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I’ve been wanting to try making rings for a while.  Last night while watching the Canucks game with some friends, I started experimenting. Here’s the result: I’m pretty happy with them!

New in my handmade jewelry shop:   New in my vintage shop:

Up for sale on my Etsy shop. I love the smoky purple colour in these ones.  If they don’t sell, I might keep them. Thanks again to Kelly who gave me the lightbox that has allowed me to take much better pictures.  I love how they look like they are floating on nothing in this [...]

I was gifted some coated copper wire from some broken solenoids. It was a great weight and hardness for hook clasps, so I made a bunch. I love the fiery colors of copper.  I’m not sure what the coating is made of, but stood up to quite a bit of hammering.

If you follow me on Twitter and Facebook, then you’ve already seen these earrings a couple times. But I had to post them here too because I really like these ones. The loopy bits were all shaped from wire.  These were actually quite easy to make.  I’m going to add them to the list of [...]

  3 Wire and Bead Bangles, originally uploaded by contains_caffeine. Latest bracelets. What do you think?

Here’s the batch of earrings I was twittering about for the past few days.  Finally they are all done!  I made the green pair first and liked the design, so I tried it in some more colours.  I took a lot of pictures today, so hopefully I will get them listed on Etsy soon. All [...]

I listed an new bracelet on Etsy that I really like.  And I forgot to post a pic of the pendants I’ve been making.  I’ve got a bunch of these wire-wrap bracelets and pendants lined up to be listed….but I can’t stop wire-wrapping long enough to take pictures and make the listings!

I’ve been tatting for awhile, but never tried any tatted jewelry before.  (If you don’t know what tatting is, click here.) I’ve been so inspired by all the great jewelry tatters on Etsy and elsewhere, I thought I’d give it a try.  I modified a pattern from Yarnplayer’s Blog, who has some great patterns as well [...]

I’m finally trying out eBay’s new 30 day fixed priced item rate, and listed one of my new bracelets. Although I’m a frequent buyer, I haven’t sold anything on eBay in a while. Wish me luck!