Spring in Silverado

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Just adopted

May I introduce Audi and Muff.  They are less than 8 months old and still quite frisky though not in this shot.  We acquired them from the next door neighbor who moved away.  They were already coming over and eating the Iams we leave out for the occasional stray, but that is a whole other story.

This a a fun ring I finished and photo'd the other day.  The "stone" is a perfect nature tumbled cylinder I found on a favorite North California beach.  Now I have to decide whether I want to keep or sell on my Etsy site, ha ha.

TFL

Workshop furniture?

This would look good in my studio... hmmm, wonder whether I can make one like...

Project #3: Shelf Necklace

This was fun. Actually my first use of sheet silver. The finish is

from the annealing process and not pickled or shined.

Earrings

Here is Project #6: Mixed Metal Earrings from Mary Hettansperger "Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet". The red triangles are copper that I pretty much burnt to a crisp on another experiment that didn't go well.

And my first project using sheet silver. My inspiration (and instruction) was from Joanna Gollberg's "Making Metal Jewelry". I will be selling in my Etsy shop. TFL

Jewelry Challenge Entries

Project #7: Woven Windows Pin

Project #1: Stacked Spinner Necklace

When Deryn Mentock started her jewelry making challenge in June 2008, I bought Mary Hettmansperger's "Wrap, Stitich, Fold & Rivet" and made a couple of the projects right away. Then I wasn't blogging and had nothing to link to, but now I'm ready. Thank you Deryn for still inviting participants.