Hand-cut Afghanistan Jade & Tinned Copper Earrings...

First use of the tinned copper paddle dangles and circle findings with 8mm Afghanistan jade beads:

Need to work on the dangleability of the beads: the way they got wrapped, the bead on the left is a little too tight to sway freely. As you can see, the beads are not precisely round, and they are a gorgeous pale milky, mottled green, slightly lighter than in this photo, which was taken at the market under fluorescent lighting.

I finished them off with Argentium sterling earwires with nuts.

Thanks for looking!

Carved bone skull choker & 2 pr squiggle earrings

This is a triple skull commission. Hope the guy likes it. The trick is to keep the top skulls in one position while still being a little bit adjustable. I did this by threading 18 gauge wire through the skulls and then wrapping it top and bottom.

More squiggle earrings. Now if I could just keep them STILL I'd be laughin'.

Using zinc beads is something new I'm trying, to see how long they last. If they start to rust or corrode, then it's back to pewter and/or silver. Alas, pewter is getting pretty pricey now.

Getting hammered again...

Dontcha just love hammering stuff? I sure do. No typing again this week, so far anyway. Got the laundry done in town, bought Max some dog food on sale(!), so he won't starve for the next month. Also noticed my favourite Lavazza Crema e Gusto is on sale, too. Must remember to go back for that. Talked to the HST lady and I'm good for another quarter. In fact, they owe me money. Yay! Now to make lunch and then spend the rest of the day hammering and figuring out a better way to do this wrapping stuff.

Also got a commission to make a set of twirly silver Christmas ornament holders. On Saturday someone asked if I would consider putting my stuff in their store. Haven't heard from the manager, yet. Will give them a call today or tomorrow.

I'm trying to come up with a catchy way to market my copper earrings. Something to do with "Clean Me With Ketchup!"... or just that.

This pendant took waaaaay too long to make. No idea what I could/should charge for it

I think the loose twirls need to be tighter. Off now to work on that. Then I'll add the Argentium sterling earwires, with which I am still experimenting.

Uh oh........ "Clean Up with Ketchup"........ is that bad or what? hahahaha

It's Friday again and I'm losing it...

Hey, I'm at 1,001 page views here! Wow. I'm thrilled.

Brutal week spent typing an awful, awful file. Then I had to proof it which took almost as long, plus I had to add time codes all over the place because there were so many "inaudibles" throughout. What a waste of time. Who are these morons whose job is to interview people every frickin' day, and nobody will tell them to move the effing tape recorder closer to their SUBJECT? What part of we don't need or want to hear pristine and perfect questions. It's the answer that is important. How difficult is that to grasp??? Hello???? I HATE WASTING MY TIME and I REALLY PROFOUNDLY HATE MY JOB.

Anyway... it's Friday, I've totally lost it, and here is the proof:


Bwahaha III - shark's tooth, bone dice, glass beads & hemp cord on a waxed cotton adjustable choker



Shark's tooth, turquoise, copper & base metal nugget beads
& hemp cord on a waxed cotton adjustable choker



Raw quartz crystal pendant earrings with all-in-one wrapped Argentium sterling earwires