Casting........

Just a few pictures of the casting prosses.

These are the two bezel frames I made out of the new copper clay,Tony made molds and he cast them.

In this picture you can see the original copper piece, the mold that Tony made, the wax and the cast tree of bezels that still need to be cleaned up and finished.

And heres the little square bezel.......

As soon as we get these pieces finished I'll put the pictures up.

Copper Clay?

I can barely contain myself! I just got the go ahead to not only talk about this but to also show pictures!

Yes I'm talking about the new Copper clay.Everyone has seen the Bronze clay created by Bill Struve, well he's done it again and created Copper clay.
I was very luck to be one of the testers of the copper. Its been so hard for me not to mention this. I've been so excited about it!

So I spent several days in Atlanta with Anne Choi creating things with the Copper.We love it!
Okay so let me show you a few pictures.........

These two are resin bezels.

This is a new toggle design that will have riveted pieces to it when finished.More pics of that to come.

This is copper chain with pmc3 silver links,all fired together! Have I said I love this stuff?

Bronze clay on the bottom and copper clay on the top.I think this will be a ring......The two pieces will be riveted together and then I'll solder on the band that will be made out of pmc3 silver.I just love the whole mixed metals. So fun........

And finally here is the prickly heart that I just posted on my etsy shop.I made the original piece in the copper clay then Tony made a mold of it and cast it in shibuichi.

Copper piece......

And the cast piece in shibuichi......

So thats it for now.I'm working on several more new pieces and I'll share them with you as I get them done.

This is so exciting! Thank you Bill Struve......

Dont forget to checkout our etsy sale this week.....

Its a sale !

Oh my we are having our first ever official Etsy sale! Yes I said sale!

So this is it........From February 14th to the 18th everything in our etsy shop is 20% off. 5 days only to get the discount! On thursday all will go back to the original pricing.

If i add anything new in that 5 days it will also have a sale price.Hint........I'll be adding a new piece tomorrow.So check out the shop and be looking for a few new pieces in the next couple of days.


Just for kicks.......A photo of me and my girls.



My daughter Ashleigh, my grandaughter Kassadi, me and my grandaughter Nathea.

Me and Tony and the girls...........

Heres Kassadi with a happier face........She loves her Tony!

Ohhh so sweet.........

In Loving Memory............

I got the worst news today.........Our incredibly talented and one of our best friends Greg, passed away late last night.

Our thoughts and love go out to Christina, the love of his life and his family and friends.

This is a great loss and we will miss him terribly.................................

Etsy Update!

Alien Monkey Skull........

Alright so i've just posted a few new things on etsy.

Last week i put up four tortured hearts and sold them before i could even talk about them here.Well now there are more so check them out.

Also i have a new heart up.This is Shibuichi but polished to a more silvery look with hints of copper.Tony likes to play around with the polishing to see what he can get and we like this look.

The prickly heart.

He also polished some of our wing the same way.

And here's a few heart's......

I cant leave without talking a little about our Lucy.

Today Lucy recieved a package! A gift from her Auntie Paula Best.

Paula has a wonderful line of dog collars! www.paulabestdog.com.

Soooo sweet!

Thank you so much antie Paula,i love my new collar.............luv lucy lu

Also i will be adding more things to our etsy shop this coming week . More brand new stuff!

Peace.........

Rescued......

Lucy Lu was set out in a box in a hotel parking lot.My brother-in law who worked there found her and took her home.My sister already had three dogs and just could not keep her and so they called me.When I saw her my heart just melted and I just new the three of us (Tony,me and Lucy) belonged together.

It was exactly one year ago that we lost our beloved Marcel who had been with us for nearly 14 years.

I have felt so lost and lonely without a furry little friend to keep me company.(Not that Tony dosnt keep me company)This is a different kind of love that I have been without for a year and for this sweet little gift to come into our lives exactly a year after the passing of our boy has been nothing but a miracle

So who has rescued who here?

Thank you for rescueing me Lucy Lu...........

Sunday Mornings........

Need I say more?