Posts Tagged ‘solder’

Charmed, I’m Sure

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

I wanted to share another mixed media charm necklace. It is on a ball chain and has a soldered stamped domino and a soldered round wooden game piece that I added vintage text too as well as a silver charm.  I love how these clink around and move as you wear them!

A pretty bird escaping his cage:

Bird and Cage Charm Necklace

available in my Etsy Shop. (sold)

Let Them Eat Cake

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

I found a lovely princess image in one of my vintage children’s books recently and thought she looked like Marie Antoinette so I made a mixed media charm necklace with it around that theme. I soldered the illustration in glass and added two other soldered game pieces, a domino I colored blue and stamped a crown on and a round wooden game piece that I added vintage “eat cake” text too, there is also a silver charm of a hand holding a heart.

Marie Antoinette mixed media charm necklace

This necklace is currently available in my Etsy shop, click here.

-Heather

SPRING CLEANING

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile, I had surgery a few weeks ago and have been recovering.

Bird and Egg Collage Art Soldered Pendant

It’s time for a little spring cleaning in my Etsy shop so I’ve marked down a bunch of soldered pendants to only $7! (regularly they were $12 and $16).

Click here to visit the sale section of my shop, hurry at these price they probably won’t last long!

Moth Soldered Pendant

-Heather

You Get an A++

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

I’ve been seeing lots of cool ideas popping up everywhere using chalkboard paint and I thought “I’d like to make something with that stuff”. So the idea popped into my head to add it to something I already make, soldered jewelry. So today I made a chalkboard necklace, it turned out just like I had envisioned, don’t you love when that happens?

Draw or write something new every day, aren’t they fun?

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These are now available here in my Etsy shop.

Bubbles!

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Wow, where did the month of December go?……..:)

I’ve really been enjoying making more of the round glass bubble charms, they are so tiny and sweet. Here’s a few of my recent favorites.

Red Fox Bubble Glass Charm

Bluebird Bubble Glass Charm

Cow Bubble Glass Charm

Bear Bubble Glass Charm

These can all be found in my Etsy Shop.

Who are you calling a Witch?!

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

I’ve been very busy making lots of collage art soldered pendants for Halloween. I’ve done lots of witches, women and little girls, a bat fairy and some little wizards too. I think some of these would be great for Harry Potter fans also 🙂 Each hand cut collage is mounted on vintage Italian book paper and sandwiched between glass and soldered around the edges. I added black patina to the solder. These pendants are currently available here in my Etsy shop.

I adore the little grumpy witch asking “who are you calling a witch?”, I almost kept her for myself 🙂

Little Witches and Wizards Collage Art Soldered Pendant

I’m really happy with the bat fairy, I think she’s so cool.

Witches Collage Art Soldered Pendants

Blow a Bubble

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

The vintage children’s books I use for alot of my solder pendants sometimes have very tiny but cute art in them. Too small for even 1″ square pendants I thought I could find a way to make some teeny pieces with them. So recently I got some flat backed round glass bubbles that are about 3/4″. I soldered around the edges and back and they are perfect. Like a little window with a tiny surprise inside it. I adore the way they turned out!

These can currently be found in my Etsy shop.

Bubble Glass Pendants with Vintage Illustrations

Bubble Glass Pendants with Vintage Illustrations

Fly Away Home

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

A while ago I had found some lovely small vintage photos at an antique store. I think they must have been a type of model shot, some had the same girls in different outfits. They are the perfect size for jewelry. I turned this pretty girl into a fairy by adding blue wings to her. I didn’t want to cut the actual photo so I cut the edge of the wings to match her shoulders and applied them onto the photo. I also added the word “fly” from a vintage book and mounted her on vintage French book paper. The tiny collage is sandwiched between glass and soldered around the edges. Because the photo is black and white I added black patina to the solder to pull everything together.

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What’s a Tapir?

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

I’ve got some new pendants being listed in my Etsy shop, just in time for the holidays. Here’s a couple of new vintage dictionary illustration soldered pendants. BTW if anyone is looking for a certain animal or illustration for a custom pendant let me know, I might have it and I’m glad to do special orders if I can.

Here’s a cute koala bear:
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this hedgehog is so fun, although he looks more like a porcupine to me 🙂 :
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 and I love this tapir, he’s really cool and unusal:
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