Wire Wrapping

I've been trying my hand at making Tree of Life pendants after seeing one while browsing the internet . After making my first one I realized that one of my Etsy street team members also makes and sells them, so out of respect for her I won't be offering mine for sale in my store. I've made a couple without stone chips which is what's most commonly seen. I've never really cared for them, I'm not sure if it's because of the chips, but I really just like the organic look of the wire alone.

Last night I made a few sterling silver frames for the pendants, a tear drop, square and a rectangular one. Tonight I wanted to work with the tear drop frame and decided to add stones. I don't have any chips other than turquoise...so I used some of my small faceted Hessonite and Rhodolite Garnet rondelles. I'm really pleased with the results and I think I'll have a hard time parting with this one. I know I've said that before, but everything about this pendant screams, "Keep Me!!" LOL

After I've made a few more I may list them here on my blog for purchase. So stay tuned!

Not enough time in the day!

I can't believe that it's been 10 days since I've posted anything on my blog. I've changed shifts temporarily so by the time I get off work and finish everything else it's time to go to bed....this shift change has really messed me up though...it's going to be hard to switch back to a morning shift.

I've listed a few things since my last post so I'm just going to scatter the pics around this post, feel free to click on them to look at their listing on Etsy.

Illness has ran the gamut in my house for the last two weeks, it's been a vicious circle! I thought I was over it, felt great one day then the next it was in my chest...uuuggghhh! I had stopped taking Umcka too thinking I was all better. If you haven't heard of Umcka it's a homeopathic remedy, containing African Geranium, purified water, and vegetable glycerin. It's saved me on many occasions...except for this one :( It works alot like Airborne and other over the counter items like that, but at least I can pronounce the ingredients in this one!!