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March – random fun

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

We got a skiff of snow!

I learned how etch metal quite a few years ago, but never did anything with it, but now I’m totally charmed with metal jewelry, and am trying my hand at creating things by hand.  Below are a few of things I’ve been working on this month:

 

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The smell is worth it

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Liver of Sulfur is stinky stuff!  I tried a new gel formula yesterday and was really pleased with the results.  I’m used to LofS turning the silver mega black instantly, and I wanted a less harsh look for my little nests.  I put just a few drops of the gel kind in my water and swished my goodies around in one big batch to get a varigated look and it worked like a charm.  I can’t capture the variations on camera, but the 3 nests on the left are a soft mix of blues & greens & greys. 

Tracy Webster's sterling silver nest pendants with freshwater pearls

These ones are heading to the gallery, but I’ll be adding some to my Etsy page in a day or two.

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Silent Auction * Art for Alexis * BID NOW

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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UPDATE: there are no minimum bids… you send me your best bid and I’ll let the winners know on the evening of the 14th.  A great opportunity to get some art  or a sterling charm at a great price, with free shipping!  Please bid now :)

Meet Alexis… she’s been fighting cancer since she was a baby and she needs our help.  Click here to read her story and click here to read about the silent auction that Tammy is organizing.

I am putting my “Love Soars”  and a sterling silver and pearl nest charm up for auction.   The auction will end on June 14th @ 6pm. All bids should be emailed to me directly the top bidders will be announced here on my blog on the 12th, at which time I will contact you for shipping and payment information.  You will need to send your auction payment to me, but it must be made out to Seattle Children’s Hospital.  I will then mail your check to Jill,  Alexis’s mom and will mail your art – in the spirit of giving, I will pay for the art shipping :)

Love Soars

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LOVE painting with a mod look… drippy aqua acrylic paint and a very fun 3D heart with wings. A little vintage sheet music distressed with paint and some lovely scrolls.

Negative space gives this a modern flair! And if you love the aqua and red color combo – you’ll love this painting.

14×14 inch stretched canvas
1/2 inch deep

CLICK HERE TO BIDPlease put BID: LOVE SOARS in the subject line!


ssnestNest Charm

A sweet sterling silver nest holds this freshwater pearl for a delicate and pretty charm.  About a half inch across.

CLICK HERE TO BIDPlease put BID: STERLING NEST in the subject line!

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The power of positve thinking …. you betcha!

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Picture this…. waking up in the morning, your very first peek at a new day, but your hair is totally tangled in your headphone wires, so when you sit up your ipod (well in this case my Dare) goes flying in the air, just to swing back and hit ya in the face.   Sad, but true.  OK, so it was bit of a bumpy (literally) start, it will get better, I think to my self.   So I hop down out of bed (my bed is very high for such a shorty that I am) to get my coffee and proceed to burn my tongue.  Oh rats… but that’s ok, I’ll commute all the way across the hall to my office and start my day at work.

