~Boho Vibe ~ New Design Team Post for Proxxon by Sherri Welser

~Boho Vibe ~

Bohemian Style Drop Earrings

I love creating Vintage Bohemian jewelry pieces by creating texture , depth and interest. It is so fun to look at a piece and have to look hard to see it all!That's what I love about creating and incorporating different elements in the item I am creating! Here I have used the Proxxon Drill Press TBM115 to create the drilled holes in the top of the metal guitar pick. It is always wonderful to have the correct the tools to complete a job with ease and accuracy!

Below I have included the supply list and short tutorial on creating these lovelies!Enjoy!

~Supplies~

2  blank brass plated guitar picks (1" in length)

2 bohemian style drop brass earring blanks

10 crystal drops ( I used a vintage piece of jewelry to take apart the crystal drops)

10 -4mm brass jump rings

2 -5mm brass jump rings

2- brass earring hooks

Vintaj Big Kick

Embossing folder ( any of Sizzix embossing folders will work well)

 1) Start by using a black pen and measuring where you want the holes and mark it.

2) Drill holes using a 1mm drill bit  in the tops where you have marked.

 3)Using the Embossing folder and Vintaj Big Kick Embosser, put your guitar picks in the folder placing where you want the  embossed design to be.

 4) Here you can see the embossed design

 5) If using a vintage piece of jewelry for your piece, open the jump rings and take the crystals off. I then saved the jump rings to attach to the new piece. Open jump rings to the side to prevent over stretching them and creating an easy seem to close up when finished.

6) Using the 2- 5mm jump rings attach the guitar pick to the earring base.

 7) Open the loop on the earring hook part at the base and attach the earring to the earring hook, close.

And here is your beautiful pair of Boho Vibe Earrings!

Enjoy!

~In Love & Light~

Sherri

Proxxon Design Team~Free Spirit~ Gypsy Style Buffet

~Free Spirit~

Gypsy Style Buffet

I just love Bohemian and Gypsy inspired pieces as I am a total "free spirit" and just the uniqueness that the Gypsy style brings! I am so happy to be a new Design Team member for Proxxon tools as I love creating all types of projects with wood . I was in the middle of redoing this vintage style buffet  when my order arrived from Proxxon. I chose to use the Delta sander to be able to quickly sand down the areas to give it a worn look.

 I just love the Delta sander and was surprised that it was so well made and felt so comfortable in my hand. I used it to sand down the piece around all the edges (using a medium grit sand paper) and the top of the buffet and the drawers. It took no time at all and it was wonderful to sand these areas with such ease! The paint base is chalk paint ( Folk Art)  in the color "Savannah" . It was a blue color previously and I thought it would be fun to have some of that peek through to add more of a "story" to the piece.

  I used a large wall stencil to decorate the top and sides as well as the drawer fronts. I used a plum color acrylic paint. 

I  then decided to add gold acrylic dots to adorn the pattern

 The goal for this piece was to have an antique finish on it and I used an antique wax medium. It made the piece a bit darker but I love the fact it looks like it is an old well loved piece!

Being able to use the Delta sander for part of this project made that tedious part of the task so much easier and faster! I love the way you can easily attach the sandpaper triangles with the velcro base! I was pleasantly surprised at how well the velcro sandpaper triangle held on!! It didn't budge at all while sanding!

 I Hope you all have some fun creating a little Vintage Gypsy piece for yourself!
Happy Creating!!
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