Talk Much

Sit long...talk much

This saying has been with me for well over 30 years. My mother-in-law had a painted sign that said those very words and I always love it. I have painted that saying on chairs and have used it in other graphic designs. Today I used it in a piece of jewelry.

Etched and stamped metal along with a vintage watch gear mounted on an old charm, all strung on a great vintage brass chain.

I am still having issues with blogger, I suppose I thought it was temporary and it would all be back to normal within a day or so....wishful thinking on my part. I am an impatient person when it comes to technology, I want it fast and I want it now. Looking back at the telephone in the pendant, do you realize our kids don't even know what that is? I had purchased an antique phone a while back and had it home, my son Nick was amazed by it and asked how it worked? It dawned on me that the rotary dial is not even in their vocabulary! Talk about technology and speed!

Thinking of all you Carolina folks as you retreat from the up-coming storm. Be safe!



Round the corner

..round the corner there may wait, 

a new road or a secret gate.

 Can you guess which famous author  wrote these words?

no peeking!

You can find Round the Corner in my Etsy shop.

What's Your Story?

I tend to go from one extreme to another when creating jewelry....complicated and busy to modest.
I suppose it keeps me balanced.

"Whats Your Story?" can be found here.

My dinning room table is hiding underneath this mess...I am re-organizing and stocking for my show next week. ...It actually looks like someone has a hoarding problem. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I hope to finish planting my garden. Sunshine for everyone!!

A small key

"A small key opens BIG doors" 

The etched piece that is the focal for this pendant was purely an accident. I had etched the piece about a month and was not happy with the depth of the etch and left it on my work table on the porch. It caught my eye that other day and I went to retrieve it, the piece naturally patina'd to a great shade of green or verdi. I was so excited and took it to my work table and buffed it with some steel wool to bring out the etched design.....and here you have it! I will be applying some renaissance wax to the pendant as soon as it arrives. I think it will enhance the piece nicely.

You can find this piece in my Etsy shop.

Love is All you Need Giveaway

 I breathed a song into the air....

henry wadsworth longfellow

Yesterday I was attempting to do some etching, I needed some more bead caps and had lots of discs all ready to go.I had purchased new muriatic acid and peroxide and had a nice new mix to etch with. What went wrong? I only wish I knew...not one darn thing got an etch on it. At first I checked it every 15 minutes, nothing, then...another half hour, hour, 2 hours...nothing! When the etching fails the discs of metal will not etch again... I have tried it. So now I have blank discs that I can not etch with, but who wants boring plain disks? I can't throw anything out so my lemons made lemonade. I made little pendants that I stamped, hammered, oxidized and domed, they are soooo cute! They range in size from 3/4" to 1". 

 These little necklaces look so great layered! I think I will wear a different one each day!

You can find these in my Etsy shop.

When I was making these I thought why not give one away to one of my wonderful followers...you folks are so wonderful and supportive and deserve a little love.

"Love is all you need"

1" copper pendant with turquoise bead strung on a vintage chunky copper ball chain.

To enter all you have to do is:

1. Become a Follower of my Blog and or

2. Become a Facebook fan 

3. Tweet this giveaway

4. Post this giveaway on your blog

Tell me what you did and I will put your name into the proverbial hat for each posting. Thanks so much for getting the love around! I will pick one lucky winner on Tuesday Sept.7th. Good luck!

Giddy Up

Cowboy Sam and the Rodeo....c1951

I love vintage children's books and came across this book while I was in Nevada, I just had to have it... it was a child's book AND it was about horses! The graphics are just wonderful! I also have been tossing a pair of vintage horse buttons around my work table for a while now, not sure what to do with them, well finally their day has come, (at least for one button). This piece just makes me smile...although the horse on the button is jumping a gate and the book is about a rodeo, close enough for me.

So tell me in one word...what makes you smile? One Word Only!

Sweet Pea...and the winner is!

And now for the drum roll....The winner of my Autumn Giveaway is Sara from Arts Afire, please get in contact with me so I can get your mailing address. Congratulations!!

I saw a little pea pod necklace like this in the latest Rings and Things supplement catalog, I could not resist making one. I had just received my new custom make fonts for stamping from Fundametals.net and thought it would be a great time to try them out.

I just love my new stamps, but will need to get use to using them as they line up a little different than the ones I currently use. I think I will try to make some tiny pea pods with tiny pearls, these are just a tad big for me, but it was a good experiment.

I am in LOVE with these little blue swallows from Patina Queen! This sweet little necklace is called Woodland Dreams and you can find it on my website.

A small key opens big doors

"A small key opens big doors" Textured brass and hand stamped copper are joined together with a brass rivet to make a wonderful focal necklace. Wire wrapped agate beads are added as well as an antique key. This long copper necklace measures 34 1/4" long with a hand wrought brass hook and eye and a sweet dangle in the back. You can find this piece on my website.

Don't forget to check out my giveaway! These copper heat treated earrings could be yours! A winner will be chosen on Tuesday AM.
ENTER HERE !

C'est La Vie

I am still on my earring kick...I like that you can create little pieces of "wearable art" and when you are done move on to the next pair. I tend to get bored with with the "same old, same old", I guess that is why I rarely make the same thing twice.


I heat treated this pair of earrings and just love the colors! The ear wires come from Studio on the Hill. I just love the rosy copper heads on these wires..

C'est La Vie....Such is life!