Blurry Week...Exciting Stuff.....

Well, this week has been a blur!  Halloween was snowy on the east coast for the first time in my lifetime!  So many power outages, trees down, absolutely crazy!

My Aiden was sick, just a cold, but opted not to trick or treat.  We share all the goods anyway.  Here were my little ones................

a snow princess and a viking.  Homemade snow princess outfit is an old flower girl dress that was given to us, white gloves and hat with a tiara from her princess collection, and the viking is sisters jean jacket turned inside out to reveal the fur, sisters ugg boots, pirate hand hook from previous years, and viking hat made from tin foil and masking tape.  I loved it.  So fun to make your own costumes.

That was Monday- on sunday and monday we had some house guests that were displaced due to the power outages (my mom and poppop).  It was very nice to have some time with Poppop, and he and the kids had a blast!

Then Tuesday I spent most of the day in the ER with Aiden....asthma out of control.  He's ok.  He just needs that extra strong neb now and again.  I just wish he didn't have to suffer with it.  But its all he's known, so he's a trooper about it.

Yesterday was Halloween withdrawl craziness in my house, with Aiden home and collin tired, it was chaos. 

I did begin the patina process on my new copper clay pieces, made copper leaves and Loop T Loops for the shop and took some pics.
Here are some of my new pendants I made from the Antique Bible molds I made (in copper clay).  Here are a couple (check my Artisan Accents shop this weekend for the listings...

dragon fly- each one has little hidden crosses in the artwork (since they are from an antiqued tooled leather Bible cover)

LOVE this one and heart key with a cross

dragonfly with multi-holes for dangles

drgonfly tri-connector

heart and cross bird pendant

and last but not least, this beautiful star of david pendant

Today I am kicking butt and catching up.

NOW, for the exciting news part.

Stop by here tomorrow to find out how you can be part of the biggest art bead swap, chain, giveaway thing EVER!  (ok, maybe not ever, but maybe)  Its awesome and fun and being held by Love My Art Jewelry.

Here is a sneak peek.......

Sale Extended for the Snow Day

I am going to leave my codes for the earlybird sale active for one more day.  My mind is blown by the fact we are having a White Halloween here in the east.  Its crazy.  My poor trees still have pretty yellow leaves on them.

Anyway- use code earlybird15 in either my jewelry store or my components shop to save 15% plus you get a free gift with every order.  I will be adding some more jewelry throughout the day.

I am kinda thankful for a day inside thought, because I tried using copper clay for the first time.  I usually do bronze, but I am having trouble getting the bronze to solder to things after firing, so I thought the copper would work better.  Well- the verdict is in, and I like it very much.  It think its much easier to work with then the bronze.  It fired nicely, only downside, it shrinks WAY more then the bronze.  I will just have to figure for that next time.  Here is the first batch right outta the carbon.

I did mess up pretty big time and lost some pieces.  I got new carbon, threw my pieces in it and fired up the kiln.  At about 800 degrees I remembered that I hadn't primed the carbon to burn off impurities and mositure.  So I turned it off and let it cool.  I lost a few pieces, I guess the moisture got them and they broke???  My own fault anyway.

I also found these little guys in the bottom of my firing..............wasn't sure what they were, then I realized they were my tiny moon faces....one still had the shape, barely.  I guess I melted them.  They were pretty tiny, so I will put them in the middle next time, and cool the firing a few degrees to allow for variance.  Thankfully they were the only ones that melted.  Anyhow, I love how they look, like little metal druzy's or something:)  Happy accident!

I am wondering if I melt more if they will get that green shimmer?  Hmmmm................................

Now I am off to take advantage of this snow day and get some things made....pack up my sale orders and pair them with special gifts, and watch the kids play in the slushy snow!

Happy White Halloween weekend everyone!  Stay warm and safe!