It's Birthday Week!

Couple of birthdays this week - made this for my neighbor who's turning 50 a good sport about it!  (of course it helps to look and act 35!)

Couple of New Folds - and an Easter Flamingo!

Where does the time go???  I'm waiting for some bezel and wire to come, and so I finished up a couple projects.  I really like the way the copper flower earrings turned out -they look great on other people, but just not me...  blend in and tangle with my hair I guess.  Maybe the answer is  to just chop it all off - 

Here's a pic of my pendant - I was going to rivet it a background piece, but it became too wieldy and large -  Someone in my metalworks class set a geod in a ring using wire so I decided to try it here.  

Finally, what's Easter without a Flamingo?  Took my mom to Macy's for their flower show, and the theme was pink flamingos!   They were everywhere!  Belated, but hope everyone had a blessed Easter!

Sunset

   Just thought I'd post this - we had the most beautiful sunset last night.  I wish I could have caught all the colors.  Living in the city you have to look a little bit harder for the beauty in nature - and this is it.  I can hardly wait until it's warm enough to sit outside in the evening - snow in Chicago at this time of year is just getting to be too much!  And I need to pull myself away from all the news -it's one thing after another -now this earthquake is a horrendous disaster.

But on lighter news, I met my friend, Karen, at Lill Street Studio for coffee yesterday.  She's making the most beautiful rosaries I've ever seen -I'll post her link when she's got it up.  We're taking a PMC class later this month and I'm excited about it!   It'll go for 3 days -3 hours per day - so we hopefully  should be pretty proficient when done!

Rings, Folds and Fritzie

Finished a couple rings and altho I don't think I especially like them, but I did learn something about the process on each one, so time well spent.  I'm also working on more formfolding - not sure how I'm going to set these but will work on them this weekend. 

  

And a cute pic of Fritzie since she looks so cute after her bath!  (notice she's saying 'please don't put me in the tub again!"

Back!

After taking way too much time off, I'm back in the saddle again!  (or at the workbench!)  I've been sewing, had the cold of the century, and a quick trip to Las Vegas - and am excited about getting back in the swing of things.

Last month I completed a couple of silver 'glyphs' - and unfortunately only have a pic of one of them.  I wore this once, but for some reason I just can't wear florite or crystal without them fracturing...  I don't even want to know why!!!   

I've also been playing around with folding copper - love it!   Have just ordered Charles Lewton Brain's book, which I really need.  I've kind of figured out how to do a couple folds, but I know there are tricks to learn.  I just hope I don't now need to go out and spend a fortune in hammers..... not that I can't have fun adding to the collection of tools "you've just gotta have"!  If anyone has a reasonable tool source, I'd love for you to pass it on - thanks!

Here's an unfinished leaf and small folded charm -