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Post by akansan on Mar 5, 2009 21:34:48 GMT -5
I mentioned my customer that wanted the pink wrap earlier. I presented her a selection of pink stones: Rhodonite, Rhodocrosite, Thulite, Opal, Autumn Jasper, Mookite...about 10 different types of pink stones. From there, we went to 6 different cabs. And from there, we ended up here: The little stones on the earrings are smaller than the leaves I made from Adrian (they're about 9mm tall), and all I had left in 24g wire was round half-hard! My finger tips hurt! (Sorry for the crappy picture - my sister grabbed them on her way out the door to deliver them tomorrow.)
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Post by sitnwrap on Mar 5, 2009 21:47:10 GMT -5
Ronda, have you seen the set on her? It is absolutely stunning in the box and I can just imagine what it looks like on. People are going to be stopping her wanting to know where she got the set.
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 5, 2009 23:56:02 GMT -5
Amazing set Rhonda! Did you wrap it classically or did you make a wide groove on the borders for those three wires?
Adrian
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Post by stonesthatrock on Mar 6, 2009 0:48:37 GMT -5
those are outstanding..... beautiful and everything else.
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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 6, 2009 1:55:13 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning! I do not wrap, but I think my fingers are feeling the pain. This set should certainly garner orders. Woody
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Post by Tigger on Mar 6, 2009 2:34:40 GMT -5
Very pretty set Ronda. I love the swirlies on them. Great job using that half hard. I always get a kink in the wire somewhere, then have to figure out how to hide it, LOL.
I love the set. That customer will have to answer alot of questions about it. Better get ya some dead soft soo, You might get very busy, LOL
Tigger
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Post by Bejewelme on Mar 6, 2009 7:13:31 GMT -5
Ohhhhh That is beautiful!!!!! That customer will be thrilled!!! How in the world did you wrap something so small? Great job!
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Post by akansan on Mar 6, 2009 12:13:16 GMT -5
Lori - I haven't yet. In fact, I won't even be there when she opens the package.
Adrian - it's wrapped classically. I'm not set up here to do the groove wraps. The pendant is actually a 4 wire wrap, and the earrings are 3 wire wraps.
Tigger - I'm not really excited about the earrings, partially because the rosettes at the top are a little blurry from using the round instead of square. Looking back now, I probably should have done spirals instead of rosettes because of the better control you can get with pliers. But I wanted them to match, and I've gotten to where I prefer the rosettes over spirals. But yeah, the half-hard presented it's own challenges...and I had a spare wire as a "just in case I screw up".
Bejewelme - I was certainly kicking myself for cutting them that small! It's the appropriate size for the set, but my fingers would have liked an additional 2 mm or so!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 6, 2009 13:57:10 GMT -5
Those are beautiful! Can you get a closer shot of the earrings? Pretty please? ;D
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Post by akansan on Mar 6, 2009 14:12:13 GMT -5
Here you go, Randy. The detail sucks, but it's the only pictures I have of it. Basically, they're the same as the pendant, except on this set of earrings I made a single sideways eye instead of a typical bale (bail?). Then I just added a pre-made earwire to the mini-pendant. On other sets, I have a piece of larger (21g) round half-hard as the center wire that then becomes the earwire. I wanted these to dangle/dance, though, so added the earwire separate.
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Post by damammy on Mar 6, 2009 18:47:20 GMT -5
Ronda those are really pretty, a very classy set. Donna
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