It's no secret that I do love a good challenge, I find that if I have a deadline to meet then I get things done rather then yeah I'll make that one day when I have 5 minutes (4 children means 5 minutes to myself are few and far between).
The Wonderful Heather Powers of Humble Beads has come up with a fab one....
Pick a contest or challenge, make something or start something! Blog about it or share your entry on the Facebook group.
So you may well know that I am taking part in The Year Of Jewelry Project well this weeks theme was - Lockets and Boxes.
Now this theme had me stumped! I'm a self taught, kitchen table kinda jewellery maker that really has no idea how to construct a locket or box, but then I remembered a fantastic tutorial in Beads and Beyond Magazine by the Amazing Joanne Tinley oh it was stunning, two domed silver discs with a bezel set stone in the middle, but try as I might I could not find the magazine (I think in a moment of weakness my other half may have talked me into getting rid of some). So with a very vague idea of how to go about it I came up with this....
A sixpence locket (I have a bit of a thing for coins, can you tell)?
Now I can't bezel set a stone inside a dome for love nor money, I have tried and it was very fiddly and rather messy so instead I thought I would give prong setting a try....
I quiet like it, it makes a lovely jingling sound when it is worn and I had a request from mess maker for one of these but with an emerald (her birth stone) inside!!!
I hope you are having a fantastic day x
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ReplyDeleteI really like what you guys are up too. Such clever work and coverage!
Keep up the good works guys I’ve added you guys to my blogroll.
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