Sterling Silver

I am trying my hand at making Sterling Silver Jewelry. My wonderful son Brandon purchased me a Precious Metal Clay (PMC3) Kit. The kit comes with silver clay, tools and a hot pot. I made my first Silver Ring today YAY! It was fun but a bit nerve wracking. Fun playing with the clay and knowing that it was going to turn into beautiful silver when I was done, but nerve wracking because they say the clay dries really fast so you can't mess with it for very long. Well they were right! I almost messed with it too long. I could feel it drying while I was working with it. Thankfully I managed to make a pretty silver band. I scratched my name in the band because I thought it would look cool, but it really didn't, so you can't see my name in the pic, it's on the other side. I see it as all trial and error, I want to become really good with this stuff so I can sell it to everyone. But for now I'm still a little shell shocked and nervous about making another one, I mean after all this clay is pretty expensive, I really don't want to mess it up and have a big silver glob of nothing.  So what I think I'm going to do is order the spray they sell to keep the clay moist. And I think I'll buy the silver clay paste or syring they sell so I can make things to attach to the jewelry, like silver flowers, leaves and such. Things to make my jewelry a little ornate. I can't wait to get really good with this stuff because I am sooooo excited about adding silver jewelry to my store on Etsy. I hope you all visit, say hi and maybe purchased something that I've poured lots of love, sweet and tears on. And stay posted....I will post my progress with PMC!

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Naughty But Nice

This has got to be one of the best Christmas Bangles I've ever made:) I think it's cute, sassy and funny. And it's for sale at my Etsy store. And what a great way to welcome in Christmas. I always get attention when wearing this Bangle to the store. The cashier always has to take a closer look and then laughs at what it says. I just love it.

Work, work, work!

I am having such fun making my jewelry that it really doesn't feel like work. Today I am making some really cute Bangles. One is a Bangle I'm sure teachers will love. It's bright yellow with the words "School Days" on it. And I have created another Halloween Bangle. It's soooo cute! It's orange and has different Halloween words all around it. Like- "Boo, Trick or Treat, and Happy Halloween". I can't wait for them to set up and cure.
Oh and today is my first day to start working on Cuff Links. I am making some Cuff Links for my son's business. He's works in the oil and gas field. So he asked me to make some Oil Derrick Cuff Links. I'm trying to figure out how to make the Oil Derricks. And I haven't quit figured it out yet, so this will be an experiment.
I'm also trying to make Halloween Beads. I guess we'll see how they turn out tomorrow.
Ok...It's now time to get back to work:)

Halloween!

How fun is Halloween? I love it! I absolutely love the Holidays:) I can't wait to get them started. Halloween just seems to kick it all off. I am starting to work on Halloween Jewely now and am coming up with some great ideas. I love making Halloween Bangles. One of those bangles I call "BOO" is so cute because it has a 3D effect. Another one is simply and pretty because it has a multy colored plaid and a simple little pumpkin with the words "Halloween". I love it. I've also created a brooch to wear. I thought teachers might really like the brooch. I'm adding some pics with this article, so you can see what I mean. Don't forget to visit my Etsy Store where you can purchase them and see them for yourselves in person.

Wire Rings!!! I'm making them:)

Besides making Bangles for my Etsy Store, I've started making Wire and Bead rings. They are so much fun to make and so cute! I've always wanted to make rings, but never gave it much thought till lately, so I started playing with some wire and beads and Voala!!! Adorable wire and bead rings were born. Please go to my Etsy Store and check them out. You'll love all my jewelry.