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Okay, further to the post about being addicted to jewelery-making:
1) The fossil, onyx and jade sphere beads from Sassy's are bigger than the sodalite, turquoise and aventurine sphere beads at Michael's. (By about 1mm/diameter). They're also significantly more expensive.
That combined with the fact that Michael's has red (dyed) shell chips and (eventually, probably) citrine chips as well, it will make *much* more sense to make my pride-themed rope-necklaces using chips from Michael's than using a mixture of spheres from both stores.
This means I'll have to check into Sassy Bead's return policy. Yes, I could probably find *something* to do with the jade and fossil (red) beads, if not the yellow onyx. At the same time, returning one of the fossil strands, as well as the jade and the onyx, and the remaining strand of mahogany obsidian chunks (left over from a necklace I made today) would (A) get them out of my bead bag, thus giving me a little more space to pack everything up, and (B) would (ideally) get me my $28 back - which wouldn't be anything to sneeze at.
I shall check out the receipt tomorrow, I think. :-)
That said, I *have* had a fun day of jewelery making today. :-)
I made Goodies for all of the Birthday Babies for the party tomorrow. (They are getting other stuff in addition to said baubles, but jewelery will be part of their gifts).
I'm particularly proud of one of them, but I can't tell you about it now because the recipient may read this before the present gets opened.
Mwahahaha. :-D
I also made a necklace - red shell chips, hematite and black pearls - which I'm calling "vampire" because of the colour scheme. :-) It occurs to me that I could sell it for $12 and still turn a bit of a profit. :-) (Now all I need is a place to sell this stuff *at*. ;-)
Hehehe. I have Ideas...
"Tidal Pools" (Princess length):
Moonstone chips + white rice pearls and blue potato pearls, with a sand-dollar pendant.
"At the Beach" (Rope length):
Turquoise chips + white irregular pearls.
"Summer" (Princess length):
Fancy Jasper + white shell (4mm) spheres + pink rice pearls.
"Yemaya" (Princess length):
Lapis lazuli chips and white irregular (or rice) pearls + Goddess figure made of royal blue Sculpey with a pearl for a head and a cowrie shell for a body.
"Gaia" (Princess length):
Fancy jasper chips + red jasper spheres + Goddess figure made of brown/terracotta Sculpey with a new jade sphere for a head and a cowrie shell for a body.
"Changing Woman" (Matinee length):
Turquoise (8mm) spheres + onyx (4mm) spheres + white shell (8mm) spheres + red jasper chunks + BIG Goddess pendant done in turquoise Sculpey with a cowrie shell + onyx spheres body and a (thin) chunk of red jasper for a head.
I think I'll make that one for Shelley. :-)
"Summer Queen" (Princess length):
Fancy jasper spheres + pink pearls + forest-green Sculpey Goddess pendant w/ a cowrie shell body and a pink pearl head.
"Frost Hammer" (Princess length):
Snowflake obsidian chunks + hematite spheres + silver/grey Skulpy engraved Mjolnir pendant
"Night's Hammer" would be the same idea, but with 1cm/diameter onyx spheres instead of the obsidian and a black Mjolnir. Likewise "Forest Hammer" would involve, say, chunks of fancy jasper instead of obsidian and red jasper spheres instead of the hematite. The engraved Mjolnir would be brown/terracotta.
Most appropriate of that series would be a "Storm Hammer", but that would need to be special... Moonstone chips and tektite chunks, maybe.
"Opera Queen" (Rope length):
Chips of red shell, citrine, green aventurine, turqoise, lapis lazuli, & amethyst + white rice pearls and black potato pearls.
"Pearls for Pride" (Princess OR Short-Matinee length):
White irregular pearls + potato pearls in pink, gold/yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and purple.
"Lady Night" (Princess length):
Like "Opera Queen" but *much* shorter and with hematite spheres instead of the white rice pearls.
"Untitled Pride Necklace 2" (Princess length):
Chips of rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine + white irregular pearls + hematite spheres.
"Untitled Pride Necklace 3" (Collar length):
Spheres of rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine + black potato pearls
"Blood Countess" (Choker/Collar length):
Red 'fossil' spheres + hematite OR black potato pearls.
"Harlequin 1" (Opera/Rope length):
Hematite spheres + white rice pearls + black potato pearls
"Harlequin 2" (Opera/Rope length):
White shell (4-6mm) spheres + onyx (8mm) spheres + white irregular pearls
Trying to come up with:
"Autumn" (Princess length):
Chips of red jasper + spheres of fancy jasper + hematite spheres. Maybe...
"Winter" (Princess length):
Possibly... Steel spheres + moonstone chips + white shell chips(?) + turquoise chips/spheres...
What I've already made for myself:
"Ocean Born" (Rope length):
Lapis lazuli chips + white irregular pearls.
"To the Moon" (Rope length):
Moonstone chips + white irregular pearls.
"Oil Slick" (Rope length):
Black potato pearls + hematite spheres.
"Bi Pride" (Three-Strand, nested: Choker, Short-Princess, & Long-Princess lengths):
Rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine chips.
:-)
Anyway, aside from choir practice (much more successful this week, though we're still going flat), that's been my day. :-)
Paul and I are listening to Apocalyptica's new album ("Worlds Collide"). Not surprisingly, I really like it. :-D The cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" is beautiful, as are "Grace" and "Stroke". I'm quite impressed. :-D
I'm going to go and read some Neil Gaiman now. Probably American Gods, but possibly Anansi Boys. :-)
not sure if I'm going to Brunch tomorrow. I've got Chores to deal with, instead. ;-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-D
1) The fossil, onyx and jade sphere beads from Sassy's are bigger than the sodalite, turquoise and aventurine sphere beads at Michael's. (By about 1mm/diameter). They're also significantly more expensive.
