tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376033175855269532024-03-17T22:02:35.162-05:00fanciful devicesIf I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.
-C.S. Lewisfanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.comBlogger988125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-80594060928885166632017-04-10T02:56:00.000-05:002017-04-10T02:56:49.480-05:00Retiring the Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHGeMRdymb8/WOsyHGh3vNI/AAAAAAAAR3U/cfxUOdwvHssBYcIfN3o3y9pzRgnxLQ-wgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.17.13%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHGeMRdymb8/WOsyHGh3vNI/AAAAAAAAR3U/cfxUOdwvHssBYcIfN3o3y9pzRgnxLQ-wgCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.17.13%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a>I'm so sorry you guys! I love you but I can't force myself to do things even if I want to, and the last few entries on this here ol' blerg were me forcing myself. I mean. You can have almost all the same stuff if you go to my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fancifuldevices/">Instagram</a> or my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marina.rios.731?ref=bookmarks">Facebook</a>. I'm going to start trying to be better about actually going to Facebook and replying to comments and stuff. Cuz I love comments so why wouldn't I? (Why do I have a Facebook phobia? I think it's cuz I feel like someone's going to force me to go to a school reunion while I'm there and I get all <i>embarrassed</i> when confronted with people from my past for some reason?)<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V3sbrRLs2ng/WOsyK4YzvGI/AAAAAAAAR3w/o21cPDeLCnUgNUUXkBjKfvlsq7cK9ljVgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.17.00%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V3sbrRLs2ng/WOsyK4YzvGI/AAAAAAAAR3w/o21cPDeLCnUgNUUXkBjKfvlsq7cK9ljVgCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.17.00%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a><br />
Like all these pictures are recent posts of mine. Here's my most recent shop update pix.<br />
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And lookit all these goodies I got on my recent Uruguay trip!<br />
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There's tons of this stuff I haven't even posted it all yet.<br />
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And I babble about PMS and everything.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QA3H4xcEwM8/WOsyJmeC4VI/AAAAAAAAR3g/VqsYm_keN6gBtHnH4p_aXgawYR7m2MoLQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.18.58%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QA3H4xcEwM8/WOsyJmeC4VI/AAAAAAAAR3g/VqsYm_keN6gBtHnH4p_aXgawYR7m2MoLQCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.18.58%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YZVGmwGEDBI/WOsyJ75n2QI/AAAAAAAAR4E/1tCJSbbXpuUdxJLZOf6N5gqlap4vjbulQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.19.28%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YZVGmwGEDBI/WOsyJ75n2QI/AAAAAAAAR4E/1tCJSbbXpuUdxJLZOf6N5gqlap4vjbulQCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-04-10%2Bat%2B2.19.28%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a><br />
Also sometimes cute family pix or video from my time in Uruguay:<br />
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And if you wanna see what I think is funny plus cute animals with a bit of sjw stuff sprinkled in, follow my <a href="http://fancifuldevices.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>. Examples:<br />
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Or whatever this is:<br />
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Also lots of memes popular among folks much younger than I who'd probably tell me to butt out of their young-people fun.<br />
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<a href="http://68.media.tumblr.com/509ba74f3163db824a43f0fc733398da/tumblr_nri0thNbvC1ti9mdgo1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lieutenantfish:
“ pinkdryad:
“Context: Sims … 3? hat mod. Wear a bathtub as a hat. you can put a person in the bathtub because its still technically a bathtub. and then give them a hat.
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tf2 in like three years
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The sims this year" border="0" height="224" src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/509ba74f3163db824a43f0fc733398da/tumblr_nri0thNbvC1ti9mdgo1_500.gif" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">"Context: Sims 3 hat mod. Wear a bathtub as a hat. you can put a person in the bathtub because its still technically a bathtub. and then give them a hat."</span><br />
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See? GOLD.<br />
So I'm not leaving I'm just going to be at a different URL. See you there!</div>
fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com165tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-87095032311446230312017-02-25T21:05:00.000-06:002017-02-25T21:05:43.333-06:00Less Blogging<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OK, all y'all's comments had me choked up. I love you guys. On the other hand... sigh. Just adding all the pictures into this blog post was a pain in my hinder. So I guess the conclusion is Imma blog less. And this is less. But that also means each entry will be five thousand pictures long.<br />
<img alt="Minimal art bead earrings- handmade artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices -Rustic Contemporary series." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1193204279_n7x0.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Here's something new for me- working in series. I ever-so-imaginatively call this my Contemporary Rustic collection. Look at my babies! Look at the precious little solder blobs!<img alt="Minimal art bead earrings- handmade artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices -Rustic Contemporary series." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1146603104_q7b4.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I fucking love these simple hooks with one or two of my beads (which I also fucking love) but they have not been selling?</div>
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They're even quite ridiculously inexpensive ($18 - $24) compared to everything else in my shop and usually when I price things cheaply they fly out the shop. <img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/180/0/5405515/il_570xN.1193209279_9f8n.jpg" /></div>
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Look at these amazing teardrop findings I *ahem* found. The only thing is they're gold plated which I never do, maybe that's what my buyers object to?</div>
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But look at these precious little chain drapes!<img alt="Teardrop art bead earrings- handmade artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices -Rustic Contemporary series." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1193213161_h9vy.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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My peeps maybe aren't used to minimalism from me. </div>
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But I love minimalism! I just can't ever achieve it.<img alt="Handmade artisan earrings with art beads by fancifuldevices- Bobble Bauble seres." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1146600060_6k08.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I call these Bobble Baubles cuz how they bounce around. </div>
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Making these has made me re-fall-in-love with my beads. But it's cool whatever doesn't sell I'll give to my cousins when I see them in Uruguay in a month.</div>
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I just now put up an assortment of resin charm/pendants in the shop. I've been experimenting with making them using beads as walls for the resin.</div>
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Which left me with resin everywhere so next I tried using this putty slime to make the walls.</div>
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Which worked pretty well, except that the slime shrinks as it dries so next I'm going to try actual silly putty since it's not water based. That way I can set everything up one day and do the actual pour the next if necessary.</div>
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In any case, been really enjoying making them.</div>
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Here I used brass teardrops for bead pairs.<img alt="Handmade resin charm pendants with beaded frames by fancifuldevices- ooak handmade pendants" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/164/0/5405515/il_570xN.1197142367_c0z5.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Clear bubbles for my bathing beauty. All the beads pretty well combined to the pic, except in my Mary and child they look wonky on the right side. Oh well, still good.</div>
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You know I gotta make a bracelet connector despite all the inherent difficulties. It's just so perfect for a long image that you'd hate to break up.</div>
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<img height="149" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/170/0/5405515/il_570xN.1150554778_njvx.jpg" width="200" /><img height="149" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/179/0/5405515/il_570xN.1150554876_e9hp.jpg" width="200" /><img height="149" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1197163653_2hu3.jpg" width="200" /></div>
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Then of course photos are a bitch.</div>
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Here are some of my originals that are already sold.</div>
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Of these actually the hand in the upper right is still available. I liked how it looks like it's gripping the ring that will go through the hole.<img alt="Handmade resin charm pendants with beaded frames by fancifuldevices" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/142/0/5405515/il_570xN.1190737683_ptza.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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And of these, nipple hand is still available. Whoda thunk?</div>
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It's from this famous painting I'm sure you know:</div>
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And finally, this sold out group right here is what taught me that I didn't actually need to bother with brass backs if I'm using other stuff for the walls. </div>
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So basically I'm developing a new rustic resin bezel and will soon make my own tute obsolete since this is much easier. Which means Imma hafta make a new tutorial! Crap.</div>
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I even found a way to use my palm prints to mattify the surface so I don't have to spend years buffing! At one point I thought using the heel of my foot was even better- you can apply the force directly- but my bare feet <i>or</i> socks are way too dirty. Ended up having to buff away grime instead!</div>
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<img alt="Large handmade art beads with hollow core, crackle texture and iridescence- Dark Treasure series" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1197169619_g7k1.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I also just now listed these sets, with hollow aluminum foil cores.</div>
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These are very fat babies. I wasn't going to list these until maybe the first pairs of earrings I showed abovesold out, but then they never sold. Even though I think they're fucking awesome.</div>
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Whatever. I know what I like and external validation feels great but isn't so essential.</div>
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Yeah those rings also have crumpled aluminum cores and were a pain to make.</div>
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<img alt="Resin and honey opal necklace, rustic art jewelry by fancifuldevices, “Smiling at Grief”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1190741691_2azd.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Look at this pretty girliness with the shaded honey opal heishi. </div>
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This is actually the face of the nipple pinch painting.<img alt="Handmade Fang lariat necklace in pale ivory cream by fancifuldevices, “Barghest”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/141/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144136080_am63.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Fang= tough guy, crotchet lace cap= girly girl.</div>
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You know me and the yin yang balance of opposites thang.<img alt="Dark rustic art necklace with dichroic glass- “Nocturne”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/147/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144134332_ee4o.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Ok this is actually a remake of a pendant featuring a dichroic glass cab. I realized the gleam and wonder of the glass was too... available. <img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/148/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144134334_k8p9.jpg" /></div>
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And my whole thing is looking through the first matte layers to the gleam undernearth. That's what my starry shards tute is about.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144134304_k1id.jpg" /></div>
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So I sanded the crap out the surface, then added some blotches of paint. I'm thrilled with it. Also that thick chain was a handmade gift from InLumina. Also vintage garnet and my own polybabies.</div>
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<img alt="Handmade assemblage necklace in hot pink, berry red- “Ardor”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/170/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144135418_lr3o.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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The medallion here was once the top of a trinket box.I switched the cheapo cab for a big sexy rhinestone. So but this sold. But guess who bought it? My MOM! Idk, I think she's getting into my stuff cuz she sees it so much more since my Instagram feed shows up on her Facebook. But all her jewelry is super conservative? She also bought the big necklace with the compass and fang which I really don't see her even wanting to pull off but ok.</div>
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I had so much fun making some small simple earrings.<img alt="Handmade rustic earrings by fancifuldevices, "Peccadillo"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/156/0/5405515/il_570xN.1138813790_ajq3.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I think this is maybe where my minimalist kick started.</div>
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<img alt="Rustic handmade artisan earrings, "Velleity"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/147/0/5405515/il_570xN.1185343533_8fjj.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I love these. They're all sold.</div>
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<img alt="Little handmade artisan earrings, "Sisters of Joy"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/177/0/5405515/il_570xN.1138800152_laar.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Check the nail decals all sorta piled on top of each other.</div>
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<img alt="Handmade artisan earrings with ancient beads, "Twins of Time"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1138800706_mmbs.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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The blue beads are some kind of ancient.</div>
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<img alt="Red enamel earrings, handmade artisan dangles, "A Dalliance"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1185337185_2qcf.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I think I already shared these enamel discs by InLumina which I added nail decals to.</div>
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Eeep!</div>
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<img alt="Stacked spotted globe earrings, handmade artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices- "Exulansis"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143414542_5mgw.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Spotted balls all gifts from Teapotsandtelephones, except for the artisan caps.</div>
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So yeah I got all into the minimalism and made this series first.</div>
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Which, again, I adore but have not been selling great.</div>
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But again, I know I love them so lack of tons of external validation will not kill me. This time.</div>
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<img alt="Handmade artisan earrings with polymer clay art beads- Wood and Metal series by fancifuldevices" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/164/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143423966_m9ec.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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I'm still squeeing over the little details.</div>
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Something about smallness lately. </div>
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<img alt="Handmade artisan earrings with polymer clay art beads- Wood and Metal series by fancifuldevices" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143417660_hm05.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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Have I been staring obsessively at dollhouse miniatures lately? Yeah, what of it?</div>
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<img alt="Rustic art bracelet, polymer clay bangle by fancifuldevices- “Guise”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1190740035_lieg.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o-nom0cuCFQ/WLI1rgC_jpI/AAAAAAAARzw/LRiz-hLgmkEhi-Pwuu5RZNpmN70pZse0QCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-25%2Bat%2B7.54.51%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o-nom0cuCFQ/WLI1rgC_jpI/AAAAAAAARzw/LRiz-hLgmkEhi-Pwuu5RZNpmN70pZse0QCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-25%2Bat%2B7.54.51%2BPM.png" width="318" /></a>OK this one is special because it was a total experiment. I took all these different polymer veneers I've managed to come up with and applied them to this vintage bracelet base. Hinged! (Thank you SacredCake for the gift.) Thing is the pitted faux ancient veneer you have to develop after you apply it, and then finish it when it's all cooked which could mess up the veneers to either side so I didn't know what to expect. But it got a great reaction on Instagram-external validation! Also it was my first attempt at mica shift- that gold section that looks ridged but is actually flat.</div>
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Phew that's a lotta stuff.</div>
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Oh I listed these but then decided they'd make great minimal earrings so I took them down. But now that things aren't selling I don't know. On the other other hand I could use these for cousin gifts.<img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QJ-5OMaSDUo/WLI6A4xH5-I/AAAAAAAAR0c/7_NieBblAWQBJu8-nTwil44PEFVkza1_gCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-02-25%2Bat%2B8.12.33%2BPM.png" /></div>
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I've been posting some WIP</div>
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Random filthy studio shot.</div>
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I spent three weeks taking care of my parents' cats with Mr. Devices while they visited their California grandbaby. Learned I'm actually super allergic. But how can you refuse these faces?</div>
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What else? Went to a rally. (It's true there's a liberal bias in cat news.)</div>
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So I made this sign. Mr. Devices said it was dumb so I was a little self conscious about it. Then I got there and I was photographed like a thousand times. It was a huge hit and I felt like a rockstar. I was ready for the next demonstration so I could show off my sign some more. Later he tells me the reason he thought it was dumb was because it didn't rhyme! I'm like you idiot that's the chants. Signs aren't supposed to rhyme, chants are! My poor baby is such a dummy. On the other hand the back of the sign reads HUMAN DECENCY but until Mr. D pointed it out, it read HUMAN DECECY and I'd been looking at it for hours. My poor self am such a dummy.</div>
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So then I posted this which included a comment I'd gotten on the previous post and my response. And poor nearlylost trapped in this serious conversation with her ridiculous comment!</div>
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OK, this was such a long post I'm not actually gonna add any animals it's too much ...</div>
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Well, maybe just these...</div>
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And these are so cute I can't resist...</div>
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And you have to watch this it's very important.</div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-91026647110385813692017-01-26T20:24:00.000-06:002017-01-26T20:24:34.091-06:00Considering whether to continue blogging<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<img alt="Dark chunky rustic necklace with electroformed stalactite by fancifuldevices - “Sister of Stones”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130379770_dy4a.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Look, this stalactite used to look like this:<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wLp8MqWTG10/WIqN-V7lznI/AAAAAAAARvo/A2C0llmU93IN4OLSmqQEml1QOn8vUA76gCK4B/s1600/il_570xN.1045395967_c84e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wLp8MqWTG10/WIqN-V7lznI/AAAAAAAARvo/A2C0llmU93IN4OLSmqQEml1QOn8vUA76gCK4B/s400/il_570xN.1045395967_c84e.jpg" /></a>But I couldn't handle the eye-searing shimmer so I scrubbed at it with a toothbrush and oxidizer for hours, then I took contrasting colors to bring down the pink. Same below:<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W9yhoqiZO0Y/WIqOq1nEFpI/AAAAAAAARv0/E7S-itVP7BwYdFB4_jmV3mohMgKkq8W4wCK4B/s1600/P1180563.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W9yhoqiZO0Y/WIqOq1nEFpI/AAAAAAAARv0/E7S-itVP7BwYdFB4_jmV3mohMgKkq8W4wCK4B/s400/P1180563.jpg" /></a><img alt="Dark chunky rustic necklace with electroformed stalactite by fancifuldevices - “Uncle of Time”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130365954_bcxc.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Exquisitely electroformed by Alessandra of InLumina. Thank you so much girl, I love them.<br />
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You know why I haven't blogged in a while? It's become pain and I don't know if anyone's reading.<br />
<img alt="Chunky choker-handmade artisan necklace- "Child of Snow"- Rustic tribal assemblage jewelry by fancifuldevices." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/180/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176966319_twg5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
You know what's not a pain? Instagram.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/169/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130387576_9dav.jpg" /><br />
I'm really active there. It's a lot easier and more rewarding.<img alt="Antique fabric wrist cuff bracelet with coin, button embellishments - “Dowager of Bounty”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/166/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130387570_7to7.jpg" width="570" /><br />
So I'm considering saying adieu to blog land.<br />
<img alt="Artisan sterling earrings with peridot and bunnies- “Parents of Spring”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/153/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176984025_3lck.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Right now, as you can see, I'm putting these pix in without links or descriptions cuz you know what?<br />
<img alt="Rustic lariat necklace with compass - “Duchess of Discovery”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130380786_qkrt.jpg" width="570" /><br />
You can find it all in my shop, descriptions in listings and you know this.<br />
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So if I make this easier on myself, duh.<br />
<img alt="Rustic artisan bracelet with salvaged tin. Mixed media assemblage art- “Scribe of Fools” " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130375850_nix8.jpg" width="570" /><br />
You can't force yourself, I say this to other people all the time but only just remembered it for myself re: blogging.<br />
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I'm still in love with what I make I only want less time on the computer.<br />
<img alt="Artisan bracelet focal connector- Woodland Feast" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130374038_q988.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Also, I used to blog eagerly cuz it was the only way I felt connected to my artsy community but now I get that with instagram.<br />
<img alt="Chunky choker-handmade artisan necklace- "Crone of Earth"- Rustic tribal assemblage jewelry by fancifuldevices." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176974515_4ojt.jpg" width="570" /><br />
So yeah. If you like this stuff, go to the shop.<br />
<img alt="Statement bead stack necklace, pendant lariat - “Seed and Stone” " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/144/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130370726_i5uv.jpg" width="570" /><br />
If it's not there, it sold.<br />
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You can find it in the sold section.<br />
<img alt="Artisan earrings with polymer clay art beads and amethyst- “The Magi” " src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176970601_sj8s.jpg" width="570" /><br />
If you're curious about any of it, easy convo me.<img alt="Rustic lariat necklace with toy game - “Duke of Delights”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/166/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176963411_khpz.jpg" width="570" /><br />
I still love questions.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=637603317585526953"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=637603317585526953"></a><img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176963399_l3ys.jpg" /><br />They still make me feel important.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1130360826_14y3.jpg" /><br />
And don't ever worry that you're infringing on one of my "artist's secrets".<br />
<img alt="Stitched textile bangle stack - Bohemian fabric bracelet set "Ensorcell"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/177/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123781912_phhc.jpg" width="570" /><br />
I've had people ask how I make something and say, "It's ok if you don't want to tell me your secret though".<br />
<img alt="Stitched textile bangle stack - Bohemian fabric bracelet set "Mavourneen"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123783748_4zpg.jpg" width="570" /><br />
And I'm like are you kidding me?<br />
<img alt="Rustic bangle stack in apple green. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set "New Beginnings"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123780150_dyl6.jpg" width="570" /><br />
"Sit yo ass down while I explain how I made this!"<br />
<img alt="Antique fabric wrist cuff bracelet with coin, button embellishments - “Selenotropism”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/151/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170379061_48jk.jpg" width="570" /><br />
It gives me a chance to show off something clever I figured out.<br />
<img alt="Red tribal artisan bracelet, handmade mixed media art jewelry by fancifuldevices- "The Cup that Holds your Wine"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/168/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123702774_jotj.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<img alt="Artisan bracelet, handmade mixed media art jewelry by fancifuldevices- "The Raconteuse"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/152/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170296823_grt1.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Rustic bangle stack in apple green. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set "Ullassa"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/159/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170294517_hmdk.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Rustic bangle stack in off white ivory. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set "Nubivagrant"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170270355_si4y.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Rustic bangle stack in shades of blue. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set- "Sea So Deep"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/179/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170288397_4ksf.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Rustic bangle stack in plum purple. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set "Chimerical"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/162/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170280283_aw4k.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Rustic bangle stack in apple green. Beaded stitched textile bohemian bracelet set "A Midsummer Stroll"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1170264419_8xic.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Antique fabric wrist cuff bracelet - “Keeper of Vessels”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176987907_qmch.jpg" width="570" /><img alt="Artisan earrings with gemstones- “Priestess of Valor”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1176985985_azuc.jpg" width="570" /><br />
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<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/166/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123776130_riuq.jpg" /><img alt="Antique fabric wrist cuff bracelet with bullion embroidery, pewter, resin - “Connubial”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/165/0/5405515/il_570xN.1123776208_qhcx.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Ok, now lets get random with the kind of thing you can't necessarily share on Instagram. I guess I could but so far I've kept it strictly to jewelry and a few pix of the fur babies in my life.<br />
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While I'm sharing random things- I love my white noise maker, which Mr. Devices calls my Sleeping Machine. If you wake up at every tiny thing, this this is amazing. Though I wish it were even louder. But maybe the non-cheap variety has that option.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NKuJNEMeItA/WIqrE__frsI/AAAAAAAARwY/Jh_lwyaB9cQk-uuovUEuiF6i9MfDFfniwCK4B/s1600/81JpDwqDOnL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NKuJNEMeItA/WIqrE__frsI/AAAAAAAARwY/Jh_lwyaB9cQk-uuovUEuiF6i9MfDFfniwCK4B/s200/81JpDwqDOnL._SL1500_.jpg" width="187" /></a>What's more, I've been using clove oil with my toothpaste and its awesome. Kinda makes your mouth numb and I've realized a bunch of the stuff my dentist uses has it too.<br />
