The need to make cute, brightly coloured enamel studs propelled me into the world of combining soldering with enamel a couple of years ago. I knew from reading up on it that it was possible to enamel and solder on the same piece but wasn't too confident I was able to do it back then. It was a slightly embarrassing occurance that made me just get on with - I'd made some enamel studs with glued on stud posts. I'd used 2 part epoxy resin which was a job in itself as it set hard after 5 minutes so I had to keep mixing more up. The finished studs looked ok but that little voice in my head kept asking "are you sure you want to use glue?" I wasn't but didn't think I had any other way to do it so I used glue. I sold my first pair and merrily sent them on their way to Canada. A couple of week later the buyer got in touch to say the stud post had come off one of the earrings and the other was hanging off. I was mortified, apologized profusely and refunded her m...
silver copper bronze enamel
yippeee I'm so excited! This has made my day, can't wait to receive these beauties and try them on. Thank you! x
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Congratulations Charlotte! x
ReplyDeletecongratulations Charlotte! ;o)
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hello gorgeous xxx
Congrats to Charlotte. I wonder Cinnamon, was there an obvious preference for colour of beads in your survey or were there myriad choices?
ReplyDeletetammy ~ there was quite a varied preference but the most popular colours were purple,turquoise and green (my favourite colours!)
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