All I want for Christmas....

...is lots of tools and things from etsy:)

Silver Buds by Revonav

Flower coasters by decoylab

The Hermitage Chapel by Bewilderandpine

Vintage nick nack shelf by Myvintageobsessions

Soooo that's just a small part of my wishlist, next up will be my tool wishlist...ahhhh tools :)

I can solder!

 

 

I have had my solder paste now since Christmas and all my other bits and pieces to solder but last night was the first night I gave it a go.  I wanted to solder ear posts to my PMC earrings which I had made earlier so I plucked up the courage, stuck my little goggles on and went for it!

I must have had about 4 goes and couldn't seem to get it right, the solder wouldn't flow and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong.  So after much frustration I flickr mailed my buddy,  the lovely David of Revonav who explained it all to me and gave me a great link for making posts too.  I left it and went back to it this morning and fiddled about with positioning of the earring post and the direction of the torch and it worked! The solder flowed and I made my earrings.  I got a bit solder happy and made 4 pairs above is one of them.  I have wanted to make these for a while now as an alternative to my paint palette necklace and I love making and wearing post earring myself.

These earrings will be up in my Etsy shop tomorrow, so here's to more soldering and thanks again to David, go check out his awesome shop here. :)

Some of my Faves

Here is another selection of my favourite things on Etsy right now, click on the pic above to see it large and go check out these sellers shops, awesome!

1, 2010 weekly planner by lillyjanestationerry
2, Victorian gingerbread dollhouse by Victoriandollhouse
3, Red landscape ring by QuercusSilver
4, Sugar and spice by Happiknits
5, Frosted raspberry earrings by JooJooLand
6, Starlight beads by Feyglass
7, Chained heart by Revonav
8, Don't steal my pickanick basket by Johnnyvintage

Click on the pic above to see it large and go check out these sellers shops, awesome!

The Earrings

New earrings by Revonav
Originally uploaded by ✭Lou✭

I said I would post a photo of my earrings from Revonav so here they are. Love them soooo much!
I havent made anything that new lately I have just been experimenting with some bits. I may have a couple of photos up tomorrow on flickr but I am not sure yet.
Other news us that we are moving again on the 14th April which means I have to get all my clay packed up so that will stall me for a couple of days or so but hopefully not too long. Too much packing to do and not enough time! 

Little Tree Post Earrings

Little Tree Post Earrings
Originally uploaded by ✭Lou✭

Here are some earrings I made the other day, they are post earrings and I think I love them! They will be in my etsy shop soon, in the meantime you can find them here in my folksy shop.

Speaking of earrings, my custom ones from Revonav arrived and I think I am in love! they are beautiful, I will post a pic of me wearing them at the weekend, deffo.

On my Wishlist

OMG I love , love , love these earrings!  They are by David of Revonav and they are at the top of my favourites list right now.  Made from sterling silver and polymer clay with garnets.  I am hoping that 1, he will ship these to the U.K and 2, that they are still in his shop when I get back from my holiday because I will definately be treating myself if they are!

David is also a member of PCAGOE (polymer clay artists guild of etsy), go check out his shop its awesome.