Domino Pendants...Alpaca Style!

These are a few of the items that I made for a friend to sell at her booth at the Fiber Fusion Northwest event.  I really enjoyed making "alpaca" art!  Alpacas are something I never would have thought of drawing or using as a subject for my art projects....but they are just too cute!  Don't you think?  These pendants were made using my original art prints and old domino pieces.  The last picture shows 4 cute little "mini" domino necklaces...I just discovered these tiny dominos at our local dollar store, and they are  perfect for making child sized pendants!

Using Weebly to build your own FREE website...

Here is a slideshow of some of the new jewelry I've recently added to my Art Play Today Shop.  I've been using Weebly to build my website and the best part is...It's Free!!!  I've attempted many websites before and Weebly is by far the best.  As long as you have a PayPal account (which is also free) you can set up your own store on your Weebly website.  If you want to have your own original domain name, you can buy yours very inexpensively at GoDaddy.Com.  It's very easy then to have your website name match your blog name or whatever unique name you come up with.  To build your own website it's as easy as "drag and drop".  

Original Art Jewelry: So fun!

These are some pendants I made using prints of my original paintings.  I'm just experimenting, but I really like the way they look.  I'm not sure how to attach the bales so that they are durable.  I sealed the backs and then painted a layer of black acrylic, then using jewelry glue, glued the bale to the back.  I wore one of them for a few days and soon the bale and layer of acrylic paints peeled off.  Any ideas on how I can make these better?  On another note, photographing these is no easy task!  They look much better in person, but I am a very amateur photographer and don't know how to get rid of the reflections in the glass.  Tell me what you think about these...do you think they would sell on Etsy?

These I made using stainless steel washers and shell buttons and wire.  I used jewelry glue to put it all together and they are very durable.  What do you think of these?  Do you think something like this would sell on Etsy?

Front of Pendant

Backside of pendant

More attempts at soldering.  This is the back and front side of one pendant.  I'm still working on the soldering technique...My husband built me a rheostat (controls the temperature of the soldering iron) using a dimmer switch and a regular plug in thing.  I plug the rheostat into the wall outlet and my iron into the rheostat.  I use the dimmer switch to control how much electricity is being fed to the iron (thus regulating the temperature!  My husband is a genius!  It has helped a lot and I think my pendants are starting to look a little better.  Here are a few more pendants I've made recently...

Thanks for reading and I'd love to hear your feedback on these, good or bad!  Happy Creating, have a great week!