Just for me..

Over the Holidays, my cousin commissioned me to make a cuff bracelet for her Mother in law.  I had about a 4.5" strip of 18 gauge sterling sheet 1/2" wide left over, and decided to run it through the rolling mill until I could get enough length on it that I could make myself a cuff.  I think it ended up being maybe 21 gauge.  I don't know for sure since I don't have any calipers.  Which, btw are on my to get wish list.  I think they will come in handy especially since I'm processing my own scrap.

Anyway...The last cuff I made myself also had a similar silhouette, which I didn't realize until I thought to try wearing them together.   I guess I just love the scalloped edge!

This one I stamped in a concentric circle using 3 different sized dot stamps, with flowers in the center.  I set three 4mm iolite cabs on there because I love iolite.  It is a gorgeous shade of violet blue. 

The thinner gauge is ok, for me, but I wouldn't sell one that thin.  I've decided to offer it as a made to order item with choice of stone, in 18 gauge sterling.   I have it listed in my online store, but not yet on Etsy.  


I recently made myself a nice pair of sterling earrings too.  I don't often set about making something I know will be mine.  I have pieces in my personal collection that I have made,  but usually because they never sold!  lol  It's kinda nice to treat myself once in awhile.  How about you?  Do you make things just for you? 

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Queen Anne's Lace...

Technically, Queen Anne's Lace grows as a bunch of little white flowers that sometimes have one mysterious purple/magenta colored flowerette in the center of the bunch. Quite intriguing really.

I made these little flower ear hooks, and then went in search of a good name for them. The inspiration for these earrings is from the Edwardian era, after a movie I watched from the era. The heroine's name was Anne. So, it wasn't that big of a leap to Queen Anne's Lace, especially after I started thinking of bunching several of these together somehow....

Anyway, I am having fun exploring ways to make my own flowers....

And, this was my first time to work with Iolite. Such a beautiful stone. A sort of purply blue...I can't believe I haven't discovered them sooner. I think I am quite smitten.

In other news, school starts in a week. The 105 plus degree days haven't abated in a month, and I am becoming increasingly irritable. The girls seem to be bickering more than usual, and everything seems to bother me. I am holding out for cooler weather and a little breathing room. It really can't come soon enough.....