New Components

Taking a side trip to explore some new components.

These are crusty lampwork glass bead caps or they could be considered beads in themselves.

They certainly are NOT going to be uniform in any way other than color and being domed.

Cuz you know that's the way I roll...randomnosity

Criffles' little cousins. 

I need to come up with a name for these caps.

randomnosities?

I'm already feeling like high grading them for myself which only means I need to make more.

A studnik sandwich anyone?

I'm taking a bit of a break from the matchsticks as I have been experiencing some vision problems.

Probably has nothing to do with the torch but I thought I'd take a break just the same.

I have an eye doctor appointment on Thursday.

I'll be listing some of these babies soon.

more steampunkture

da undaside

loving each other

Lampwonk shiny feeler gap gauge

So I was doing a little destash and helping out a fellow designer that said she might be running a little low on supplies. We just can't have that. And knowing that she's on a neutrals color spree currently that made it a little easier to pare down the choices.

What I didn't expect is that it would turn into a trade and I got this pile of goodies back!

And she sent me these! 

by Darlicioushouse on Etsy.

She went straight to work with the supplies.

You can already see how she made a moose's tooth into a pin!

or you can check out her blog Darlicious Rejuvenations here

Putting on the Blitz...a listing frenzy

I was feeling kind of listless... 

meaning I hadn't listed anything in my shop lately. 

Conditions hadn't been all that great for photography...

wind...clouds... rain

Besides I'd been busy in the studio and taking you all on tours...

and dealing with my roneriness

This is what happens when I'm sipping bourbon and watching Deadwood in the evening.

Good thing I didn't name them F****ing C*cks***er earrings.

My friend on FB says why bother to put symbols in your swear words, if you have to do that  don't even bother to use the word then.

I say F*** Y**! to her

and I didn't want to have to put an adult warning on my blog... so there!

Torch enameled discs turning into earrings

they'll go under my NuministaChic earring category

Put up a boatload of listings in my shop today

These are ultra large

A little of everything

LampWONK

Criffles

Studnik

beads all aglow and crusty

This was a *WIP and ReWIP and unWIP and ReWIP

since way last year. 

I just couldn't get the buttons to lay right and behave and look good once it was off of the design table.

The copper okra and a few other adjustments finally taught it a lesson and it finally hangs the way I want.

* Work In Progress

While I'm at it I've got another WIP to show you

These are some earrings I started last year. Only thing is the vintage button shank is glass so it may easily break with the headpin going through it. I think I solved that by gluing leather to the back and thusly securing the headpin and the glass to the Chinese coin.

Those were going to be the earrings but then these little torch enameled copper discs showed up on my table.... next to the bourbon

How cool would it be to rivet them to the coin!

But it's a delicate operation probably not suitable for a pounding.

Anvilartifacts suggested a faux rivet.

I like that idea.