Oh, and my first jewelry giveaway will be sometime in the first week of December.  So keep and eye out for my weekly newsletter, because that is where I will keep you updated and post a picture of the what you will have a chance of winning.  I am so excited about embarking on this new journey with all of you. I hope that you will sign up and become one of my VIP friends.

You also should have gotten an email this morning about my Adorned From Above Blog email list.  You don't have to do anything, if you want to keep receiving my newsletters, and if you don't there is and unsubscribe button in the footer of the email.  I hope that you will continue to follow Adorned From Above.  I have so many exciting things in the works for all of you.  Adorned From Above will continue to share recipes, crafts, and Bible Studies. 

I am so excited about sharing all of my new adventures with all of you.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Debi

Wire Ring Tutorial 2 Spiral Ring

Today I am doing a Wire Ring Tutorial 2 - Spiral Ring.  I have been having a lot of fun making rings  with silver wire, and it seems like the sky is the limit  Just use your imagination or head over to Pinterest to get ideas.  So far these are my own designs, but I was checking out Pinterest yesterday, and there are so many fun designs that you can make with very few special tools.  You can get silver wire and basic tools like needle nose pliers, wire cutters and a mandrel at Hobby Lobby or Michaels. On one blog I even saw someone using a chapstick tube instead of a mandrel.  I thought this was a great idea for someone starting out and not wanting to invest a lot of money.

Spiral Wire Ring Tutorial

Supplies:

Silver Wire 18 gauge (can be silver or any color, I used sterling silver but I also have some silver plated.)

wire cutters

needle nose pliers

Mandrel or chapstick container for sizing and shape
Emory board or metal file (you can use the one from your nail clippers even)

Directions:

1.  Cut a piece of silver wire about 2 1/2 inches long.

2.  Bend your wire around the back side of your mandrel to the size that you want your ring to be, leaving the two sides straight up over the top of the mandrel.

3.  Next twist the two parts of the wire in the opposite direction around each other using your needle nose pliers.

4.  Then start twisting the wire on the left in a spiral circle around the wire on the right.

5.  Before finishing wrapping your wire, take your file and file the end of the wire so that it is not so sharp

6.  Finish twisting the wire on the left all the way around, and make sure that the end of the wire is pushed in tight.

7.  Next, start wrapping the wire on the right to the left and wrapping in a spiral, on top of the first wire.

8.  Before that wire has been totally wrapped in your spiral, file the end of that wire also, so that it is not sharp.

9.  Push the edge of the wire in tight, so that it will not snag on your clothing.  You can do that with you needle nose pliers, by squeezing the top of the ring together.  (the end and the opposite side of the wire.)

I love the way this little Spiral Wire Ring came out.  It is so delicate and pretty.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (make sure that you are not a no-comment blogger, other I can't respond by email and it becomes difficult for me to try to reply to your questions).  I always love hearing from you.

Have a great week.

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Craftsy Beading with Wire, Chain & Leather Class

Weekly Post Roundup 2

Hey Everyone, Happy Sunday.  Here is my Weekly Post Roundup 2.  You will find all of this weeks posts in one place.  Have a wonderful Sunday.  Enjoy your families and your reading.

Humility - Matthew 3:13 - 3:17

Wire Heart Ring Tutorial

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 49

Peanut Butter Cookies Gluten Free Sugar Free

Dragon Fruit and Lychee Martini

Banana and Dulce de Leche Empanadas

I hope you like this weeks roundup.  I always love hearing from you. Have a wonderful and Blessed Day.

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Heart Ring Tutorial

Today we have a Heart Ring Tutorial.  I saw a Heart Ring on Stumbleupon, and decided that these would make cute Mother's Day Presents.  I could not find the blog to tell you where it came from originally, but I did want you to know it is not an original idea.  I have had to wing it with making it, again, because I couldn't find the blog post that it came from.  It is a pretty simple project to make and doesn't take a lot of special equipment.

Heart Ring Tutorial

Supplies:

Silver wire
ring mandrel (for sizing and shaping)
wire cutters
wire loop pliers
flat pliers with plastic head

Directions:

1.  Cut a piece of silver wire about 2 inches long.

2.  With your wire loop pliers shape the right side of your heart. (I used the 2nd tier on the pliers)

3.  Next form the center of the heart with the smallest part of the wire loop pliers.

4.  Then shape the other side of your heart. (like you did in step 2.

5.  Next,  lay the wire from the 2nd side of the heart over the plat piece from the first part of the heart.

6.  Then using the wire loop pliers loop the first part of the heart over the 2nd part of the heart.

7.  Then push the heart flat against the mandrel and wrap the wire around it at the ring size that you need.

8.  When you bring the wire up the other side, trim the wire so that it will be long enough to latch over the corner of the heart.

9.  Then bring the wire to the inside of the loop of the heart.

10.  Using your wire loop pliers make another loop over the outside of the heart

11.  Trim any pieces that are too long if necessary.

You are done.  These are pretty simple rings to make once you figure out the heart loops.  They are free form, so they do not need to be perfect.  I think they would make cute little gifts.

I hope you like this Heart Ring Tutorial.  I always love hearing from you.

Craftsy Beading with Wire, Chain & Leather Class

Have a great week.

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Fluster's Creative Muster Wednesday

Weekly Post Roundup 1

Today I decided to do a simple post with a Weekly Post Roundup, or for this week there will be several weeks of posts.

Chorizo Empanadas

Pineapple Blood Orange Cocktail

Polka Dot Cake












Coupons for 4/18/13

Wednesday's Adorned 
From Above Blog Hop 48

Simple Charm Tutorial

Patience 1 Timothy 6:11

Beef Empanadas

Blue Pineapple Cocktail

Candied Bacon Wrapped Crackers

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 47

Turquoise Ring Tutorial

Faith and Healing in Matthew 8

Rosary Necklace Tutorial

Churros










I hope that this helps gets you up to date with my posts.  I always love hearing from you.

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Rosary Necklace Tutorial

I made this Rosary Necklace for Charly for her birthday.  It was my Great Grandmother's Rosary, and she had been asking for it since she was a little girl.  She would go through my jewelry box and ask for different pieces and try it all on.  The rosary was one of her favorite pieces.  Something she always loved.  So for her birthday I turned it into a necklace and it came out so pretty.  It has wooden beads and the cross is made of wood and silver.  It is a simple project and one that would be easy for you to do. 

Rosary Necklace

Supplies:

Rosary

1 clasp

2 jump rings

needle nose pliers

Directions

1.  Find the center of the back of the Rosary.  This is where you will place the clasp and jump ring.

2.  Use your needle nose pliers to open up the link between two beads.

3.  Separate the links



4.  On the right side you will need to place a jump ring into the link and then the clasp onto the jump ring and then use your pliers to close the jump ring.

5.  On the other side I had to remove 1 bead, because I did not have enough room to place my jump ring.  So remove the bead.

6.  Form a loop with your needle nose pliers, but do not close it.

7.  Then place your jump ring in the loop and close your loop with your pliers.

8.  You are done.  Just insert the jump ring into the clasp and you have a Rosary Necklace.

Now, I am not trying to put anyone's religion down, but turning my great grandmother's rosary into a necklace, we are not Catholic, and it was a shame to have it just sitting in a drawer.  So this was a way to pass a little bit of family history down to my daughter.  I hope this helps you with a necklace project.  I always love hearing from you.

Have a great day!!!

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