Charm & Pin

My mom comes up with a load of special requests. Over the weekend I created this pin at her request. She had seen the pin for the class that Julie Sanford is teaching at Bead Fest Wire and put in her request..."Can you make me one of these pins?" My mom is a quilter and frequently goes to quilt shows and takes quilting classes. I don't honor all requests but I thought that this would be something different, after all I've never made a pin quite like this. Let me tell you, this was a lot of fun to make! I was enjoying just being out in my workshop anyway and having this come together was just the icing on the cake. I'm even planning on making a pin for myself.

Talented polymer clay artist, Christine over at Stories They Tell is creating a fabulous treasure for her sister in law, Vila who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Christine issued a call to the artist community. Anyone who wants to participate can make a charm, send it to Christine, and she is going to make a charm bracelet for Vila. Scoot on over to Christine's blog to see how you can participate.

Copper Stamped Charm with Turquoise & Coral Dangles

Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Program

Personalized Charm/Birthstone Necklace

I feel like I have been on hiatus this past week. My children were on winter break, so my days were pretty busy keeping them occupied. Other than that I did not do much , no new designs, no posts to my blog, and little promoting my Etsy shops:( Probably not the best decision since Valentine's is looming. But, I just needed a break.

With all that said, this morning I woke up refreshed, and inspired to kick it into high gear, and get back to my daily routines.

I have recently become interesting in stamping. I have visited Beaducation on several occasions, to watch the online classes, which are very through, I must say. Anyway for Christmas I asked for some stamping supplies, to get started. However, because of my late request only received my new supplies last weekend. So last Saturday and Sunday, I practiced, and practiced, and practiced. It's a bit harder to line those stamps up in a straight line than it looks, but I think that I finally have a good handle on it. So this morning, I wanted to make a little, simple personalized "Mom" charm necklace for myself.

I'm pretty happy with the turnout, for my first try. I do need to hone in a bit more on my skills. Mostly need to hit the stamps a harder and center a little better. But, all in all I'm pleased.
Next, I want to make a little something for my mom, who gave me the stamps and supplies. Hopefully she won't read my blog before I get this done:o

Eventually, I'd like to incorporate the stamping into my jewelry designs. I really excited about this new avenue and I'm looking forward to adding some more pizazz to my wirework.