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I also love my rice cooker and use it with every different type of grain. Whole grains, of course.<br />
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Another thing I love? Aldi. And the Mexican grocery next to it where I get my produce and nuts. Amazing.<br />
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This amazing wild orangutan using a saw after she observed people use it.<img alt="" class="" data-pin-description="Animated GIFs" data-pin-url="http://gifsboom.net/post/156366553389/orangutan-saws-a-tree-video" src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/28435d5a78540904a6dcb230543b58be/tumblr_okcr2tT78X1s02vreo1_500.gif" style="width: 540px;" /><br />
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I know!<br />
And this dog rescue:<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-33370674746048390432017-01-07T16:48:00.000-06:002017-01-07T16:48:54.065-06:00Check this out.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I hope you all had decent and unstressful holidays without any family conflict. I also hope you don't have any dumb old resolutions and just do the things you want to do whenever you want to do them.<img alt="Delicate black necklace, rustic handmade by fancifuldevices “Love at Night”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/169/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112386296_85p9.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/501967989/delicate-black-necklace-rustic-handmade?ref=shop_home_active_10">Love at Night</a><br />
There didn't used to be resolutions when I was little. Not to sound like a grumpy old ass by saying that, which I do. I just mean it's not like some ancient tradition, it's more of a trend. And since now people realize they don't work, it's the era of the funny resolution.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cy6xJAJvWTw/WGyMyrB8uPI/AAAAAAAARsk/1NF0HoyGlOwZdBOOTEqcfTKdPKiuZdWjwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-03%2Bat%2B11.48.41%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cy6xJAJvWTw/WGyMyrB8uPI/AAAAAAAARsk/1NF0HoyGlOwZdBOOTEqcfTKdPKiuZdWjwCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-03%2Bat%2B11.48.41%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a><br />
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“If love be blind it, best agrees with night.”<br />
—Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet<br />
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I got together with some friends and shared stories about New Year's when we were little.<br />
<img alt="Artisan necklace in dusty salmon by fancifuldevices - "John the Baptist"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112378586_f8ln.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/278039660/artisan-necklace-in-dusty-salmon-by?ref=shop_home_active_13">John the Baptist</a><br />
My friend's parents would put on the New York Times Square celebration on TV. Of course New York is an hour ahead of Chicago but the kids didn't know that. So they'd do the New York countdown all excited and then put them to bed.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158984011_nmub.jpg" /><br />
This necklace is actually a remake of an earlier one that didn't sell but I think it really needed another more focal-y focal.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/151/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158984021_dmph.jpg" /><br />
OK, this isn't a resolution but it's a good one:<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0TPUXWEGMYw/WGyQjiOnFXI/AAAAAAAARsw/QUh8TJszwKYf5BNU7scDm9Ie1EPMmiVGwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-04%2Bat%2B12.04.43%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0TPUXWEGMYw/WGyQjiOnFXI/AAAAAAAARsw/QUh8TJszwKYf5BNU7scDm9Ie1EPMmiVGwCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-04%2Bat%2B12.04.43%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a><br />
<img alt="Sterling silver hoop earrings with polymer clay art beads- “Seeking Surrender”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/141/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158992081_ba1d.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/488472960/sterling-silver-hoop-earrings-with?ref=shop_home_active_9">Seeking Surrender</a><br />
I featured two of my absolute favorites from my Broken Rainbows series here with these sterling silver hoops SacredCake gifted to me.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112386700_fmrn.jpg" /><br />
Which brings me to my other humbug point: Christmas presents are a sucky concept, unless they're for kids under 10. Adult gift-giving is ridiculous. Unless it's a gift certificate to a store you know they love. After you've seen a two-year-old freak out over a hunk of plastic, everything else is such a let down. Not to mention how I cringe every time I have to open another well-intentioned present.<br />
<img alt="Addendum. Artisan earrings with polymer clay art beads and ancient Roman glass. " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112383332_i87m.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/265037277/addendum-artisan-earrings-with-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_12">Addendum</a><br />
Those are my rants. The above are a pair of earrings that I switches the lever-backs for long sterling hooks and I think they look much better.<br />
<img alt="Rustic handmade brooch in earthy pale orange- "Esemplastic"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/169/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158988217_q7na.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469128308/rustic-handmade-brooch-in-earthy-pale?ref=shop_home_active_11">Esemplastic</a><br />
Lots of remakes lately actually. Which I think is ok, you don't always need to get it right on the first try. Or ever. But this one was a necklace that is now a cluster brooch.<br />
<img alt="Artisan brooch with handmade rustic resin- "Naught but Love"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/163/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158986125_5ggz.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469134588/artisan-brooch-with-handmade-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_8">Naught but Love</a><br />
Same with this one, which already sold so I'd call that a success. Unfortunately, I often consider success to be a sale. Not for the money but for the feeling that someone agrees with my vision, someone put their stamp of ownership on my work or something. Which is one reason why I always undercharge. But another is cuz the market seems to demand it oh well.<br />
<img alt="Victorian tribal lariat necklace - “Self Love”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/169/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112386056_mq7i.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/488472768/victorian-tribal-lariat-necklace-self?ref=shop_home_active_1">Self Love</a><br />
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”<br />
—Shakespeare, Henry V<br />
Ladies, heed the quote. Especially the voluptuous, as pictured.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/170/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112386058_8mzk.jpg" /><br />
I like how the beads are perfectly graduated but also have a thrown-together look.<br />
<img alt="Mixed media necklace with resin pendant and chrome diopside beads - “A Conversation in the Garden”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/155/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158990749_shg5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/488472622/mixed-media-necklace-with-resin-pendant?ref=shop_home_active_2">Holy crap I listed this with the wrong nam</a>e<br />
Still using up my inviciti bezels. Here I put a shank through the top hole in one then a twirled ring through the shank. So clevah! (I say to myself in case no one else does.)<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112385298_b2ld.jpg" /><br />
"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits.”<br />
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/142/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112385282_ohqs.jpg" /><br />
I meant to call it Eternal Life or something. I love the quote.<br />
<img alt="Golden lariat rustic art necklace by fancifuldevices “Earthly Delights”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112385626_8h7w.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/501967853/golden-lariat-rustic-art-necklace-by?ref=shop_home_active_7">Earthly Delights</a><br />
It took me a while to create this post so meanwhile many of these have sold, sorry.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/144/0/5405515/il_570xN.1158991047_28h6.jpg" /><br />
Double shrine lariat. I learned from this piece that Myrrh melts in high heat so no summertime dashboards for you.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/162/0/5405515/il_570xN.1112385642_8rzh.jpg" /><br />
I've been getting into Instagram much more. I'm getting addicted to the immediacy of it. The immediate little comments, as short as they are, are a nice reward. Getting to write a tiny snippet mixing maybe a description of the item with my general sarcastic nonsense.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaMRRombIrs/WHFoIxtKzrI/AAAAAAAARtY/_6OwvCh9UxgYM7ofWOe6AeIpLKp3EidrQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-07%2Bat%2B4.12.46%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaMRRombIrs/WHFoIxtKzrI/AAAAAAAARtY/_6OwvCh9UxgYM7ofWOe6AeIpLKp3EidrQCK4B/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-07%2Bat%2B4.12.46%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a><br />
Oops, only now realized I wrote "the black" and forgot to add "cords". Crap. And that's the bad side of immediacy. Sound just as dumb as you do talking. Plus for some reason iPad cameras are horrible, quite contrary to amazing iPhone ones. I'd do much more WIP posts if not for that. The above are in fact the best pix I've managed on it by far.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Beige Lover’s Eye" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/143/0/5405515/il_570xN.1161669285_4ggz.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/502923533/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_8">Beige Lover’s Eye </a><br />
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”<br />
~Pablo Picasso<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Red Lips" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115066932_1ymh.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/502924263/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_7">Red Lips</a><br />
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”<br />
~Leonardo da Vinci<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Red Lips Bracelet" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/165/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115068848_7fke.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/502925149/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_6">Red Lips Bracelet</a><br />
“Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.”<br />
― Bob Dylan<br />
<img alt="Orange bracelet inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/157/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115069872_rfg9.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489433858/orange-bracelet-inspiration-kit-bead?ref=shop_home_active_5">Orange bracelet inspiration kit</a><br />
So yeah, as you can see a bunch more kits. Good lord it's nice to clean house!<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Mother and Child" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1161678427_cguk.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489435646/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_3">Mother and Child</a><br />
This has been helping me psychologically too. I haven't felt oversupply panic or oppressed by projects since I started making these. Yay!<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- silver" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/157/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115076272_789r.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489436774/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_2">Silver</a><br />
Plus the ladies seem to like them.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Pink Lips" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/153/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115077464_7xtk.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yh69Lch1Eh4/WHFiWZi9KfI/AAAAAAAARtA/PZvVovHZvKsyQzXcYv349mJLYdgpa296gCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-07%2Bat%2B3.48.51%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yh69Lch1Eh4/WHFiWZi9KfI/AAAAAAAARtA/PZvVovHZvKsyQzXcYv349mJLYdgpa296gCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-01-07%2Bat%2B3.48.51%2BPM.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489437402/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_1">Pink Lips </a><br />
What do you guys think of these asymmetrical lips? I think they'd look good like the doodle, right, but I only made one hole. But I already took the pics! Ugh life is hard.<br />
<img alt="Altered mop earring pairs with floral decals and crackles, double sided." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/145/0/5405515/il_570xN.1115071608_e7gl.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489434346/altered-mop-earring-pairs-with-floral?ref=shop_home_active_4">earring pair</a><br />
I made another altered MOP earring pair. with leetle nail decals.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ijVAq2MukjE/WGx_nPvNEXI/AAAAAAAARrE/ZZdrsf1aGnAGAVJLNlj2oA9qOchPK3zNwCK4B/s1600/P1180559.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ijVAq2MukjE/WGx_nPvNEXI/AAAAAAAARrE/ZZdrsf1aGnAGAVJLNlj2oA9qOchPK3zNwCK4B/s640/P1180559.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I'm going to Uruguay in March so for cousin gifts I just took a bunch of my beads and made some bauble earrings. Easy peasy. Ugh I don't know maybe I should make then so each bead is at a different length so they're a bit less clustered. Crap. I might have to.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YJSpFixNv_0/WGx_m9uygSI/AAAAAAAARq8/_6fJ0tgv8_02hnQdhdfiYkwAVTGZg7FpACK4B/s1600/P1180563.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YJSpFixNv_0/WGx_m9uygSI/AAAAAAAARq8/_6fJ0tgv8_02hnQdhdfiYkwAVTGZg7FpACK4B/s640/P1180563.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Look at all the goodies InLumina sent me!!! All her handmade work!! She used to be RomAntiqueSoul. That is a real pinecone she electroformed up there!!! Also does anyone have anything the exact shape of that wide down-pointing triangle bezel lower left? I'll think of something I'm sure but meanwhile. Just in case you have something.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0S1jQrZzrg/WGx_l_klAlI/AAAAAAAARq0/hcThUzBnrSo3YUgmuuTOvWkL0CWSp7TswCK4B/s1600/P1180566.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0S1jQrZzrg/WGx_l_klAlI/AAAAAAAARq0/hcThUzBnrSo3YUgmuuTOvWkL0CWSp7TswCK4B/s640/P1180566.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oe2j5dFbKc8/WGx_k40AQ-I/AAAAAAAARqs/rszv32oUrHUUr89NIlpC4-LN9mL1oFXuQCK4B/s1600/P1180568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oe2j5dFbKc8/WGx_k40AQ-I/AAAAAAAARqs/rszv32oUrHUUr89NIlpC4-LN9mL1oFXuQCK4B/s200/P1180568.jpg" width="200" /></a>Look at these enameled earring hoops! Eep! and the handmade and vintage glass pins. And here's a cut-out feather. I'm crazy about the handmade findings. The bar chain makes me drool.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ljZTGoweYQs/WGyAOuqFpPI/AAAAAAAARsQ/s6DwST7nEVwZJB2qLVaIlyc53-8TWEPowCK4B/s1600/P1180572.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ljZTGoweYQs/WGyAOuqFpPI/AAAAAAAARsQ/s6DwST7nEVwZJB2qLVaIlyc53-8TWEPowCK4B/s640/P1180572.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
And a bunch of labradorite that my little niece tried to get me to give her over christmas. And this seashell with these goodies glued in as some kind of ornament? I popped out the left pearl flower cuz it was way out and low, making the whole thing wonky. Re-glued it closer. I think I'll add a resin layer. When will I bring out the resin again? It'll be a while.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr5RW-wC-50/WGx_83wGp6I/AAAAAAAARr8/YmjBNhO5exEahJ0h2BzMnGXd36MFZub_gCK4B/s1600/P1180570.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr5RW-wC-50/WGx_83wGp6I/AAAAAAAARr8/YmjBNhO5exEahJ0h2BzMnGXd36MFZub_gCK4B/s640/P1180570.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2IWT3ulAchE/WGx_-HYctKI/AAAAAAAARsE/W6yPhtCelGQJ6K13WeH1jTQqfREWAq3cQCK4B/s1600/P1180571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2IWT3ulAchE/WGx_-HYctKI/AAAAAAAARsE/W6yPhtCelGQJ6K13WeH1jTQqfREWAq3cQCK4B/s320/P1180571.jpg" width="320" /></a>Oh and these! So she made them but they were a but plain. Maybe these smeary sides were supposed to be the front but they looked a bit rushed. So I took the side I liked and added- you guessed it- tiny nail decals. Which is why I had them out to play with the MOP connectors. I think they look awesome. Look at the tiny eyelets she added to the top pair- squeee! I could make them into earrings for cousins?<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51knLt0OY6g/WGx_oMDRoUI/AAAAAAAARrM/VT08GJz6IAsEwU8jZ2dUj7Ftxq4MhJ2UgCK4B/s1600/P1180561.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51knLt0OY6g/WGx_oMDRoUI/AAAAAAAARrM/VT08GJz6IAsEwU8jZ2dUj7Ftxq4MhJ2UgCK4B/s640/P1180561.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Oh I finally took a picture of the gorgeous bits Suzy Frank sent me. Those drops are all double-side of course. Very dimensional and cool.<br />
Right now I'm nursing my poor uterus. Bad month. I keep thinking that so short ago this was a taboo subject even though PMS runs my life. So now I will tell strangers on the street, "I have crazy PMS right now please pity me!!!!" whereas before, what? I'd just be a mess with no excuse? When I'm already such a mess? I'd say, "female troubles" even though my period hadn't started so I'd feel like I was lying? I guess they still are female troubles.<br />
In Uruguay people say "I'm sick," as in, "I can't go swimming, I'm sick"- and it's fucking understood! Or at least they did when I was younger. I'd be like "But what do you have?" and they'd be like "I'm <i>sick</i>." And I'd be like "But what are you sick <i>with</i>?" and they'd be like "I'm <i><b>sick</b></i>!"<br />
Ah, cross-cultural fun! Still is extremely taboo in Latin America. Pisses me off.<br />
Palate cleanser. Here's the funniest panda you or anyone has ever seen.<br />
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OMG, I just listed these and someone bought <i>all</i> of them.<img alt="Earthy art beads- chunky polymer clay artisan elements- Carin Stones" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/168/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152617415_2out.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485869236/earthy-art-beads-chunky-polymer-clay?ref=shop_home_active_3">Cairn Stones</a><br />
I named them Cairn Stones because of a comment by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/06013490263344068352">autena</a> saying that's what they looked like. Which thank you for saving me the trouble! Well, first I had to look up cairns to make sure I remembered correctly what that was. But because of that comment and that name, I ended up driving myself mental trying to balance these little stacks that kept toppling over, then photoshopping out the wires they were strung on to keep them up. Ah the life of an arteest.<br />
I made another textile cuff that I'm pretty thrilled with:<br />
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106033298_hs7f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Textile wrist cuff bracelet with antique fabric trims- “Tattered Hopes”" border="0" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106033298_hs7f.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106033400_ihuv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106033400_ihuv.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485875354/textile-wrist-cuff-bracelet-with-antique?ref=shop_home_active_1">Tattered Hopes</a><br />
It's the collage-ness of it all that I just love so much. I wish I had more really old rough worn out appliqués like the floral one you see left of the paisley bullion one. If you have any like that send me a pic on etsy, I'll make you an offer. A probably offensively low offer.<br />
Also can I take a moment to bitch about having to photoshop my manly arm hair out of these bracelet pictures? Sometimes hair by hair? I don't personally mind cuz I'm macho and it looks good when I'm hefting logs across the tundra as I do, but my pix need no such distractions.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/166/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152631731_gipy.jpg" /><br />
Oh I was gonna show you all the dainties I made.<br />
<img alt="Plum and pink assemblage necklace with vintage glass beads - “Courage”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/164/0/5405515/il_570xN.1101827086_slh2.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484290616/plum-and-pink-assemblage-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_6">Courage</a><br />
An inviciti pewter bezel. It's a lot easier when the bezel's already made, y'all.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/152/0/5405515/il_570xN.1101827062_2jmc.jpg" /><br />
Look at the gem drop there. I don't even know what stone it is but drool, right? Also those two cabs are actually broken sugar beads. Instead of tossing them, I bezeled them cuz I'm clever.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148415987_9qrf.jpg" /><br />
I've been taking these pix from farther away. You get a better idea of the scale, even though my mannequin is super skinny and petite because society. No hairy arms on her I tell ya. She's so feminine she doesn't even have arms!<br />
<img alt="Mixed media necklace with resin pendant and chrome diopside beads - “A Conversation in the Garden”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106164914_okrw.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/497783937/mixed-media-necklace-with-resin-pendant?ref=shop_home_active_7">A Conversation in the Garden</a><br />
An eclectic trio of focals. You know I was tempted to call this one Adam and Steve.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152763751_6ryp.jpg" /><br />
This enameled headpin and the one in the previous necklace were handmade gifts from the lovely <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478223488/enameled-headpins?ref=shop_home_active_2">Suzy Frank</a> who recently sent me a bunch of enameled gorgeousness. She just opened her own little shop!<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xd27cipmcFs/WFOBOtNiB_I/AAAAAAAARpM/MGqfXcTCwZkyfCocDxvqi_-h725v0oQewCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-15%2Bat%2B11.52.27%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xd27cipmcFs/WFOBOtNiB_I/AAAAAAAARpM/MGqfXcTCwZkyfCocDxvqi_-h725v0oQewCK4B/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-15%2Bat%2B11.52.27%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a><br />
<img alt="Layered pink and gold assemblage necklace with rose quartz and vintage bell - “This Moment”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148415111_dx6o.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484290468/layered-pink-and-gold-assemblage?ref=shop_home_active_8">This Moment</a><br />
Going through and removing all bullion out of things. Which is cool cuz like here I replaced it with swoon-worthy matte gold chain. Still lovin' the matte gold.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/177/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148415113_9q9y.jpg" /><br />
This one changes with the light because the profile is pasted right on the bare brass of the bezel. Metal reflects light etc. Bare brass bezel. Pretty pewter pendant. Large grit gold glass glitter. Ha.<br />
<img alt="Vintage beaded necklace with resin pendant and pom pom bead -“A Quiet Conscience”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148417503_in83.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484291138/vintage-beaded-necklace-with-resin?ref=shop_home_active_15">A Quiet Conscience</a><br />
Oh another reason I don't mind my failed bullion experiments is that I finally tried actually sewing with it and it was awesome! See cuff above. And not hard at all. So now I don't feel wasteful with the stuff I got even though it was only like a dollar for three meters. It's a mental thing. I have all kinds of mental things. I'm a mental thing.<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/149/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148417457_d7bk.jpg" /><br />
<img alt="Purple assemblage necklace with amethyst and vintage chain- “Sigh No More”" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/164/0/5405515/il_570xN.1101824926_3hfg.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484289940/purple-assemblage-necklace-with-amethyst?ref=shop_home_active_9">Sigh No More</a><br />
Here's another inviciti. I purpled it up so I could use some of my purple elements with it.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148413829_qn8e.jpg" /><br />
I addd a tiny touch of Perfect Pearls but then I didn't like it and used chalk pastel instead. That way you get the color without all the reflection.<br />
<img alt="Resin pendant necklace with lampwork beaded chain - “Ever Young”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148413333_p9vm.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484289796/resin-pendant-necklace-with-lampwork?ref=shop_home_active_10">Ever Young</a><br />
I adore this one but I think it might not sell because it's a boy and ladies want images of girls. Because we're all a bunch of lezbos. But no really, look how beautiful this image is, and how gorgeously it fits into this beautiful rectangular bez. I also made the chain using these amazing tiny lamp work jump rings omg look at them! Look at them more.<br />
<img height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/178/0/5405515/il_570xN.1101824314_orc2.jpg" width="320" /><img height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148413263_b2u3.jpg" width="320" /><br />
Also, see how differently cool it looks once you engage the extender chain? "Differently cool" and "engage the extender chain" are two phrases I'm going to try to get all the kids to start using.<br />
Do you notice how often I get distracted by my own words? Like, what is that? Just the other day I read that grammar nazi-ism is a type of OCD. It's totally true! Logically I know it doesn't matter if it's your or you're because everyone understand each other anyway, but it's like this impossible compulsion you have to just blurt out. So distracting and stupid. Also no one will thank you for correcting them. It doesn't matter but it's so distracting I can't continue unless I point it out I'm so annoying! I'm a mental thing.<br />
<img alt="Ornate cast brass pendant necklace with vintage chain and braided leather- “Come What May”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1148416949_q6ke.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/497784909/ornate-cast-brass-pendant-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_3">Come What May</a><br />
Btw, most of these dainty pieces come with cool little quotes you can read in the listing descriptions, if you're curious about the names. I kind of discovered some lesser known Shakespeare ones I really dug.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/153/0/5405515/il_570xN.1101827944_4myc.jpg" /><br />
OK ok. But that's not all! Cuz guess what I made a butt load of inspiration kits using brand new resin pendants. Oh yeah baby.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152586945_le7q.jpg" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499350581/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_8">Pink Lover’s Eye</a><br />
Almost messed up and called this one Pink Eye. Ew. Anyway- aren't these cool?<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup lot assortment- Dark Woman" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/151/0/5405515/il_570xN.1105981620_iabc.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485852816/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_10">Dark Woman</a><br />
I think this is my very favorite. Look at this awesome chick. Even the sections of body I was able to frame: gorgeous- and without showing any naughty bits! I even like this collection of items the best I think. Maybe. They're all my babies and I love them all of course.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Winter Dancer" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152586221_ign5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485855082/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_9">Winter Dancer</a><br />
A close-up of the face of Degas' famous ballerina.<br />
Middle right you can see these cool-ass beads I got. They're old lampwork that someone had the brilliant idea of sand etching for a cool-ass dusty finish. I have a bunch so I added the girlier ones to the kits.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Dark Eye" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152591983_37dn.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485857726/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_3">Dark Eye</a><br />
I had some really large art to work with, ergo really large bezels. Here I tried using some bullion in a sort of frame because of a comment by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17413329129613589867">Lisa Bommarito</a>. Of course she suggested to unravel bits into corkscrews and add that which I still have to try. I do like this along the edge though cuz edges can be tricky. Sometimes you can see where the paper meets the brass wall. I don't mind that at all but I always thought it looked kind of meh in pictures. So this is a way of taking care of that. I think I'll try one where I add the bullion at the bottom before the first resin pour so I can get it right up against the edge.<br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/143/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152588645_fhh0.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Shush" border="0" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/143/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152588645_fhh0.jpg" width="570" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499351393/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_6">Bouquet</a><br />
I learned that if you add a third pour to make a very domed bezel you end up with a magnified image and that also takes care of the edge, as you can see here.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- The Sultry Sleeper" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1105991458_reqp.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499351827/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_5">Sultry Sleeper</a><br />
You can kind of see some edge in this little one. Not actually ugly in any way. The square beads are pressed glass from the etched lampwork lot, a really cool mustard color.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup lot assortment- Sparks" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/148/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106132414_n8fl.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499415591/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_1">Sparks</a><br />
