Shy Mousee is hosting a fall blog hop of handmade items, so I just had to enter a few.
When I think of fall, I think of Thanksgiving and Indian corn. When I was a kid I was always fascinated by Indian corn, and how people would hang up dried ears of Indian corn as a decoration. My mother was always too practical for any kind of decorating like that. I don't really know if it's good for anything else or not.
The glass in this pendant at the right reminds me of corn kernels, and of course, Indian corn. I wire wrapped it in copper because it is the perfect compliment to the autumn burnt orange color. Every time I see this pendant, I think of Thanksgiving!
I have been meaning to list these earrings for awhile now, so the blog hop was exactly what I needed to give me a little push. I got them photographed and listed just this afternoon.
I make the copper charms by hand from copper metal clay. (They are 100% copper.) I have attached them to niobium earwires. These are annodized to give them a nice copper color so they go great with the little diamond shaped leaf charms. Also niobium is extremely hypoallergenic, so just about anyone can wear them with no sensitivity problems. Just in time for fall!
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| Falling Leaves fused glass necklace |
Now, this one is an oldie but a goody! The photos weren't too good, so a took a couple of new ones before I entered it in the blog hop.
It's hard to see here, but I fused the three leaves between a sparkly green background and a clear layer of glass. Can you see the tiny sparkles? I also left a space to run a cord or ribbon through it to make a necklace. The organza ribbon makes a nice addition, because it looks good under the glass. I call this the "falling leaves" pendant. I wanted it to reflect all the different colors that the leaves turn in autumn, and I wanted it to look like they were falling from the tree. Did I succeed?
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