A quick note...

So I'm still at work at my day job, here till 6 then the weekend begins! Just a quick note to say 'Donna's Day' at work went great, I gather the jewellery I donated sold, there were cakes, quizzes, auctions, raffles, prizes and all level of goodies :) and lots of money raised by all! A good outcome I feel :)

My Inner Geek

I will be completely honest, this project was initially a purely selfish one. I am a MASSIVE Zelda fan (I would go so far as saying closet geek) ...except without the 'closet' part as I shamelessly flaunt a triforce tattoo on my left arm. I fell so deeply and madly in love with the Nintendo 64 version of Ocarina of time, I literally played it to death in my early/mid teens and to this day the music and blocky 64 bit graphics (Which back then were the most amazing 3D I'd ever seen) can en-trance me for hours, days and night.

As a Zelda fan I would go mad for all Zelda merchandise, endlessly trawling ebay for t-shirts and such. So I decided with my new found interest in cabochon jewellery I would simply make myself some Zelda inspired goodie to wear!

I've gone for the obvious to start...the triforce symbol which is perfect to squeeze into a little cabochon. I got me some high res images and, once I resized them to the same size as the cabochons, printed the images with my laptop and printer set to all the highest quality settings and onto glossy photo paper.

 

Then a simple bit of super glue on the glass cabochons, let them dry, cut them out and set into my cabochon settings with a tiny dot more glue.

I bought these base units from a seller on http://en.dawanda.com/ there are loads of HK sellers with great quality and value supplies for jewellery and crafts - which I highly recommend for anyone after supplies, just make sure you plan in advance as postage from HK take 2-4 weeks (no good if you're in a rush!) These base units are great, the earring studs come with the ear-posts fully welded into place so you don't have to worry about using 'super-strength' glues like Araldite to hold the posts in place, and I've found basic super glues seem to work well to hole the cabochon in place - which doesn't experience anywhere near as much tugging and pulling as the ear-post will.

The earrings are ready to go and the necklace's only need a length of chain and a clasp attaching. I love making these, and ended up making one of each for myself then more to sell on my dawanda page!

Available now from my DaWanda - http://en.dawanda.com/shop/MissDragonfly

A small donation

So my day job in a call centre are hold a charity day this Friday called 'Donna's Day'. Donna worked in the call centre, and at the age of just 26 suffered a stroke. We are looking to raise money for Donna and make people more aware of stroke victims and how to spot the signs early.

I have made and donated free of charge some limited edition beaded pieces to sell for Donna's day, 100% of what is made from sales goes straight to the cause.

Here are a few pics of me setting up the stuff for sale and also images of the items which I have donated.


Setting up:

Making me a sign
 

Sign is ready to go...

Some business cards if people would like one...

 

5 Handmade Bracelets for donation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And 10 pairs of earrings...

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we're ready to go :)