I’m a creative and crafty person. Always have been, always will be. Somehow I missed Etsy completely until a few
months ago (I’m pretty sure I was living under a rock.) Finding Etsy made my heart whole and immediately
inspired more creativity. After spending
nearly as much time on Etsy as I had on Pinterest, I decided to start creating to
let others enjoy as well.
After scouring websites and my local Michael’s I’ve finally
ended up with enough tools to give me a rough start into my jewelry making
adventure. I begged Tony to go to Ikea
with me last night so I could buy (and he could put together) all the items for
my new workspace. I am very pleased with
my purchases. And a special thanks to
Mom & Dad for the holiday cash so I could purchase my new workspace!
I’m starting with some hand stamping unfortunately all the
metal blanks I’ve purchased aren’t quite the quality I want to sell. Nonetheless it’s fun to get the experience of
stamping; how many strikes it takes to get the right depth, how to not get tool
marks on everything I use, etc.
Centering the letters on the stamping disk.
Stamped "famliy" and Tree.
Use a sharpie to darken the stamped area.
Wipe clean with a soft cloth. Viva paper towels worked really well.
Punch a hole in the top to attach a jump ring for a necklace.
After stamping and running my pets out of the room with all
the hammering (sorry, Stella & Chloe) I decided to start wire wrapping some
pretty beads I found at Michael’s. I was
rather pleased with the results.
Put those metal stamps away and get out the tiny beads and tools and hope nothing rolls onto the berber carpet.
This lighting doesn't show all the colors. I was surprised how easy this was.
Two is better than one, right!?!
Add some pre-made kidney hooks and ta-da!
Sparkly, wire wrapped earrings.
Can you tell I’m practicing my camera work for my pending
Etsy shop? (More on the pending shop in
upcoming posts.) Come back soon to see
what else I’m creating.
Creatively yours,
Melissa (yes, I'm a Ginger)
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