This giveaway is closed now and the winner that was picked by the random number generator is The lucky Cynthia of Beatnheart!
I think it's her lucky day as she was just featured on the front page of Polymer Clay Daily today too!
Thank you all for your many great ideas, comments and enthusiasm for orphan headpins.
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ReplyDeleteI want to be their new mummy!
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Ohh.. so much fun...There'd have to be some asymmetrical earrings, maybe use some to snazz up a focal or two.. and then maybe some gorgeous dangles for a bracelet or necklace :)
ReplyDeleteI could see some fun wire wrapping with fiber in bracelets. I really haven't worked with lamp work headpins yet and would love to do that!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love them, and pet them, and call them George. No, really, I've seen some wonderful things done lately with lampwork headpins that I'd love to try, from messy wraps to bails. And thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteumm you would give them all to MEEEE!!! :D
ReplyDeletewell sometimes i have orphaned stuff. sometimes i use it, sometimes i give it as freebies to my supplies shop buyers. I like when i buy stuff and there's a random freebie. Like a button or something. so yeah...uhh GIVE THEM TO ME :D
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Earrings. I believe they'd mostly become earrings. Big, bold, asymmetrical, outrageous ones.
ReplyDeletei would use with sterling and other artists beads to create a bracelet that people would look at for hours and never see every gorgeous element. i would also keep it for myself...
ReplyDeleteI would use them to make a sampler necklace--your lovely headpins used as "bead" dangles with handmade chain comprised of chunky links.
ReplyDeleteWell, I would not try to find any siblings. I think orphans can do amazing things all by themselves or as a group, don't you? Those are some pretty awesome orphans and I am pretty sure they could do whatever they wanted and it would be lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
I would love to win some of your beauties! I use these type of headpins within my necklaces and bracelets.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this opportunity,
Cheri
I've got a wicked collar piece from Petra with about a million hoops just begging to be hung with some crusty glassy deliciousness...eh, Eh, EH?!?!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! I would make mismatched earrings, and maybe some would be dangles for a necklace.
ReplyDelete:-) sticking to my 'sisters' earring pairs - definitely related, but not quite the same
ReplyDeleteyour work is lovely - those August beads....beautiful
Well, if I had 27 then I might just be able to bring myself to start using some of them in something I'd sell. I received a set of four of your headpins this morning and I can see I'll be hoarding them some long ol' while. Must have more! Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I can see using them in some mismatched earrings or using them for a variety of charms on necklaces or bracelets. Question is. . .what WOULDN'T I do with them!? ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your generosity and the opportunity!
The possibilities are endless! Charms, pendants, unique earrings. I would love the chance to work with these. :)
ReplyDeleteA chance to win THESE? Yes please!! I love, love your gorgeous crusty, rustic, and scumdiddlyumptious headpins! I would make earrings. Lots of earrings. And use some as charms on bracelets. They'll tell me what they want to be. :-)
ReplyDeleteI think I would just sit and stare at them for a few hours, few days... maybe a few weeks ;) But I def see some earrings being made outta these and then maybe pay it forward and share some with others.
ReplyDeleteGive them good homes and feed them sand of course! xox
ReplyDeleteThey make wonderful dangles for bracelets---and wonderful to add to artisan pendants. I would love to have them.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I would force myself to get over my fear of fancy headpins! I see fun dangles and maybe some mismatched earrings!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be fun if the orphan headpins got to stick together and became a charm bracelet. They are beautiful! Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteDuh! Hoard them and love them and make cool stuff!
ReplyDeleteDuh! Swoon over them and love them and make cool stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteMake them into fabulous. dangles on a necklace!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I could make some incredible treasures with those!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe first thing would be to go through my stash to find coordinating beads for a few pair of mismatched earrings. Then I'd add some beadweaving to others to make pendants. And I'd just have to keep a few for my stash.
ReplyDeleteLove them and give them a good home probably around my neck and some others! Thanks for the chance dear one!
ReplyDeletefirst, I'd have to just admire them for a while...
ReplyDeletethen play with them and see what would work best and in what combination, you know, the usual process!
love your work ~
I would use them on fabulous Trees of Life...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and I would use them in bracelets, necklaces and earrings OH MY! :)
ReplyDeletePut them front and center - but in whose view, those looking at the pendant, or the wearer of the bracelet with some charms? A bit of both. Plus keep a few to hold and love. Andrea
ReplyDeleteSo many possibilities...so pretty I would just have to hold them and look at them for a while, then the fun would begin!
ReplyDeleteI think they would make lovely dangles and bottoms to a found-things necklace and earrings set... the variety and color and texture makes them perfect for a necklace and earrings that have in common only one or two elements and come together around fun wound metal and irregular glass elements. :)
ReplyDeleteI would make some drops to add to a focal piece. They are just stunning :D
ReplyDeleteI would turn them into children of the night. All your work is so very cool!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you could wire wrap them into some new piercings...like permanantly...
ReplyDeleteyes...that is what i would do with all 27 of em...
They are so beautiful !
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
it seems everyone has the same ideas .... mis-matched earrings, pendant charms .... I think a charm bracelet perhaps? so many ideas swimming around .... what fun! Very beautiful work you do!
ReplyDeletethank YOU!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYIPPEEEEEEEEEE....I AM VERY PLEASED...THANK YOU RANDOM GENERATOR FOR PICKING ME....