Gold Leaf for the Holidays

I got out my gold leaf the other day for a little bit of holiday flash. I'm pretty pleased with the results on these opalescent headpins.

Winners!

Extra long brass wires on these blingy transparent leaf headpins

Goldstone latticino limpet bead caps with metallic edges.

see how they match my prop shell

I was experimenting with layered headpins. The second one just didn't behave so I flattened and twisted it. Makes even a more interesting set and I know you guys aren't afraid of mismatched!

I might have shown these before but they are merchandise now.

In my Etsy shop

I decided to finally list some of these Numi- Petra combos

( that's ScorchedEarthOnEtsy who makes these ceramic spikes)

Butter criffles 'n' spikes

Blueberry, Cranberry - Alaskan inspired criffles

Mmmm, lookit that pale green!

Orphan assortments in the shop. lots of them!

"Whorlpools"

asymmetrical crusty large whorls

( rust not included. I find such great things on my walks around this high desert town)

A great focal. If you don't want this, I do!

It's been a great year in ye olde numinositye shoppe and many thanks to you all that keep me going.

I know I've fallen off on blogging and following partly because I've been so dang busy in the studio keeping my shop stocked. Also I became a guest blogger over on LoveMyArtJewelry Blog twice a month and I guess I don't have so many blog blathers in me to overflow into my own.

So if you want to see what I've written there you just need to head over on the first and last Thursday of every month. There are new posts there every day from many talented artists with a wealth of skills to share.

I just did a post this week about murrini and millefiore  cane.

Check it out here.

And now for some potatoes that my son illustrated to send you on your way.

Goblin's Boogers?

Or should I call them Satan's Sputum... or how about

Frog's Phlegm or Troll Loogies or Crone's Catarrh?

I was experimenting the other day with shiny upon crusty and got this lovely verdigris on grey effect so in honor of Halloween I decided to get a bit more creative in my description.

Anyway, it's always fun to come up with some new stuff.

I've got some variations on colors coming up the pike too.

These sold instantaneously so I went and made some more already.

They are listed currently.

Now I've been creating a hybrid of beads and limpets.

Meet the "blimpets"

They also flew out of the shop rather quickly so you can bet I'll have more coming.

I feel as though I' must be violating some blog protocol by listing before I blog about them  but you see I get on these creating and listing blitzes and sometimes don't slow down enough to notify you all.

So I'm kind of going backwards and showing you so that you can see the next run.

'Nother big Whorl bead... full on crusty

And what you've been clamoring for...

Introducing NEW *Crifflets*!

Mini criffles

Well you've been clamoring for them in my head anyway.

( "why does she make those criffles so big?" you say... "and why just 5 of them?")

The answer to that question is that I get bored with making the same color after 5 and want to move on and I only had 15 mandrels which was convenient for 3 sets per torch session.

You can't probably tell by the photo but these are way smaller than criffles so you get 8 of them.

They're about 16 mm... a little more than a half inch in diameter

and the holes are a bit smaller than the full size criffles -3mm

Barbecue Grill Lava Crifflets

would go great with boogers I think.

This is my own stash  or torch fired enamels for earrings.

Oh yes... I high grade my own supplies... see how I am?

I am seeing that my brightest enamel matchsticks go out of the shop first but you gotta give those subtle enamel guys a chance.

What's not to love about these?

I mean just look at these on your screen!

Hmmm? You know you want them...all denim blue goes with anything-like

And I want to mention a giveaway that Julie is having at Waaay Outwest

Her beads are so satiny, clean and near perfect that my crusties just want to sidle up next to them like a rogue cousin at a cocktail party.