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Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
This lovely shadow box style necklace is made with snippets of vintage lace and vintage measuring tape with a vintage button and a silver scissors charm.
This necklace is now available in my Etsy shop.
-Heather
Tags:button, charm, etsy, jewelry, lace, measuring tape, necklace, notions, P is for Paper, scissors, seamstress, sewing, sewing notions, shadow box, vintage
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Monday, July 20th, 2015
I think this Pirate necklace turned out so cool! I made a soldered glass charm using a vintage dictionary illustration, I soldered a vintage Scrabble tile (X marks the spot), hand stamped a metal tags and added a skull bead.
This necklace is currently available in my Etsy shop.
-Heather
Tags:, charm, charm necklace, etsy, gothic, mixed media, necklace, P is for Paper, pendant, pirate, schooner, scrabble tile, ship, skull, soldered, X, Yo Ho Ho
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
Tags:, bird, bird nest, card, charm, etsy, glass, greeting card, hand stamped, jewelry, necklace, P is for Paper, pendant, robin, soldered, tasha tudor
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
Here’s a trio a new soldered glass necklaces I’ve made with illustrations from a vintage children’s dictionary. These are currently available for purchase in my Etsy shop.
Narwhal:
Jellyfish:
Octopus:
-Heather
Tags:altered, animal, book, charm, etsy, jellyfish, microscope slide, narwhal, necklace, ocean, octopus, P is for Paper, pendant, sea, sea creature, soldered glass pendant, under the seas, whale
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
I’ve marked down over a dozen soldered glass pendants in my Etsy shop from $16 to only $7, click here to check out my sale.
-Heather
Tags:book, charms, dictionary, etsy, jewelry, marked down, necklace, on sale, P is for Paper, page, panda, paper, pendants, sale, soldered pendants, spring sale
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
April showers bring out the flowers which also brings all the pretty insects too!
You can find these sweet Honey Bee and darling Lady Bug pendents in my Etsy shop. They are made using book illustrations from a vintage children’s dictionary.
-Heather
Tags:book, bugs, bumble bee, charm, dictionary, etsy, honey bee, illustration, insects, jewelry, lady bug, necklace, pendant, soldered, vintage
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Here are two new charm necklaces inspired by two of my favorite books and authors, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Although these necklaces have sold necklaces like these can be purchased at my Etsy shop.
Both have hand stamped and colored images sealed with resin in scalloped metal bezels and hand stamped metal tags. Jane’s necklace has a ink pen nib charm and Alice has a cupcake charm. I’ve been teaching myself how to stamp on metal and it’s loads of fun, I love being able to add any words and text to charms.
Here’s how I made these.
For the main charms:
I first stamped the image I wanted onto white cardstock and colored them with alcohol markers and then use a round paper punch that was the same size as the inside of my jewelry bezel and punched out my colored images.
I used a little resin to place the circles inside the bezels (be sure to test your resin and make sure it won’t make your inks run) and then I used my Crop-o-dile punch to punch a small hole through the paper and the bezel.
I then filled the bezel with resin and let it dry make sure not to fill in the punched hole.
For the metal charms:
I placed the metal charm blanks onto a hammering block and using metal letter stamps and a small hammer to stamp out the words.
Next I used a permanent thin tipped black sharpie marker to add ink to the stamped letters.
I then added jump rings to all the charms and strung them on a ball chain.
Both of these charm necklaces are currently available in my Etsy shop.
-Heather
Tags:alice eat me, alice in wonderland, book charms, book necklace, cake necklace, charm necklace, charms, cupcake necklace, eat me, elizabeth bennet, jane austen, jewelry, lewis carroll, literary necklace, mixed media, pride and predjudice, wonderland
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
I love using vintage buttons in my jewelry and collage, especially white mother of pearl, so pretty! Here’s a grouping of jewelry and a collage I’ve made using buttons. Everything shown is currently in my Etsy shop.
Tags:art button collage, buckle bracelet, button bracelet, button necklace, buttons, charm necklace, collage, etsy, for sale, jewelry, mixed media, MOP buttons, mother of pearl buttons, necklace, sewing seamtress, sweing notions, vintage, vintage buttons, white buttons
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Sunday, August 11th, 2013
Here’s some new soldered glass pendants made with Edward Gorey illustrations from a vintage copy of T.S. Elliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cat” , which was the inspiration for the musical CATS.
These are currently available in my Etsy shop.
Tags:, altered, art, black and white, book, cat pendan, cats, edwards gorey, glass, gorey, gorey cat, illustration, jewelry, necklace, old possums book of pratical cats, pendant, soldered, soldered glass pendant, t.s. elliot, tuxedo cat, vintage
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Thursday, August 1st, 2013
If you’ve read this blog for any time you probably know how much I love Alice in Wonderland. I especially love the original Tennell illustrations which were published in black and white but sometimes you’ll find a copy with colorized illustrations. I found a small abridged version of Alice with color artwork at an antique store and they are the perfect size for pendants. Here’s a few soldered glass pendants I made recently with them.
Tags:alice, alice in wonderland, art, book, char, collage, glass, illustration, jewelry, lewis carroll, mad hatter, mixed media, necklace, pendant, queen of hearts, red queen, soldered, tenniell, wonderland
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