Occasionally my friends will ask me to do custom work for them and I'm always happy to oblige. My friend Dorleen was in Florida during the spring and found a rare & rather large shark tooth. She wanted me to make it into a necklace for her. I wrapped it in heavy silver wire to make it into a pendant, then put it on silver chain.
My friend Michelle's cousin, Pam, who is now a friend of mine, asked me to do a couple of soleless sandals for her. It took 3 tries of restringing to get it to fit right. I know they look cool, and easy, but it's not a project I enjoy.
And my friend Laurel asked me if I could sew some Harley patches on her denim jacket.
You're sweet to do that stuff for your friends!
ReplyDeleteTina @ Life is Good
You do these for free or at a cost? It's harder to charge when it's a friend. I usually barter when someone wants something made, or I make them as a gift.
ReplyDeleteHow nice of you, JoJo.
For a fee, although I probably won't charge for the patch sewing....my friend is having significant health issues.
ReplyDeleteThe shark tooth necklace looks stunning.
ReplyDeleteAmazing stuff! Love those beaded sandals.
ReplyDeleteKathy
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Very cool of you JoJo! I had never heard of "soleless sandals" before! Love the shark tooth necklace you created!
ReplyDeleteYou REALLY need to open your own store - even if it's a 'virtual' one!
ReplyDeleteWow! I was wondering what type of stone that first picture was, so I'm surprised to learn that it's a shark's tooth. It's gorgeous, and you did a beautiful job with it.
ReplyDeleteBe well, JoJo.
Thanks for being a new, loyal bloggy friend.
xoRobyn
The shark tooth reminded me of a trip we took to Florida and I asked my daughter if there was anything she wanted me to get for her. She said she would really love an alligator tooth for a necklace.
ReplyDeleteI searched several places and never could find a single tooth, but we did find some baby alligator heads for sale, so I bought her one of those. I carefully wrapped it up for her for Christmas and I have never seen her laugh SO HARD as when she opened that up! Tears were running down our faces as we discussed putting it on a chain and wearing it. :D
So nice of you to do things for your friends.
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That shark tooth pendant's fab, but I dunno if I could wear another creature's tooth. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat job JoJo! Thanks for all your kind comments about my son by the way :)
ReplyDeleteJoJo you did a wonderful job of sewing on the patches, very profession lookng.
ReplyDeleteThe wire wrapped sharkes tooth also turned out beautifully and I bet the beaded, soleless sandals look marvelous on. But I bet trying to fit something like that can be a real bear as it is not as forgiving, size wise, as a bracelet or anklet would be.