Showing posts with label charm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charm. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
allotment of aluminum
On the epic road trip of the summer of 2014, up the PCH to Canada, across the Cascades, and down through Montana, we stopped at some great antique stores, and my eye was drawn to aluminum containers—a pill box, bobby pin safe, glasses case. The embossed letters, figures, and flowers looked amazing, and I loved the color of the metal. Today I cut up the beat-up glasses case, and I filed, and filed, and filed (Note: Must obtain better files) till my fingers went numb, and then I had a pretty piece.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
quest for the acorn: a work in progress
A fabulous new friend gave me some items to construct a necklace as a gift for her friend: a San Francisco watch chain, a tiny seal, and an agate heart charm. Her friend thought a nice Infant of Prague medal and maybe an acorn could be incorporated. Finding a nice Infant charm was pretty easy. I then went on The Quest for the Acorn. This is what I turned into:
Oh, the number of acorns that slipped from my grasp. I had no idea how precious acorn adornments could be. I thought I'd hit the mother-lode with three Victorian carved moonstone acorn fobs or charms. There was nothing else out there like them. I bid accordingly high...only to be sniped in the last seconds.
Other failed bids followed, on bog-oak-acorn earrings, vegetable-ivory (tagua nut) acorn needle cases, acorn treens. Here, see some for yourself.
In the end, I did find a listing for four acorn treens. I bid on them without realizing it was eBay U.K. and that the people auctioning the treens didn't ship to the U.S. Then I won the auction. The seller was so kind to actually ship them to me. I also found a great brass spring locket. Now to decide which one my buddy wants. One of these? Or continue the quest?
I'm also thinking of adding an inner, slightly shorter chain to the necklace with a smaller acorn button or charm.
Oh, the number of acorns that slipped from my grasp. I had no idea how precious acorn adornments could be. I thought I'd hit the mother-lode with three Victorian carved moonstone acorn fobs or charms. There was nothing else out there like them. I bid accordingly high...only to be sniped in the last seconds.
Other failed bids followed, on bog-oak-acorn earrings, vegetable-ivory (tagua nut) acorn needle cases, acorn treens. Here, see some for yourself.
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| three wood acorn treens; one tagua-nut acorn treen |
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| tagua nut treen on the left is pretty chipped and would be harder to fashion a bale for |
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| inside of brass spring locket-- springs keep it closed |
I'm also thinking of adding an inner, slightly shorter chain to the necklace with a smaller acorn button or charm.
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