Etched Necklaces

I finally got a couple necklaces done using some of my etched pieces. For the first one, I had these really fun coffee bean beads and was never sure what to do with them. So I etched this little cup onto a piece of copper and then stamped the word java above it, added a couple bean beads...and tah-daaa!  A necklace! This necklace is so simple, but it really looks nice on. Would be perfect for a coffee addict.

In this next one, I wanted to use some of my lampwork beads. I originally made these beads in a few colors. I really like how they look all together. There are stripes and dots, some are encased, some are not, and some dots are raised and the others are melted in. Anyway, I thought the green ones would look great with the etched owl square and some copper. These are both going up on Etsy very soon.

Bead Mix I Sent

I wanted to post a picture of what I sent Suzette, so you can see what she has to work with. I am not very good at narrowing things down, so I sent her a little of everything I like to do.

 Anybody who know me, knows blues and greens are my favorite colors...it is hard for me to get away from them. So I included some lampwork beads with ivory and silver wrapped around the center, and then they were etched. I also made a lampwork heart that could be one of the choices for the focal. I also made some enameled beads, a few pieces of nickel and cooper I etched with different designs, a hand formed sterling silver clasp, a few amazonite beads and a handful of czech glass beads. Oh, and a piece of sari silk. Like I said a little bit of everything. Hope she enjoys working with it all.

Etching Some Metal

I took a class on etching not too long ago. So this week I thought I would play around with it. I took some copper and nickel sheet metal and a few copper washers and stamped some designs on them. Then I put them in the etch and waited. This is how they turned out. I think they look pretty good. I have put some of these items on my Etsy site www.snazzydoodle.etsy.com

These are a couple of the washers and I added some Amazonite and Spectralite.

A pendant I am working on.

This is a 1" copper square that I drilled a few holes in, added some sterling silver chain, pearls and copper spacers to make a necklace.