Why jewelry making (for me) should perhaps be a spectator sport.

This is what happens when your mind wanders for just one nano second while you’re using the buffing wheel.

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So take heed new jewelry making people.

This little beauty.

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Can do this.

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Soon I will make a booklet of all my jewelry injuries so that you can avoid them.

It should sell for millions.

I can’t give up though. I’ve just bought my first bowl of pitch.

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No injuries so far although there were flames and smoke when I melted down the pitch lumps.

Mum always said, Why can’t you just get girly things like normal girls?

Well this is why.

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I’m itching to have a go.

Lets just hope I can keep the injuries to a minimum …

0 thoughts on “Why jewelry making (for me) should perhaps be a spectator sport.

  1. I just posted earlier this week about the scars and marks lefts by making things! And I love chasing and repousse, too–be careful about inhaling the smoke off that pitch!

    • I bought some green stuff off Rio that is supposed to be non toxic and smells of pine resin, but I’m very wary about what I inhale so I shall definitely be cautious.

  2. Ellen Killinger

    OMG!!! Were you trying to polish your arm????

  3. Ouch. Warning received and noted.

    • Hi Elaine, It actually looked a lot worse than it was. The marks have almost gone and it really didn’t hurt after the first fifteen minutes or so, although at first I thought it was going to need amputation …

      Loved to hear from your about page that you’re from Cambridge (homesick still), and that you are as unorganized as I am.

      Happy days indeed 🙂

  4. Just had a snoop around your site and we actually have loads in common.

    I loved visiting Houston and across Texas, visiting a friend and am hoping to get a chance to go again soon.

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