deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Dec 23, 2019 9:57:55 GMT -5
Stickied! Those are some nice slabettes! Thank you for doing this. Thanks, I impressed myself when I was able to label all but the one smack dab in the middle, the black and white one between the Polish Flint and Silver Lace Onyx. I believe I got it from Rodney Frisby. Anyone know??
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Dec 23, 2019 9:07:09 GMT -5
PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE JOINING THE GAME!!! I’m calling it ‘Traveling Slabbetts’. Here's how it works. I send a finished cabochon in a small flat rate box, along with a variety of small almost preform slabs. You keep the finished cab, cab one of the ENCLOSED slabbetts and send it to on down the list. You can exchange slabbetts too, just try to keep a nice variety for the next person. This goes on until it gets back to the last person on the list, me! To keep this moving there is a time limit, once you get your package you have 14 days, two weeks that is, to cab it and ship it forward. Before you send the package to the next person in line, they should be contacted first to make sure they’re ready and have time to cab and send the package. If they don’t, they’ll move into the on deck position and go to the next person up on the list. Once you’ve received your package please photograph the cab sent to you and post pictures on the thread so everyone can ooo and ahhh at them. Give credit to those who cabbed it and say thank you! Pictures of what you decide to do with the cabs are also welcome anytime to the thread. This is a game to give folks a chance to try a variety of rock, share some stash around, and get a nice cab to play with! Please send a note with the package saying what all the stones are so people know what they’re getting, when possible. Recap: • PM me (Diana - deedolce ) that you want to be in the game with your name and address. (I swear I will not spam you, or give your addresses to anyone ever except the person sending you the finished cab and rock.) If you have a preference of where in the list you’d like to be (beginning, middle, end or a certain month you know you’ll have time) let me know that too and I’ll do my best to accommodate. • Receive your new cab and slabbetts • Cab one of the slabbetts and an option to exchange some slabbetts to send within your 14 day period. • Message me that you’re ready to send your package and I’ll give you the name and address of your recipient. • Mail package. • Then it starts all over again! The first package will go out the first week of 2020. Here's a pic of the starting rock, from my stash. NOW LET'S HAVE FUN!!! The following list can change as I accommodate requests. _________________________________ 1. NDK/Nate 2. opalpyrexia 3. alikat219 4. Tommy 5. Jim931 6. Hummingbirdstones 7. rads 8. MikeT 9. rxscram 10. hookedonrocks 11. julieooly 12. knave 13. Back to deedolce!
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Dec 20, 2019 10:29:18 GMT -5
Wow, that's gorgeous!
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Dec 10, 2019 0:06:33 GMT -5
When I first started, I bought cabs from a Sam Silverhawk, who's cabs I admired. www.samsilverhawk.com/gems1.htmlJust to hold one in my hand, and see if I could replicate it! His don't have beveled edges, and I still haven't mastered cabs with a beveled edge. Beveled works great for silversmithing, but not as well with my style of wire wrapping.
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Post by deedolce on Dec 9, 2019 8:50:14 GMT -5
Yay, Tommy! The more the merrier!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 8, 2019 17:06:32 GMT -5
NDK/Nate explained it exactly! I have a bunch set aside already and a few more slabs to break up.
I'll start a new thread after I get back from vacation on the Dec. 18th, and start a list of names there to start it around~ The official shipping date of the first box can be Jan. 1, 2020! I'll take a pic of the slabbetts I choose.
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Dec 7, 2019 0:51:01 GMT -5
That's a fun way to do it, make 1,and take a picture of before and after! My original thought was a chance for some to try rock they haven't tried yet, and just replace what you take, so it never gets bigger than a small flat rate box. And sending the finished cab to the next person, because sometimes it's nice to get a cab from another cabber. I certainly still buy my share, even though I cab myself.
Haha, Tela, you can be at near the end of the list, so by then, the weather will have warmed up!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 5, 2019 13:14:56 GMT -5
Gotcha. It was an idea!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 5, 2019 8:58:27 GMT -5
Since my move, I've been going through my stash, and started thinking of starting a cabbers version of 'Roaming Wire'. The idea is make a list of interested people, and send around a box (UPS flat rate small) of little cab sized slabs and one finished cab. When you get the box, you can choose a slabbett (is that a real word?) and cab it to send on. Also, take out rock you want to try, and replace it with something from your stash. Send the box to the next person on the list!
Just seeing if enough people are interested in doing this.
I can send out the first box and cab, and be the contact point. I was thinking of waiting for the New Year, since I'm sure people are busy with the holidays coming up!
Diana
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Post by deedolce on Dec 5, 2019 8:50:48 GMT -5
Really cool material, and great cabs! Haha, we have people that lick rocks, and now sniffing rocks. Ah, what the rest of the world must think!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 3, 2019 16:28:49 GMT -5
Leopardskin was the my very first cab! Nice job on yours~ yes, I'm thinking Regency Rose too.
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Post by deedolce on Dec 1, 2019 14:24:08 GMT -5
You really have an eye for cabochons!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 1, 2019 14:23:02 GMT -5
Beautiful! Yes, that Feather Ridge is outstanding!
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Post by deedolce on Nov 23, 2019 21:45:53 GMT -5
Welcome from Tucson!
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Post by deedolce on Nov 23, 2019 21:44:21 GMT -5
Welcome from Tucson! Yes, Cab King is a nice machine to play with cabs, for sure. Feel free to share pics of what you find or make, we love to see pictures!
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Nov 23, 2019 21:38:47 GMT -5
Welcome! This is the best place for rockhounds. Perfect new hobby in your retirement too.
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Nov 18, 2019 16:36:25 GMT -5
Beautiful patterns on that slab!
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Post by deedolce on Nov 15, 2019 14:33:06 GMT -5
I thought I'd share recent pieces, since I finally made myself take pictures! First is boulder opal in copper. I purchased the cab at a rock show. Then Ocean Jasper in sterling. Ha, the pink highlights are not the wire, it's a reflection of my top. The cab is made by Clint Gardner. My recent obsession was learning about micro macrame, after seeing the pictures Fish posted here. I started with tutorials to learn/remember how (I was a 70's kid that made BIG macrame planters, purses, belts!) and these two are my own pieces. Also a nice way to use the big cabs, since I prefer smaller cabs to wrap in wire. I cabbed these two; Mexican crazy lace, and Rolling Hills dolomite.
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Post by deedolce on Nov 15, 2019 8:50:22 GMT -5
Bummer about the rough. It looked promising in the top picture! Those cabs will be killer though, with those orb patterns!
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Post by deedolce on Nov 15, 2019 8:48:01 GMT -5
I still haven't mastered tumbling, but I will someday! This is definitely THE place and folks here have always been more than generous with their knowledge. Welcome from Tucson!
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