Guitar Pics Take Two

Here are my final three Guitar Pics. They were sent to

Velvet Boutique in Gilbert, Arizona.

I hope they sell!!!!

RockStar Pendant

RockAngel Pendant

RockDiva Pendant

Oh, by the way I've chosen

Jagged Edge Jewelry as my company name and

Rock & Roll Couture as my tag line.

Work Bench

I made this work bench out in my garage and I made it all by myself!

It took me about a week.....I'd never attempted a project like this before so I had a few bumps along the way;

but the finished results are exactly what I was after!

And of course I couldn't just have a black and grey work area.....even though I do boy things I am still a girl....I had to add the pink

& if you look close you can see I even have pink duct tape!

Thank you!

Thank you for my presents....Betty....Colleen....Jackie!

Rose Ring

I finally made a ring that fits!

I used silver clay to make the rose and then used sterling silver to wire wrap the base of the ring. Fun, fast & easy!

More Copper

I made this copper set with copper sheet & copper wire that I got from an industrial supply company. It looks great with jeans.

Each copper component is domed to better fit around your wrist.

I used a copper etching solution to make the images raised on the copper.

The ring was just an after thought. I had extra beads and wire so I used a torch and balled the ends of 28g copper wire to use as head pins for the beads and wrapped them around the ring base that was made from 20g copper wire.

It was fun to make I love etching the sheet metal! Being self taught I'm sure I did a bunch of things wrong with the wire wrapping and etching...but it looks cute and I had fun!

Guitar Pics

Here are my guitar pics, I've only made two so far but a third is in the works!

Rock Diva Guitar Pic Front & Back

Rock Angel Guitar Pick Front & Back

This is to show they are the size of an actual guitar pic.

I can't believe I found a pink guitar pic in my husbands stuff, what luck!

Watch for the ROCK STAR Guitar Pic coming soon!

Teacher.....I think NOT!

My parents came in town for a week and I really wanted my mom to try the metal clay. So I was the teacher for the day.......not my cup of tea!!!! I keep forgetting to tell her steps & forget about tools she could use! Oh my gosh, did she make some cute things, even with a really crappy teacher!

I'm so proud of what she made, she made all 3 of these using only 10g of clay!!!!!!

She really liked the brushed look and has some brushed silver beads that she's going to use to string necklaces with for these two.

This one I worked on with her.....I was so worried about teaching her that I didn't make anything; so I helped her out with finishing this one. We dipped it in Silver Black and then used steel wool to bring back some of the silver. She really liked the aged look. By the way....her name is Candy!

I think we have us a new metal clay artist...she's talking about ordering a starter kit! Yeah!

Wire Wrapped Bowl

My Mom's big purchase at the Antique Mall turned out to be $5 dollars for these two glass bowls. The one on the left for $4 and the one on the right for $1.

And look what she did! How cool is this....she just wrapped copper & silver colored wire with beads and made this cool handle. The copper heart charm in the center belonged to my grandmother. A $1 find turned into a memorable keepsake. The lady has got talent!

Zoomanity

This is defiantly not a show to take your Mom & Dad to see when they come to visit; but none the less I still give it a 5 Star rating. It had some very talented people and I actually enjoyed the show, just go see it with your significant other and take Mom & Dad to see O!

It was worth going to the show just to watch her dance; she was amazing!

Barbie Displays

My Mom ran across these when we were shopping at the Antique Mall, they are ceramic figures put out for Barbie's 45th anniversary. They are perfect for displaying jewelry & they have the little coil at the top to hold a description or price tag!

And they are PINK & BLACK, my colors, how more perfect could they be???

Photopolymer Stamps

I played with the Photopolymer sheets from ArtClay World & this is what I got.

It's messy, stinky, sticky & it makes really cool custom stamps! I didn't have a UV light, so I used the sunlight which was free and we have plenty of it here in Nevada. But the sunlight gave me mixed results so it's hard to say if it's worth it or not. I guess I'd say YES if there is no other way to get the stamp you want. The other cool thing about it....you can have it burn into the sheets so that when you press it into the clay you get a raised impression instead of the standard impression. I think you need to play with it & determine the value for yourself.

Copper Heart

So I've been doing a little playing this afternoon, I took copper flashing, cut it & drilled it, then took copper wire and "sewed" the heart back together. I then pounded it to give it a little bit of a dome effect. And last I annealed it with my torch. I love the fact that the two halves turned out completely different even though I annealed them at the same time! It's going to take me a lot of practice working with the sheet metal, but I really like it so far!

But I've got to be more careful!!! I'm going to get a tetanus shot on Tuesday, don't even ask!

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Last night we went to the Hard Rock "Spy on Vegas" poolside concert and saw Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (for FREE!) with our friends Amy & Allen who grew up with Scoty Morris, the lead singer! They sounded really good, it was a lot of fun, but it was HOT!!!!!

Check Out Some of Their Music, Click Here!

Going to their concert made me want to watch the movie

Swingers again & listen to the Jungle Book soundtrack!