WEDDNG'S GETTING CLOSER, NECKLACE IS GETTING LONGER

This is taking a long time but it's starting to get longer.  Had to order more Preciosa beads.  Didn't realize how many beads this would take.  Ordered 1200 so now I have enough for a bracelet and earrings too.

Netting is great.  It makes the beads slinky and soft feeling where Herringbone would have made this necklace stiffer.  Click to see it bigger.

NURSING HOME EARRINGS

I just made my 100th pair of earrings for my friend at the nursing home.  She's a great sales lady.  She also asked for a bracelet and earrings to match.

This is the 10th pair of magenta I did.  They are polymer clay with wire wrapping and chains.

More requests for long and chunky turquoise.

The large beads are polymer clay made from a cane I did a while ago.  Wish I could remember what colors I used in it.  She requested a stretch bracelet with lots of silver.  I would not normally do it with stretch cord with that much silver but I used a 1mm size cord so it should be ok. 

25,000 GIVE AWAY

I will soon have the 25,000th visitor to my blog.

When that happens I am going to do a give away.  I'll be leaving for Chicago in two weeks for the wedding so I'm not sure when this give away will be or what I'm going to give away.  Leave me some comments and let me know what you would like (but not the netted necklace).  I'll be in a nursing home before I get another one of those done.  I need some ideas.  Earrings, bracelets, polymer clay pendants.  I'll keep thinking about it though.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I hope someone bought me red licorice.  That's what I usually get.  Or, a box of Good and Plenty.  Have to fit in the wedding outfit so I better go ride my bike.

POLYMER CLAY EARRINGS

As you know from previous posts I've been making earrings to send to my 96 year old friend in Wisconsin.  So far she's sold about 100 pair of earrings.  I sent her a pair of earrings made with polymer clay.  She had 3 people that wanted to buy them but didn't want the beads on them.  She finally found someone that wanted them with the beads but she called and asked me to make more without the beads.  I made those a year ago and didn't keep any of the clay.  I did two Mokume Ganes to try and replace the original.  One with Premo 18kt gold and gold leafing and one with silver leafing.  They turned out really good.  I hope her customers like them.

I think these are kind of boring without beads but that's what she wanted.

It's 115 here today.  My friend calls it "100 and STUPID".  UV resin sure hardens up fast but 5 minutes out in the sun causes headaches.  I'm still trying to figure out who talked me into moving to Arizona.

BUT IT'S A DRY HEAT