Rose minuscule Rosalie & Co Oh the lovely things Jenny Doh's Blog :: Archives Do you ever wonder what to call these things? They are some of my favorite writing instruments and are actually composed of these pointy metal things which are called nibs. Nibs come in lots of different sizes. I suppose you could hold a nib with your fingers to write with but that would be inconvenient and so you usually put them in these longer objects called nib holders. So then you push the nib into whiever holder you want to use. After you have the nib in a holder, you dip it in some ink. Once you dip it, you'll see that a bit of ink gets captured in the nib. Enough to write a letter or a word or even a couple of words. Here are some pens with calligraphy-type nibs that you don't dip into ink. The one thing I've learned about nibs and nib holders and such is that owning every variety available is not what will make your lettering awesome.
Art House Co-op Ju*|carnets| *** Esprit Cabane, Le magazine des idees creatives et ecologiques bird nest necklace} I have been seeing a lot of bird nest jewelry around lately. They are beautiful and I love the trend so I thought I would try making my own. These turned out to be really easy to make and require just a few simple supplies. This necklace would make a lovely Mother's day gift, which just happens to be coming up this weekend! What you'll need: - Jewelry wire (I prefer using a 24 gage because it is easier to manipulate but the 20 gage can work well too with the help of some round nose pliers) - pearls or glass beads - necklace chain - jump ring and a clasp Select the beads you want, string them onto your wire and arrange them as you'd like. then simply wrap the wire around the beads wrap some wire in the space between each bead (I like the look of three loops but you could just do one or two if you prefer) this is what the back looked like. now attach a jump ring and a clasp to the end of a necklace chain and this is what you end up with :) I love how each one is so different
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