Valentine Swap

When i came home from work today i was greeted by a package from my swapper for the Valentines Swap i was very excited and couldn't wait till Valentines to find out what it was, inside was Fury Purple Monster that goes by the name of 'Huggles' made by Giraffe Crafts: www.folksy.com/shops/giaffecraft i love him and after a long stressful week at work it was nice to have something waiting for me when i got home. I'm hoping to get my own package in the post next week for my swapper, i have really enjoyed this swap it has been interesting trying to come up with something to make which is in heart shape form it is also nice to receive something for Valentines this year. Big Thank you to organiser of the swap and Giraffe Craft for making my week more bearable.

PMC Class

On Saturday i attended PMC Class which i have been very excited about and have finally been able to do, for people how don't know what PMC is it stands for Precious Metal Clay, basically it looks and feels like clay and you can shape and mould it to what ever you want but then this amazing thing happens to it when you fire it turns to Silver and this is proper Silver that can be Hallmarked as 925 Silver. Anyway getting back to my class it was very interesting day we started of with demonstration on how best to handle the clay when using it and the tutor gave some interesting tips, then there was the fun part where we have a go i made pair of small earring and pendant. After lunch we where then shown how to make a ring the reason for this techniques is that when clay is fired it shrinks slightly so there is bit of technique to the way it is done so that size of the ring is correct.

I had a grate day learing about this material up to now i haven't been brave enough to go it alone maily because of the cost and getting the firing right, i have learnt a lot from it and hoping to incorparate some of this PMC into my Jewellery designs. There is no picture of my ring at the moment as its being polished for super bling.

The Snow

This is my cheeky dog realising what snow is and playing in the garden This is what it looked like Wednesday morning when i got up, Pretty but very cold.

New Creations

These are some New creations i have been working on through the last couple of week, i know there not jewellery but i had a lot of fabric which i wanted to do something with, the Flower brooch is made from the material i was given when i last did the tea bag swap: