Better luck soldering

I had all but given up on soldering, the bother of getting it all set up, the flux bubbling up and knocking all my pieces all over the place, the imposable task of trying to cut the solder into tiny pieces with out losing them then getting the solder to stay where I wanted it, all an awful lot of hassle for about a 50% success rate!!!

I had wanted to give solder paste a try but at £30+ a tube, to give some thing a try, when lets face it I could be buying beads with that money, so beads I brought! But then my supplier decided to start selling smaller tubes for about £10 so I though now its worth a try, and success!

It is so much easier to use....

I finally found the courage to make this ring

The cab is so beautiful, it is by Becky Fairclough of Chameleon Designs

Now I am hopeing that I can come up with a few designs that are a bit more artistic/challenging (I think I may need to start practicing my cutting skills)!

Have a great day, and keep trying new things!

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