I made another fibula heart pin. My friend wants to make some heart earrings and I remembered I made these smaller hearts before. I did a sample up so she could see it.
Push Pins All Ready For Craft Show
I got two cigar boxes of push pins done for the craft show. Hopefully they will sell well.
Both boxes ready to display.
Close up of one of the boxes.
Close up of second box.
Now I need to come up with more designs if I make more in the future.
Another Fiber Enamel and Copper Bracelet
I made another similar to one I made before. This one has bigger beads and sari ribbon as the fiber.
Kokeshi Doll Bead Necklace
I made these beads up earlier this year. I’m finally getting around to making them into necklace. These I used brass components.
More Flat Disk Beads
I’m really liking making these. It’s an easy way to use up all those short rods of glass and any kind of frit.
They are so pretty laid out flat, though I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to use them yet.
Here’s another picture of the stacked.
Flat Disk Beads
I’ve been trying to get a more organic look to my beads. Here’s another attempt at it. I still can’t get “that” look that other people get without having my beads look hideous. These are randomly shaped with a bunch of different frits and colors. Two different views:
They range in size to about an 1/2 inch to one inch across.
Enamel Test Heart
Since I’ve been working with wire and making spirals on the ends of wire to enamel – see below pix….
I thought why not try a heart like this. After I wound the wire around my heart shape, I realized that it would have been easier to make the heart with a side open so it would be easier to wind the wire around it so on the next one I’ll try that. I coated it with enamel the best that I could. I have a zillion colors but really tiny quantities which makes dipping big pieces into the enamel hard to do. I have to dip in sections. This one I used three colors, a dark blue, yellow and white. After I put all the colors on, I didn’t like it. I tried to reduce the enamel to bring out the oxides in it. I didn’t get good results so I fumed the whole thing with silver. It’s hard to tell but in person the shine from the silver shows. I like it much better this way. It gives it an organic look which goes with the heart.
Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet…..
Another Weekend Of Pins
But these are different. Well, different from the ones in the last post. These are a little more abstract.
I kind of like these. They aren’t too big and hang nicely when worn.
This next one is yet another pin but a bit different too. It doesn’t have any beads on it. Just all copper.
This one was tough. I used 14 gauge wire for the heart part and it was tough to bend. I think it might have had something to do with my wire already being work hardened too. Next time I’ll do it and anneal the wire first. That will make it easier to bend.
Geez, More Pins….
These are some that I used enamel pieces in.
I like the potato chip beads. I’m going to have to get more enameled.
A couple more. Not sure if I like the wire heart.
More Copper and Glass Fibula Pins
As you all know, I don’t just make one thing. So, here are more pins. I am working on other designs but these are fast and quick to make. The others take more time.
Mewkittie Creations 