Weekend Reading.

I can’t wait to sit back and get stuck into the new books I got from Amazon.com this morning!  They came sooner than I expected and I know they are going to be full of juicy things!!
I don’t get much of a chance to make stuff at the moment.  Summer is becoming more demanding for [...]

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My Little Work Space.

My husband and I have set up a little spot in the garage for me to work on my jewellry making.  It’s not the greatest…but at least I can do all the messy stuff I want and not worry about it too much.

I am trying to teach myself to set cabochons and it’s not easy [...]

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Picture Post.

So this is a picture post of the stuff that I have been making….

This picture is of the first cuff I forged from 2mm sterling sheet, it’s about 140 grams in weight and it’s hammer finished.

This was the ring we all made in the silversmithing workshop. It was 2 rings sweatsoldered together. It’s not a [...]

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Been & Gone…

The weekend that is.  I was so not in the mood for that course…but I had a great time.  We made a ring and a pendant.  And because we ran outta time,  the instructor made us all a pair of earrings.  But I had already made some similar at home,  so I didn’t care to [...]

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School tomorrow….

Well my course for the weekend wasn’t cancelled.  At least not that I know of anyway.  So tomorrow I will be rocking up for a loooong weekend of learning stuff.  I kinda wish it was cancelled now as I have taught myself half of what the course is for.  But that is because I am [...]

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