Desert Bloom

The only thing I managed to finish this week......

Turquoise and Sterling Silver, now listed in my shop!

Forever Blooming.....

Yes, I've changed my blog around again. And I haven't gotten a chance to add my name to the banner on the blog. I bought Adobe Photoshop Elements for Mac last week, but haven't found the time to mess around with it yet. I'm hoping it will allow me to add text to my photos, and other cool stuff. We'll see.

I am so darned excited to show off this necklace that I just couldn't wait.

I am THRILLED with the way it turned out. When I showed it to my husband, he looked at it for awhile and said "you're getting better aren't you?" Thanks. I think.......

The stones are Amethyst. The necklace measures 16" in length, but I've added an extender and it can be worn up to 18". The asymmetry of the stones on the chain is new for me. I'm usually the type that needs things to be symmetrical, but I really love how it looks on.

I've really been on a major floral kick recently. I think it must be the feeling that Spring is just around the corner.

Forever Blooming will be in the shop this evening!

Bottle Caps

Bottle caps, bottle caps, bottle caps. This picture has a lot of reflections from the lights in the room, but you get the idea.

A friend of mine made a bottle cap necklace for her little girl. I thought it was the cutest thing, and decided to make some for my girls too. Luckily my friend willingly shares her crafting secrets and told me exactly how to do it and where to go to get the supplies.

Shortly after I started making bottle cap necklaces, I discovered Etsy. www.etsy.com LOVE, LOVE, LOVE , Etsy. I can spend hours just browsing all of the brilliant art work. But, I digress. During one of my marathon Etsy browsing sessions, I discovered graphics already formatted to the size I needed for the bottle caps! Yay!!!

I quickly discovered that I was addicted to buying graphics on-line. It was too easy. I pick what I want, I pay for it, and the graphics are e-mailed to me usually within a couple of hours. No shipping fees, almost instantaneous gratification, relatively cheap, I was totally hooked! Each cute little image makes me want to own it. Just like each bead I run across.

That brings me to the subject of today's post. Bottle caps! I do enjoy making them for my girls, but as usual I have taken it to an extreme, and have more than they could possibly ever wear.

There is a local artists market in the town I live in. There was a lady there selling bottle caps on ball chains for $ 12.00 a piece. $ 12.00!!!!????? So, I listed some on Etsy for $ 4 to $ 5 a piece. I've sold 3. Oh well, at least the girls have a wide variety of bottle caps to choose from.

The other plus (or is it a plus?), all the unused bottle caps I purchased will be listed in Humboldt Supplies. I hope they can find a home and a use.