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
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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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