And here's the biggest kit. Really has some special things in it, including dat fat druzy oh man.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/165/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106132368_51mu.jpg" /><br />
Here it is on its side so you can see where I gold leafed it. Also these fibers cuz I thought they went so well with the colors of the lot. They're holographic, wow.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Shush" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152587879_71k4.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499351035/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_7">Shush</a><br />
This one's special because it has matte brown chalk pastel dust blended into all the layers of resin around the edge. In real life you can easily tell it's in the layers of resin and not down at the bottom where the picture is, so it looks super cool and ghostly. I wanna try this again.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment in warm pale yellows" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/164/0/5405515/il_570xN.1105992206_3e11.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485857336/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_4">Warm pale yellows</a><br />
I just re-read all this and I sound like such a spaz. In reality a substitute dance teacher at the gym kicked my ass today and I'm barely conscious.<br />
<img alt="Rustic resin inspiration kit- bead soup junk lot assortment- Romantic Profile" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152623743_k1bp.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499365569/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_2">Romantic Profile </a><br />
Ok now I'm going to tell you my "metida de pata" for today. That translates to ... like when you stick your foot in it. So Mr Devices and I have decided to go to Uruguay next March and I was talking to the Uruguayan lady who makes our reservations. I've never met her, only talked on the phone a couple times but. See, she has the exact perfect Uruguayan voice. I never hear that accent in the US, the Spanish people speak here is nothing like it. And it's more than just an accent or dialect, it's a whole ... it's a whole soul in that voice that is so familiar to me. Cuz who do I ever hear speak that way? My parents, and then when I go to Uruguay, all my extended family.<br />
<img alt="Polymer clay bracelet connectors with crackle. Rustic jewelry elements, your choice of three." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106017510_rmcj.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484785087/polymer-clay-bracelet-connectors-with?ref=shop_home_active_1">Connectors</a><br />
So it clicked something in my brain where family lives and as I was saying bye I said, "un beso." Which means "a kiss". Which is the equivalent of how here we say "love you" when we're saying goodbye in English.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1152616381_5px1.jpg" /><br />
<b>I said "love you" to a lady I've never met</b>. She kind of laughed and after disconnecting it dawned on me what I'd just said and oh the horror. This is why people hate learning languages, you always sound like a fucking fucktard. I'm always sticking my foot in it.<br />
Well, its' not as bad as the time in Uruguay Mr. Devices kissed a total stranger but. Did I ever tell you about that?<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dmgEnX_KHvc/WFObsBhia4I/AAAAAAAARpo/KS_8qDM6EMAd7OADTXYzyhKcrQaV4BiLACK4B/s1600/P1180435.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dmgEnX_KHvc/WFObsBhia4I/AAAAAAAARpo/KS_8qDM6EMAd7OADTXYzyhKcrQaV4BiLACK4B/s640/P1180435.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/485946946/rustic-resin-inspiration-kit-bead-soup?ref=shop_home_active_1">Lover’s Eye</a><br />
OK, I just listed this last eye. It's a pain cuz in most of these I've been meticulously describing every bit in the kit and that takes <i>so long</i> but then I don't want buyers to think it's just whatever here's a bunch of junk. I want them to treasure each bit as much as I do. On the other hand they have eyes don't they? Idk. I'm trying most of them with meticulous itemized lists and a few with "everything you see here" so we'll see if it makes a difference. Probably not.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kouhCCBqDbE/WFOgKHPhM1I/AAAAAAAARp8/mM5M4_jkD10vHQ3zTAljxXkmDD7_KZPDgCK4B/s1600/P1180393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kouhCCBqDbE/WFOgKHPhM1I/AAAAAAAARp8/mM5M4_jkD10vHQ3zTAljxXkmDD7_KZPDgCK4B/s400/P1180393.jpg" width="355" /></a><br />
Finally, lovely customer sent me this dragon and asked if I could make it into a necklace. I said she might be disappointed because it really didn't need much of anything. I offered to get one of those turkish crescent things to beef it up but she was like Noooo it's perfect I love it, so I was happy.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yp1nAspjxcU/WFOqxKoNiNI/AAAAAAAARqY/vEg7OzWsCqw2tc4CnaKuyQsW-jECxAOSACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-16%2Bat%2B2.49.57%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yp1nAspjxcU/WFOqxKoNiNI/AAAAAAAARqY/vEg7OzWsCqw2tc4CnaKuyQsW-jECxAOSACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-16%2Bat%2B2.49.57%2BAM.png" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-255AgJQT3WY/WFOfxrqBvPI/AAAAAAAARp0/8FLRvMymLGYmUruABwKgAFy4eUyA7B-swCK4B/s1600/tumblr_lvhuuq55N71qhoyau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-255AgJQT3WY/WFOfxrqBvPI/AAAAAAAARp0/8FLRvMymLGYmUruABwKgAFy4eUyA7B-swCK4B/s200/tumblr_lvhuuq55N71qhoyau.jpg" width="172" /></a>OK one more story- My little niece Marcela in her letter to Santa she asked for finger food for her baby brother Marco. Cuz he loves the little cereal he can grab then shove his whole fist in his mouth in hopes the piece will stay when the fist is removed but I guess they're always running out? So she asked Santa for food for her brother!!!<br />
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Oh boy, lots to share!<img alt="Modern primitive labradorite necklace - "The Key to the Universe"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143976147_by7a.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482710280/modern-primitive-labradorite-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_15">The Key to the Universe</a><br />
This is a yerba mate gourd rim decoration made of sterling with 18k gold accents from Uruguay. I set a crazy nice labradorite cab in there and mounted it all fancy. There's two spikes by JBDRusticOrganic and a super-finely etched antique button hook which might also be sterling. Three beads by 4Ophelia/nearlylost and electrical cloth-covered cording.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/144/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143976167_6e7a.jpg" /><br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1146190011_9tvp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1146190011_9tvp.jpg" width="300" /></a>And if you don't think dis speshul right here then idk what to tell you.<br />
<img alt="Long layering necklace with sterling silver Hand Mirror pendant - "The Importance of the Self"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144005907_2dth.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482720216/long-layering-necklace-with-sterling?ref=shop_home_active_11">The Importance of the Self</a><br />
Another super fancy one with lots of sterling and a precious hand from inheritance haul.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/159/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097418196_lv6w.jpg" /><br />
I left the non-focal part very plain. It sold.<br />
<img alt="Chunky brown beaded choker - earthy artisan and antique beads - "Geolatry" " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/148/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098652974_lclu.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496609515/chunky-brown-beaded-choker-earthy?ref=shop_home_active_2">Geolatry</a><br />
This one sold too and I'm so glad cuz I made almost all the beads. Sixteen! From six different series I've done. So I'm glad someone valued it as much as I did.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098652834_t5yh.jpg" /><br />
I even wove the cord in the back.<img alt="Primitive chunky bead choker necklace - "Geolwe"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143995227_3vtx.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482715118/primitive-chunky-bead-choker-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_8">Geolwe</a><br />
This ones got an ancient roman ring, a clay pipe found in the Themes and seven of my polybabies. And like the last one, it's deceptively light weight.<br />
<img alt="Statement totem bead stack pendant necklace - sculptural jewelry - wearable art - "Passage from the Other World"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143964667_c4s4.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482707112/statement-totem-bead-stack-pendant?ref=shop_home_active_9">Passage from the Other World</a><br />
Another chunky sold necklace!<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143964551_arhl.jpg" /><br />
They actually all sold to the same lady.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/165/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097377168_6f64.jpg" /><br />
This one's also very light.<img alt="Ancient Roman blue glass earrings - "Light is in Both" " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098787988_1npf.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496652431/ancient-roman-blue-glass-earrings-light?ref=shop_home_active_1">Light is in Both</a><br />
Look at these! They're actually from back in my Patroness days but someone returned them to me cuz she said they were heavy. They are. But I was glad at how much I still liked them.<br />
<img alt="Rustic assemblage earrings in earthy orange - "When you Appear" " src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/145/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145312649_6b9g.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/483137104/rustic-assemblage-earrings-in-earthy?ref=shop_home_active_3">When you Appear</a><br />
Here's me in the description trying to come up with a reason why I put two such different art styles together with this mismatched set of bezels: "Two contrary depictions of femininity to question our beauty ideals." They're inviciti bezels from the huge lot they sent me, more coming soon. Note my Faux Ancients and a little Gobi Desert Agate.<br />
<img alt="Ornate antique textile cuff bracelet with recycled Afghan jewelry - "Eternity at Night" " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/158/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098666594_38c6.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Holy moley textile cuffs!!! I got such an itch when I saw this gorgeous antique sari trim on eBay.<br />
<img height="150" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098666772_o4ox.jpg" width="200" /><img height="150" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/168/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098666694_6d9r.jpg" width="200" /><img height="150" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145258427_m1g3.jpg" width="200" /><br />
I only meant to embellish it a little, thinking the trim could carry the day but next thing I knew...<br />
<img alt="Textile wrist cuff bracelet with resin angel focal - “We are Visitors”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/156/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144003151_dns2.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496214073/textile-wrist-cuff-bracelet-with-resin?ref=shop_home_active_14">We are Visitors</a><br />
Oh jeez look at this baby! More sari trim and a big square resin piece that would've sucked if I had to cut into pendant-sized bits. I found this old staple bezel I've had forever and curved it, perfect.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/174/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144003347_4pwi.jpg" /><br />
Also hammered me the edge bars for the trim. Also coated the trim in paste wax and polyurethane cuz the silk fibers seemed to want to fly up from the leaves and petals. Now its nice and flat<img alt="Resin artist necklace with wire-wrapped pendant and woven chain - "As Long As We Have Voices"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143959989_qszl.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482702570/resin-artist-necklace-with-wire-wrapped?ref=shop_home_active_16">As Long As We Have Voices</a><br />
Speaking of resin.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097372438_tfix.jpg" /><br />
Check out that wound-wire frame oh yeah.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1143960091_7q4z.jpg" /><br />
Check out the three ancient beads all dangling on slightly different pins.<br />
<img alt="Feminine rustic necklace with resin pendant and abalone in sterling silver - "Everyone has Lost Something" " src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145254827_lbgj.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496612163/feminine-rustic-necklace-with-resin?ref=shop_home_active_7">Everyone has Lost Something</a><br />
AKA "Abalone Mahoney." Not really.<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/149/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145254577_2pbb.jpg" /><br />
But I was extra proud here when Sparrow who was helping with listings couldn't recognize that three of the beads here were my polybabies. <br />
<img alt="Pink and green layered necklace with resin pendant - "Truest Victory"" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097429370_ou2t.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496219455/pink-and-green-layered-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_12">Truest Victory</a><br />
Can I be honest for a mo? I really love everything I make.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/148/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097429534_9hc6.jpg" /><br />
I like that lately everything is either way delicate or way chunky.<img alt="Wearable art necklace with pastel chunky beaded chain and antique cameo pendant - Cronos " src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/147/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145307213_n3l4.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496628449/wearable-art-necklace-with-pastel-chunky?ref=shop_home_active_5">Cronos</a><br />
Maybe this guy's a bit in between. Look at that halo I gave him! Gorgeous bi-cones by JBDRusticOrganic and some turbans from shipwreckdandy and also three of my own.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/142/0/5405515/il_570xN.1145307363_2vdu.jpg" /><br />
All of these have some snippet of matte gold chain.<span style="font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">💛</span><img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098797662_qshd.jpg" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/483161864/delicate-abstract-purple-lariat-a-mind?ref=shop_home_active_4">A Mind Stretched</a><br />
Look at this! I found a stillpointworks disk- - - swoon.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/177/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098797592_op2m.jpg" /><br />
It's so organic and abstract next to the fancy rhinestones.<br />
<img alt="Reserved for Anita. Do not purchase." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/173/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097428224_kkeu.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482722816/reserved-for-anita-do-not-purchase?ref=shop_home_active_13">Old Ways</a><br />
Three rough slab amethysts from Uruguay I've set in tin with a bit of metal leaf.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144016469_9q3l.jpg" /><br />
A section of a fancy sterling and amethyst bracelet, a ghost quartz.<br />
<img alt="Rustic feminine choker necklace with vintage beads - “Hesychastic”" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144020231_ftpe.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496220037/rustic-feminine-choker-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_11">Hesychastic</a><br />
I think I'm obsessed with focal-less chokers. Even did a delicate one.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1144020463_g4fe.jpg" /><br />
You guys I'm just getting over a cold that had me in bed for a week cuz my niece and nephew germed me. It feels so good when you finally get better and breathing is a thing again.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/147/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097432252_d0bb.jpg" /><br />
I'm thinking of getting a cloth dress form. They're much more plentiful and economic now and I hate the way this mannequin's collar bones and boobs stick out, warping the hang on everything.<br />
<img alt="Polymer clay bracelet connectors with crackle. Rustic jewelry elements, your choice." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/143/0/5405515/il_570xN.1097976324_fr4j.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496394107/polymer-clay-bracelet-connectors-with?ref=shop_home_active_9">Polymer </a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/496394107/polymer-clay-bracelet-connectors-with?ref=shop_home_active_9">connectors</a><br />
But I also hate making big bulky purchases that will take up room in the house.<br />
But look a these cute connectors.<br />
<img alt="Black jewelry inspiration kit " src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/152/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098719142_j52o.jpg" width="570" /><br />
And this black creativity lot that I stupidly undercharged for cuz I was just listing so much stuff so fast.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/146/0/5405515/il_570xN.1098719210_mhjp.jpg" /><br />
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Here's what's coming on our next episode:<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-41GqWErTyqk/WEYy0HyW67I/AAAAAAAARo8/6zE-zWGlycU0rOsKl0rHd0lmROPiH_TvQCK4B/s1600/P1180255.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-41GqWErTyqk/WEYy0HyW67I/AAAAAAAARo8/6zE-zWGlycU0rOsKl0rHd0lmROPiH_TvQCK4B/s640/P1180255.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
Lots of inviciti bezels on delicate guys.<br />
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Do you all go on little obsession-journeys? Personal fixation trends? I recently discovered these very rough ancient cameos and they're just doing it for me:<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8fx6aBrYGY/WESkoDnfUcI/AAAAAAAARog/ZYmJUc444kgY0eObyJMKFIJv6d8hTDqtgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.10.11%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8fx6aBrYGY/WESkoDnfUcI/AAAAAAAARog/ZYmJUc444kgY0eObyJMKFIJv6d8hTDqtgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.10.11%2BPM.png" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YxPTu9jJ5U/WESkoIoBR9I/AAAAAAAARoU/S7i6azm4iaM74ufgF8pKShFJB82lfR1XgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.40%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YxPTu9jJ5U/WESkoIoBR9I/AAAAAAAARoU/S7i6azm4iaM74ufgF8pKShFJB82lfR1XgCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.40%2BPM.png" width="123" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exeizEi1Zlo/WESknQO343I/AAAAAAAARn8/aF37ADsLU48FegcVTjx1xH5Kpo_LHGQ0gCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.29%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exeizEi1Zlo/WESknQO343I/AAAAAAAARn8/aF37ADsLU48FegcVTjx1xH5Kpo_LHGQ0gCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.29%2BPM.png" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D3I7KbKlp3Y/WESkn8GuVTI/AAAAAAAARoM/glRCoRakgV82bDsuDIoZWHfOJPLi_GBvgCK4B/s1600/145_mh1926_4_C_I_sm-57605.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D3I7KbKlp3Y/WESkn8GuVTI/AAAAAAAARoM/glRCoRakgV82bDsuDIoZWHfOJPLi_GBvgCK4B/s200/145_mh1926_4_C_I_sm-57605.png" width="194" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HC18_7KolXk/WESknFdEyYI/AAAAAAAARnw/JfRvXsUL6TwbLxLUYQrYDzd6ciIqC5XsQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.09%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HC18_7KolXk/WESknFdEyYI/AAAAAAAARnw/JfRvXsUL6TwbLxLUYQrYDzd6ciIqC5XsQCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.09%2BPM.png" width="144" /></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXVm33tYGjw/WESknvW6WUI/AAAAAAAARoI/OHeOKYo78KkVVxsshzDvza6RavK6udrWwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.50%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXVm33tYGjw/WESknvW6WUI/AAAAAAAARoI/OHeOKYo78KkVVxsshzDvza6RavK6udrWwCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-12-04%2Bat%2B5.09.50%2BPM.png" width="200" /></a>I was thinking if I could reproduce them in polymer but they'd just look plastic-y and lame.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8vI9CyxYrYs/WETALINhTAI/AAAAAAAARos/qDvQYepnwHADJNQ4wGNIuBeOUkaJC7ZxgCK4B/s1600/il_570xN.1033870988_rux0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8vI9CyxYrYs/WETALINhTAI/AAAAAAAARos/qDvQYepnwHADJNQ4wGNIuBeOUkaJC7ZxgCK4B/s200/il_570xN.1033870988_rux0.jpg" width="200" /></a>I was looking through etsy trying to remind myself I don't have to be a cheapskate re supplies anymore and I found these guys:<br />
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Imna start adding them to everything I make. Y'all are gonna be like, "Are... are you ok?" And Imma be like, "If you can't support me on my journey then get out my way!" Oh man those cracked me up.<br />
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Now turn up the volume guys this is really important:<br />
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He falls asleep when she says so!<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-33727624119364256532016-11-15T16:48:00.000-06:002016-11-15T16:48:48.227-06:00Welp.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
First, thank you all so so much for your sincere words about my little doggie passing. It was actually a big comfort for me- like a swell of love from the internet.<br />
Second... we're not gonna talk about it. There is no world beyond my door and my beads. I'm avoid the news like it's fire and through very aggressive denial, maintain my sanity.<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oOTz9aYKhUA/WCtdXC-jITI/AAAAAAAARj4/YokPwxlgUMEc4dNzPD9aB4Tdn2rKzlAEgCK4B/s640/P1170871.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gkey1eP_M_s/WCtdWq1H-6I/AAAAAAAARjw/fRRiMUNSb7Qduc9aMGJiSL57Aqc0mn_pQCK4B/s1600/P1170850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gkey1eP_M_s/WCtdWq1H-6I/AAAAAAAARjw/fRRiMUNSb7Qduc9aMGJiSL57Aqc0mn_pQCK4B/s320/P1170850.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/457078976/fuliginous-cluster-choker-chunky-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_5">Fuliginous. </a><br />
Omg I finally finished this guy after five years just sitting on my table while I let myself get distracted by other things.<br />
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<img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9etscb1e7yc/WCtdh5cij6I/AAAAAAAARkg/S07cgtZmVfU53Jv6AF9pAl4udfzYh8_tQCK4B/s640/P1170908.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MK5hn07LCFg/WCtiXI7mzvI/AAAAAAAARks/AwUewNNFxtAGtlTlBEiGw4AJ760FTmfXQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-15%2Bat%2B1.30.13%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MK5hn07LCFg/WCtiXI7mzvI/AAAAAAAARks/AwUewNNFxtAGtlTlBEiGw4AJ760FTmfXQCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-15%2Bat%2B1.30.13%2BPM.png" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/252987605/the-maiden-rustic-handmade-bracelet?ref=shop_home_active_4">The Maiden</a><br />
←So I had this bracelet no one wanted because there was a soccer player on it... And I had ↑that bracelet link that didn't go with anything because the sides were too square... I painted a couple details to combine with the red theme... Don't you love it when shit comes together? And it sold right quick too.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/157/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1080426672_66ff.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477794126/carthage-assemblage-victorian-tribal?ref=shop_home_active_3">Carthage.</a><br />
You know when things just fit together so perfectly? Idk I feel like these elements were born to be together somehow.<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5NQgxyLLJNA/WCtdep3VtOI/AAAAAAAARkQ/-PraUg5ER-ctboRBrtg1ehvqOayTO_B_wCK4B/s640/P1170884.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G1V8DPQIu2c/WCtdgXLjylI/AAAAAAAARkY/XLymBLvJFN43LYfRZh9wNSyDTmURA-1BACK4B/s1600/P1170852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G1V8DPQIu2c/WCtdgXLjylI/AAAAAAAARkY/XLymBLvJFN43LYfRZh9wNSyDTmURA-1BACK4B/s320/P1170852.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477827720/ingenue-handmade-art-necklace-in-pale?ref=shop_home_active_2">Ingenue.</a><br />
Look at this cutie. Glass cab was a gift from TeapotsandTelephones. And my new obsession- matte gold chain!<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ux4Uf8B4zdo/WCtdcTTfvfI/AAAAAAAARkI/PTEK3DZ70kESMdOvTVYslvo8UxpSNS64wCK4B/s640/P1170859.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFrv7B2gG1k/WCtdcCE6cCI/AAAAAAAARkE/RPJ7cuq_TVQDzv1pjvznMnyc8fYDdzsDgCK4B/s1600/P1170855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFrv7B2gG1k/WCtdcCE6cCI/AAAAAAAARkE/RPJ7cuq_TVQDzv1pjvznMnyc8fYDdzsDgCK4B/s320/P1170855.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477808878/humble-rustic-art-necklace-in-prong-set?ref=shop_home_active_3">Humble.</a><br />
Here's another little bit of matte gold goodness. I am not Christian guys, but since I have these old art books... they're all about Jeebus so here's Jeebus. Which my writing this isn't going to encourage the type of person who would wear Jesus around their neck, is it?<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AgWTxV9QPwU/WCtj_QG6SoI/AAAAAAAARk4/7p0cZCAVSLE-zZTNXfRhEd87XMD8k3RBQCK4B/s1600/P1170942.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><img alt="Earthen. Brown handmade earrings with polymer art beads" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/141/0/5405515/il_570xN.1127074721_6cm2.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1080481218_h0lx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/150/0/5405515/il_570xN.1080481218_h0lx.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479127289/earthen-brown-handmade-earrings-with?ref=shop_home_active_1">Earthen. </a><br />
I haven't been making earrings lately. Maybe I'll make a bunch of simple ones with my polybabies, like this cute little pair.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7j-IDyGupVc/WCtkB0nUTAI/AAAAAAAARlA/l7fsWWcNjuYWwkb8RCBOuCdCh-21SJkVwCK4B/s1600/P1170941.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kpv52W0urBY/WCuF3g9e97I/AAAAAAAARlg/ghWtRL5s4ngCuOirWJcvrd2vUWsz4H2eQCK4B/s1600/P1170971.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kpv52W0urBY/WCuF3g9e97I/AAAAAAAARlg/ghWtRL5s4ngCuOirWJcvrd2vUWsz4H2eQCK4B/s320/P1170971.jpg" width="320" /></a><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7j-IDyGupVc/WCtkB0nUTAI/AAAAAAAARlA/l7fsWWcNjuYWwkb8RCBOuCdCh-21SJkVwCK4B/s640/P1170941.jpg" width="640" /><br />
One lovely lady sent me this huge druzy to make something with and make something I have. There was this oval bezel that was just a curved metal thing from my inheritance lot and I messed with it until it fit around the druzy. Then I... wait not first I made holes and added headpins for loops... but there were already holes on either side so i just put ball pins in those... after ruining like three rosey copper ones that... it was a whole thing... anyway....<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AgWTxV9QPwU/WCtj_QG6SoI/AAAAAAAARk4/7p0cZCAVSLE-zZTNXfRhEd87XMD8k3RBQCK4B/s1600/P1170942.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AgWTxV9QPwU/WCtj_QG6SoI/AAAAAAAARk4/7p0cZCAVSLE-zZTNXfRhEd87XMD8k3RBQCK4B/s640/P1170942.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I even used my own polybabies. Hope she likes.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3AgOsSP3oVM/WCtlqv7KF7I/AAAAAAAARlM/jsWuq2n-6IIHvXKbdJZ-rwnDwG2n1yZ5wCK4B/s1600/P1170838%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3AgOsSP3oVM/WCtlqv7KF7I/AAAAAAAARlM/jsWuq2n-6IIHvXKbdJZ-rwnDwG2n1yZ5wCK4B/s640/P1170838%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477805132/rustic-resin-shrine-earring-pair?ref=shop_home_active_4">Earring Pair.</a><br />
Phew, a non-religious resin thing! Aren't they adorable? I actually ordered a coffee table book called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-Most-Beautiful-Women-Painting/dp/9036621054/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479239513&sr=8-1&keywords=100+beautiful+women+in+art">100 of the Most Beautiful Women in Painting</a> just to have pretty non-religious pictures to resin.<br />
<img alt="Rustic crackle polymer clay art bead sets- handmade artisan beads in apple green" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/149/0/5405515/il_570xN.1127058977_cd4t.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/491302465/rustic-crackle-polymer-clay-art-bead?ref=shop_home_active_5">bead sets</a><br />
So many beads!<br />
<img alt="Rustic crackle polymer clay art bead sets- handmade artisan beads by fancifuldevices" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/172/0/5405515/il_570xN.1127035663_qbd5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/491296823/rustic-crackle-polymer-clay-art-bead?ref=shop_home_active_8">bead sets</a><br />
I even have two listings of four sets each that I haven't listed cuz I have so many of these.<br />
<img alt="Rustic crackle polymer clay art bead sets- handmade artisan beads in smaller sizes" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1127048041_28jh.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477803406/rustic-crackle-polymer-clay-art-bead?ref=shop_home_active_6">bead sets</a><br />
Instead of listing them I might just use them to make earrings for my Uruguay cousins. Cuz I think we're going after the holidays at some point.<br />
