Scrabble Tile Pendants

While I have never made a scrabble tile pendant or seen one made, there is a proliferation of them on etsy. They must not be too difficult to make.

Stay right there while I go find out how...

...ok I'm back. Here goes:

Step 1. Find a Scrabble tile
Step 2. Find a decorative piece of paper, and cut it just larger than the tile.
Step 3. Glue the paper to the Scrabble tile, making sure to squeeze out all the air bubbles.
Step 4. Once dry, turn the Scrabble tile paper-side down, and use a craft knife or exacto knife to trim the excess paper.
Step 5. Apply a layer of glue to seal the tile, and let dry.
Step 6. Use a non-toxic Diamond Glaze or 3D Crystal Lacquer, or an Epoxy Resin, such as Enviro-tex or Colores Resin to give it the shiny clear coating.
Step 7. Either carefully drill a hole in the tile to fit a jump-ring through it, or attach a clasp, bail or other jewellery fixture to your tile to turn it into a pendant for a necklace.

For much more detailed instructions, I found an excellent and informative blog entry here.

My [Excuse] Procrastination

I have been putting off writing blog entries for this blog for some time - yes, even though this is only the second entry! I guess I'm a bit intimidated by the fact that I like detail. A lot. What this means is that if I'm going to talk about, say, origami, I want it to be a comprehensive entry on various types and sources of origami. Not, "Origami is cool. This is how you fold a paper airplane." However, there are a LOT of sources out there on origami. I've been "involved" with origami for many, many years, so how to do one entry on it seems... well, daunting in the least.

Perhaps my blog-followers and blog-followers-to-be can forgive me in any irregularity. This is the first time I've attempted a topic-based blog, so I'm already envisioning a brief post here, a lengthy post there, irregular moments of time between, and all in their own way will frustrate me, I'm sure! Still, I am excited for it. The new discoveries, the archiving of resources, and the thought of receiving some reader input too shall carry me on! [insert "Onward and upward!" or otherwise obscure/unrelated quote here]