Crystals too

 My polymer earrings for this week are made from a pair of Squish Beads.  I only had a few of this color combo and at the time, I did not like them as much as the other colors I had used.  I put them aside in the "not bad, but not what I was looking for" bin (totally different than the "what the heck was I thinking!" bin).  I had not even shined they up with LPC.  

After I made these, I found I was out of headpins. So, I  had to visit my local bead store for more head pins.  Ya, I could make them myself but was too lazy. Of course, as most of you know, visiting a bead store is dangerous.  Got distracted by shiny stuff.  I found these  hammered circles and had to get them.  Paired them with a red crystal.  I tried to find a PC bead that would work in my stash, but all of them were too big.

I also found these lovely crystals that work perfectly with the bails.  These are a lot smaller than I normally wear but the color was so wonderful, that I could not resist them.  I also made a pair of pink ones, along with a larger crystal for a necklace, as a gift.

A few days ago, I happened across a blog that had  a tut about a  free on line photo modification site (http://pixlr.com/editor/). So I used it to add the surrounding halo and remove the scratches from the window sill I shot the picture on.  Good effect.  Now I just have to figure out how to get rid of the white "frame" that automatically appears when I save my writing.

Earrings week 8 - The Bear in the Woods

I can't believe that it is already eight weeks into the 52 earrings project.  It has certainly kept me active in my studio, so in that aspect it has already helped with that portion of my New Year's goal.

This week I did not go with Polymer.  The pieces I am experimenting with are not ready yet to be made into  earrings - hopefully next week.  I ordered the metal coatings, patinas and dyes from CF originals and have been having fun working with them.  More later....

We live in the Pacific Northwest where totems are a part of the rich cultural heritage of the native Americans and have been incorporated  into much of the art found in this part of the world.  Even the logos for some of the companies around here have totems in them.  My husband says that my totem would have been the bear. I find this hard to believe as I feel no affinity for the bear ( the mighty penguin however .... that is a bird that I greatly admire).  He insists that I am bear, the healer. So to appease,  my earrings this week were made especially for him