Friday, September 21, 2012

Pay It Forward - Complete!

Following the lead of Ms. Cilla Watkins of Tell Your Girlfriends, I posted a quick sign-up to "Pay It Forward".  The first 3 people to comment on my blog would receive a handmade gift from me.  In turn, they would blog, and send a gift to the first 3 responders on their blog...and so on.  What a neat concept!  I sent a brief list of questions to the recipients, i.e, what colors and metals do you wear, wrist size, etc.  Once everyone responded, I got to work. 
 
First up is Ms. Kari Asbury of Hippie Chick Design.  She said she liked blues and purples - a favorite combination of mine, as well.  I made her a bracelet of sterling silver and 3 beautiful blue swirled lampwork beads from Sue Kennedy, along with some purple lampwork beads, a deep blue lampwork nugget bead, and a sterling silver diamond-shaped filigree bead. 
 
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Next up is Ms. Lisa Lodge from Pine Ridge Treasures.   She preferred "classic-styled" jewelry in silver, and typically wears bracelets and earrings.  I had these gorgeous filigree lampwork beads from Sue Kennedy - one of my all-time favorite bead styles.  I also had some tear drop shaped beads from Unicorne - the matte finish on both bead styles complemented each other so well - so I set off to make Lisa a bracelet.
 
 
Next up is Ms. Stephanie Stamper of Rainy Day Designs.  I happen to know that she has 3 children, and she answered that she liked brass, copper, and silver.  Well, I had JUST replaced my old disc cutter and was still in "metal mode" at the time.  So, I got to work and made her an ID necklace with one brass disc, one copper disc, and one sterling silver disc.  After stamping her children's names on their respective discs, I antiqued the copper and silver discs using liver of sulfur.  Luckily, I had recently received Kerry Bogert's Rustic Wrappings book - which included tips and recipes to antique the brass, which does not react with liver of sulfur. 
 
Once the tags were made, I made a bail from sterling silver wire and attached the new pendant to some Vintaj chain and clasp.  I like how it turned out!
 
 
I had fun with this and I hope the recipients enjoy their gifts!
 
I will be headed to ARTBliss Workshops tonight for a full weekend of jewelry-making classes with Kerry Bogert and Stacie Florer!  I have been looking forward to this for months now and cannot believe it is finally here! I am equally excited to meet all of the "virtual jewelry artists" whose blogs I read daily and share comments on Facebook!!  I started to pack last night (lots of materials and tools to bring), but did not get very far! I. Must. Pack.... Now.!!
 
Have a good weekend and thank you for stopping by!
 

10 comments:

  1. Patti - love all three pieces!!! Really love the necklace you made with the stamped names and different metals - awesome!

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  2. Lovely gifts Patti! I'm doing the same with Alicia over at All the Pretty Things - so excited to see what she makes! I'll be posting soon on my blog for my pay it forward too ... perhaps next week?

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  3. Do you recommend the rustic wrappings book? I hesitated on buying it because of the jewelry shown on the front cover. It shows a kind of lampwork beads that in my opinion qualify for an immediate transfer to the dustbin. Not that I would not get results like these from time to time too, but I always trash them immediately. Concluding from them to the entire book, I left it on my wish list on amazon but could not convince myself to buy it so far...do you recommend I should change my mind? On the amazon website for my country, there is no way to look at detailed pages from the book

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  4. Love them all!!! So great! The necklace is especially special!

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  5. Very lucky recipients I'd say. Have a wonderful time at Artbliss Patti.

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  6. The bracelet is awesome! Thanks again, Patti!

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  7. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my necklace. I always have it on, unless I'm sleeping. I was gifted the Rustic Wrapping... It's an amazing book. I plan to try the potato chips :) The bracelets are beautiful!! I am so lucky to have met you!! You are a wonderful friend.

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  8. Beautiful pieces! I notice you still had some blue going on ... lol! Have a great time this weekend! I'll miss you all!

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  9. What a wonderful idea! This is a piece that she will forever cherish! Enjoy your weekend and bring back lots of ideas! Looking forward to more of your beautiful creations!

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  10. So beautiful and creative and I was so, so, so happy to finally meet your talented self at artBLISS! Thanks for the bracelet - Absofreakinlutely gorgeous!

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