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Friday, October 2, 2009

Gold Gold Gold!

rosemary and half maple

I love the way it feels, looks, solders, hardens, bends, cuts, tastes smells!

Thanks to some recent sales, I recently made two gold necklaces. One rosemary and one half maple. I can't say that I was exposed to very much gold growing up. And I've always assumed that it was "gaudy" and "some gross yellow color". Perhaps a jealous reaction to my deprived jewelry box! Or, perhaps I was just naive.
Since making jewelry, I have slowly broken through the great gold barrier! With humble beginnings of a black onyx heart gold plated ring from my grandmother in grade school. Then onto a snake link necklace found in the middle of the road while bike riding in middle school.Too bad it was butt ugly and I would have only worn it If I had morphed into a wife beater wearing, gelled haired muscle man. I cannot remember much gold in high school... I was more into grunge with flannels and old thrift store strange-pants that would not see a washing machine for over a month (serious).
After college, I merely watched a jeweler friend work with gold. Gradually, my fingers felt a tingle for the precious metal. One day I made the plunge and whalla! The magic of gold came clear!

11 comments:

  1. Well, it's certainly magic in when you use it! Those are gorgeous, and I'm not a huge fan of gold.

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  2. Thanks Tammy! I amazed myself with how much I love it!
    Ha ha and I swear that I've mastered the washing machine since high school.

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  3. Very gorgeous! I'm especially taken with the maple one!

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  4. Sooooo beautiful! I love your jewelry! I´ve hearted your shop ;)

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  5. Love the half maple! Very elegant looking blog as well!

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  6. congratulations! I am still not ready for gold. Happy to hear you took the leap.
    Love description of the grunge phase, so very familiar!!

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  7. Ha ha. I went thru a period in high school where I didn't comb my hair. So I had a big rats nest on the back of my head! I mean it was like a hard ball of mashed up hair. I didn't even realize it until my dad pointed it out one day!

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  8. Hi!
    Thanks for your comment on my blog! Nice of you to drop by. Love what you're doing here by the way. lovely pieces. x

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