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Friday, March 2, 2012

Beautiful Crystal Mobile You Can Make at Home : >

Beautiful Crystal Mobile You Can Make at Home

You know how I love to make my little Gem Tree Sculptures, right? Well, I had picked up some new 'crystals' the other day, and had some 22 gage galvanized wire left over from Christmas, and I just thought, well, I'll see if this will work, so I just pulled the wire, which comes in a small roll, straight up, then used my needlenose pliers (they have a little cutting edge at the base of the pliers) to cut it at varying lengths, but this time, I didn't measure anything, just cut the pieces of wire at random lengths. After I cut each piece of wire, I put one of the little crystals (they had a little hole at the top for threading the wire through) on each piece of wire, then pulled the wire in a loop to hold the crystal in place, leaving a fairly loose loop, so the crystal will hang loosely, not be held in place....

Anyway, so I make a ton of these -- okay, not a ton, but about 18 of them, letting the wire maintain the curves it comes out with... stretching some a little more than others, so each one is unique. So normally I bring all the end together to form the base, right? But when I went to lift the first wire that already had the crystal on it, it flopped forward, so I thought, hmmm, what to do, what to do... so I hung it upside down, and added another spiral wire with the crystal at the end on it, holding them both upside down, then I thought, wow, that's gorgeous, and so unique, so then I just kept adding the wire pieces at the top, arranging them artistically, until I thought, oooh, that's juuust right, then I cut a smaller piece of wire, but still maintaining the natural curve of the wire, and wound that wire around the very top of the wire, where I was holding it together... and the last bit of the wire is used to hang the Crystal Mobile... easy, right? And really fun to make! : ) These Crystal Mobiles can hang in a window, or outside on your balcony or porch -- they'll be lovely in the sun, where they can sparkle and cast beautiful rainbows all around! Pretty, right??

The whole thing took about half an hour -- who knows, I was watching Jimmy Kimmel (who is my Celebrity Crush, by the way! lol! You know on Millionaire Matchmaker, Patty always asks her clients, 'Who's your Celebrity Crush?', Well, for me, my Celebrity Crush is Jimmy Kimmel -- he's just sooo funny! And cute! It's late... after 2 AM... I guess this is when I feel like crafting?? It definitely seems like a time when I think about Celebrity Crushes! hahahahahaha!).

Okay, let me get the photos for you... now, remember, it's the middle of the night, so I'll take photos in the daylight, too, so we can all see how shiny these Crystal Mobiles are! And I ended up making two Crystal Mobiles from the 18 wire pieces with one crystal piece on each... and I would say the cost on these would be about $3 each! hahahaha! Cheap AND easy, much like meself!! lol! (Noooo, if you actually know me, you'll know neither one of those is true!! You gotsta have a beautiful house to get wit' me!! hahahaha!)(Or, truth be told, something else that I really like! hahaha!)(Okay, this is getting silly... I'll have to head to bed soon!) Night night!!

And for all the teachers out there, this would make a lovely and inexpensive Mother's Day Gift... I used to always make amazing things with my wonderful students (oh, I miss them so much!) in California. Craft Items like this are great if you are teaching your students how to run a business, since they can learn how to decide on an item that will sell easily, go and purchase the items, make and sell them, do all the math and develop their money skills, and tons of experience in developing their social skills, too (being super-friendly when you're selling their products. : )

Crystal Beads for the Crystal Mobile... you can buy them at Michaels, but I happened to find these crystal beads at the local Dollar Store (teachers love Dollar Stores... great place to buy stickers! lol!) for $2. Sweet deal, right?? lol!

22 Gage Galvanized Wire, you can buy it at Home Depot for about $3.

Carefully lift the wire straight up, then cut at random lengths, stretching the wire as you like it.

Another view of the Crystal Mobile, with my favourite Cross behind it... it has my favourite Blessing, too... "May the Lord Bless You, And Be Gracious Unto You, And Make His Face Shine Upon You, May The Lord Give You His Peace." Beautiful, right? Makes you feel nice just reading that! : )