So yeah I've been obsessively making beads- what other way is there to make them, right?<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFJqVhBsM1A/WCuF9chAXpI/AAAAAAAARlo/BBDGF4Zb8bMFa-4sr0P1m-92al1eNQLYwCK4B/s1600/P1170971.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFJqVhBsM1A/WCuF9chAXpI/AAAAAAAARlo/BBDGF4Zb8bMFa-4sr0P1m-92al1eNQLYwCK4B/s640/P1170971.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I've been working on some super chunky pieces- look at that corncob pipe piece! With the copal barrel bead coming out of it? stuck into a giant ancient ring?<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSyjdEkglQQ/WCuGAnykr5I/AAAAAAAARl4/71aEr6Rgj8kWncFn7kc2NTxSZT2rJKH_wCK4B/s1600/P1170892.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSyjdEkglQQ/WCuGAnykr5I/AAAAAAAARl4/71aEr6Rgj8kWncFn7kc2NTxSZT2rJKH_wCK4B/s640/P1170892.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z43wR3a5Etw/WCuGA29OCAI/AAAAAAAARmA/NkNfSHkHclgyS85odt7Lba1V7R9mexroQCK4B/s1600/P1170891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z43wR3a5Etw/WCuGA29OCAI/AAAAAAAARmA/NkNfSHkHclgyS85odt7Lba1V7R9mexroQCK4B/s200/P1170891.jpg" width="162" /></a>So for my chunky pieces I thought I'd make some giant beads to go with. And make them I did. Look at that clever use of a big filigree for a bead cap.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8cba4MV68fE/WCuHCny2_2I/AAAAAAAARmU/Kz8QQBgYsy4v0k2L20luMkVAsDdfmx63ACK4B/s1600/P1170894.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8cba4MV68fE/WCuHCny2_2I/AAAAAAAARmU/Kz8QQBgYsy4v0k2L20luMkVAsDdfmx63ACK4B/s640/P1170894.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Here's a whole village of them.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XRok56-kagQ/WCuHCcPZ-ZI/AAAAAAAARmM/no77md9ljRssEhN7XGoVIc0UlutQjr3HACK4B/s1600/P1170897.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XRok56-kagQ/WCuHCcPZ-ZI/AAAAAAAARmM/no77md9ljRssEhN7XGoVIc0UlutQjr3HACK4B/s640/P1170897.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I used bunched up aluminum foil for the base of the really big ones. But when I made them I didn't roll them smooth enough so I ended up polishing them and <i>then</i> going in with translucent clay/liquid clay <i>paste</i> and sort of filling in any really bad crevices. But then I decided I still didn't like them for whatever reason and that they'd look better with a bunch of cracks played over the top of everything. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JM8I_ImCCk4/WCuIBR3gOJI/AAAAAAAARmo/WOj892PgcLkAxiv0OqednqATPFvTAL6TQCK4B/s1600/P1170951.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JM8I_ImCCk4/WCuIBR3gOJI/AAAAAAAARmo/WOj892PgcLkAxiv0OqednqATPFvTAL6TQCK4B/s640/P1170951.jpg" width="640" /></a>Because I'm insane and wanted to spend twelve more hours on these.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0x5vbVvyDmc/WCuIEFSnEhI/AAAAAAAARmw/klMsAr4GHsIw3lVNi9Vx_cgHVxXqXpTswCK4B/s1600/P1170952.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0x5vbVvyDmc/WCuIEFSnEhI/AAAAAAAARmw/klMsAr4GHsIw3lVNi9Vx_cgHVxXqXpTswCK4B/s640/P1170952.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I'm also experimenting with this sort of wood-grain look.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O2iBvlXU5Tk/WCuIjrpXcjI/AAAAAAAARnA/uaMRMYdTrP8VrA61a3O7LrNsUTl1XgYnwCK4B/s1600/P1170964.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O2iBvlXU5Tk/WCuIjrpXcjI/AAAAAAAARnA/uaMRMYdTrP8VrA61a3O7LrNsUTl1XgYnwCK4B/s640/P1170964.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I made the Faux Ancients using light brown and clear instead of white and clear but I still had to alcohol ink over them because once you sand them they look powdery no matter how much you wash them. But also I like that the powder from the sanding got into the little depressions- doesn't that look even more like natural somethings?<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h6BtCWXbkLs/WCuIk_0lgSI/AAAAAAAARnI/gCR0LYKamgEJ3nYfV6lFZyN9U__h9p5rACK4B/s1600/P1170969.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h6BtCWXbkLs/WCuIk_0lgSI/AAAAAAAARnI/gCR0LYKamgEJ3nYfV6lFZyN9U__h9p5rACK4B/s640/P1170969.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
OK, that's all I got for now.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-43368119545513863192016-11-02T00:13:00.001-05:002016-11-02T00:13:23.025-05:00RIP buddy.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Look at my sweet baby. This is just a week and a half before he passed, look how good he looks.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uosie0yeWKQ/WBlXB-OxRLI/AAAAAAAARjg/r8nBjxS_jX8dFJv3Nhun53yN8Ekqd2f1ACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-01%2Bat%2B10.00.44%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uosie0yeWKQ/WBlXB-OxRLI/AAAAAAAARjg/r8nBjxS_jX8dFJv3Nhun53yN8Ekqd2f1ACK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-11-01%2Bat%2B10.00.44%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a>Yesterday we put my dog down (or "helped him on to the rainbow bridge" as those lovely cheeseballs like to say) after a week-long vigil by his bed. He could no longer stand or eat and everyday his breathing got worse and more labored, he got skinnier and more mucus encrusted around his nose and eyes until we realized we weren't doing him any favors. We were able to get a house call vet to put him sleep, which I didn't know was a thing. The whole reason I didn't want him put down was cuz I didn't want his last moments to be all stressed out at the vet. It wasn't even expensive. So all you pet moms look into that when the time comes.<br />
Anyway, all week I haven't been able to get myself to do a single thing other than chill by him and clean up his messes and dribble water into his mouth... Anyway, today I feel very relieved for him but the house is so empty. Mr. Devices- who sobbed the whole time- wants to wait and mourn or whatever, and take the opportunity to do some house fixing and maybe travel. I, on the other hand, want to go directly to the shelter and get every single scraggly, unwanted, old and smelly animal and just herd them into this place.<br />
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{Insert smooth, tasteful transition...}<br />
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<img alt="Querent. Handmade choker with woven cording. Thick chunky mixed media artisan necklace" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073465972_hmrq.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489067041/querent-handmade-choker-with-woven?ref=shop_home_active_7">Querent</a>- <i>one who seeks, one who questions an oracle</i><br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/154/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073465946_qz57.jpg" /><br />
Today I was finally able to write up some descriptions and list these pieces that I photographed a week ago.<br />
<img alt="Golden Dawn. Handmade art necklace with rustic resin. Mixed media artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/153/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073652344_tk32.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/489137691/golden-dawn-handmade-art-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_4">Golden Dawn.</a><br />
I also went back to the gym today and I looked so serious in the mirror, ugh. I left early.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/178/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120241835_53zo.jpg" /><br />
I'm not sad, Bingo had a great life. Poor baby.<br />
<img alt="Love Seeks Refuge. Handmade art necklace with rustic resin. Mixed media artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/176/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120239751_tksx.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/475637600/love-seeks-refuge-handmade-art-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_5">Love Seeks Refuge.</a><br />
I just want another fuzzy creature to love. Sigh.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/177/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073650552_5on7.jpg" /><br />
Oh look at the beads below. From the listing description: "I made these rutilated polymer beads by embedding golden fibers into translucent clay. After curing, a layer of liquid polymer clay was added to seal in all fibers then this layer was cured with a heat gun." So I took little balls of clay then wound some Angelina fibers over them, then rolled them in my hands for a while 'til they were all embedded in there. They're tiny.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/161/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073650440_ero3.jpg" /><br />
I also made the crusty toggle.<br />
Looking over my listings for that quote, I realize I didn't exactly proofread my descriptions cuz I'm just so uuuuugghhh. OK, Imma go do that next.<br />
<img alt="Purple Etheria. Artisan multi strand necklace with rustic resin." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/179/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073653836_sx32.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/475639564/purple-etheria-artisan-multi-strand?ref=shop_home_active_3">Purple Etheria. </a><br />
Ok, help me out guys. Which of these two pictures should be the first image? The one above or below?<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/160/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120243239_r07w.jpg" /><br />
The one above shows the focal more clearly but the one below better reflects the look of the necklace in action. But which one is prettier though?<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/148/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120243135_fmud.jpg" /><br />
Whatever, look at this crazy bracelet.<br />
<img alt="Esemplastic. Double wrap bracelet in green. Artisan handmade assemblage jewelry by fancifuldevices." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/168/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120254615_riv5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/475644190/esemplastic-double-wrap-bracelet-in?ref=shop_home_active_1">Esemplastic</a>- <i>having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole</i><br />
Ok, on the table it looks quite odd.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/179/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120254637_6doy.jpg" /><br />
But when worn, you only get this or that bit at a time and I think it works. ?? Opinions welcome?<br />
<img height="300" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/142/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073665122_bbus.jpg" width="400" /><br />
I think I have to re-make all the necklaces that included goldwork bullion cuz after fretting about it on this blog I got zero sales. Or did I over price?<br />
<img alt="Polymer clay bracelet connectors with crackle. Rustic jewelry elements, your choice of three." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/167/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120249973_ruso.jpg" width="570" /><br />
Idk, whutuvr. Here's some bracelet connectors that I finished with - gasp! - a shiny top coat!<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/159/0/5405515/il_570xN.1120250117_kk0i.jpg" /><br />
And not only that, I actually think it's an improvement on the matte ones. I knew the day would come eventually.<br />
<img height="300" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/175/0/5405515/il_570xN.1073660708_rqkt.jpg" width="400" /><br />
OK, I'm not going to add cute crap at the end, I'm worn out on that. I should probly renew my whole blog look, it's been too long. Am I over the creative hill? Yeah well it happens to all of us. I'm a ray of sunshine today.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-63699759260757348312016-10-26T00:20:00.000-05:002016-10-26T00:23:05.179-05:00Makin' the Makies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been making a bunch of beads. Can't seem to stop. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wS29Q7xRKg/WBAoabajB2I/AAAAAAAARiY/NwI7zy9xRDQHXwdh0PLWacGTSnUGlikugCK4B/s1600/P1170671.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wS29Q7xRKg/WBAoabajB2I/AAAAAAAARiY/NwI7zy9xRDQHXwdh0PLWacGTSnUGlikugCK4B/s640/P1170671.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/472506030/fractured-stones-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_7">Fractured Stones</a><br />
The crackled ones turned out totally different than last time. And I made myself crazy with the back painting on these. I found though that it's much easier wiping the top paint off if you use a cloth (I used an old T shirt) and some rubbing alcohol. I was inhaling fumes but other than that, much easier.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/163/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1110630205_1ub4.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/472516854/polymer-clay-art-bead-sets-in-in-muted?ref=shop_home_active_5">Polymer clay art bead sets </a><br />
As you can see, all kinds of things.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1060144144_eeno.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471247774/shapes-and-facets-polymer-clay-art-bead?ref=shop_home_active_13">Shapes and facets. </a><br />
On a whim I bought a bicone bead roller. I just don't think I'm meant for even-shaped beads.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1060896602_g0wr.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471504678/gold-fissures-textured-polymer-clay-art?ref=shop_home_active_10">Gold fissures.</a><br />
On the upper right? Those are Angelina fibers. I'm not done experimenting with them.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/104/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1110482887_b7zl.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/472463008/silver-long-drops-polymer-clay-teardrop?ref=shop_home_active_9">Silver long drops. </a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O3ui2zV7XBs/WBAvcCl4fFI/AAAAAAAARiw/V1P-87DdqTs6L2TZMSc6_H5C_kOX5yCCgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-25%2Bat%2B11.21.42%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O3ui2zV7XBs/WBAvcCl4fFI/AAAAAAAARiw/V1P-87DdqTs6L2TZMSc6_H5C_kOX5yCCgCK4B/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-25%2Bat%2B11.21.42%2BPM.png" width="200" /></a>The silver veneer on these is not metal leaf but rather these rolls of nail transfer foil stuff that I found on eBay. The gold is metal leaf though.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1060578804_fpk5.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484894171/white-abalone-polymer-clay-art-beads?ref=shop_home_active_8">White abalone. </a><br />
This abalone pattern is from those rolls too.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/127/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1060257012_db5o.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471290388/gleaming-grays-four-silvery-sets-of?ref=shop_home_active_11">Gleaming grays.</a><br />
Again, not done experimenting with these. Lower right, more Angelina fibers but with a layer of translucent clay over the top.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471294562/sparkling-wobblies-polymer-clay-art?ref=shop_home_active_4">Sparkling wobblies.</a><br />
These are made with crushed shells.<br />
<img alt="Blue roses. Polymer clay earring pair connectors. Handmade art beads. You choose." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/137/0/5405515/il_570xN.1106850313_pmkr.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471296612/blue-roses-polymer-clay-earring-pair?ref=shop_home_active_12">Blue roses.</a><br />
Here's some decal connectors, but this time I used bezel settings so that the rings would be external and I wasn't making myself crazy with the little holes.<br />
<img alt="Rustic polymer clay triangle earring pairs with blue rose decals and crackle. Handmade artisan art beads" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_570xN.1060271604_tvcm.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484792537/rustic-polymer-clay-triangle-earring?ref=shop_home_active_14">Triangle earring pairs</a>.<br />
<img alt="Polymer clay connectors. Set of 5 five with Chinese calligraphy painting decals." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/114/0/5405515/il_570xN.1060267306_7wcu.jpg" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471293716/polymer-clay-connectors-set-of-5-five?ref=shop_home_active_15">Connectors set</a> using the last of my Chinese decals.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484785087/polymer-clay-bracelet-connectors-with?ref=shop_home_active_17">Bracelet connectors</a> with more crackle experiments. I added the wire rings to show where they're drilled but maybe that's unnecessary.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/472519094/altered-mop-earring-pairs-with-vintage?ref=shop_home_active_6">Altered mop earring pairs with vintage floral decals and crackles, double sided.</a> These aren't polymer but they're cute, hu?<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/471292942/jewelry-inspiration-kit-in-browns-and?ref=shop_home_active_16">Jewelry inspiration kit</a>. Look at all the special bits you get!</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/473771646/rustic-resin-shrine-earring-pairs-choose?ref=shop_home_active_3">Rustic Resin Shrine Earring Pairs</a>. I've started listing these cuz I have too much stuff and I only want to make beads.</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/487268549/rustic-resin-pendants-your-choice-of?ref=shop_home_active_1">Rustic Resin Pendants</a>.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/126/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1067929690_kghe.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/473772144/rustic-resin-focals-your-choice-of-three?ref=shop_home_active_2">Rustic Resin Focals</a><br />
They're not getting snapped up because I priced them decently. A lot of the beads below went quickly because I thought of them as experiments so I sorta undercharged.<br />
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Like good lord, ladies like these heishi. </div>
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<img alt="Polymer clay faceted heishi art bead sets with crusty color. Your choice." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/171/0/5405515/il_570xN.1114513661_p6gh.jpg" width="570" /><br />
On the one hand they're super easy to make so I might do a free tute. On the other I'm having some tackiness issues with the inexpensive enamel paints I use over the tops.<br />
<img alt="Polymer clay faceted heishi art bead sets with crusty color. You choose." height="300" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/140/0/5405515/il_570xN.1060277918_3xwh.jpg" width="400" /><img alt="Teal turbans. Polymer clay art beads in blue/green." height="300" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/126/0/5405515/il_570xN.1108187891_6mht.jpg" width="400" /><br />
So yeah folks are eagle-eyed for the deal$.<br />
<img alt="Textured gray polymer clay art beads set (5) handmade artisan facet and crackle beads by fancifuldevices" height="300" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/113/0/5405515/il_570xN.1110638585_8bsd.jpg" width="400" /><img alt="Four polymer clay connectors, earring pairs. Crackle and flowers. Art beads by fancifuldevices." height="300" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/114/0/5405515/il_570xN.1110344187_fven.jpg" width="400" /><br />
Connectors...<br />
<img alt="Grungy Mary. Three (3) polymer clay connectors with crackle." height="300" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_570xN.1110340885_h5or.jpg" width="400" /><img alt="Polymer clay connector earring pair with green leaves, vintage decals. Art beads by fancifuldevices." height="300" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/139/0/5405515/il_570xN.1063760956_8zxj.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<img alt="Jewelry inspiration kit in browns and orange with rustic resin oval pendant. Bead soup supply lot mix assortment." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/125/0/5405515/il_570xN.1107154929_mitp.jpg" width="570" /><br />
I find these kits very fun to put together. Gathering up coordinating supplies is such a huge part of making jewelry anyways that this is definitely artistically fulfilling.<br />
What else? Oh I have butt-loads more to post:<br />
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Dun dun dun!!! That was the dramatic sound effect as they got closer and closer.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vs8G89Hln4Q/WBAzT89T2QI/AAAAAAAARi8/sYZUQQEJp1swK_AmfeId7LkRtx4IK9_WQCK4B/s1600/P1170797.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vs8G89Hln4Q/WBAzT89T2QI/AAAAAAAARi8/sYZUQQEJp1swK_AmfeId7LkRtx4IK9_WQCK4B/s640/P1170797.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
If I'm not my usual chatty self... You know lately, with the... lets just call it politics, shall we? I feel like there's this slimy layer of hatefulness over our whole society and it's got me all ugh. Well, I was sick last week too but it all coalesced when someone I chatted with regularly on etsy said some wildly ignorant shit about how "open borders" was the reason I was sick. What with the Mexican drug dealing rapist lepers coming to get us all. Do you remember in the movie The Help when the evil white lady was like "They carry different <i>diseases</i>"? Same thing. As a Latin American immigrant myself, who has heard first hand the INDESCRIBABLE shit undocumented immigrants go through... OMG. I'd like to say I was all tough and fuck you about it but I was shivering with fever and when I get sick all my walls fall down and I have emotional open borders so I spent the night sobbing and crying "Why do you hate us so much?" (Cuz oh yeah, the conversation developed, more outrageous claims were made. I couldn't tell if I was shaking from fever or anger or horror...)<br />
Ignorance is so easy y'all. Bullying people who can't fight back is so easy... Coming up with excuses for hate when you've never even talked to the people you're judging.<br />
I could write about this forever but you know what I do instead? I hide away in my home, play with beads and pretend everything is just as pretty outside as it is on my work table. I can do this because of white middle-class privilege of course. (Obviously, I'm hispanic and also white.) But for the last couple months I've felt like I can't push it away, it's eating it's way in.<br />
Deep breath. Deep breath again. Oh god, head rush from too many deep breaths it's not working...<br />
OK yeah. Don't mean to start a shit storm but oh well. I'm almost all the way healthy again and I know not to talk to toxic people so it's all good.<br />
Now for a palette cleanser, lets look at some border walls shall we?<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-81608612410289510492016-10-09T22:58:00.000-05:002016-10-09T22:58:36.461-05:00Short post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Trying to pretend the debates aren't going on right now so I don't have a panic attack.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xoyc3mbMfBc/V_sGedAEwkI/AAAAAAAARfE/gtrUgOo81BwHs0L9JZQhHkj9_qcjO9GigCK4B/s1600/P1170531.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xoyc3mbMfBc/V_sGedAEwkI/AAAAAAAARfE/gtrUgOo81BwHs0L9JZQhHkj9_qcjO9GigCK4B/s640/P1170531.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484339969/saffron-trader-chunky-choker-with?ref=shop_home_active_1">Saffron Trader.</a><br />
Here's something different! Chunky choker for those of you who're getting sick of the resin.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.1058943830_mflh.jpg" /><br />
And another one.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/117/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1058940672_qpxe.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/293270379/autumnal-dark-rustic-choker-with-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_2">Autumnal.</a><br />
Both of these backed by that awesome cloth-covered electrical cord used for lamps.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.1105514631_m6l7.jpg" /><img alt="Blue Necklace Inspiration Kit. Rustic resin bezel, mix lot assortment." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_570xN.1058934572_ib7r.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/470839434/blue-necklace-inspiration-kit-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_3">Blue Necklace Inspiration Kit.</a><br />
Also felt like putting together some kits. I love a cute craft kit, I've always been a bit obsessed with them.<br />
<img alt="Blue Earring Inspiration Kit. Rustic resin shrines, mix lot assortment." src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/110/0/5405515/il_570xN.1105502579_d72d.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/484333773/blue-earring-inspiration-kit-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_4">Blue Earring Inspiration Kit.</a><br />
Often, I like the kit more than whatever you might make with it.<br />
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What's up with me and orange lately? I'm all about orange. Sure, it's my murky dusty orange but I never thought of myself as an orange person.<br />
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I've been wearing my bullion things and so far so good.<br />
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Here's some more orange. Haven't listed these quite yet.<br />
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You guys, I'm doing so good at the gym lately! Over the last two years I've been going I can remember so many times thinking, "When is this no longer going to hurt? When won't this be impossibly hard and exhausting?" And guess what? Now is when.<br />
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On the minus side I've been going to sleep at 7am and waking up at 4pm everyday. I don't even understand it. I'm going to start going to the earlier gym classes though to see if that helps. (If I can wake up in time for them.)<br />
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I've also been making a crap-load of polybabies lately.<br />
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This isn't even all of it.<br />
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These drops have a transfer on them that looks a bit like abalone. I think it looks better on the black than the grey clay.<br />
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Bracelet connectors that can be thin because inside they're strengthened by steel screen. Like, screen door repair mesh. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SrV1OQuYglc/V_sIDAgRxTI/AAAAAAAARgY/WRwV49fg7gAe8zONDy82FboBmLxaBldqgCK4B/s1600/P1170577.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SrV1OQuYglc/V_sIDAgRxTI/AAAAAAAARgY/WRwV49fg7gAe8zONDy82FboBmLxaBldqgCK4B/s640/P1170577.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Did some more crackle which I didn't love as much as my last crackle but I'm not done with it yet.<br />
Here's some pix from my instagram:<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-yYiLWD2q8/V_sLqK2yLtI/AAAAAAAARhI/_bkJ4kbbw5U94YUAjR6K1YeoqbByJpnvQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.29.14%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="329" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-yYiLWD2q8/V_sLqK2yLtI/AAAAAAAARhI/_bkJ4kbbw5U94YUAjR6K1YeoqbByJpnvQCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.29.14%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a>In this case, I didn't put the color layer (made with translucent clay and alcohol ink) on top of a white layer, but rather went right in with another translucent and then I shmeared chalk pastels all over... but yeah I was able to somewhat counteract the muddy with some gold in the crevices.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_8LRBrgOTe8/V_sMMioieyI/AAAAAAAARhc/Y4LffHQmzXAUDC2669DoFUQTrA89PatvgCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.30.24%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_8LRBrgOTe8/V_sMMioieyI/AAAAAAAARhc/Y4LffHQmzXAUDC2669DoFUQTrA89PatvgCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.30.24%2BPM.png" /></a>Out of sheer curiosity I bought a bacon bead roller. Below you can see where I made some then cut facets out of the edge. I don't think I was born to create consistently-shaped beads though.<br />
The faceted ones below I think Ive now painted shimmery purple?<br />
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Also made some very small nail decal connectors.<br />
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Some of them, the crackle keeps you from seeing clearly what the design even is. I think I'll take a pic of the pairs together and do one of those listings where you choose the set you want.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4oyR_iTUos/V_sNZyzRmdI/AAAAAAAARhw/8rUuffPaN7kvWgVvF9f-wzdDjJpyaINZACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.29.51%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4oyR_iTUos/V_sNZyzRmdI/AAAAAAAARhw/8rUuffPaN7kvWgVvF9f-wzdDjJpyaINZACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.29.51%2BPM.png" /></a><br />
I got a surprise bunch of goodies in the mail from SacredCake! You can't see a thing in these pix. How are iPhone cameras so good but iPad cameras so bad? This is even after I edited in the photoshop app to get it not to look horrible. Sheesh.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PmfpgbAhjnQ/V_sRgtcM7sI/AAAAAAAARh8/YHwrEtTocl4X_meVb1PmTY8d_77B8OiHwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.56.29%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PmfpgbAhjnQ/V_sRgtcM7sI/AAAAAAAARh8/YHwrEtTocl4X_meVb1PmTY8d_77B8OiHwCK4B/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-09%2Bat%2B10.56.29%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a>Bingo is doing very well with the prednizone. Now he'll only eat ground beef. He even rejects it if we put a little oatmeal in there to soak up the juices.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-52344775796880865552016-10-01T21:46:00.002-05:002016-10-01T21:46:43.426-05:00What's up witchu?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053836784_nawm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053836784_nawm.jpg" style="height: 428px; width: 321px;" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469130992/apotropaism-handmade-necklace-in-teal?ref=shop_home_active_3">Apotropaism. </a><br />
So as you can see, I'm still having a ball using my cute-ass bezels I made in my tute to make some simple, cute-ass necklaces. Like this one with a- get this- removable gold tassel! You just pull it up so the necklace goes through the tassel loop and it's off. Also check out the giant sterling toggle bar. That was actually curved into a sort of bizarre circular shape in whatever gift lot I found it in. So yeah I straightened it out and there you go.<br />
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OK, but I also have another tentative invention to share...<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482630315/durga-golden-lady-handmade-art-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_2">Durga.</a><br />
See these three draping strands? And also the elaborate wrap around the briolette dangle? These are actually goldwork purl wire, aka bullion, as is used in embroidery:<br />
<img height="174" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/132/0/5897068/il_fullxfull.921896783_1ora.jpg" width="200" /> Since I love those old patches so much I became a little obsessed until I got it into my head to thread that stuff on beading wire and make simple strands from that.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLw8p4UXxEY/V_BXjae4WnI/AAAAAAAARcw/y8ucXd6hkCkVqgNBy_ZqJJcOOdpkZKPoACK4B/s1600/P1170451.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLw8p4UXxEY/V_BXjae4WnI/AAAAAAAARcw/y8ucXd6hkCkVqgNBy_ZqJJcOOdpkZKPoACK4B/s640/P1170451.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
My concern is that this stuff is very delicate. The ends I've glued down and the beading wire is very strong and supportive I just don't know if they'll stand up to tons of wear and tear. Like if something hooks on a tiny wire will it all unravel?<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5qtL1DzmAE/V_BXmH7AIaI/AAAAAAAARdI/rzgTCRBXH7IEJFP8UIxJvUB8-rhlqMNwgCK4B/s640/P1170407.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TqWLVgtEQWI/V_BXlzTV8HI/AAAAAAAARdE/dRUe0G8YJnQxzQb1La56xChXuEZibLK-ACK4B/s1600/P1170483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TqWLVgtEQWI/V_BXlzTV8HI/AAAAAAAARdE/dRUe0G8YJnQxzQb1La56xChXuEZibLK-ACK4B/s640/P1170483.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="480" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469134588/naught-but-love-artisan-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_1">Naught but Love.</a><br />
I'm also concerned that these strands will get tangled when used in longer lengths like here.<br />
Let me say though that I wore one of these that I'm not finished with yet with multiple strands to the gym and... Well, first I don't recommend wearing jewelry to the gym. Especially to Zumba where you're staring at yourself in the big mirror and getting distracted by a necklace bouncing all around your neck. But it was fine. But I still dk. This is the problem with coming up with a lot of ideas. You're basically asking your customers to be your guinea pigs. Ugh I feel like I shouldn't even be admitting this here. Should I offer these at a discount and warn the buyers? I did mention in the listings: "Please be sure, when removing this necklace, to lay it out carefully so as not to tangle the draping strands."<br />
