Forgot to include the links to everyone's posts, so here tis:
Jessica - www.abellablue.com/blogClarity - www.thesquarepegnation.blogspot.com
Claire - http://brightstar109.blogspot.comStacy - http://formandfunktionaccessories.blogspot.com/
Pennee - http://allwiredupjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/Brandy - http://thefrogspond.wordpress.comGloria - http://gloria-hemlockhollow.blogspot.com/Joy - http://www.joypeckjoy.blogspot.com/
Autumn - http://www.autumnbradley.blogspot.com
Gayle - http://www.thisartistsjourney.blogspot.com
Esmeralda - http://jewelry-by-silverblueberry.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
It Was All The Turkey's Fault
I had to come up with gifts for my girlfriends at Christmas and had no money to buy a thing. I was 13 years old. What to do? What to do? Somehow for some odd reason known only to myself I had saved the turkey wishbones from feasts in the past. Turkey wishbones? Could I make these into necklaces? Hmmm.....metallic gold paint.....hmmmm. Yup, I painted those suckers ever so carefully, drilled a hole in the top part of the bone , used a ribbon and lo and behold: necklaces!!! Yes indeedy! I gave these as gifts that year and had one for myself. I think my friends thought that I was cccrrrraaaaaazzzzyyyy! I thought it was clever and cheap. And that is how it all started.
Then I noticed that I had some turquoise nuggets! Which I promptly wrapped in silver wire (it was cheap then and Tandy was the only craft place in town) Wish I could find that nugget today! I know it is somewhere in this house - I never threw anything out.
So then I went on to scavenge sea glass, now mind you this was in the early 60's! And there was lots out on the beach when I was 15. These were wrapped in copper wire. And pebbles became pins.
Finally, I moved on to sea shells and making earrings for everyone and myself. I was an earring hog!
The discovery of polymer clay lead me to making some awful stuff! And my mother wore them! But not all.
I continued making earrings, but it just didn't feel creative enough. I needed something hands on, so I took a metalsmithing class last year and this was my first piece
.
That did it I was hooked on metal!
Then I noticed that I had some turquoise nuggets! Which I promptly wrapped in silver wire (it was cheap then and Tandy was the only craft place in town) Wish I could find that nugget today! I know it is somewhere in this house - I never threw anything out.
So then I went on to scavenge sea glass, now mind you this was in the early 60's! And there was lots out on the beach when I was 15. These were wrapped in copper wire. And pebbles became pins.
Finally, I moved on to sea shells and making earrings for everyone and myself. I was an earring hog!
The discovery of polymer clay lead me to making some awful stuff! And my mother wore them! But not all.
I continued making earrings, but it just didn't feel creative enough. I needed something hands on, so I took a metalsmithing class last year and this was my first piece
That did it I was hooked on metal!
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