Mmmmm opal

The soldering gods were smiling two days in a row and I managed to make this.....

OK, so I properly could have made it in one night (with a tad more confidence and a touch less coffee) but it was one of those unplanned moments, when the kids have all gone to bed and actually fallen asleep (never happens), the other half was working till late, I had actually done all the house work (I know) and got to the point where you think hmmmm what now....

That very, very rarely happens! Then this kind of made its self, not perfect (hey it's only my second bezel and it turns out triangle are harder then circles, doh) but I really, really like it....

Though I think I might have to make it into a necklace, and oh my, how hard are opals to photo???
These shots took forever and I still did not get a single photo with the bright green flash on the bottom of this stunning stone.
Defiantly have to make more, might have to try an open back bezel next, practice my sawing skills...

xxx

I'm sooooo excited....

The house was all quiet last night, the other half was working very late and all the children were in bed and asleep before 9pm, It is very rare that this happens so I thought I would make the most of it!
I've been wanting to try making a bezel for ages and had a special project in mind, so I thought I would give it a go and here's the results.....

I love it! 

It took three attempts to solder it properly, all the while holding my breath, I nearly took my toe off while trying to figure out how to use the saw (You would not believe I used to write risk assessments as a job if you could see me holding it still on the coffee table with my bare foot) and I had to improvise when setting it as I don't actually have a bezel roller (I may possibly have used a fimo bead instead, but hey it worked OK)!

It will end up as part of a hopefully lovely necklace for my mums 50th birthday.

The beautiful Cab was made for me by the wonderful Becky at Chameleon Designs.

Fingers crossed the rest of the necklace comes out as well! 

Enjoy your Sunday

xxx