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053827110_pblf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053827110_pblf.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 428px; width: 321px;" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469128308/esemplastic-rustic-choker-necklace-in?ref=shop_home_active_4">Esemplastic.</a><br />
This one has one too, along the back. Look at that tiny resin bezel! Look at that cool-ass drop!<br />
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Here's a bracelet from that same series:<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469126722/oenomel-artisan-bracelet-in-earthy?ref=shop_home_active_6">Oenomel. </a><br />
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<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/114/0/5405515/il_570xN.1100393547_fafd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/114/0/5405515/il_570xN.1100393547_fafd.jpg" style="height: 428px; width: 406.6px;" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469126398/hierology-rustic-art-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_7">Hierology.</a><br />
And this necklace too. Soldered bar chain with milky rounds. Dangle aquamarine and smokey quartz playing off the colors in the image. Even viking knit chain/cord (Which is it?!?!) along the back. Very satisfying.<br />
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/135/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053821348_ocv1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/135/0/5405515/il_570xN.1053821348_ocv1.jpg" style="height: 428px; width: 321px;" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/469125714/the-call-to-love-pink-layered-mixed?ref=shop_home_active_8">The Call to Love.</a><br />
My own polymer decoupaged babies here. Also a vintage glass sugar bead that broke in half so I'm using it here as a cab. Clever.<br />
Lampwork, faux druzy, cast bronze scalloped ring, pink strand, leather, etc.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/482620937/elysian-handmade-earrings-with-resin?ref=shop_home_active_9">Elysian. </a><br />
Check out these big-ass earrings. They're huge! But light because like atoms and my psyche, they are mostly empty space. I sure used a lot of rosey copper ball pins on this one. Ran out in fact.<br />
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v7fk74mI6XE/V_BkyoKQaHI/AAAAAAAARdc/AgsgqbR4hvEzKuuZO1mzPb23k004BztUQCK4B/s640/P1170444.jpg" width="640" />Here's the one I'm actually concerned about so I haven't listed it yet. Cuz there's two long strands of the stuff so yeah.<img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MXQf8AAe6r8/V_Bk2f_c2vI/AAAAAAAARds/Cco6HXXnOXYwqhBM9GjaCaNqKWOLpSObwCK4B/s640/P1170445.jpg" width="640" />If any of you lovely ladies wants to try it out for me at a discounted price of $50, I'll set up a listing reserved for you and you can tell me how it goes. If it's a tangled mess you can remove them on your own, I think anyone who reads this ought to own a pair of pliers or wire cutters.<img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t49ZgzuYPPM/V_Bk1RbyNHI/AAAAAAAARdk/coBnOHTUevIbKLCxDi0yZj2kPVDfn0PuACK4B/s640/P1170501.jpg" width="640" />Oh I even wrote a description:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Smallest Mercy. Yellow Mary multi-strand necklace. </span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yuGgHVMp42o/V_BlZzMQB5I/AAAAAAAARd0/drnY9FvfapQXG5mgqO1wPQWxTNvzkdJ-QCK4B/s1600/P1170364.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yuGgHVMp42o/V_BlZzMQB5I/AAAAAAAARd0/drnY9FvfapQXG5mgqO1wPQWxTNvzkdJ-QCK4B/s320/P1170364.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Oblong bezel from my Rustic Resin tutorial, featuring delicate image in soft yellows from an old book about Dutch masters with bits of rough inclusions sprinkled in, as well as a floral decal. This hangs on a kutchi link from the right side of which emerge three individual strands. Two of these are delicate Indian goldwork wire, such as is used in embroidery, threaded on to flexible beading wire and draped to add drama. One is a length of pale gold farfalle beads that interlock for a thick, bumpy cord. This is linked to a connector featuring a vintage yellow pressed glass flower. On the far end, three rutilated gold quartz nuggets lead to a long extender chain which ends in an unusual dangle- a fiber pompom has been aged with a lot of paste wax and a heat gun, then displayed on a rosey copper pin with dark brass cap. It’s surprisingly stiff. The extender chain hooks into a twisted brass clasp above the focal pendant. Focal 2.2 inches tall. Without pendant, the necklace is adjustable from 18 to 23 inches.<br />Please be careful when removing this necklace to lay it out so that it doesn’t become tangled.</span><br />
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Convo me on easy if you want it. <br /><br />Speaking of which, I've been getting so many amazing convos from people telling me awesome things about how my stuff has inspired their creativity and how they stalk me and all. So then I copy and paste it on to my group text with Mom and Mr. Devices and they're all proud of me. And I do a happy dance. <img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MxaTEp8Jyd0/V_Bm5Mvg0CI/AAAAAAAAReU/at_eDJatJTMZ8O1E_8Q1U-dvYQENQzm_wCK4B/s640/P1170377.jpg" /> Just remembered I haven't listed this one yet either. I'm also concerned for this long strand here. <img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y-CWO82Ofiw/V_Bm9CHs-lI/AAAAAAAARec/TQGB_gA9XLwUzL3QTStw_JS5WS-ZndYNACK4B/s640/P1170382.jpg" /></div>
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Here's the back. </div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z_5ogwOZyW8/V_Bm1zP00LI/AAAAAAAAReE/30LFYKE6aSwsp8CqSrdPdoNurdqu4atBACK4B/s1600/P1170365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z_5ogwOZyW8/V_Bm1zP00LI/AAAAAAAAReE/30LFYKE6aSwsp8CqSrdPdoNurdqu4atBACK4B/s320/P1170365.jpg" /></a>It's called Pentimento which means visible traces of earlier paintings under layers of more recent paintings on canvas. If you're interested it will be a discounted $60 for you because I'm not sure about that drape. So convo me.</div>
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I'm feeling ugh again. Not terrible ugh, just ugh. I can't seem to go to sleep before 5am, is that not insane? What's wrong with me? Maybe I was just not meant to live into my 40s. Oh but my dancing at the gym is going kinda awesome though. I'm obsessed with these Korean dance videos:</div>
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(First is the teachers then the students do the same choreo.)<br />
I used to be obsessed with this choreographer, Willdabeast Adams. He's superhuman amazing, but he's too hard to follow and steal moves from:</div>
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You have no idea how much of my life is spent watching all these videos they have up.<br />
Just embedding those videos on here I ended up trapped watching like eight more. Stop!<br />
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In sadder news, this little fluffy love of my life has Leukemia. OK, so it's not a tragedy since he is 15 and has had a great life with no illnesses or injuries, always knowing he was well loved and wanted... On the other hand he's my baby and I can't imagine life without him. He's on prednizone right now and it's helping but he's still limping around pathetically and getting him to take his pills is a daily trauma. Also we have become those people who buy super fancy food for their dog. I think he's loosing his sense of taste cuz he turns his nose up at everything. So now we're trying organic green tripett which is cow organ mean and smells like ... like a raw festering corpse slathered in sewage. His after-meal kisses are delightful.<br />
Anywho that's what's up with me, What's up witchu?</div>
fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-44207276713416219202016-09-15T21:42:00.000-05:002016-09-15T21:42:39.433-05:00Back from Tute Land <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So now I have all these cute little resin bezels to play with from making my tutorial.<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1044183322_czbj.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465635242/all-the-daughters-artisan-post-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_5">All the Daughters.</a><br />
I just think these are dreamy.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/118/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090738595_bwtd.jpg" width="640" /><br />
Plus I made a lot of tiny ones in the tute which are great for earrings and smaller things.<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1044189664_3tmw.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479128797/sultana-artisan-earrings-with-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_1">Sultana.</a><br />
Like the little brooch below. Oh and I stumbled upon a lot of sweet old poems to use in naming them, the kind of stuff you saw in high school English then forgot all about.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465455820/music-when-soft-voices-die-art-brooch?ref=shop_home_active_8">Music when Soft Voices Die.</a><br />
Music, when soft voices die,<br />
Vibrates in the memory<br />
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,<br />
Live within the sense they quicken.<br />
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Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,<br />
Are heaped for the belovèd's bed;<br />
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,<br />
Love itself shall slumber on.<br />
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-Percy Bysshe Shelley<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/104/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1043685606_6htk.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090240763_psl3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090240763_psl3.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465452886/naught-but-love-artisan-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_13">Naught but Love. </a><br />
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Like a hermit poor in pensive place obscure<br />
I mean to spend my days of endless doubt,<br />
To wail such woes as time cannot recure,<br />
Where nought but love shall ever find me out.<br />
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-Sir Walter Raleigh<br />
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I really love how easy it is to make little trinkets from these bezels. Kind of the same with most of my tutes- after you hand make the focal it doesn't need much more to be a satisfying piece of artisan joolri<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/117/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090245313_s8j8.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/108/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1043690094_gknp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/108/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1043690094_gknp.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478944273/passage-from-the-other-world-champaign?ref=shop_home_active_9">Passage from the Other World.</a><br />
You who do not remember<br />
Passage from the other world<br />
I tell you I could speak again: whatever<br />
returns from oblivion returns<br />
to find a voice<br />
-Louise Gluck<br />
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The chain in this one is a viking knit cord that I had made custom for me by an etsian I found <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/274684182/viking-knit-segments-made-upon-request?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=custom%20viking%20knit&ref=sr_gallery_4">here</a>. I ordered her special dead soft raw brass cuz they usually only make them with non-tarnish wire and y'all know how much I hate shiny ol' non tarnish or plated anything.<br />
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That big bumpy champaign-colored cab was a gift from TeapotsandTelephones. I set it on a completely non-fitting oval bezel for a sort of eye effect. I freaking love setting things in bezels they were not intended for. Why do I love it so much? Idk- it looks handmade and rustic I guess? It brings attention to the mechanics of the way a piece is put together, just like having clasps in front does?<br />
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<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090244245_1lsq.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/116/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090244271_cqdf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/116/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090244271_cqdf.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465454494/dark-night-handmade-art-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_10">Dark Night. </a><br />
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Thanks also to teapots for the jonquil chain segment. Look at the little wonky rounds <span style="color: #0000ee;">💛💛💛</span></div>
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090243745_e302.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090243613_aotd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090243613_aotd.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478943161/diana-the-hunter-art-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_11">Diana the Hunter.</a><br />
Bugs me when people call this goddess the "huntress." Unnecessary gendering. Is what that is.<br />
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In personal news I'm still feeling good! Woo-hoo! My doggy Bingo sure is getting old and frail and limpy though. He's 14 after all. Mr. Devices worries about him 24/7 but I think he just likes to. Did I tell you guys how glucosamine/chondroitin gave us our puppy back for at least a year though? Anyone out there with old dogs go get you some. You need a high dose but it's a miracle really.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/131/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090241661_qi6e.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/140/0/5405515/il_570xN.1043686478_9jp4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/140/0/5405515/il_570xN.1043686478_9jp4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478942343/reserved-for-santafeanne?ref=shop_home_active_12">Mother</a><br />
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OMG how much do I love these teeny Ethiopian heishi? New obsession, they are everything. (That's something the kids say now: "It's/They're <i>everything</i>". I spend too much time on tumbler and know way too much about what the kids say now.)<br />
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And finally, on the resin report:<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/140/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090158959_10j7.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465416952/earring-inspiration-kit-rustic-resin?ref=shop_home_active_22">Earring Inspiration Kit.</a><br />
I realized finding these co-ordinating elements was all I really wanted to do and nothing further. So I'm selling them as kits.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478905663/bracelet-inspiration-kit-lot-of-jewelry?ref=shop_home_active_23">Bracelet Inspiration Kit. </a><br />
I found way too many things to go with the bracelet kit though. But aren't they cute? I'm selling them for not very cheap though cuz screw it the bits are all really special. Like here the faux druzy, I painted it to combine with the colors of the bracelet connector.<br />
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In non-resin-related news:<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/111/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090124981_5hp3.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/478892183/thaumaturge-a-worker-of-miracles-chunky?ref=shop_home_active_26">Thaumaturge- a Worker of Miracles.</a><br />
This is it! My last big chunky blue/green lariat. Uses ancient Roman bell and a couple pieces from my Inheritance haul. Like the drop that looks like half a mine? It was a clip on earring I soldered to a piece of brass I cut out.<br />
<img height="400" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/102/0/5405515/il_570xN.1043569522_3omg.jpg" width="300" /><img height="400" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/111/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090125061_e1t7.jpg" width="300" /><br />
This is actually one of two lariats I made upon request of a buyer. Well, she wanted one but as I made it, it evolved into two. The other she's already purchased:<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/114/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1089020427_rw8t.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/125/0/5405515/il_570xN.1089020209_6ksg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/125/0/5405515/il_570xN.1089020209_6ksg.jpg" width="240" /></a>So I finally used up all my big chunky blue/green supplies and it's a relief. There's still a bunch of things in my red pile I need to make but yeah.<br />
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<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/118/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090736275_5van.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465634638/metanoia-chunky-choker-necklace-thick?ref=shop_home_active_6">Metanoia.</a><br />
<img height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/115/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090736269_jocd.jpg" width="320" /><img height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_570xN.1090736165_d7iu.jpg" width="320" /><br />
Check this shit out- that cord is a cloth-covered electrical wire cord for renovating antique lamps!! I found this shop and had to buy a bunch of 1 foot segments. I mean, they're thick you can't use them for lots of things but sheesh I just love them.<br />
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Plus that scarab is from a poison-ring-style clip-on earring. For when you want to store your poison powders right at your ear lobes. It and the dual turquoise cab segments there are Inheritance haul.<br />
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Next, non-resin related earrings.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/133/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1044184784_l6be.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479126347/compassion-small-asymmetrical-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_4">Compassion.</a><br />
Torch enamel drops by 4Ophelia, other bits from inheritance haul.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/126/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090742531_n83n.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479126843/mother-and-child-tiny-earrings-with?ref=shop_home_active_3">Mother and Child. </a><br />
Like these bits! Even the sterling leaverbacks. Except not the celluloid flowers, those I just bought on etsy. <br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1044188092_t923.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479127289/petrous-gray-handmade-earrings-with?ref=shop_home_active_2">Petrous.</a><br />
Oh these are some polymer experiments that I had abandoned but then I looked at them again and decided I liked. The rounds are coated in a layer of semi-translucent clay through which you can just make out these shiny silver Angelina fibers.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/120/0/5405515/il_570xN.1044188118_ll3c.jpg" /><br />
What else?<br />
I was finally able to list three of the necklaces I blogged about last time.<br />
<img alt="The Coming Day. Colorful necklace with chunky art beads and horse brass." height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/125/0/5405515/il_570xN.1043572768_rx5v.jpg" width="320" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1188224045">The Coming Day.</a><br />
<img alt="Pregnatress. Art lariat. Locket and tooth Victorian tribal assemblage necklace. " height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/120/0/5405515/il_570xN.1043575398_95d5.jpg" width="320" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465405852/pregnatress-art-lariat-locket-and-tooth?ref=shop_home_active_24">Pregnatress.</a><br />
<img height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/116/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1090127231_ddie.jpg" width="320" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/276116720/winterfield-rustic-art-necklace-in-green?ref=shop_home_active_25">Winterfield.</a><br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-30889430110363274972016-09-05T16:36:00.000-05:002016-09-05T16:37:44.291-05:00OMFG it's a new tutorial!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I thought the day would never come guys. Guys! I'm so freakin' exited to share my new freakin' tutorial:<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6lmxj-soiqg/V8ynnZM9m2I/AAAAAAAARbI/NkwEIpcvGJICx9gKL37OF_fX3iXhbryoACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-04%2Bat%2B5.37.46%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="501" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6lmxj-soiqg/V8ynnZM9m2I/AAAAAAAARbI/NkwEIpcvGJICx9gKL37OF_fX3iXhbryoACK4B/s640/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-04%2Bat%2B5.37.46%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a>It's called Rustic Resin. Hoooo boy we got alliteration in the title I'm gonna pee my pants!<img border="0" height="308" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dIYOF_jPPAg/V8yoO2O4tTI/AAAAAAAARbQ/bdEd73Lqd4gU_Z6UzVvK_tY2JtY2h1v0ACK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-04%2Bat%2B5.30.00%2BPM.png" width="400" /><br />
Here's some pages from this FORTY-TWO PAGE MOTHERFUDGER to prove that I'm not lying.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dIYOF_jPPAg/V8yoO2O4tTI/AAAAAAAARbQ/bdEd73Lqd4gU_Z6UzVvK_tY2JtY2h1v0ACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-04%2Bat%2B5.30.00%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1"></a><img border="0" height="310" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jy6Zilrmih0/V8yoR7ImPWI/AAAAAAAARbY/oOF39JJNuX8D1YBw-jjS38TMWzb0T4K3ACK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-04%2Bat%2B5.24.45%2BPM.png" width="400" /><br />
As it says in the listing description this bad boy has 254 photographic images to be found within for your visual perusal and if there's 254 photos in it you know I had to take and edit three times that many. And OK, no, not edit but still.<br />
And here's some of what we'll make:<br />
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And you can follow this tute even if you've never ever resined in your entire stupid life!<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEOZ_-PkOq8/V8ypOO9eyKI/AAAAAAAARbo/4DLGqIGqqAoWSw5MTvVNaPwtHZQKWSTpgCK4B/s1600/P1160964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEOZ_-PkOq8/V8ypOO9eyKI/AAAAAAAARbo/4DLGqIGqqAoWSw5MTvVNaPwtHZQKWSTpgCK4B/s640/P1160964.jpg" width="624" /></a><br />
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When I say 'stupid' of course you know I love you very much, but I'm excited here so why you gotta make it all about you, hu?<br />
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Now you might expect to pay <i>ten thousand dollars</i> for 42 pages with 254 photos and lots of words connection them all logically and nary a typo in sight (thank you Sparrow) but for a short time you can have all this for just one easy installment of only TWENTY THREE DOLLARS.<br />
Act now and you'll even get the knowledge that somewhere far, far away I'm squeeing in delight with every sale I make.<br />
OK that's not very good. How about a coupon for %15 off the cover price because you bother to come visit me on my blog even now that blogs are no longer what the cool kids do? Enter code FIFTEEN and you'll get the dang thing for less than an Andrew Jackson! For non-Americans that's a $20 bill so since you don't have those available in your country you'll have to draw me a picture of Andrew Jackson. But not now that you have the code! What?<br />
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(If you don't enter the code in Apply Coupon Code before checkout I cannot give you the refund afterwards. I mean, come on. Have some self-respect.)<br />
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This offer is only available for the next 24 hours though. Cuz I said so! Maybe I'll offer another similar code on Instagram later though. Cuz that IS what the cool kids do and I have to reward my followers there for being so cool.<br />
What else?<br />
Oh I got the most amazing package from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SnailFriendsPost">SnalFriendsPost</a>. It's TeapotsandTelephone's new paper shop and no my package was not so amazing because she's a friend, this is what you actually get from the shop for tiny money!<br />
<img border="0" height="418" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GilonhRrlM/V8yuj_OBCtI/AAAAAAAARcA/1-BsKZsLYjk8iZbnEgEOIevCpVnSbjuDQCK4B/s640/P1170126.jpg" width="640" /><br />
Which speaking of tiny- look at this mini ephemera kit she sells. It's all authentic and old and amazing. I want to just stick it all on to a canvas and frame it and hang it up to admire. That lamb garland was less than two bucks and it's ten feet long! Look at the labels! And the smiling tape!<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yyf-4R46avk/V8yvhY2349I/AAAAAAAARcQ/M7K9NqjhiGcJLu_WsaAcQmAI5ytUKWE9gCK4B/s640/P1170129.jpg" width="640" />No seriously. These are actual photographs and real vintage labels. No idea what Imma do with these but I just couldn't resist.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qffQ1ouc9r0/V8yvfVZL06I/AAAAAAAARcI/BTaeBMdyLJU26JI__9BLlBmhSNURSE-QACK4B/s1600/P1170125.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qffQ1ouc9r0/V8yvfVZL06I/AAAAAAAARcI/BTaeBMdyLJU26JI__9BLlBmhSNURSE-QACK4B/s640/P1170125.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I also got a tin of these seals she makes herself. They're too much. These I'll use in packages.<br />
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So anyways go buy the damn tute, I put my blood sweat and ... no tears but there was sweat one day when the sun was shining straight on me and I was too focused to move. And I cut myself really bad once in the kitchen when I was trying to quickly return to the tute. And there have been tears, like a while ago with my Frankenboob when I was feeling so bad I actually didn't mind the idea of dying. So yeah I poured my goddamn blood sweat and tears into this! Not poured but there were bodily excretions in relation to this, how about that? Like once I shat myself while -- Kidding! I haven't shat myself since last month!<br />
Jeez I just realized I've never shat myself since being potty trained. If that isn't eulogy-worthy right there, idk. And here I thought I'd rarely accomplished anything.<br />
Just re-reading this spastic blog post has me exhausted.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-65337034683430484012016-08-21T20:12:00.000-05:002016-08-21T20:12:07.138-05:00Happy days are here again.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OMG y'all! I'm so happy to report I don't feel like shit anymore! At all! Exclamation point!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8_GTrdIiNfo/V7pHqAcYGMI/AAAAAAAARZI/AKsm8AsE3qUTZNJQ80HKV1xQk4Q48K7RQCK4B/s1600/P1160928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8_GTrdIiNfo/V7pHqAcYGMI/AAAAAAAARZI/AKsm8AsE3qUTZNJQ80HKV1xQk4Q48K7RQCK4B/s640/P1160928.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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OK, OK, OK, so like a month ago, shortly after my surgery I was feeling so dizzy I could hardly walk. So in a panic I googled what to do for dizziness. Like, they were addressing mostly feelings of imbalance, like that earth-tilting thing? Mine was more groggy and like when you get up after being on your ass for hours and you get so dizzy you almost fall down? Yeah several times I had that so bad I'd momentarily loose ... awareness? And I'd wake up after a split second in a downward-dog pose (my attempt at not falling over right before I lost it) not remembering where I was or what I was doing. I suppose that counts as fainting hu? Wow what a Victorian heroin am I.<br />
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AAANYWAYS so yeah but so I googled and mostly it was crap like "eat something" and "stretch" but one suggestion was iron supplements. Which reminded me ages ago my doctor said I should be taking them anyways. And I asked if you don't just pee all that out and she said only the water soluble stuff. And apparently iron ... it's actual metal... so yeah it takes about a month to kick in and here I am a month later and OHMYGOD.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QMhAxSdj-WI/V7pIqnG4aOI/AAAAAAAARZk/aNgSfJBEe5chmYbEu7--2FHI8f5atc_qwCK4B/s1600/P1160918.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QMhAxSdj-WI/V7pIqnG4aOI/AAAAAAAARZk/aNgSfJBEe5chmYbEu7--2FHI8f5atc_qwCK4B/s640/P1160918.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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So yeah when I was little my mom always told me I might be anemic. Decades later, turns out I was. You guys! I feel so good for the first time in ever! You know how you can feel such profound relief that it actually feels like ecstatic joy? Yeah.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ml2VGP308MA/V7pI2HCOb1I/AAAAAAAARZs/CLWvohvL2bQivvziAS0BbecfQQOrhn71wCK4B/s1600/P1160926.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ml2VGP308MA/V7pI2HCOb1I/AAAAAAAARZs/CLWvohvL2bQivvziAS0BbecfQQOrhn71wCK4B/s640/P1160926.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Also I've been working non-stop for the first time in like, idk, three years? Four? And this tute I'd been putting off ever since I made my last ones, Starry Shards, in 2014 -- I just one day got up and started making it! I'm still working on it now. But it's not like pulling teeth like the last one where I actually paid a friend to write the first draft (by just following whatever she thought was going on in the pictures) cuz that's how much I didn't want to do it. Or was overwhelmed at the prospect. Now I'm writing this one and its... fun? Is that even possible?<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n-yPhGXNWUQ/V7pJOdGqO4I/AAAAAAAARaA/0YfUxUJSUrwczqO462i4NzTrVCEqvaFoQCK4B/s1600/P1160922.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n-yPhGXNWUQ/V7pJOdGqO4I/AAAAAAAARaA/0YfUxUJSUrwczqO462i4NzTrVCEqvaFoQCK4B/s640/P1160922.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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OK, it's still going to be a while I have a lot more to go. And all my projects which I always think are quick and self-explanatory always end up becoming encyclopedic tomes, so. In the meantime I managed to photograph these four necklaces.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DN8eqhZxDK0/V7pJlTDjBbI/AAAAAAAARaU/qCxtFp0SfBQl1AuuGPCRx08p47-9STcAACK4B/s1600/P1160921.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DN8eqhZxDK0/V7pJlTDjBbI/AAAAAAAARaU/qCxtFp0SfBQl1AuuGPCRx08p47-9STcAACK4B/s640/P1160921.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
