I have it. And now I can’t stop even though they take ages to make And it means my prices will have to go up And I’ll never sell anything any more But they give so much more depth to the pendants that I don’t think I can turn back now. Man! Off to make […]
Month: August 2015
For Nancy.
The end caps. – You can make these plain or textured, wonky or straight, rustic or perfect, but these are the way I made mine for the pieces you’ve seen. I use fine silver. I buy all of my sheets in fine silver and most all of my wire in sterling. I like to use […]
The 20 gauge fine silver by 8mm mandrel chain
With the bracelet. Done. – – –
I’m a jump right in person. You?
Of course this doesn’t always go according to plan. I’m just a little too impatient to read all the books and watch all the YouTube how too’s. I just like to look at the pictures and wing it. So I’ve made a few of no go’s over the years, and that’s o.k. as sometimes new […]
If you can remember, way, way back, before yesterday
I was getting ready to make this. Then my family came. And went. 🙁 I really liked the lightness of this design, but for some reason, which I can’t remember now, I went a different way with it. Now it’s heavy and Victorian looking and only people who like heavy Victorian looking things will perhaps buy […]
Back in the saddle… almost.
It takes me a while to get back to normal after my family leave. I like to sit around wallowing for a couple of days. I also like to give up cooking, stop going to the grocery store and stay in bed for a little longer. O.K. so I always stay in bed for a […]
So where were we …
Well my dad left 🙁 And then my sister left 🙁 And once again I find myself here, all alone, in this strange land they call Texas. – It was great to see them. I really had a good time. Dad was here for three weeks, which seemed like only one, and my sister was here for […]