Charming Obsession

Because of my seeming allergy to any type of jewelry, I haven't been interested in learning much about jewelry making techniques. But, when a Yahoo group I belong to proposed a charm collaborative, I signed up, thinking it might be fun. I tried out several ideas I had, but quickly discarded them as not feasible to make in the time I had. Finally, I settled on what I was going to do, and started on the project. It's a very simple idea, but kinda cute. I'll show the finished project after the trade.

Since I had to wait 36 hours for the resin application used in the project to completely cure, I started making charms with found objects I had in a junk box. Once I started, I couldn't stop until I had about 18 charms! I put them in little bags and will use them in future exchanges if possible.

So far, this is the only Halloween item I've done to date. The "fashion plate" in the ATC is from a 1957 catalog. She's carrying a tiny pumpkin charm as a purse.

Best Trade Yet

Finally, after several weeks, I found my ID and Password information for this blog. I thought I would never post on it again, but after trying about 50 different combinations of email addresses and passwords, I got it!

I received my cards from my latest Chunky Book trade, and I have to say, this is the best trade yet. I thought ALL the cards were creative and well done, and I'm glad to have another Chunky Book to add to my growing collection. My card is the pink one with the saying, "Sewing Mends The Soul", and the very top card with the Flamingo is the one my daughter-in-law submitted.