Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Show and Tell: shrinky dink jewelry

It’s Show and Tell day on homework and this shrinky dink jewelry made by Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made is amazing.

What a great idea to use shrinky dinks and vintage images to make beautiful bracelets and necklaces.
 

Cathe shares the step-by-step process on her blog post but basically, she scanned vintage items and printed them out on shrinky dink sheets made for an ink jet printer. I had no idea shrinky dinks had gone high tech…

She then trims the shrinky dink images, bakes them and creates the jewelry pieces.

For more photos and a complete tutorial, visit Cathe’s blog – Just Something I Made. Not surprising, her shrinky dink project was featured in Country Living Magazine.

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5 comments :

  1. I had already bookmarked this page over at JSIM! It is such a good idea. Thanks for reminding me.

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  2. I love anything vintage, these are lovely pieces

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  3. I need some shrinky dink sheets, haven't used this stuff since I was a teenager or was it when my kids were quite young, Does Micheal carry it>

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  4. Thanks everyone for your comments.
    Rebecca - according to their website Michaels and Hobby Lobby carry Shrinky Dinks. Good luck!

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