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Post by deedolce on Jan 29, 2009 10:48:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the links! Yep, I googled too, and couldn't find anything, so I knew I could count on you guys! Looks like just a filed heavy gauge wire, filed and smoothed with a loop to catch it! Yes, It would have to be careful to make sure it wouldn't snag every where on a knitted item!! I'll be trying that soon and I'll post (front and back) if I come up with anything! I'm also thinking...I wonder if the wire used would be an issue? Should it be copper rather than Sterling, as the sterling might not take the repeated opening and closing? Brainstorm! Maybe a pinback for those round buttons! Hmmmm....
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Post by deedolce on Jan 29, 2009 4:21:56 GMT -5
Anybody do one? I'm a big knitter ( :blush: what I've been doing lately, rather than rocks and wrapping :blush: ) and I'm not sure how to go about doing this with wire wrapping.
Any advice, tips, sites that I could check out?
Thanks, RTH'rs!!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 29, 2009 4:05:52 GMT -5
Awesome Sparkles!!! All those stones...it's groooovvvyy!!! You are one hip cool cat with skillz!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 25, 2009 2:49:31 GMT -5
Hmmm, I was thinking of making a trip in August too, since the bf wants to come to CA for 4th of July....can you post pics of this banded agate?? Or better, please an FRB! Aww, Amber, just saw your avatar. You guys make the cutest couple!!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 21, 2009 19:32:33 GMT -5
Got the box! Pretty darned packed, and plastics are breaking! I chose a few things, and will put in a couple of basket wrapped pendants and cabs I made from rainforest jasper, Challis (?) from Catmandewe, chrysocolla from Jamie and Rodney, and so on! I'll get it shipped tomorrow afternoon!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 20, 2009 1:33:48 GMT -5
oh boy, oh boy!! (jumps up and down a few times)
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Post by deedolce on Jan 8, 2009 20:16:32 GMT -5
Thanks, all! It's was a big one, sigh, but I survived. Now I'm into my 2nd Century!! eep.
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Post by deedolce on Jan 2, 2009 21:41:28 GMT -5
Puppie, that was AWESOME!! Very graceful, and fluid, and your nerves didn't show at all! I skated when I was a youngster, and I never had the guts to leave the ice and jump, or eve managed a spin! That ice is cold and hard, and also as one of the more 'senior' members, I think it totally rocks that you're doing it now! I am so impressed.
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Post by deedolce on Jan 2, 2009 21:26:35 GMT -5
Very elegant! I like the wrap on the last one, it's a very dramatic piece!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 1, 2009 19:11:44 GMT -5
Just beautiful, Tony!! I never get tired of looking at all the gorgeous jade you dive for!!
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Post by deedolce on Jan 1, 2009 3:16:02 GMT -5
Happy New Year, 2009! Here's to health, happiness, and a great year for all in my RTH family!!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 31, 2008 19:09:31 GMT -5
Oh WOW!!!! This is SOOO cool!!! CONGRATULATIONS you two!!! Perfect place for a wedding, I bet! Um, maybe just a pic or two to share with us? Please?
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Post by deedolce on Dec 29, 2008 12:24:21 GMT -5
I have no idea what a BFH is, but it's the size of a small burro in my mind! Naw, it's a marker now! 'STOP' Pretty rocks here! I would LOVE a quad and a trailer to put it on! Rodney and Jamie totally hooked me on how much fun those are!! Won't be for a while though. First for me is a 15" Covington, and a place set up here to put my saws and stuff! Too many wants... Mel, nothing beats walking around looking for treasure in the desert as a date!! Be still my heart! I'm quite fond of both hunks, Karen! And Tony, I hope Bejewelme is available for consultations, lol!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 28, 2008 19:26:00 GMT -5
Tony is a truly generous soul! He sent me this jade cab, along with more jade to play with! I wrapped it in 14K gold filled and a touch of sterling. This is a small ocho cab I cut, wrapped in sterling. ~ close-up of the stone MAN, I love those ocho geodes!! (I swear, I only started seeing them on Silverhawk's site after I had a number of ocho cabs selling on ebay as the same time as him years ago! lol!)
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Post by deedolce on Dec 28, 2008 19:20:24 GMT -5
Sparkles, it's gorgeous!! What a shine, and the cab is stunning. WOW!!!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 28, 2008 18:22:19 GMT -5
Me too, but I really have no idea how to do it either! You'll have to ask BAZ!!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 27, 2008 20:27:50 GMT -5
THANK YOU Karenfh!!! SOOO much fun to open!! Way more fun than what I sent, I need to work on it next year! Food, chocolate, rocks, socks, magnets, clothes,slabs, gorgeous geode, a rattlesnake rattle!!! YARN!!! ;D Here's some pics I snapped: This was so much fun!! I don't really get gifts, since my family and I are focusing on the next generation, so it was SO awesome to feel like a kid myself and open this box!! THANK YOU KAREN!!!!!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 27, 2008 12:47:09 GMT -5
I think they're lovely! I've cabbed granite too, it's one of the ONLY rocks I find out here! lol. Very nice shaping, and that'll be a lovely set, too!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 27, 2008 12:39:13 GMT -5
You said it right there, bejewelme! The threads of friendship, or maybe just the wonderful talent and skills of Connrock and Tony make it shine!!! The pinks are so deep on it! I can't see a fault with the silverwork at ALL Connrock! What a perfect surprise and Christmas gift!!
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Post by deedolce on Dec 27, 2008 1:14:37 GMT -5
My fav I think has to be that first Montana too! The one burst that just floats to the top! Way cool!!
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