I call knee surgery for non-TAD posts the past few days and am posting 2 pair of earrings today to celebrate ability to sit for more than 15 minutes with knee un-elevated at my jewelry workshop (and to catch up). Can you tell I was into these green drops today?
The above shot is to show the hammering on the wire since it's not really visable in the first shot.
I couldn't resist trying to work these amazing labradorite drops into something. I'm having fun with hammer and anvil, though I'm still working on technique so I can repeat designs. Not sure if I'll be posting anything tomorrow as am having knee surgery, but who knows!? Maybe I will come up with some kooky post anesthesia design!
I can't get the brilliance or the color of these earrings to come across in photos, but as I'm sure you can gather, they are of the sparkly nature. Must be a theme.
Timeline Shmimeline. I took out these crystals together and they had to stay together. A match made in Heaven? Perhaps. Maybe I'm harkening back to my black and gold high school colors...but probably not. I kept hearing Robin Leach wishing you champagne wishes and caviar dreams, and somehow this bracelet materialized under my needle nose pliers. I banged a little on the wire to give it some hardening and texture. My camera skills did not capture the sparkle, but believe me, it's there. (I also used a cute little magnetic heart clasp. No fumbling!)
I have no clue what the rose is carved of! It's a semi-precious gemstone. It isn't adventurine. I don't think it is jade. It's not jasper. Stumped! But it's beautiful! And I got to playing with the different colored nylon-coated tiger tail which was fun.
I also got an order for my new design in black, so I thought I'd throw them up here. I had to make 3 of them because the first two were not a match. I guess I should make another to keep the odd one company.
Hi! I'm Shelby. I make jewelry. I do other things too. But this blogy thingy (technical term) was created for the Thing-A-Day project (for the month of February 2010) and I will most likely be primarily making and posting jewelry.
When I'm not making jewelry I am terrorizing my cats Rira and Mochi. They deserve it because while I am making jewelry they completely terrorize me (cats plus beads = me crying a lot). I also like reading, writing, sleeping, cuddling with my Pookie (yes we're one of THOSE couples), playing games, watching Netflix (Dr. Who, Bones, House, Dexter...to name a few), ballet, and sometimes knitting. I am addicted to Sudoku and Strategery (iPhone app) but I don't want to quit, I'm just letting you know.