And thank you guys so much for your suggestions about the necklace with the awkward ring from last post. As soon as I finished that post though I knew I had to fix it or I wouldn't have been requesting suggestions. My solution was to smallen the ring AND change the charms a bit.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ws-_5JGxG4Y/V7pJ_St180I/AAAAAAAARac/lJdDBlp8HKUn3WfAnmma9zQuv9u_cLMGQCK4B/s1600/P1160947.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ws-_5JGxG4Y/V7pJ_St180I/AAAAAAAARac/lJdDBlp8HKUn3WfAnmma9zQuv9u_cLMGQCK4B/s640/P1160947.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Ok but now it has a whole 'nuther problem. I test drove it and the choker that rests against the back of the neck is super scratchy cuz of the wool.<br />
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So that bites. I think I'll cut the wool to halfway up the choker and wire wrap it to end there. Good thing I took and edited these before once again changing this damn thing!!! Good thing I'm feeling good and energetic so I don't really mind. I'll get there eventually.<br />
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To celebrate how good I feel, here's some happy animals from my ver favorite Instagram account, #petsvideo:</div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-6527223788547255612016-08-03T18:22:00.000-05:002016-08-03T18:22:18.124-05:00So much stuff.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I know it's been a while and yeah I first was being totally inactive but then I had a week-long out-of-town wedding. It was in Connecticut and you haven't lived until you've listened in while my parents try to figure out how to pronounce Connecticut.<br /><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JI9saKEUvyU/V6JW4Dfjr0I/AAAAAAAARRE/BcVxw0yOslMnyFbHrP7FVAPZ2czNd-JFACK4B/s640/P1160161.jpg" width="480" /><div>
Mom: Coneddy cat?</div>
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Dad: No Matilde, it's CONNECT, co-NECT-ee-cat.</div>
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Me: Yeah Dad, connect-the-dots, sure.</div>
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The wedding was amazing actually but damn that's a lot of socializing. Above, carnelian and antique coral branches.</div>
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Sterling studs from Inheritance haul, one of which I soldered a loop on to. The ovals I sewed some super antique lace on steel frames. I had to do a bunch of whatchamacallit... darning! Which I just made up as I went along. It doesn't even seem like a real possible thing until suddenly a bit of sloppy textile is forming under your needle. After, I added a polyurethane coating.</div>
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Oh and after the wedding we had another week (ok, 4 days but it felt like a month) of sister/niece/nephew/dog visit. Oh boy. </div>
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<img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GiITMllDr54/V6JV9YLEhpI/AAAAAAAARQo/S2HfPMIprv8HPWaSsu9eiPb9ZyDTXrjcgCK4B/s640/P1160196.jpg" width="640" /> Ok, look at this maddness. Real druzy AND fake druzy in the same pair! And if you look closely at the fakes, one is white and one is translucent.</div>
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Stacked graduated semi-asymmetrix with my decoupaged polybabies.</div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3671kltFDoQ/V6JW-j8DeII/AAAAAAAARRU/KOne7ySfl0oyU8TGSHHC1pZfoMF-kCBLACK4B/s400/P1160125.jpg" width="400" /></span>As for necklaces, here's one I forgot to blog last time. Mom wanted to buy it for herself for the wedding since her dress was blue. So she wore it all day to test it out and said it was the first time she'd ever received random compliments on jewelry. As we were getting home I said you know someone might have bought it. Snooze = Loose, etc. Sure enough, someone had. </div>
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She survived the wedding without matchy jewelry.</div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B31So8TC-Zg/V6JVPvdeneI/AAAAAAAARPk/50CQjdNeLOI3BAXztlZ0GIRqvSfO0V4kQCK4B/s400/P1160326%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span>This batch includes a bunch of chunky short neck candy. I have this mannequin pic at an angle so you can see the dimension. (Don't worry Sparrow, there's another one head-on for the listing.) I painted that textile cord with washes of black acrylic to darken it and tone it down.<img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8f5ZuKbPQ28/V6JV3PQNBtI/AAAAAAAARQU/IvScCQaO7QYh6expQ85Yxxnleuq4-kxdACK4B/s640/P1160234.jpg" width="640" /> </div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--2pQZ13uD6I/V6JVN1zjf8I/AAAAAAAARPU/CGssCazPQN8airlT1onrJrDvE6g_y5YiQCK4B/s1600/P1160333%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--2pQZ13uD6I/V6JVN1zjf8I/AAAAAAAARPU/CGssCazPQN8airlT1onrJrDvE6g_y5YiQCK4B/s400/P1160333%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a>Look at this cute and simple copper baby. The pot was a gift from... Tribalis? The big ol' smokey pink stone was this last little mini haul from and etsybud. God I get a lot of gifts. I've said that many times. I should just abbreviate: GIGaloG.<img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gk4H2PAwTmc/V6JV1mFwFJI/AAAAAAAARQM/_XFCTpqLbwgVP-J4QGGbO-YttAu1xleCACK4B/s640/P1160220.jpg" width="640" /> </div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sn7D8P7CNfQ/V6JVOQ4Ks2I/AAAAAAAARPc/sS9s865XySUbEYZqmXDN6uE2Ei9Jsv0BgCK4B/s400/P1160330%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="300" /></span>Like this hindi piece from Inheritance haul and giant labradorite from Patroness. GIGaloG!<img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Q2bVp-UG50/V6JVslag8ZI/AAAAAAAARQE/J_kodNO-SpQSZ5kpElnAg0nKBxJUYJzgACK4B/s640/P1160239.jpg" width="640" /> </div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--yTLRLskqXg/V6JVQOMrwoI/AAAAAAAARP0/WYozxhDlXKEiVfrH9RF2Qo2oXQNM2Be7QCK4B/s400/P1160322%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="310" /></span>I acquired almost all these bits myself! Horse brass with elephant, a bunch of honey and orange things... Oh, so I follow quisnam on Instagram and she's been using horse brasses and it inspired me to poke around for some. I found this etsy shop that had a bunch of mini ones for cheap! So I ordered them all. Now, I don't feel bad "stealing" this idea from quisnam since I made several horse brass necklaces back in the day so. And I'm gonna mail her one I think, as thanks for the inspiration.</div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QHgn_5Dpank/V6JVQLzDVvI/AAAAAAAARPs/YApYT1Ceguo_TORjQp-XEOW0_NVDe9I9ACK4B/s1600/P1160320%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QHgn_5Dpank/V6JVQLzDVvI/AAAAAAAARPs/YApYT1Ceguo_TORjQp-XEOW0_NVDe9I9ACK4B/s400/P1160320%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="288" /></a>Is this cool or just the hottest of messes? Maybe if I made that one ring smaller... Should I list it or smallen the ring? Anyone?<br /><br /> <img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOUeg9uY-5o/V6JX4F7kQuI/AAAAAAAARRs/Mlwz8TWNMpYTF7YmI9A7uV_z-x-s8nzxACK4B/s640/P1160272.jpg" width="640" /></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJQyl-Yzj0s/V6JVMdJnLlI/AAAAAAAARPM/FvQQCiXxUvYC5vC4Daba8Mx9XmKykAO0ACK4B/s1600/P1160334%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJQyl-Yzj0s/V6JVMdJnLlI/AAAAAAAARPM/FvQQCiXxUvYC5vC4Daba8Mx9XmKykAO0ACK4B/s400/P1160334%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="296" /></a>Oh so when the cobalt choker got bought I made this for mom but she didn't like it. Because she's nuts. Round stone from Teapotsandtelephones (who has a new <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/snailfriendspost">paper shop</a>!) crystal pendant from Inheritance haul and even cobalt vintage Italian glass from recent etsybud haul. GIGaloG!</div>
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OK, I'll stop just listing sources.</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1LZi-4GuNpQ/V6JVI_WJRsI/AAAAAAAARPE/2OF5NVipsrAMZM5axsVbFO8a_0xDL6F-QCK4B/s1600/P1160338%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1LZi-4GuNpQ/V6JVI_WJRsI/AAAAAAAARPE/2OF5NVipsrAMZM5axsVbFO8a_0xDL6F-QCK4B/s400/P1160338%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a>This one is all about graduated circles. On either side, a double chain, one of either being a length of double-hole seed beads.</div>
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I completed this bracelet to my satisfaction, tightening the findings at the end.</div>
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<img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8a6yrlD3Abc/V6JYRjHJ-cI/AAAAAAAARSM/sRxRLCqlQmkbY-SC12-rQrkArqmnK7VMQCK4B/s320/P1160279.jpg" width="320" /><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iozIfj9-kgo/V6JYQ8lgVwI/AAAAAAAARSE/pHRG7h5i4joQmk9rgSOonvsef0wX0NN9gCK4B/s320/P1160278.jpg" width="320" /> I'm trying out an inward-facing bracelet hook and it's actually easier to close and more secure. Who knew.<img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pg-04dl4uPA/V6JYXt3vVrI/AAAAAAAARSU/nWlrSC_l9MQCxpQ-lwl1a118tzTCARkMQCK4B/s640/P1160306.jpg" width="640" /></div>
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I also finished this one with more tiny dangles along an extender chain and the citrine briolette at the tip of the focal exchanged for more danglies. Simplified and made more harmonious.</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hy91wiEOM9s/V6JYgY39LUI/AAAAAAAARSs/H38han169nMCo15LDy3IDyXBlGnywgoCQCK4B/s1600/P1160295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hy91wiEOM9s/V6JYgY39LUI/AAAAAAAARSs/H38han169nMCo15LDy3IDyXBlGnywgoCQCK4B/s400/P1160295.jpg" width="400" /></a>Here's a double wrap full of amber honey oranges and warm light. An oval of resined paper taken from an old art book riveted on to a scrap of tin, even my first bit of macrame using leather.</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gbbmlYHIiI4/V6JYcy61BMI/AAAAAAAARSk/RYMjvQGhW4cfIxB71NJPJV9T8cQ3L3U8wCK4B/s1600/P1160286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gbbmlYHIiI4/V6JYcy61BMI/AAAAAAAARSk/RYMjvQGhW4cfIxB71NJPJV9T8cQ3L3U8wCK4B/s400/P1160286.jpg" width="400" /></a>It is hot as ball sweat in Chicago. I'm telling you. Look at this lovely bracelet. It doesn't deserve to be next to a mention of ball sweat but that's life.</div>
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I even have a set of Chinese ink painting connector polies. Maybe this is too big for a set. Maybe I'll split it into two and give peeps the option like so:</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQjUEG1NXio/V6J0ZiZONfI/AAAAAAAARUQ/O5gBB65UCIYRD1_GZRMYz9VBW_uc0xaMACK4B/s1600/IMG_4656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQjUEG1NXio/V6J0ZiZONfI/AAAAAAAARUQ/O5gBB65UCIYRD1_GZRMYz9VBW_uc0xaMACK4B/s640/IMG_4656.JPG" width="360" /></a>Here I am looking up at a meerkat in a aquarium we went to while in Connecticut. What were meerkats doing in an aquarium?</div>
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Idk but I had to go clothes shopping for the first time in decades for the wedding and you know you're old when you're walking around stores all baffled going, "This is what people put on their limbs and torsos now? But...?"</div>
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So while there, Dad and I were fighting- him saying how this one beach was awesome me saying the sand was all sharp stones (turns out we were in different ends of the beach but). He starts making this mocking whiny face like I'm a big wussy and I go "Dad stop being a dick." And we keep arguing like that cuz that's all we do. I didn't hear his direct response cuz I was too busy arguing but after my friend, between laughter tears, says that he answered, "You brought the dicks!" Like, I started it cuz I was dissing this great beach. </div>
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Me: Dad, stop being a dick.</div>
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Dad: You brought the dicks!</div>
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So of course for the rest of the trip, every time someone was being whiny/complaining/ arguing I had to say, "Don't bring the dicks!" Needless to say I had may opportunities to use the phrase and Mom wasn't pleased.</div>
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The following triptych is a bunny tasting a cactus plant for the first time:</div>
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Here's me and Mr. Devices. He won't let me put up pix of him so shhh!</div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-53021226573107796562016-07-11T00:11:00.001-05:002016-07-15T01:48:48.710-05:00Coming Back to Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello my lovely friends. It is such a pleasure to write to you, to imagine you, well, caring what I have to say or am up to or have made. Thank you guys for your encouraging comments they make me happy.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rz1vYkDCm-Y/V4Ltc89r4GI/AAAAAAAARLU/DtZssD9YIQEeMU8tYx-LzoYfRmi9--wngCK4B/s1600/P1160010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rz1vYkDCm-Y/V4Ltc89r4GI/AAAAAAAARLU/DtZssD9YIQEeMU8tYx-LzoYfRmi9--wngCK4B/s320/P1160010.jpg" width="320" /></a>Here's a big ol' bunch of things I just set using my Cosmic Rocks technique. Cuz an etsybud send me the fangs, as well as some lovely stones and other things, so I thought I should get to mounting all these bits I've been letting lie unused and unloved.<br />
Including, on left, stuff I just leafed like the edge of this huge stone left me by Patroness, and these two iridescent leaves from Teapotsandtelephones which I also put wire coils on from some old kuchi to make the skinny antique wires more substantial. Maybe I'll earring them up like I did those purple headpins from last time:<br />
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Here's a big ol' pile of necklaces I've made and have been listing all day.<br />
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I don't know why lately I've been taking pictures of my necklace batches all displayed together. I guess it's from seeing how popular that kind of thing is on Pinterest. Ladies who pin seem to subscribe to the "more is more" aesthetic I suppose. Even though the vast majority of necklaces purchased in the world are actually quite simple and minimal. But then, my target audience isn't into conservative and understated.<br />
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<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1053256653_j8am.jpg" width="640" /><br />
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Check out my coin purse necklace!<br />
OK, we've all seen adorable antique coin purses made into necklaces but my innovation was to stitch milagros- from Inheritance Haul- all over the front. Tell me that doesn't look super special? Cuz it's the look of a bunch of milagros together that we recognize from seeing folk altars and religious pieces from Mexico and the like. The coiled rope chains are all sterling from Peru, also fro Inheritance Haul. Cuz I thought the rest needed to be super simple. Make a good layering necklace I think.<br />
(OMG I'm so glad I raised the price up, fucker already sold!)<br />
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And speaking of locket-type containerish pieces ...<br />
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_570xN.1006728442_e62j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_570xN.1006728442_e62j.jpg" style="height: 428px; width: 322.2721268163805px;" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/451826844/the-smallest-word-can-reach-me-turkoman?ref=shop_home_active_5">The Smallest Word Can Reach Me.</a><br />
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So this is a little Turkoman prayer box that was also left to me by Patroness. I turned it's siblings into earrings once upon a time: <img height="150" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/013/0/5405515/il_570xN.426759321_e3fx.jpg" width="200" /><br />
How wild are those?<br />
Here, I removed the dangles for labradorite and textured rhinestone drops (Teapots) and took out the cheap bead cabs to put in vintage gold-painted ones.<br />
Like the purse above, another long necklace with a locket-type focal and minimal chain busy-ness.<br />
But still quite special with a thin sterling rope from Inheritance Haul, jonquil chain from Teapots and these superduo seed beads with dark variegated coloring that I tied into a sort of cord. I think it looks way cool. Also filigree ovals I linked in a long length and scroll chain which I lurv.<br />
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Extender chain dangle has two little post earrings from Inheritance that I made into drops by curling the post wire.<br />
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Check out all this glowy goodness.<br />
A bunch of Gobi Desert Agates, tile by JBDRusticOrganic and this ammonite I leafed the entire back of which looks super cool.<br />
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In the same glowy orange/amber vein:<br />
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OK so this wooden souvenir I had gotten from <a href="http://l.instagram.com/?e=ATPgpJF7SCIBQWkpFjZG9czfuM91ZfUT3JLJWVDR5GN40vO0Lnb-151GekEycg&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luminajewelry.co%2F">lumina jewelry</a> who was previously RomAntiqueSoul. It was, like, <i>almost</i> interesting, you know? But frustratingly not quite there. However, as soon as I thought to slap that metal leaf on it, it became perfect. It's from 1875! I added a copal/resin amber bead from Inheritance haul and a chunky drop nugget of Gobi Desert Agate. Also includes a bunch of my faux ancient polybabies, vintage glass and lampwork.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/465314843/a-final-accountingmedal-and-coin?ref=shop_home_active_1">A Final Accounting.</a><br />
These took FOREVER to get right. The one still looks longer than the other but they at least look like they belong together and they're not tangling up all over or lopsided... They are from Inheritance haul plus faceted tourmaline nugs from my recent friend gift. I had to solder connector loops on to those sterling ear wires. Turns out the one on the left was pewter and I almost melted the whole thing with my insanely hot soldering iron.<br />
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Plus I went ahead and added this nutty babble to the description.<br />
"As for the naming of the pair: after making these, I noticed I’d chosen an American coin depicting the people this country tried to remove from the planet. Not only that, but I paired it with a religious medal representing beliefs of many of our founders, at least widely defined, a belief system that should have prevented that genocide. How ironic indeed. Some of us do care deeply about the ill we do each other in this world, but does it matter? The families who became rich off of slavery, for example, are still rich. The descendants of those humans they owned are still impoverished. So is there any final record, a metaphorical tally in heaved, a filing cabinet where accounts are kept and note is taken for later reckoning? Can there ever be an acknowledging of the injustices imposed upon the powerless by the powerful? Will Karma ever save us?<br />
Heady stuff for a simple pair of earrings yet this is the kind of thought process that goes into my creation of the Victorian tribal aesthetic, as well as the stream-of-conscience associations that go into my naming process."<br />
OK so I was concerned it might be a bit much and that it might even turn off some more conservative buyers but you know what? Fuck it, I'm not doing this for money and it's not like I'm saying something revolutionary there. I mean, people don't maybe want to be reminded of slavery while earring shopping but for me that stuff never really goes away. It they can't handle it, oh well.<br />
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<img alt="Music of the Spheres. Sterling hoop earrings with polymer clay art beads. Rustic artisan jewelry by fancifuldevices" height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/121/0/5405515/il_570xN.1006722600_7epx.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/451825320/music-of-the-spheres-sterling-hoop?ref=shop_home_active_6">Music of the Spheres.</a><br />
OK, I could not get the camera to focus on those beads! I made these hoops of real sterling and yeah. Here you go, a simple pair that feature my polybabies in all their lone glory. No other clutter in the way.<br />
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What else? Oh, I went back to the gym. I actually wasn't as bad as I thought I'd be. All those weeks of trying to work out while suffering flu-like symptoms got to me psychologically. But I think I'll be ok.<br />
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<a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.917791671_6xs9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Lord of the Stars. Victorian tribal artisan bracelet with antique Kuchi." border="0" height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.917791671_6xs9.jpg" width="320" /></a>Also, recently I took down a whole bunch of things that had been languishing in the shop. At first it made me fret but I feel much better for it. If something doesn't sell in months, there's probably a reason. I realized most of the items I took down had serious design flaws and I'm either going to address them or use the parts.<br />
Like this bracelet which is good but too long and the razzle dazzle of the focals isn't reflected in the strands of rustic black beads. So I tightened up the end loops and added leaf and blue pigment powder to the beads.<br />
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Look! I'm not completely sure how I'm going to finish it clasp-wise but I already like it more.<br />
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Also this which the celluloid flower dangle had nothing to do with the brightness in rest of the bracelet.<br />
I removed it and went hunting for bright bits. Now I'm not 100% satisfied with it since the enameled ball bead isn't to the scale of the rest of the piece, but I'm certainly moving in the right direction.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCBpx03w4ck/V4Mjpo2_QbI/AAAAAAAARL0/YaErmfzyCrIG3wIus5wjZftXcXoX_NL1QCK4B/s1600/P1160021.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCBpx03w4ck/V4Mjpo2_QbI/AAAAAAAARL0/YaErmfzyCrIG3wIus5wjZftXcXoX_NL1QCK4B/s640/P1160021.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<a href="https://img0.etsystatic.com/101/0/5405515/il_570xN.920546720_t3im.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Eternitarian - artist pin brooch with mixed media - India aesthetic - bohemian rustic art jewelry" border="0" height="240" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/101/0/5405515/il_570xN.920546720_t3im.jpg" width="320" /></a>←Or this piece which on the one hand I really like, on the other I realize the image has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the piece- namely, the frame and the mandolin. If instead I found an old art image of someone playing a similar instrument to tie it all together? Ehhhh?<br />
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So here I am trying to get fit:<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uFYxnxUXTOI/V4Mm82VthBI/AAAAAAAARMA/1rea-uhuWzMwOap7xZQ0ULsPWxgJLtxJQCK4B/s1600/IMG_1016.jpeg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sxy2R2dIr6c/V4MnAepThPI/AAAAAAAARMI/tbMfEdXy0esI7VqC0j9_JF_Wyo1qwmh3wCK4B/s1600/tumblr_inline_o2724cUtny1rj43lh_500.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sxy2R2dIr6c/V4MnAepThPI/AAAAAAAARMI/tbMfEdXy0esI7VqC0j9_JF_Wyo1qwmh3wCK4B/s400/tumblr_inline_o2724cUtny1rj43lh_500.gif" /></a><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uFYxnxUXTOI/V4Mm82VthBI/AAAAAAAARMA/1rea-uhuWzMwOap7xZQ0ULsPWxgJLtxJQCK4B/s400/IMG_1016.jpeg" width="315" /> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jywzGF4zMF0/V4MpFsY8yPI/AAAAAAAAROU/g7vRUuvxAUMMVajHDFU6X2gTJtWyS8ynACK4B/s1600/IMG_4358.GIF" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jywzGF4zMF0/V4MpFsY8yPI/AAAAAAAAROU/g7vRUuvxAUMMVajHDFU6X2gTJtWyS8ynACK4B/s320/IMG_4358.GIF" width="261" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Here's me sharing food:</span><br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-21949438869118280852016-07-04T05:30:00.000-05:002016-07-04T05:33:06.818-05:00Happy Forth cuz 'Murica!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Have I been blogging? No. Have I been making? Yes. Am I recuperated from the surgery? Sorta. It's not going as fast as I would've wanted and I seem to have some serious dizziness issues now cuz I wouldn't be me without issues!<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/119/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.998148596_hto7.jpg" width="640" /><br />
One lovely customer sent me a bunch of her theeengs to make something out of. Kinda funny because I can recognize all my etsy peeps among her stash, and I just got to play with her pretty stuff! <img height="640" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/138/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1044677515_ic9t.jpg" width="480" /><br />
Here's a double-wrap grey choker with optional cluster pendant fall.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--I-u_AdgBFA/V3oudbToDBI/AAAAAAAARGQ/QGCOihH4uZMYtctnRIp6fdhOexwmPjJ8QCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-04%2Bat%2B4.36.19%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--I-u_AdgBFA/V3oudbToDBI/AAAAAAAARGQ/QGCOihH4uZMYtctnRIp6fdhOexwmPjJ8QCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-04%2Bat%2B4.36.19%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a><br />
I made these just to fill out some gaps in the necklace above, though I only ended up using three. <img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/137/0/5405515/il_570xN.998148632_4mhe.jpg" /><br />
Here are some headpin earrings before I added the ear wires. The pins are by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LoriLochner?ref=ss_profile%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20?ref=ss_items">Lori Lochner</a>. I'm very proud of these actually. Like, with these kinds of headpins, it's hard not to make them <i>worse</i> by trying to do anything with them, they're so lovely as is. So you have to do something that frames them, even improves upon them, without taking anything away. <br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/119/0/5405515/il_570xN.1044677557_pkyd.jpg" /><br />
<a href="https://collagecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kintsugi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://collagecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kintsugi.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: auto;" width="200" /></a>The same is true for these beauties by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/NuminosityBeads?ref=ss_profile">numinositybeads</a>. PLUS I managed to break one, so yay. However, I was able to fix it with a bit of kintsugi-inspired magic.<br />
←Kitsugi<br />
So I added a strip of gold around the other pin as well, draped with some of the customer's own sterling chain, and topped with dangly caps. Again, trying not to overwhelm. Now I'm thinking if the sterling were yellow metal it might have been better but I didn't want to waste all that lovely sterling.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8My4XnZyzi8/V3SvEQDpU4I/AAAAAAAARFo/sDwsxN4pN80PVQLNPTGY5wJAYHFcMsgpQCK4B/s1600/P1150939.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8My4XnZyzi8/V3SvEQDpU4I/AAAAAAAARFo/sDwsxN4pN80PVQLNPTGY5wJAYHFcMsgpQCK4B/s400/P1150939.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
I also made this with beads by Happyfallout and shipwreckdandy, a ring from Outwest and the client's amethyst pendant and turquoise flower necklace.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JGaMV24mOj4/V3SvEFhtRNI/AAAAAAAARFg/0z5JmJloX54o3XrN4E7QOD1ouwmKhYjbACK4B/s1600/P1150938.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JGaMV24mOj4/V3SvEFhtRNI/AAAAAAAARFg/0z5JmJloX54o3XrN4E7QOD1ouwmKhYjbACK4B/s400/P1150938.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
I had been planning to make some architectural sort of constructionist earrings with my own beads for a while now.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/137/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1000926872_avl0.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/463296195/stelliferous-artisan-earrings-with?ref=related-2">Stelliferous-</a> <i>abounding with stars</i><br />
I did these with my style of soldered ball pins.<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/134/0/5405515/il_570xN.1000926946_fp07.jpg" /><br />
Also Ethiopian opals which are impossible to capture the strange flash of, so I approximate by upping the saturation around some of the edges.<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/101/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1000921200_lxlb.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/463294891/ichor-handmade-earrings-rustic-art?ref=related-3">Ichor</a>- <i>ethereal golden fluid flowing in the veins of the gods like blood.</i><br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/108/0/5405515/il_570xN.1000921294_9c0a.jpg" /><br />
These are with longer, finer hammered arches (upside down Vs?).<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1047460071_b503.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/463297301/esemplastic-rustic-assemblage-earrings?ref=related-0">Esemplastic</a>- <i>having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole</i><br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/139/0/5405515/il_570xN.1000929756_7qm6.jpg" /><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba_0IoaMhf4/V3oohNErUDI/AAAAAAAARF4/8wYXUCYbJvsC8RRL7TCId8F4canPGnnzQCK4B/s1600/IMG_3634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba_0IoaMhf4/V3oohNErUDI/AAAAAAAARF4/8wYXUCYbJvsC8RRL7TCId8F4canPGnnzQCK4B/s400/IMG_3634.JPG" width="350" /></a>When I shared <a href="http://fancifuldevices.blogspot.com/2016/01/interlude-haul.html">TeapotsandTelephones' gift haul </a>a while back I showed you these big glass discs. I embellished them with some orange flowers from her gift decals as well. Unfortunately, the adhesive necessary to keep them on made the little glass facets disappear. But yeah so then I hung the discs on rings and below, a big chunky Gobi Desert Agate and an amber glass drop pendant from Inheritance haul. AND <i>another</i> friend sent gifts including those carnelian ovals wich dangle to the side.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/108/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1000928094_2kzs.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/463296813/earthy-druzy-geode-ring-with-metal-leaf?ref=shop_home_active_2">Earthy</a>. Geode (from the ancient Greek for <i>earthy</i>) set in a cupped ring using my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/163368289/cosmic-rocks-setting-rough-stones-with?ref=shop_home_active_4">Cosmic Rocks </a>technique.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/137/0/5405515/il_570xN.1000928072_se7q.jpg" /><br />
Y'all I actually had this listed a million years ago. It got misplaced but now it's back. I made the finger band smaller and painted my nails grey cuz grey.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/126/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1045706931_l9w1.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/449164594/reserved-for-pam?ref=shop_home_active_6">Love's Vast Filed.</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Each moment from all sides rushes to us the call to love.<br />We are running to contemplate its vast green field.<br />Do you want to come with us?”<br /> ― Rumi</span><br />