That combined with the fact that Michael's has red (dyed) shell chips and (eventually, probably) citrine chips as well, it will make *much* more sense to make my pride-themed rope-necklaces using chips from Michael's than using a mixture of spheres from both stores.
This means I'll have to check into Sassy Bead's return policy. Yes, I could probably find *something* to do with the jade and fossil (red) beads, if not the yellow onyx. At the same time, returning one of the fossil strands, as well as the jade and the onyx, and the remaining strand of mahogany obsidian chunks (left over from a necklace I made today) would (A) get them out of my bead bag, thus giving me a little more space to pack everything up, and (B) would (ideally) get me my $28 back - which wouldn't be anything to sneeze at.
I shall check out the receipt tomorrow, I think. :-)
That said, I *have* had a fun day of jewelery making today. :-)
I made Goodies for all of the Birthday Babies for the party tomorrow. (They are getting other stuff in addition to said baubles, but jewelery will be part of their gifts).
I'm particularly proud of one of them, but I can't tell you about it now because the recipient may read this before the present gets opened.
Mwahahaha. :-D
I also made a necklace - red shell chips, hematite and black pearls - which I'm calling "vampire" because of the colour scheme. :-) It occurs to me that I could sell it for $12 and still turn a bit of a profit. :-) (Now all I need is a place to sell this stuff *at*. ;-)
Hehehe. I have Ideas...
"Tidal Pools" (Princess length):
Moonstone chips + white rice pearls and blue potato pearls, with a sand-dollar pendant.
"At the Beach" (Rope length):
Turquoise chips + white irregular pearls.
"Summer" (Princess length):
Fancy Jasper + white shell (4mm) spheres + pink rice pearls.
"Yemaya" (Princess length):
Lapis lazuli chips and white irregular (or rice) pearls + Goddess figure made of royal blue Sculpey with a pearl for a head and a cowrie shell for a body.
"Gaia" (Princess length):
Fancy jasper chips + red jasper spheres + Goddess figure made of brown/terracotta Sculpey with a new jade sphere for a head and a cowrie shell for a body.
"Changing Woman" (Matinee length):
Turquoise (8mm) spheres + onyx (4mm) spheres + white shell (8mm) spheres + red jasper chunks + BIG Goddess pendant done in turquoise Sculpey with a cowrie shell + onyx spheres body and a (thin) chunk of red jasper for a head.
I think I'll make that one for Shelley. :-)
"Summer Queen" (Princess length):
Fancy jasper spheres + pink pearls + forest-green Sculpey Goddess pendant w/ a cowrie shell body and a pink pearl head.
"Frost Hammer" (Princess length):
Snowflake obsidian chunks + hematite spheres + silver/grey Skulpy engraved Mjolnir pendant
"Night's Hammer" would be the same idea, but with 1cm/diameter onyx spheres instead of the obsidian and a black Mjolnir. Likewise "Forest Hammer" would involve, say, chunks of fancy jasper instead of obsidian and red jasper spheres instead of the hematite. The engraved Mjolnir would be brown/terracotta.
Most appropriate of that series would be a "Storm Hammer", but that would need to be special... Moonstone chips and tektite chunks, maybe.
"Opera Queen" (Rope length):
Chips of red shell, citrine, green aventurine, turqoise, lapis lazuli, & amethyst + white rice pearls and black potato pearls.
"Pearls for Pride" (Princess OR Short-Matinee length):
White irregular pearls + potato pearls in pink, gold/yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and purple.
"Lady Night" (Princess length):
Like "Opera Queen" but *much* shorter and with hematite spheres instead of the white rice pearls.
"Untitled Pride Necklace 2" (Princess length):
Chips of rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine + white irregular pearls + hematite spheres.
"Untitled Pride Necklace 3" (Collar length):
Spheres of rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine + black potato pearls
"Blood Countess" (Choker/Collar length):
Red 'fossil' spheres + hematite OR black potato pearls.
"Harlequin 1" (Opera/Rope length):
Hematite spheres + white rice pearls + black potato pearls
"Harlequin 2" (Opera/Rope length):
White shell (4-6mm) spheres + onyx (8mm) spheres + white irregular pearls
Trying to come up with:
"Autumn" (Princess length):
Chips of red jasper + spheres of fancy jasper + hematite spheres. Maybe...
"Winter" (Princess length):
Possibly... Steel spheres + moonstone chips + white shell chips(?) + turquoise chips/spheres...
What I've already made for myself:
"Ocean Born" (Rope length):
Lapis lazuli chips + white irregular pearls.
"To the Moon" (Rope length):
Moonstone chips + white irregular pearls.
"Oil Slick" (Rope length):
Black potato pearls + hematite spheres.
"Bi Pride" (Three-Strand, nested: Choker, Short-Princess, & Long-Princess lengths):
Rose quartz, amethyst, and blue aventurine chips.
:-)
Anyway, aside from choir practice (much more successful this week, though we're still going flat), that's been my day. :-)
Paul and I are listening to Apocalyptica's new album ("Worlds Collide"). Not surprisingly, I really like it. :-D The cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" is beautiful, as are "Grace" and "Stroke". I'm quite impressed. :-D
I'm going to go and read some Neil Gaiman now. Probably American Gods, but possibly Anansi Boys. :-)
not sure if I'm going to Brunch tomorrow. I've got Chores to deal with, instead. ;-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-D