Hmm… where is my desk?  I don’t remember all that stuff being on it – I’m sure paper breeds at night.  So a little stacking here & there (I’ll tidy up later) and I start to upload new product photos that I had been taking all week.  Oh no… I have no access?  Only the administrator has access.  But wait – I am the administrator.  I’m locked out of my own photos.  I go back and try my coffee that has been cooling on the coffee table.  Oh no, my caffeine addicted feline has beat me to it.  Yes, there he sits… on my coffee table with his little white chin, dripping with my nicely cooled coffee.  Drat!  I make my way back into my office to work on today’s orders instead.  Type type type… ready to print!  Ugh oh – what is that horrible noise?  What do you mean I’m out of paper?  It’s full of paper!  So I get out the stool (because silly me, put the printer on top of the tall filing cabinet) and proceed to wrestle with the paper, the paper tray, the levers, the flaps, the whoozit, the what-nots…. until I hear the magic sound of the paper gliding into place.  Whew!  Well it’s the home stretch now!  All I have to do is box these things up and wait for the UPS man to arrive.  Let me just reach this box off the shelf…. crash!  20 or so little tiny boxes go flying through the air as the cardboard that holds up all the bags and stuff falls, tipping everything over making it look as though a tornado had touched down, just in my office.  Grumble grumble grumble, picking stuff up, grumble grumble. OK!  Everything is packed up, picked up by UPS, and I think I’m in need of a break!  Let’s pull out that knitting I’ve been attempting to learn.  Knit, knit, pearl, knit knit pearl.  At last – relaxation is setting in, my nerves are settling down.   OK, all calm now, I’m ready to head out the door for the post office run.  Time to put my knitting away.  I like to slide it down to the end, so it won’t fall off the needle…. oops, didn’t look while I slid and pulled it ALL OFF the needle!  All you knitters out there know how to handle such a predicament, but to us novice, nervous knitters – it was the equivalent to shaving off an eyebrow!  That’s ok, I think to myself… still managing to stay somewhat positive after this calamity of a day… I’ll take it down to my knitting shop and have Brenda, my knitting guru fix it. Finally – karma hopped in my lap and Brenda, the miracle mistake fixer, saved my day.  Not just my knitting, but my whole day.  You see last week I put wool on the counter to buy and it went home with the wrong shopper, but today she had it back for me, AND she fixed my scarf and brought harmony to the rest of my day. I left there and took my son and his friend out for dinner.

I had the most scrumptious Cajun fish burger, ever, among 2 very sweet and funny young men.  I’m so proud of the man my son is becoming – he is a gem.  He deserves a sweet gal… are there any left out there?  Our quaint little town is filled with not-so-quaint girls.

I arrived home to find my new friend Kerin had written the most awesome post that included my art piece that sold, and has other really great bird art to show off, including her INCREDIBLE Raven!  I can’t tell you what a fan I am of her birds without sounding like a stalker, LOL  (Looking forward to talking to you tomorrow Kerin!) Go read here: http://remnantsofolde.com/2009/01/31/a-love-story/

Oh – and as far as yesterday’s (or the day before) brooding post goes… let’s just say I took affirmative action to make sure I came out on top – emotionally speaking.  That was confirmed on my drive home from the restaurant as fate would have it… and it just goes to show that the power of positive thinking prevailed.  (either that or there was just no more bad luck left to throw at me today, lol)

Peace!

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Compass of your Heart

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I totally love this bracelet that my friend Dave made…
by David Robbins, available on Etsy

Check it out on Etsy!!  While you are there, why not ‘heart’ it to show how much you love it!!!

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The Bunny Crown

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

I got to mail the crown off, so I’m posting the pic.  I want to make my spring one, but I better wait till I get moved/settled in the new place.

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A few new pretties on Etsy

Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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Eeek, Christmas is coming!

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I love the holidays.  I love Christmas especially.  It just seems so magical… even for me, an adult… I still get goosebumps looking at the tree lights and decorations.

Buy Me - I would make a great gift!So with gifts to make for the adults, and over-priced stuff to buy for my teenage boys, I need to get serious about selling some art and jewelry.  I’ll be posting all my goodies on Etsy.  Here’s one that I might have shown a few weeks ago, before ‘the crash’.  Just click on it if you want to purchase it.

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Knot a Rifle

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Quite a powerful piece of jewelry.knife_piece

Crumley New York – jewelry & accessories design

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Black & Blue Beetle Bracelet

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Kelly…. you have changed my Saturdays forever…. I can’t not make a bracelet on Saturdays now – or it just feels weird!

This is my new one…. I had it planned out last week, shopped for the beads for it this afternoon, and finished it tonight. Initially we thought it was a highly polished chalk turquoise beetle, but after closer inspection, it’s a hand carved, glazed ceramic beetle. I love the crackle glaze in that yummy celadon blue, and the artist scribed thier insignia into the back – how great.

I’m dedicating this special one to Lori & Kelly who make THE BEST team. (tear, tear, sniff, sniff)

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