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<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/134/0/5405515/il_570xN.1045707027_d3jy.jpg" /><br />
The best tin ever, from Uruguay, along with two mis-matched polybaby connectors and sterling-wrapped briolettes from Inheritance Haul. Honestly I think they're coral cuz I don't know anything else that looks like that. But I've never seen coral cut so precisely. </div>
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/124/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1045700847_9e0i.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/462644589/souls-destiny-rustic-artisan-earrings-in?ref=shop_home_active_3">Soul's Destiny.</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"It is the soul's destiny to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion."<br />-Rebecca West</span><br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_570xN.999173052_4vh5.jpg" /><br />
You've seen similar to these before. The ladies love 'em. They're already gone.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/140/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.999172318_3sfb.jpg" width="640" /><br />
These are gone too. Navettes were from aforementioned Teapots haul. Also Uruguayan tin and Japanese cotton pearls which I finally tried alcohol ink to tone down the electric sea foam color and it worked.<br />
<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/108/0/5405515/il_570xN.1045700335_dga3.jpg" /><br />
I have a bunch more to photograph tomorrow.<br />
How have I been this productive while still feeling not 100%? Be<i>cuuuuz </i>I finally fixed my coffee problem! Mom read a bunch on it and in one tiny corner of the web, one chick was saying the irritable bowel caused by caffeine isn't in the intestine, it's in the stomach- the caffeine signals the place to flood with tummy acids. So guess what? I take two omeprazol (pepcid) about 1-2 hours before caffeine and I'm golden. Sure, it means I have to wake up two hours before I wake up to take it but I'm just that light a sleeper. Sort of, sometimes it ends up being 4 hours and it still works. I'm not even in mouth-pain from being parched!<br />
I know you wanted to hear all about that in great detail but dude, this is huge for me. All us artsy people are riddled with vague health issues, as you well know.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-93IQFmUwoMk/V3otIq-Mn2I/AAAAAAAARGE/7EyGnOW217gOErTDoFMCkZmvedDhwQ2HACK4B/s1600/IMG_4557.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-93IQFmUwoMk/V3otIq-Mn2I/AAAAAAAARGE/7EyGnOW217gOErTDoFMCkZmvedDhwQ2HACK4B/s640/IMG_4557.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
Check out my baby's paw tufts. Doesn't he look a tad affronted to be bothered mid-nap?<br />
Also this baby: And this actual baby:<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LwpLLivW3Pc/V3oviWqRzAI/AAAAAAAARGc/jZ0tMIJ_sWE6M98YlgpKf1vKu8qisCOcwCK4B/s1600/IMG_4543-2.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LwpLLivW3Pc/V3oviWqRzAI/AAAAAAAARGc/jZ0tMIJ_sWE6M98YlgpKf1vKu8qisCOcwCK4B/s200/IMG_4543-2.JPG" width="200" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5z_T0InkhY/V3ovmFA8v7I/AAAAAAAARGk/gBRRQcXKMoM8AEFKEu5Fkh4rqZRhmhHAwCK4B/s1600/IMG_1073.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5z_T0InkhY/V3ovmFA8v7I/AAAAAAAARGk/gBRRQcXKMoM8AEFKEu5Fkh4rqZRhmhHAwCK4B/s320/IMG_1073.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
I can't thank you guys enough for all of your lovely encouraging comments. You are all such kind souls I feel so lucky to have drawn you all to me somehow.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NtzEp1tofKQ/V3owFsSYJBI/AAAAAAAARGw/iJpf7k5KmXkARn23_1J8VEWNxQfpK6eDgCK4B/s1600/IMG_4473.GIF" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NtzEp1tofKQ/V3owFsSYJBI/AAAAAAAARGw/iJpf7k5KmXkARn23_1J8VEWNxQfpK6eDgCK4B/s1600/IMG_4473.GIF" /></a><br />
I know how to thank you! An extra long cute animals section.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfCDJIwjYQY/V3owIrodvrI/AAAAAAAARG4/1-zKM0uQtjIjFiC_821kCExeElZptc8NQCK4B/s1600/IMG_4475.GIF" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfCDJIwjYQY/V3owIrodvrI/AAAAAAAARG4/1-zKM0uQtjIjFiC_821kCExeElZptc8NQCK4B/s1600/IMG_4475.GIF" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MbHgi1V4l34/V3oxYTC9i4I/AAAAAAAARHI/L8ALBIfbz4gCQBFYI0uPBaqqcHSpvhxdQCK4B/s1600/IMG_4419.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MbHgi1V4l34/V3oxYTC9i4I/AAAAAAAARHI/L8ALBIfbz4gCQBFYI0uPBaqqcHSpvhxdQCK4B/s400/IMG_4419.JPG" width="225" /></a><br />
We haven't seen dogs for a while 'round these parts. <br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9LioVOgVbQM/V3o1QXFZhNI/AAAAAAAARKI/D-NJ1onF5ogslzrqi4snHzwN0GwcYr-pACK4B/s1600/IMG_4388.GIF" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9LioVOgVbQM/V3o1QXFZhNI/AAAAAAAARKI/D-NJ1onF5ogslzrqi4snHzwN0GwcYr-pACK4B/s320/IMG_4388.GIF" width="242" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rj-vVh7djf4/V3oyOwTk4bI/AAAAAAAARHc/RB5xEuY8SfgVfk8JkLzj_H5j2dcdkH8BQCK4B/s1600/IMG_3790.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rj-vVh7djf4/V3oyOwTk4bI/AAAAAAAARHc/RB5xEuY8SfgVfk8JkLzj_H5j2dcdkH8BQCK4B/s320/IMG_3790.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
The other day I was feeling so dizzy I actually started to cry (didn't I say something about never crying last post? Crap.) So I just googled cute dogs and scrolled and smiled.<br />
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I think the still photos capture just as much of a story as the gifs.<br />
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Aaaand it's 5:30 AM and I'm somehow still awake. Cuz of course I am. Crip crap paddywack.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-45210741324656644222016-06-13T03:10:00.003-05:002016-06-13T03:18:25.182-05:00Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">-- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five</span><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-igoM3Ztd2ms/V15XndZSiYI/AAAAAAAAQ-k/ANtP_rOjffkl2O0JQGkVBxTpYK4KELoLwCK4B/s1600/P1150726.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jpEfqINwvbM/V15qYdhvypI/AAAAAAAARE4/rTLkhj_cJ1UinlerWnigYfH0Yr4slgpyQCK4B/s1600/P1150726.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bcXfYzY7Oxc/V15sLJoOVmI/AAAAAAAARFE/zQdmpHTQPYUXuIaclvmD_eeVfSYGRMQjwCK4B/s1600/P1150726.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bcXfYzY7Oxc/V15sLJoOVmI/AAAAAAAARFE/zQdmpHTQPYUXuIaclvmD_eeVfSYGRMQjwCK4B/s640/P1150726.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
As I emerge from my post-surgery fugue I am starting to feel soooo much better. Turns out that my body was fighting an infection, I had an abscess- ewwwwwwwwww- and those can cause flu-like symptoms.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xImXsuELF5s/V15W6lwVpfI/AAAAAAAAQ9o/h-GuC9ySdIc0AWFUJscndk7jx5a_Ij7zQCK4B/s1600/P1150768.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RViT6JUk1xU/V15XEUAx_mI/AAAAAAAAQ94/NCkEFa-K_osZhubHz-utzaKOORa249rPQCK4B/s1600/P1150751.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RViT6JUk1xU/V15XEUAx_mI/AAAAAAAAQ94/NCkEFa-K_osZhubHz-utzaKOORa249rPQCK4B/s640/P1150751.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
!!!!!!! So my vaguely-shitty feeling, which lets be honest, was actually really shitty I just didn't wanna be a big whiner, had a totally real cause and is totally really going away!!!!!!!!<br />
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The heavens are parting and angelic choirs sing jubilation!<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xImXsuELF5s/V15W6lwVpfI/AAAAAAAAQ9o/h-GuC9ySdIc0AWFUJscndk7jx5a_Ij7zQCK4B/s1600/P1150768.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G4JBNHXto1k/V15XN_gHN_I/AAAAAAAAQ-A/_Ljv1iQPDaEeQhLSD07KpEmaDLpsPCLSwCK4B/s1600/P1150760.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G4JBNHXto1k/V15XN_gHN_I/AAAAAAAAQ-A/_Ljv1iQPDaEeQhLSD07KpEmaDLpsPCLSwCK4B/s640/P1150760.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
And making things is nice to do again, and even just sitting around is nice to do too...<br />
And I haven't listed any of this stuff yet but I was too eager to wait. Wanted to share my good news and my makies.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjX9HCYytFU/V15Xzj3aLQI/AAAAAAAAQ-w/ihfwULwwn3c3ZkHJFUJ1vd_ZJ7fl5NeQACK4B/s1600/P1150745.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjX9HCYytFU/V15Xzj3aLQI/AAAAAAAAQ-w/ihfwULwwn3c3ZkHJFUJ1vd_ZJ7fl5NeQACK4B/s640/P1150745.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-18XrWESSQmA/V15X39sW9jI/AAAAAAAAQ-8/v-tbv1KkOyYXJXhOQpHTWJyGGnSQviImACK4B/s1600/P1150732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-18XrWESSQmA/V15X39sW9jI/AAAAAAAAQ-8/v-tbv1KkOyYXJXhOQpHTWJyGGnSQviImACK4B/s640/P1150732.jpg" width="480" /></a>I should name this something about friends- Sparrow gave me the focal, 4Ophelia/NearlyLost gave me that amazing fancy bead I've turned into a hook, TeapostandTelephones gave me the oval stones (which I soldered together all cutely, check it) and the decals I put on the focal. Even the tiny pearls were a gift! Cidne of Inheritance Haul fame.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xVvdWKuyKjA/V15sOGf5POI/AAAAAAAARFM/P46LGIhn_XULK3fzhp2T4FZfqJ6uBYTrwCK4B/s1600/P1150710.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xVvdWKuyKjA/V15sOGf5POI/AAAAAAAARFM/P46LGIhn_XULK3fzhp2T4FZfqJ6uBYTrwCK4B/s640/P1150710.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xImXsuELF5s/V15W6lwVpfI/AAAAAAAAQ9o/h-GuC9ySdIc0AWFUJscndk7jx5a_Ij7zQCK4B/s1600/P1150768.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xImXsuELF5s/V15W6lwVpfI/AAAAAAAAQ9o/h-GuC9ySdIc0AWFUJscndk7jx5a_Ij7zQCK4B/s640/P1150768.jpg" width="640" /></a>Fancy trinket box lid from Uruguay- I used the hinge for a connector.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vRFq4jRSSbM/V15W6-YGd_I/AAAAAAAAQ9w/ku8Vhyi-D6Q3GhGYYIkEKySvPD-8aTk0ACK4B/s1600/P1150713.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vRFq4jRSSbM/V15W6-YGd_I/AAAAAAAAQ9w/ku8Vhyi-D6Q3GhGYYIkEKySvPD-8aTk0ACK4B/s640/P1150713.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Fishbone chain and waxed cord macrame.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vhQMC6aPnrc/V15YDAVrz_I/AAAAAAAAQ_Q/6nqIUVJIaPYEAsImN0p-N7NkmZCg8OD1wCK4B/s1600/P1150778.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vhQMC6aPnrc/V15YDAVrz_I/AAAAAAAAQ_Q/6nqIUVJIaPYEAsImN0p-N7NkmZCg8OD1wCK4B/s640/P1150778.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
What- another tassel-y lariat? No way. This one in glowing ambers with a touch of apple green.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vhQMC6aPnrc/V15YDAVrz_I/AAAAAAAAQ_Q/6nqIUVJIaPYEAsImN0p-N7NkmZCg8OD1wCK4B/s1600/P1150778.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fIEedSwA8Q/V15YLk4gOTI/AAAAAAAAQ_k/MlSixCoCfpcmv_Xs7AEXS8XY3YSMBFwEQCK4B/s1600/P1150699.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fIEedSwA8Q/V15YLk4gOTI/AAAAAAAAQ_k/MlSixCoCfpcmv_Xs7AEXS8XY3YSMBFwEQCK4B/s640/P1150699.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
The tiny myrrh beads were also Inheritance haul. I made the amber-ish looking beads, my faux-ancients. Yum.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QjJYCJTlkSY/V15Z_tUVh3I/AAAAAAAAQ_0/MYqybLg0weQbmbSj3N061BWA023TFbj_gCK4B/s1600/P1150731.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QjJYCJTlkSY/V15Z_tUVh3I/AAAAAAAAQ_0/MYqybLg0weQbmbSj3N061BWA023TFbj_gCK4B/s640/P1150731.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Oh and I had to keep a bunch of these to make a choker out of. Gosh I love the things I make. Oh yeah, it's that feeling of enjoyment again. I'd forgotten about you!<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wq3P2k_MrFk/V15aCuAqEeI/AAAAAAAAQ_8/Z93lpcKdAeU369nyTfhGyzp2VfZwHSTQQCK4B/s1600/P1150728.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wq3P2k_MrFk/V15aCuAqEeI/AAAAAAAAQ_8/Z93lpcKdAeU369nyTfhGyzp2VfZwHSTQQCK4B/s640/P1150728.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Like look at that one bright magenta stripe in the middle-ish round bead. What is that? I don't know but it makes me so happy.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zYAH0WLxXG0/V15aDEQfqHI/AAAAAAAARAE/mNPSqwZ_9gArzdnI926wjfSExXmQJEU_QCK4B/s1600/P1150703.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zYAH0WLxXG0/V15aDEQfqHI/AAAAAAAARAE/mNPSqwZ_9gArzdnI926wjfSExXmQJEU_QCK4B/s640/P1150703.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I twirled vintage silk cord then waxed the crap out of it, heating to allow it to sink into the fibers. Sterling hook from Inheritance haul.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V6nskiXwP0A/V15aPjzTtxI/AAAAAAAARAM/2mKPatuH7CQ0fifCcjmylNLVSb76s7p2gCK4B/s1600/P1150782.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V6nskiXwP0A/V15aPjzTtxI/AAAAAAAARAM/2mKPatuH7CQ0fifCcjmylNLVSb76s7p2gCK4B/s640/P1150782.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Beautiful old tin with beautiful old text graphics. Paired with my tiniest beads and some of that fishbone chain.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c0ajTJokNng/V15aXeMRPHI/AAAAAAAARAc/USxkq83cObMLUDVVyPR12rrPWglMkKZ4ACK4B/s1600/P1150790.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c0ajTJokNng/V15aXeMRPHI/AAAAAAAARAc/USxkq83cObMLUDVVyPR12rrPWglMkKZ4ACK4B/s320/P1150790.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BmRtVtNh3F8/V15aWlbkMRI/AAAAAAAARAU/wFAb937hKlgeDDbimiyMcG_iPJ97hmNIwCK4B/s1600/P1150785.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BmRtVtNh3F8/V15aWlbkMRI/AAAAAAAARAU/wFAb937hKlgeDDbimiyMcG_iPJ97hmNIwCK4B/s320/P1150785.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
Chain which had been sitting in front of me for ever, me thinking I'd never find a use for it. And pow, one batch uses it all up. And it's <i>perfect</i>.<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-schKsbhKCSg/V15acVkCHoI/AAAAAAAARAk/ahnCuMfj_fodB8j2Xc96CqPIzEReIKs2QCK4B/s1600/P1150807.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-schKsbhKCSg/V15acVkCHoI/AAAAAAAARAk/ahnCuMfj_fodB8j2Xc96CqPIzEReIKs2QCK4B/s640/P1150807.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vIihvMc0RVA/V15aijI-UDI/AAAAAAAARA0/JAQCjAr-scw6AGDxbNIyUJmw5P5iBQ3YQCK4B/s1600/P1150795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vIihvMc0RVA/V15aijI-UDI/AAAAAAAARA0/JAQCjAr-scw6AGDxbNIyUJmw5P5iBQ3YQCK4B/s320/P1150795.jpg" width="320" /></a>I believe these are the very last of the Kathyhaul druzy. And the rose gold thingy is from Patroness, used to house the birdie that went on to become <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/278795278/nocturne-delicate-assemblage-bracelet-in?ref=shop_home_active_9">this</a>:<br />
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More little strands of myrrh, with tiny seeds between each nug.<br />
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Some of my connectors I didn't sell because I wanted to play with them myself.<br />
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Do you see, Miss Linda of TeapotsandTelephones, just how much I've enjoyed these goddamn decals? I mean, where'd they come from? They are so superior to all others I've seen anywhere. Though it also turns out you can make your own decals- there's decal printer paper out there, mm-hmm.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AIC96QvL1vM/V15a7PrOamI/AAAAAAAARBc/NvrZoSFpZwYodGipZktauc8Id-99Uks1wCK4B/s1600/P1150818.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AIC96QvL1vM/V15a7PrOamI/AAAAAAAARBc/NvrZoSFpZwYodGipZktauc8Id-99Uks1wCK4B/s640/P1150818.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
OK, ok, ok. Can we stop and squee over these teeeny tiny earrings here? Can we just? Go ahead, I'll give you a moment.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_hsw4m6l7s/V15a309Kg9I/AAAAAAAARBQ/NJwjviihKMs6bFciA8DQQ6aTLGt2IVEXwCK4B/s1600/P1150830.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_hsw4m6l7s/V15a309Kg9I/AAAAAAAARBQ/NJwjviihKMs6bFciA8DQQ6aTLGt2IVEXwCK4B/s640/P1150830.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Look how tiny they are:<br />
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Or not, that's cool. I'm just not sweating it anymore.<br />
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Oh also another thing that happened - since I mentioned my surgery on Instagram, two dear friends from college and from my 20s contacted me to check in. It was amazing. My college girl, she still regularly pops up in my dreams. Which always makes me kinda sad cuz it's like my subconscious still doesn't get that I'm not in contact with her anymore. But now I am.<br />
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Today we will visit the regal feline, whom the ancient Egyptians believed... no I can't, they're just too ridiculous.<br />
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I want to give a special thanks to all you lovely commenters. It really means a lot, especially when you're feeling shitty.<br />
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Fade and Remain wrote, "I heard that you should apply the herbs directly to your boobs, in the sun, with a few magnets stuffed up your nose while standing in a large glass punch bowl. At least, that's what I do and the neighbors seem to enjoy it."<br />
S;DKFLJGHS;LETHJGS!!!!<br />
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So many of you have had boob scares/actual problems! So many of you understood my wanting-it-to-be-cancer-cuz-then-at-least-it-would-explain-it thing, it made me feel so normal. You guize!<img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4zbCQFSDtZo/V15lEamUsAI/AAAAAAAARDk/Hfhe8was7C0Rqq8RwtwrgZrDmX8RcntoACK4B/s320/IMG_3878.JPG" width="283" /> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WIwJz9Gy-9c/V15lfaZavWI/AAAAAAAAREA/nFXtCLkCQrUGvqnFVeOUIyuG-KC_Ix7MwCK4B/s1600/tumblr_o33rl3XNoC1tyncywo1_400.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WIwJz9Gy-9c/V15lfaZavWI/AAAAAAAAREA/nFXtCLkCQrUGvqnFVeOUIyuG-KC_Ix7MwCK4B/s320/tumblr_o33rl3XNoC1tyncywo1_400.gif" width="256" /></a><br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-33053088768855273582016-05-28T18:32:00.001-05:002016-05-28T18:32:42.353-05:00Stupid Health Stuff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So for the last two weeks I’ve been dealing with a breast cancer scare which luckily turned out <i>not</i> to be the big C. I have a lump and I’m still waiting on biopsy numbers 2 through 4 to tell us exactly what it is. But biopsy number 1 came out free of cancer cells so that is at least off the table.</span><img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/116/0/5405515/il_570xN.983229870_1qed.jpg" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have to say, I took the possible diagnosis suspiciously well, despite the fact that the Devices family was so obviously devastated. But when I received the call to say it wasn’t cancer, I found myself wandering around Target quietly crying. I never cry. I realized that while I thought I had cancer, I felt like I had an excuse for the vaguely shitty way I always seem to feel, and I’d feel a lot worse for a year or so, but then I’d feel better. And if I died oh well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember when you had a fever and your mom let you stay home from school? And despite the fever you felt a sense of elation that for the next however many hours nothing would be expected of you? That’s how I felt when I thought I had it.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/384475498/space-age-tribal-artisan-earrings-mixed?ref=shop_home_active_4">Space-Age Tribal</a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had been joking so much with the biopsy number 1 doctor that she thought I was just super sure I didn’t have it. But the ultrasound doctor had as much as said it <i>had</i> to be cancer. So when she called to say it wasn’t and my answers were all mono-syllabic mumbles she finally exclaimed, “This is great news!” And I was like, “Oh yeah. <i>Yeah</i>.”</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/384393272/otiose-rustic-statement-necklace-with?ref=shop_home_active_5">Otiose</a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One thing I enjoyed, for example, was Mr. Devices’ conviction that I was unbelievably strong and had such a great attitude. That made me laugh because in fact I’m just unbelievably nihilistic and function much better in a crisis than in regular daily life. Tell me I have cancer I’m like, “Cool.” Tell me I have to brush and floss every day for the rest of my life and I go fetal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I’m much better now. Part of it all was that having to wake up before my usual 1pm for all the various appointments had me sleep deprived and nothing gets me suicidal faster than lack of sleep oh my god. Babies who cry when they’re sleepy? Like, I’ve done that. As an adult. Multiple times. (Back before I was medicated- now I never cry, see above.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ve been getting back into the studio a bit which is essential for my psychological wellbeing. Making is one accomplishment I can claim. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/397892977/panglossian-rustic-assemblage-art-lariat?ref=shop_home_active_6">Panglossian</a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">God this all sounds so awful, re-reading it. Like, I’m <b>fine</b> I don’t need any particular sympathy. I’m just always kind of fine and kind of awful and kind of great all mixed up together. We all are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And if anyone comments telling me about some herbs I should try or about keeping a positive attitude I swear to god I’m gonna… OK, I’m too lazy to really do anything but I’ll aim so much virtual bile and vitriol your way. </span><img alt="Gold Gulch Days. Rustic bracelet with souvenir penny- mixed media art jewelry by fancifuldevices" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/128/0/5405515/il_570xN.982805574_78ry.jpg" width="570" /></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/384391968/gold-gulch-days-rustic-bracelet-with?ref=shop_home_active_7">Gold Gulch Days</a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Devices’ jiu jitsu teacher (who is 99% an amazing awesome guy) already has him buying distilled water, switching it to glass containers then setting it in the sun to </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">absorb good energy</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Fuck’s sake. </span></div>
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While I've spent 90% of my time laying around with my ipad, I'm looking at this post and there's a lot of stuff here. I guess I'm super efficient with my productive 10%.<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/125/0/5405515/il_570xN.1029337569_8xhq.jpg" /></div>
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Look at this souvenir penny pressed in 1935. It's from <a href="http://fancifuldevices.blogspot.com/2016/03/haul-porn.html">inheritance haul</a>.</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/281384142/syzygy-rustic-victorian-tribal-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_4">Syzygy</a></div>
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I made a lot of earrings with kuchi charms. (Stop autocorrecting kuchi to cute! Stupid computer. We already know they're cute.)</div>
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They serve as a great background for something sweet and a bit sparkly.</div>
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Teapotsandtelephones gave me these bone drops with inlay, and I made the polybeads with shipwreckdandy. Who by the way has been doing some really cool experiments with liquid polymer clay beads you can see in her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shipwreckdandysupply?ref=listing-shop2-all-items-count#items">supply shop</a>. </div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/294895833/broken-rainbows-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_2">Broken Rainbows</a> </div>
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Speaking of which. The way she does stuff has given me a lot of bravery in my own poly. Specifically pricing. And not sweating things not selling. Although I did just go through and cut down prices on a bunch of necklaces that've been sitting in the shop a while.</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/294896799/glowing-stone-chunky-polymer-clay?ref=shop_home_active_1">Glowing Stone</a> </div>
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Oh and I fixed this guy. Not bad. It's re-enforced with thick steel wire within. I'm thinking if I get some screen mesh I can get the re-enforcement without the bulk.</div>
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Now look at these ridiculous horses. They're bred to walk like that.</div>
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Here's some random stuff I see on tumblr and then text to my mom and hubs.</div>
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Today the theme is horses. </div>
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I just happened to have horse gifs.</div>
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That reminds me, have you heard of Frederick the Great, that everyone's saying is the world's sexiest horse?</div>
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Oh yeah. Because the internet.<br /><div style="line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll leave you with that thought, and you're welcome.</span></div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-38623114612632981462016-05-16T18:25:00.000-05:002016-05-16T18:25:39.183-05:00More bead making<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I used much of what's left of my dark beads here:<img alt="Soil and Sacrament. Dark rustic choker with polymer clay art beads and tourmaline gemstones. Handmade artisan necklace" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_570xN.1020821605_8mno.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/293595353/soil-and-sacrament-dark-rustic-choker?ref=shop_home_active_14">Soil and Sacrament.</a><br />
Those Chunky garnet tourmalines were part of Kathystash. Also a long Gobi Desert Agate and an awesome tassel from TeapotandTelephones' shop.<br />
<img height="320" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/131/0/5405515/il_570xN.1020821661_2rh5.jpg" width="240" /><img height="320" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_570xN.1020821723_col6.jpg" width="240" /><br />
I even show three ways to wear it. That side one works because the stones are heavier than the polymer.<br />
<img height="240" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/112/0/5405515/il_570xN.1020821703_rbah.jpg" width="320" /><img alt="Nephefliad- Sterling silver and turquoise artisan earrings with art beads- rustic assemblage jewelry by fancifuldevices" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/106/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022479291_5a0c.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280461130/nephefliad-sterling-silver-and-turquoise?ref=shop_home_active_10">Nephefliad</a><br />
I made these with two of the special sterling bits from Inheritance Haul, as well as lampwork and my own polies.<br />
<img alt="Citrus polymer clay art beads- three (3) large wheel handmade artisan crackle beads in bright yellow and orange by fancifuldevices" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/110/0/5405515/il_570xN.974280258_ijy0.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/293591465/citrus-polymer-clay-art-beads-three-3?ref=shop_home_active_16">Citrus</a><br />
I put more of these up, which I now call my Citrus series.<img alt="Citrus polymer clay art beads- three (3) large cubic handmade artisan crackle beads in bright yellow and orange by fancifuldevices" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/106/0/5405515/il_570xN.975943930_ixcs.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280461286/citrus-polymer-clay-art-beads-three-3?ref=shop_home_active_9">Citrus</a><br />
I'll proly never sell any since I had to make them pretty expensive because of the time they took to make.<br />
<img alt="Crushed Bouquets- rustic polymer clay connectors. Earring pair. Two (2) handmade artisan art beads" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/136/0/5405515/il_570xN.975948470_d880.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280462302/crushed-bouquets-rustic-polymer-clay?ref=shop_home_active_5">Crushed Bouquets</a><br />
I was actually able to sell a few of these, mostly to the same lovely lady who gave me the idea to put them up for sale in the first place. It literally hadn't occurred to me. I thought I'd just make like a million different things with these. Then this gal convoed me about them and I was like, with the time it took to make I'd have to charge about $15/pair and I can't see anyone paying that. And she was like "I would!"<br />
<img alt="Broken Rainbows- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead set (6)- handmade artisan beads- dusty blues" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/117/0/5405515/il_570xN.975944352_1tsu.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280461372/broken-rainbows-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_8">Broken Rainbows</a><br />
All the different bits have a series name now. Like these are broken rainbows.<br />
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I put glass paint in the cuts.<br />
<img alt="Broken Rainbows- rustic polymer clay art beads set (4) handmade artisan crackle beads by fancifuldevices" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/119/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022478837_k8m5.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/293974649/broken-rainbows-rustic-polymer-clay-art?ref=shop_home_active_11">Broken Rainbows</a><br />
The wheel above has been back-painted with black.<br />
<img alt="Broken Rainbows- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead pair (2) in rectangular cubes- handmade artisan beads- lavender, violet, plum, purple" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/103/0/5405515/il_570xN.974287364_8ihd.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280078796/broken-rainbows-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_15">Broken Rainbows</a><br />
Back-painting is what I call painting then spending five hours removing the paint in all but the crevices.<br />
<img alt="Broken Rainbows- rustic polymer clay art beads- pair (2) cubic handmade artisan crackle beads in periwinkle blue by fancifuldevices" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/120/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022892439_48m8.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/293974567/broken-rainbows-rustic-polymer-clay-art?ref=shop_home_active_12">Broken Rainbows</a><br />
If anyone knows a real actual term for that, please let me know.<br />
<img alt="Broken Rainbows- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead set (6)- handmade artisan beads" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/113/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022877385_sbxu.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280557646/broken-rainbows-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_2">Broken Rainbows</a><br />
Here, all these were back painted.<br />
<img alt="Fractured Stones- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead earring pairs (4)- handmade artisan beads- grey and pink" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/105/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022481369_2n49.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280461668/fractured-stones-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_7">Fractured Stones</a><br />
