Found objects are everywhere-from flea markets and thrift shops to the beach and the city street. With new technology, you can make molds of your most precious found objects and replicate them for use in your mixed-media assemblage and other found object art.

Today I'm sharing a little project from Kristen Robinson for making sweet bag for your jewelry or to hold a special little gift. Kristen makes these bags out of wool felt or linen; you can use purchased felt or make it even more personal by upcycling a wool sweater into felt or upcycling your fabric scraps of choice.

Well, friends, we celebrated 12-12-12, we survived the Mayan apocalypse, and we're on the verge of a New Year. (Depending on where you are when you read this, the New Year may have already arrived.)

This year, the only place I plan to go for Halloween is to the door to hand out candy. But if I had a party to attend, I'd make myself a piece of mixed-media jewelry like this Gypsy Gelatin Necklace created by Jenn Mason to complement my shawl and hoop earrings. This fun piece of wearable art combines gelatin monoprinting with metal embellishments in the form of copper and brass blanks.

A while back I talked about how to make art stamps the easy way using foam. Honestly, those kinds of stamps could take you a long way. But if you want to achieve even more texture and detail in a custom rubber stamp, learning how to make a stamp using a carving a block is the way to go.

When you're an artist you want to announce it to the world. So why not make art to wear? In this free eBook Making Art to Wear: 5 Free Mixed-Media Designs for Wearable Art and Steampunk Jewelry, we'll show you how to make mixed-media jewelry and art to wear on your head, wrist, neck, and ears.

My daughters and some friends recently attended a concert featuring Steampunk violinist Emilie Autumn. Of course my girls had to dress up. As it was, they looked the part and had a blast. But in preparation for their next foray into Steampunk style, I'm going to make an art cuff a la Teresa Stanton. Her Steampunk design for fashion art is easy to put together from fabric and found objects.

 When I spied these adorable Chirpy Birdhouse Pendants on the cover of Handcrafted Jewelry magazine (a special issue from the editors of Beadwork), I immediately sidled up to him, directions in hand.