I finally got them done!! I still want to make more. They are addicting. I was to try adding other design elements to them. I’m still designing the necklace these beads will go into. Hopefully it won’t take me forever to get it done.
The fronts and backs have different etched or embossed designs on them. I’ve lined the beads up so all the holes are horizontal in the picture.
I’ve been working on a couple of new things. Copper box beads for one thing. I’ve assembled several of them but still have to patina them and give them a good tumble to shine them up. In the meantime, here’s some of the copper I etched.
Hope everyone had a nice holiday. My sister is here and she wanted to make a porthole pendant. She has never worked with most of the equipment, nor soldered so it’s been doing all the teaching. Here’s her first two pendants:
Both porthole pendants are the same cat, Sonny.
Then she had to make tags for her other kitties:
Pictures are of the front and back of the tags.
Then, I made this:
It’s a picture of my kitty, Marley. The picture is of the front and back of the pendant. It’s a little different than the ones my sister made. They have mica covering the picture and the whole thing is held together with wires threaded through the pendant.
I also finished up this one I started before my sister arrived:
I’ve used this picture before but I liked it so much that I made another one.
These are for an order from the craft show. I never know what size to make bracelets as everyone’s wrist is a different size. I usually make things that fit my wrist and that doesn’t cover “one size fits all”. So, I made these in a different size. I’ll bring my pliers just in case I have to make adjustments when I deliver them to the buyer.
The last one I made because I had the beads and components already out. I’ll show the buyer so she has a couple different designs to choose from.
I sold all the enameled bangle bracelet sets I made at the craft show. Yeah!! But that meant I had to make more for gifts. These are two I finished yesterday.
I really like making these. It’s a surprise how the colors are going to come out. I use a couple of opaque colors and three or four transparent colors and I never know what I get when I layer them. When I have more time, I want to make some wider ones that will be riveted together.
I finished up some more enameled and copper wire bracelets. I’m going to sell them as sets. I think they look good together.
I gave up on trying to enamel round wire. For some strange reason, the enamel on round wire keeps popping off. I mean likes shards of it just flying off. It’s the weirdest thing. I tried several different experiments and this happened every time. So, instead, I tried some flat copper wire tonight and I had no issues except where I solder the wire together. I used silver solder since it’s supposed to be compatible with this enamel but I got some crazing. I put it back in my torch flame and heated it up so the enamel pulled away from that spot. It doesn’t look bad but in future ones I’ll either have to fuse the copper together or overlap the piece and rivet it together.
I made this for my cousin’s daughter for her Christmas present. It’s kind of plain but I like it like this. I hope she likes it too.
I know this is a bad picture. I took it with my phone. I’ll have to take a better one later. 
The bunny one I made for my friend for her Christmas present. I hope she doesn’t look here and see it. I didn’t do a good job pushing the tabs over on hers. I figured out a way to do it after I messed up. The smaller one was easier because the metal is thinner. I put a kitty picture in it so I guess I’m saving that one for myself. The picture is covered with a glass dome.
