I thought I was done with trees but decided to make some for presents. Here’s the last two I made.
They are so addicting!! I thought about using different colors but since they are ornaments and trees, using the red and goldstone seems like the only fitting colors except for green.
I was also able to get another Japanese crest pendant assembled.
Just took a picture of the front since the back is the same as the previous ones. I have one more in the works……
I’m really liking making these. I love to rivet and using escutcheon pins makes it so easy.
I think the next time I etched these crests I’ll use blue Press n’ Peel paper for the resist. It makes the etch so much smoother. I used rubber stamps for these.
I etched these Japanese crests onto copper a few weeks ago. I riveted one to another piece of copper and ran a chain through the two pieces. I had to add the end caps to the chain after putting the pendant on as the end caps would not fit through the pendant. Here’s pictures of the front and back.
The back I used a gingko leaf etched design. I thought it works well with the Japanese crest.
More trees and an orange dangle ornament……
The one on the left is going to end up as a necklace. I have no holiday jewelry so I thought a tree would be nice to wear.
I previously made up some copper viking knit and cut it into small sections for bracelets. These are two I just put together.
The second one is my attempt at “organic” beads which I don’t have very good success at.
I cut the fabric for these and made one up. I’m not crazy about these. But since I cut the fabric and got everything prepared, I went ahead and finished them up. Maybe someone will like them.
They are made out of hand dyed rayon velvet and cotton batik fabric. I backed them with wool felt flowers.
I just got these made up with sterling silver findings and pearl and crystal accents.
I’m running out of skeleton keys and haven’t been able to find a good selection of them at a good price for a long time. This is one of my last bigger keys. I still have several small keys that I can only put one bead on. Those are still cool but I like making several beads on one key.
This one I use silk ribbon for the necklace part and of course, a button for the clasp and glass end caps.
I used a black silk ribbon on this one. I made the glass end caps and button clasp to make the length of the necklace adjustable. These buttons work out well and don’t slide around but can be moved easily.
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