My latest creations

Here are my lasted creations. I am having such a hard time to naming the things I make. You would think I would be able to come up with a name...LOL. I get brain freeze when it comes to that.

I found the glass green square beads at Michael's. I liked them but I did not know what I was going to do with them. I was playing around with them a couple of nights ago and came up with this design. I alternated a 4 mm silver bead, a square crystal bead and the glass green square bead. I finished it off with a silver clasp. For the earrings, I just followed the same pattern.

For the amber glass bead set, I alternated the elongated amber glass bead with two different silver antique beads. I finished it of with a clasp. For the earrings, I followed the same pattern.

The Care and Cleaning of Sterling Silver Jewelry
I found a very good article on How to care for and clean sterling silver jewelry.
The link is below.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/129536/the_care_and_cleaning_of_sterling_silver.html

I Want This

I want a kiln so bad. I have been looking for a used one but I have not had any luck. I want one so I can work with precious metal clay, learn glass fusing, and a lot of other things.

It is a Paragon SC-2 Silver & Glass Kiln with Bead Door and Window. It can fire precious metal clay (silver, bronze, gold, and copper), decals, china paint, enameling, and glass up to 2000°F. The SC-2 plugs into a 120 volt outlet. So it can be used in a standard household plug. This particular model comes with an optional bead door and viewing window. The viewing window is used with glass fusing. It's necessary to keep an eye on the glass. You must wear protective eye wear when looking into a hot kiln. The bead door is used to anneal beads.

I have been looking at this for over two months. It's a bit expensive (at least for my budget) but I think I am going to break down and get one.

Earring Frenzy

I was in the mood to make something. I made the easiest thing I could think of...EARRINGS. I love making earrings. You can be as basic or as wild as you want to be and it doesn't use up all of your materials.

Dangles

I recently fell in love with the way stiletto earrings (dangle earrings) sway when you were them. I especially love the way they catch the light as they move. Here are a few of the sets that I made. I am also learning a few ring making techniques.

First Mommy Bracelet

I have been wanting to try my hand at making a Mother's Bracelet for some time. I went to Michael's and purchased some inexpensive materials to give it a try. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try. I did not have enough spacers to do the design I had in mind, so I had to improvise. Now that I have worked out how to piece it together. I will make one out of sterling silver.

I also make a few rings. I am fascinated by the wire wrap rings. I love the way a straight piece of wire comes together with beads or whatever to make something so simple yet beautiful. I used craft wire in bronze and copper. I also used sterling silver wire.

Summer Vacation is Almost Here

The kids have three more days left before they are out for the summer. I have not even started to look for a summer camp. I am so behind on everything. We have had so much going on this past month. My oldest daughter was hospitalized for a week, my dad is in the hospital, and I don't know whether I'm coming or going. Oh well, I need to figure that out so I can get things back in order.

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