It's an amazing technique, brings out ten times more detail than you could see before.<br />
<img alt="Fractured Stones- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead earring pairs (4)- handmade artisan beads- grey and pink" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/112/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022874503_dmuk.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280556790/fractured-stones-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_4">Fractured Stones</a><br />
If I ever manage to sell anything in this Fractured Stones series I'll have to make extra sure I'm packing and sending off the right ones.<br />
<img alt="Fractured Stones- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead earring set (5)- handmade artisan beads- grey and pink" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/118/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022482035_5otk.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280461796/fractured-stones-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_6">Fractured Stones</a><br />
Small beads are harder to make in polymer, since your hands are your main tool and fingers are clumsy, lumpy logs. So yeah, no lower price for smaller beads like in Czech glass.<br />
<img alt="Fractured Stones- rustic crackle polymer clay art bead earring pairs (4)- handmade artisan beads- grey and pink" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/124/0/5405515/il_570xN.976340446_lnp6.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280557214/fractured-stones-rustic-crackle-polymer?ref=shop_home_active_3">Fractured Stones</a><br />
But I find smaller beads more useful, more in keeping with regular sized jewelry, so I make the effort to make them.<br />
<img alt="Crackling Embers- rustic polymer clay art bead set (6)- handmade artisan beads in mustard" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/126/0/5405515/il_570xN.1022881571_rv4i.jpg" width="570" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/294071123/crackling-embers-rustic-polymer-clay-art?ref=shop_home_active_1">Crackling Embers</a><br />
Ok, these, are quite different. They take much of their color from glass paint.<br />
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There are so many things to try! I came up with all the above by blending together several different techniques from several different tutes. Polymer clay rewards experimenting rather a lot.<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XZLp8wYzHU/VzpLV3oi9rI/AAAAAAAAQ3s/ONbr-islzxMF-btv3AaVuPL-wbIXy-KLACK4B/s1600/P1150515.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXp04j1-Fq0/VzpLdwJDeBI/AAAAAAAAQ4E/j9RqkiqcJDwkKbjChGH-S4g7rzxBor7YQCK4B/s1600/P1150514.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXp04j1-Fq0/VzpLdwJDeBI/AAAAAAAAQ4E/j9RqkiqcJDwkKbjChGH-S4g7rzxBor7YQCK4B/s640/P1150514.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I still haven't listed these.<br />
<img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XZLp8wYzHU/VzpLV3oi9rI/AAAAAAAAQ3s/ONbr-islzxMF-btv3AaVuPL-wbIXy-KLACK4B/s320/P1150515.jpg" width="320" /><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C4_vq6v3MW4/VzpLVl5bx5I/AAAAAAAAQ38/U6FDVcgxC4IHr_DrTXaEPHgsnbdG175BgCK4B/s320/P1150518.jpg" width="320" /><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3noXoigfggM/VzpNMyQxbQI/AAAAAAAAQ4U/oeZykp0FtK42ivpcWlZs26B07bThcDF2gCK4B/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3noXoigfggM/VzpNMyQxbQI/AAAAAAAAQ4U/oeZykp0FtK42ivpcWlZs26B07bThcDF2gCK4B/s200/Untitled-1.jpg" width="117" /></a>I was going to make Them into earrings like this doodle but then I realized I could just sell them as-is as a set of earring pairs or earrings almost ready to go or something... Like, I already put a bunch of work in, you do the rest. That could appeal to crafty etsy types? I'm just way backed up in my regular studio stuff.<br />
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Here's a bracelet connector that was a conglomeration of failures.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Hp_slOQde8/VzpPB3_fS0I/AAAAAAAAQ5A/rsPkL7hE9D02HeFS_wCmSqT5irVNyskaQCK4B/s1600/P1150505.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Hp_slOQde8/VzpPB3_fS0I/AAAAAAAAQ5A/rsPkL7hE9D02HeFS_wCmSqT5irVNyskaQCK4B/s640/P1150505.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
It has a wire base within and was baked in two stages...<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hXk3b-syMZ4/VzpO1--gfvI/AAAAAAAAQ4o/wlMtQY_uqkUXncbsK2spe5XWZtc4MuNYgCK4B/s1600/P1150507.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hXk3b-syMZ4/VzpO1--gfvI/AAAAAAAAQ4o/wlMtQY_uqkUXncbsK2spe5XWZtc4MuNYgCK4B/s200/P1150507.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ke_tB1uAGA4/VzpO1qJ6ZjI/AAAAAAAAQ4g/9ZqAqdWT_Y06AKRkWLdDm7O3fq2a6DNcwCK4B/s1600/P1150503.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ke_tB1uAGA4/VzpO1qJ6ZjI/AAAAAAAAQ4g/9ZqAqdWT_Y06AKRkWLdDm7O3fq2a6DNcwCK4B/s200/P1150503.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E9iBAqNbF5o/VzpO2KbAQTI/AAAAAAAAQ4w/Jpi8nAQLPSkX-jiYx1SV8jeN68MjEEVyQCK4B/s1600/P1150504%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E9iBAqNbF5o/VzpO2KbAQTI/AAAAAAAAQ4w/Jpi8nAQLPSkX-jiYx1SV8jeN68MjEEVyQCK4B/s200/P1150504%2Bcopy.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
But if you're wondering why it has a weird yellowish edge happening, yeah. I'm wondering too. So I either get rid of that or add it to the center. Good thing I went through the trouble of taking and editing all these pictures for no reason!<br />
I kept some babies to make something finished myself. Here's what I have so far:<br />
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I figured out how to make a four-strand flat braid:<br />
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This is before treating it to my technique of tightening it up by getting it wet then running it over an open flame. But I did add a bunch of alcohol inks to even out the color. Here's the back without that, see?<br />
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I was about to list these:<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yXvDxbZrJU/VzpQ6Bg_Z-I/AAAAAAAAQ5s/2boug47H1eUzoqThN90ooz61Jvkk3iGYwCK4B/s1600/P1150315.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="289" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yXvDxbZrJU/VzpQ6Bg_Z-I/AAAAAAAAQ5s/2boug47H1eUzoqThN90ooz61Jvkk3iGYwCK4B/s320/P1150315.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CxvRgBPwQtA/VzpQ7YdiF3I/AAAAAAAAQ50/T6Sp5IalwvI9m5aZHi1yMOue0ml2o0kUQCK4B/s1600/P1150317.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CxvRgBPwQtA/VzpQ7YdiF3I/AAAAAAAAQ50/T6Sp5IalwvI9m5aZHi1yMOue0ml2o0kUQCK4B/s320/P1150317.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
But then I decided to make something with them instead.<br />
And I never showed y'all these:<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ej7WouhsnbA/VzpRC2KZmwI/AAAAAAAAQ6A/ZuATxmPZtr8dPzLd3NYTHVO4-qOyGCNJwCK4B/s1600/P1150367.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ej7WouhsnbA/VzpRC2KZmwI/AAAAAAAAQ6A/ZuATxmPZtr8dPzLd3NYTHVO4-qOyGCNJwCK4B/s640/P1150367.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Which I haven't listed because I've been needing beads to go with a bunch of brownish things lately so I'm hoarding. The two lone beads in the middle I totally forgot to pierce before cooking.<br />
Anyway, that's what I've been up to.<br />
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Thank you guys for your sweet comments about my beads. It was a real moral booster when the price makes a lot of sales unlikely. Especially <a href="http://fadeandremain.etsy.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; vertical-align: baseline;">Fade and Remain</a> who wrote, "Those beads are everything. Forever and ever amen." I love you! She also asked for a tute. Sigh... OK... if you're talking about the brown ones, they came about because I failed miserably at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/175568751/polymer-clay-tutorial-english-only-pdf?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=faux%20tutorial&ref=sr_gallery_2">this</a>-<img height="200" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/042/0/5258984/il_fullxfull.545596963_rayc.jpg" width="200" />-when I did the one thing she clearly stated not to do, which was to use translucent pardo clay, cuz it'll turn your colors to mud. So then I back-painted with pale gold paint after those were a terrible failure. So there's your tute?</div>
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So much for my plans for shorter blog posts with more updates. I don't have the patience or wherewithal to plan that much.</div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-9583536077123416462016-05-07T03:08:00.001-05:002016-05-07T03:08:17.585-05:00YAY!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You guys I feel like I just emerged from a month-long bout of PMS. I can't stop making and I'm doing awesome at the gym, dancing like a maniac. Sheesh I finally feel good!<br />
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Look at that cool-ass Uruguayan coin I soldered! And the Gobi Desert Agates and the baltic amber and the gleaming cab TeapotsandTelephones gave me and the chain I soldered and and and...<br />
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I hung the big agate on a knotted cord instead of a pin for a change... OOOOhhh so pretty.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gWyiem0y7rE/Vy2NC1hPqFI/AAAAAAAAQzM/hUfrv6z8jPI_JsDB2Yx9VjTApjm9l7TvACK4B/s1600/P1150107.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gWyiem0y7rE/Vy2NC1hPqFI/AAAAAAAAQzM/hUfrv6z8jPI_JsDB2Yx9VjTApjm9l7TvACK4B/s640/P1150107.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/292857435/secreted-away-keyhole-bracelet-rustic?ref=shop_home_active_4">Secreted Away.</a><br />
And here's a keyhole I've been meaning to braceletify forever and finally this chain and ostrich leather from teapots made it all happen.<br />
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And guess where it's from yeah that's right Uruguay.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e70grHwDuEA/Vy2MGkZ8HUI/AAAAAAAAQy0/-yDDJ5T19zMBPnlPnMkeorEd2zdYLkLcwCK4B/s1600/P1150067.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/279342768/eight-rustic-assemblage-mixed-media?ref=shop_home_active_3">EIGHT.</a><br />
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Speaking of which, so is this amazeballz cast bronze house number which I set this bomb-ass druzy into. Which btw, I rimmed in gold leaf cuz I does it like that.<br />
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And I used more wire wrapping than I ever have in any necklace before- just cuz. It gave the beads a lot of breathing room so I didn't need to add any chain or cording... Gotta do something new every time to keep myself entertained.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ot9I6PwZc6Y/Vy2NbtPijxI/AAAAAAAAQ0E/UguPbkAs6S8dEr0Agaae83ZA13a-hiuPgCK4B/s1600/P1150132.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ot9I6PwZc6Y/Vy2NbtPijxI/AAAAAAAAQ0E/UguPbkAs6S8dEr0Agaae83ZA13a-hiuPgCK4B/s640/P1150132.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/292857709/nightscape-purple-assemblage-bracelet?ref=shop_home_active_2">Nightscape.</a><br />
PUUUUURPLE- from pinkish lilac to indigo. I always do this shades of a color thing. I wonder if it has to do with the way I see color.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfu0ZHyAwXw/Vy2N3HqTfcI/AAAAAAAAQ0Q/-Yn8fxBcVSUk5bcx3S0YwAQAI3o8eXs5gCK4B/s1600/P1150138.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfu0ZHyAwXw/Vy2N3HqTfcI/AAAAAAAAQ0Q/-Yn8fxBcVSUk5bcx3S0YwAQAI3o8eXs5gCK4B/s640/P1150138.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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This sweet cab is from inheritance haul. Crackle beads mine. Oh, and that is a little belly button ring with an amethyst glass gem set in it- used here as part of the clasp! Squee. Of course the twist balls are permanently adhered in place. But I love little clever bits like that.<br />
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Aaaannyways. The reason I wanted to do all four remaining items in this batch all at once is cuz I wanna share my next project I've been spazing over since I started feeling better. POLYBABIES!<br />
*Manic squee-ing ensues*<br />
Howzabout some previews?<br />
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Crackle porn.<i> LOOOOOOK.</i><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4ORaajBA50/Vy2X9s7HMcI/AAAAAAAAQ04/BuJIjNqDmhAKs0TJDiTD2X-44ntnRR8aQCK4B/s1600/P1150233.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4ORaajBA50/Vy2X9s7HMcI/AAAAAAAAQ04/BuJIjNqDmhAKs0TJDiTD2X-44ntnRR8aQCK4B/s640/P1150233.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5sar29WY6EM/Vy2ajbptf5I/AAAAAAAAQ2g/znd50rXPEGM_HjiywIHejWbTkENYAPuVwCK4B/s1600/P1150225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5sar29WY6EM/Vy2ajbptf5I/AAAAAAAAQ2g/znd50rXPEGM_HjiywIHejWbTkENYAPuVwCK4B/s400/P1150225.jpg" width="400" /></a>I made mokume game out of translucent layers coated in alcohol inks and sprinkled with chalk pastel shavings, I put that on a layer of white then a layer of translucent, I slightly cured with heat gun then ran through pasta maker to crackle, I layered it over scrap clay bases...<br />
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Sides that came out boring, I cut into with my tissue blade to show off the layers- eeehh?<br />
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Cubes. Below, these crappy ones I painted black to see if that improved them, and it did-<br />
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The wacky blue ones in the middle I'll be re-painting in black.<br />
Crazy colorful, I know. But I'm also going to put some subtler things for sale-<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1_v9UVDQ40g/Vy2ZSGStbyI/AAAAAAAAQ1M/WnNLldWJEgMqCottuoM3zBv6teGVn3HMACK4B/s1600/P1150182.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1_v9UVDQ40g/Vy2ZSGStbyI/AAAAAAAAQ1M/WnNLldWJEgMqCottuoM3zBv6teGVn3HMACK4B/s400/P1150182.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
Some sets with a variety of shapes and colors, but a unifying dark grungy thing<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jLkfiHZLSss/Vy2ZdPQa_MI/AAAAAAAAQ1U/68RlZGMXjIgze6ISSdT4rGqxsZlrMcVCgCK4B/s1600/P1150171.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jLkfiHZLSss/Vy2ZdPQa_MI/AAAAAAAAQ1U/68RlZGMXjIgze6ISSdT4rGqxsZlrMcVCgCK4B/s400/P1150171.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
Some more regular, like this set of five wheels.<br />
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I think these coins would make cool earrings on long modern ear wires that went right through them.<br />
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These big ol' door knockers aren't exactly subtle but I loved how they looked in these caps teapots gave me.<br />
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I'm also going to be listing these connectors I made in little brass cups with nail decals and crackle and all kindsa stuff.<br />
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Here's some of the vintage decals teapots sent.<br />
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Someone asked how I made them soooo... I start by filling the bottom of the bases with scrap clay. Then I fill th rest with sheets I've made into clear and white striations, cook, apply decals with a layer of clear medium, dry overnight, apply crackle medium, dry overnight, then darkish paint then matte medium... Phew! Oh then tint the edges with alcohol ink. Oh but then I have to re-drill the holes which by now are full of mediums and paint, and stain the inside of the holes with more alcohol ink or else they'd be stark white.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iE2GR3XQc8s/Vy2dVZK6hMI/AAAAAAAAQ2w/Gk_OeLmg7FkQgPfV89w0Ek9_tqjAum-swCK4B/s1600/P1150268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iE2GR3XQc8s/Vy2dVZK6hMI/AAAAAAAAQ2w/Gk_OeLmg7FkQgPfV89w0Ek9_tqjAum-swCK4B/s400/P1150268.jpg" width="400" /></a>Some like these on the left, I tinted the edges with chalk pastels before baking.I have a lot more to photograph, but it's 3 am and my manic ass should be sleeping.<br />
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I don't have a theme for this post's gifs- I'm too focused on bead making to organize one.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-76975387639678189742016-05-02T22:07:00.001-05:002016-05-02T22:07:34.678-05:00Hey is this thing on?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/278795278/nocturne-delicate-assemblage-bracelet-in?ref=shop_home_active_1">Nocturne</a><br />
I meant to be listing and blogging, but I've become distracted. I can't stop playing with clay.<br />
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From the description: "This little 14 carat rose gold bird in elaborate frame used to live on an ornate antique necklace focal but was coming off. I removed it, slightly curved it, then soldered it on to this section of brass sheet for a fascinating bracelet connector."<br />
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The chain, also from inheritance haul, is fine silver stamped 925... I think? and also "Peru". Faaan-<i>cy!</i><br />
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The polymers here are from my colab with shipwreckdandy and the bezels I've pinched together on top so they'd fit the opal hearts. I almost never use the right size bezels.<br />
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"Earth, mountains, rivers, hidden in this nothingness.<br />In this nothingness, earth, mountains, rivers revealed.<br />Spring flowers, winter snows.<br />There's no being or non-being, nor denial itself."<br /><br /><br />-Saisho Hiroshi<br />
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These little zen poems really speak to me. I'm a nihilist, but like in a nice way.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yiv-Vyz4m90/VygMD4iGwDI/AAAAAAAAQx0/CA7AeGn-dcM-laQ0nX8klCW1hlTiGeH2wCK4B/s1600/P1150123.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yiv-Vyz4m90/VygMD4iGwDI/AAAAAAAAQx0/CA7AeGn-dcM-laQ0nX8klCW1hlTiGeH2wCK4B/s640/P1150123.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/292308471/epicedium-rustic-artisan-bracelet-mixed?ref=shop_home_active_3">Epicedium</a><br />
Uruguayan leather button toggles into architectural dig buckle. That sterling connector is from my inheritance haul that I already mentioned in that post. The jet cameo is teapotsandtelephones haul and the beads are handmade ceramic and Indonesian.<br />
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OK, I'll try not to forget my online presence again. Well, I haven't totally forgotten Instagram. For example:<br />
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Some connectors with decals and crackle.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wuTmgoQBm48/VygS1Cb0LDI/AAAAAAAAQyc/_SEpLYojzSoR6t35umzG5hkekN0nscvcQCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-05-02%2Bat%2B9.53.19%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wuTmgoQBm48/VygS1Cb0LDI/AAAAAAAAQyc/_SEpLYojzSoR6t35umzG5hkekN0nscvcQCK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-05-02%2Bat%2B9.53.19%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a>"Some beads that came out way too black and some cords I'm trying out made from lovely variegated yarn. I love yarns but it tends to turn out too fluffy for jewelry. Well, turns out you can tighten them up by wetting them then running them over an open flame! These were all fuzzy and poofy a minute ago. Clever me! Mr. Devices, however, is not loving the smell permeating the entire house." Mr D was pissed.<br />
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I'm drowning in beads y'all.<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-15492766163530478532016-04-27T01:59:00.001-05:002016-04-27T01:59:45.062-05:00OHBOYMOREJEWELRY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's time for another update.<br />
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<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/139/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.965387836_hklp.jpg" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Red is the color of extremes. It’s the color of passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger, and adventure. Our prehistoric ancestors saw red as the color of fire and blood – energy and primal life forces – and most of red’s symbolism today arises from its powerful associations in the past.</span><br />
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This here is high drama. The ring was a gift from RomAntiqueSoul. The long coral seeds were in an earring from Inheritance hauled there's goodies in there from Kathyhaul and even Patroness- the giant trade bead. Wow.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/278039660/simulacra-faux-pottery-shard-artisan?ref=shop_home_listings">Simulacra</a><br />
OK, that gorgeous faux pottery shard is by JBDRusticOrgainc. And you know I gotta stick in one of my Gobi Desert babies.<br />
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There's tiny lamp work babies by 4Ophelia which I've soldered right into the bar chain, how cool is that?<br />
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I feel like I should have more to report about my life. I'm boring.<br />
I haven't been making julz lately though, I've been focusing on polybabies.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uwez9XfyGx0/VyBhMSc9-RI/AAAAAAAAQwQ/RdY97fBZpzkslwPUohQa2inTUqqV2tjTwCK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-04-27%2Bat%2B1.49.00%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b8zj_YW8UHU/VyBiYKEoC1I/AAAAAAAAQw0/9fzvj2Lg_hsw1gjHmz6vDQY_Yw9cp-PNACK4B/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-04-27%2Bat%2B1.49.00%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b8zj_YW8UHU/VyBiYKEoC1I/AAAAAAAAQw0/9fzvj2Lg_hsw1gjHmz6vDQY_Yw9cp-PNACK4B/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-04-27%2Bat%2B1.49.00%2BAM.png" width="398" /></a><br />
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I've also taught myself the simplest of crocheting to make some interesting necklace cords, but I don't know, they're pretty wonky.<br />
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And now for some more mainstream cute for anonymous and any other monsters out there who can actually stand there and tell me primates aren't cute. Or any other mammals for that matter.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gghfoRKVPCo" width="560"></iframe></div>
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Cuz really? You don't thing this is ridiculously cute?</div>
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-35488490241862832992016-04-20T19:26:00.001-05:002016-04-20T19:26:44.625-05:00Lol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I got a hilarious comment by one anonymous lady who, after very helpfully telling me that medal on the previous post was not Jesus but St. Jude, went on to say, "And will you stop with those ugly primates".<img height="480" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/109/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.961778656_dgkb.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/290742623/undine-blue-assemblage-bracelet-mixed?ref=shop_home_listings">Undine.</a><br />
Mentioning over two more comments some recollections about Chimpanzees ripping off people's faces and testicles...<br />
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I don't know where to start guys. The fact that you're talking about chimpanzees after I posted gorillas, the fact that if you don't like animals that harm people- you must HATE humans...<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1008318733_d2nu.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/277229628/amative-red-mixed-media-bracelet?ref=shop_home_listings">Amative.</a><br />
The fact that I'm sure those chimps in China were being treated like crap... Or like, I've posted tigers and lions- they've probably hurt a hundred times more people than any primates. <br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/107/0/5405515/il_570xN.961776892_3454.jpg" /><br />
Hippos! Hippos kill more people in Africa than all other animals put together, are you against them too? Wolves? Even pet dogs killed between 20 to 30 people last year in the US alone.<br />
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But now lets talk about the millions and millions of primates human being have killed and, yes, even tortured throughout the years... Like gorillas which are still hunted and sold as "bush meat" in parts of Africa. Where people are super poor and hungry so you can't blame them, just like you can't blame some chimp when confronted with people who want to keep them as pets when they're, you know, wild animals.<br />
I certainly didn't mean to rant about this at all. And I wasn't kidding when I said the comments made me chuckle. In celebration cuz I love nutty comments, lets look at some chimpanzees! Who share 98% of their DNA with humans and are more similar to us than they are to gorillas or any other animal!<br />
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Look at this guy counting to 9 by taping numbers faster than any human can manage (this is not sped up):<br />
<img alt="monkey research chimp chimpanzee chimpanzees" class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media2.giphy.com/media/3S3BXrIo3uvnO/200.gif" data-height="200" data-still="https://media2.giphy.com/media/3S3BXrIo3uvnO/200_s.gif" data-width="296" id="3S3BXrIo3uvnO" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/3S3BXrIo3uvnO/200.gif" style="height: 160px; width: 235.8px;" /><br />
And this is how one group of chimps reacted as they were led into their new, larger enclosure.<img class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media2.giphy.com/media/c43hZllPuGrja/200.gif" data-color="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAGFX/////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-height="200" data-still="https://media2.giphy.com/media/c43hZllPuGrja/200_s.gif" data-width="224" id="c43hZllPuGrja" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/c43hZllPuGrja/200.gif" style="height: 199.3846153846154px; width: 223.31076923076924px;" /><br />
And one more just for you:<br />
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fanciful deviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15032434965998552318noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637603317585526953.post-71851964255481931942016-04-18T22:10:00.000-05:002016-04-18T22:10:36.508-05:00Three new guys.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/276930390/from-the-past-long-ivory-lariat-necklace?ref=shop_home_listings">From the Past.</a><br />
After obsessing about tassels I saw popping up all over etsy, I made my own out of little clay beads from Mali and a matte gold cap from Turkey.<img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/131/0/5405515/il_570xN.1007035741_3v16.jpg" /><br />
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Also the tin I used to back up this carved piece really added to it. And there's a couple beads by JBDRusticOrganic, are you sick of hearing me mention him yet? Dude he uses transfers of his own art to decorate his <i>beads</i> though.<br />
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So I listed this guy and it sold right away which makes me super happy. Since it's gone I thought instead of listing and blogging just two more pieces, I'd do three.<br />
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<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/122/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1007081563_35kt.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/290452717/the-mystery-rustic-grey-lariat-necklace?ref=shop_home_listings">The Mystery.</a><br />
This one uses a Jesus and a tribal earring with chasing and repousse which I've turned into a ring. Both of these of course from my recent lovely <a href="http://fancifuldevices.blogspot.com/2016/03/haul-porn.html">inheritance</a> haul. <img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/106/0/5405515/il_570xN.960538810_30i4.jpg" /><br />
This is a fun soldered chain section because it uses different kinds of links so it looks very cobbled-together.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/137/0/5405515/il_570xN.960538872_6bcc.jpg" /><br />
Now that I know the wonder of lariats, I just can't seem to go back to regular necklaces.<br />
<img height="480" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/115/0/5405515/il_fullxfull.1007034589_lzqu.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/276929944/elixir-delicate-silver-lariat-art?ref=shop_home_listings">Elixir.</a><br />
Here's something different for me- thin and delicate, what?<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/135/0/5405515/il_570xN.960491268_m0si.jpg" /><br />
Like an extreme in my minimalism trend or something. Soon they'll all be invisible. Oh yeah I've been making lots of invisible stuff this year. It's all I'm motivated to do lately.<br />
<img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/105/0/5405515/il_570xN.960491288_qe62.jpg" /><br />
The gorgeous sterling ... tea pot? ... is also from my inheritance haul.<br />
I already have my next update of 9 pieces photographed and edited.... And I'm still not done listing these! Two more bracelets to go. I'm getting really fast at picture taking and editing.<br />
What's up with you guys? Is anyone out there super motivated and inspired lately? Write me and describe what that's like...<br />
And now, gorillas.<br />
<img alt="animals excited monkey exciting gorilla" class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media3.giphy.com/media/rx43aCdq4uQ3C/200.gif" data-height="200" data-still="https://media3.giphy.com/media/rx43aCdq4uQ3C/200_s.gif" data-width="293" id="rx43aCdq4uQ3C" src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/rx43aCdq4uQ3C/200.gif" style="height: 178.51239669421489px; width: 260.5206611570248px;" /><img class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3oEduMhCeHdwx8wow0/200.gif" data-color="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAGFX/////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-height="200" data-still="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3oEduMhCeHdwx8wow0/200_s.gif" data-width="250" id="3oEduMhCeHdwx8wow0" src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3oEduMhCeHdwx8wow0/200.gif" style="height: 199.18032786885246px; width: 248.97540983606558px;" /><br />
I guess they really like break dancing.<br />
<img class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media0.giphy.com/media/VL6Vf5BSZv3Wg/200.gif" data-color="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAADGR/////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-height="200" data-still="https://media0.giphy.com/media/VL6Vf5BSZv3Wg/200_s.gif" data-width="308" id="VL6Vf5BSZv3Wg" src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/VL6Vf5BSZv3Wg/200.gif" style="height: 179.33579335793357px; width: 276.1771217712177px;" /><img class="gifs-gif unloaded hovering" data-animated="https://media2.giphy.com/media/uIzOXILP1giw8/200.gif" data-color="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAADmzP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-height="200" data-still="https://media2.giphy.com/media/uIzOXILP1giw8/200_s.gif" data-width="356" id="uIzOXILP1giw8" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/uIzOXILP1giw8/200.gif" style="height: 179.33579335793357px; width: 318.21771217712177px;" /><br />
And being goofy and freaking people out.<br />
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But mostly they just <i>really</i> like break dancing.<br />
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