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OT , the plate hearts next life
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nicethyme (
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Sun, Jul 8, 07 at 10:00
| Remember the hearts I cut out of the plates and sent to TMG? Here's the 1st bracelet!
very hard to photograph with the luster of the gold, the beads look purple in the pics but they are cobalt and match the print very well.
I'm toying with painting little inspiration words on the backs... love, dream, dance... if I can come up with a way to do it real tiny... we'll see.
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RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| good job I cant believe those used to be plates |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life 1
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| Hi shelly, yep yep... heres the thread from when I cut them out |
Here is a link that might be useful: plate hearts
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| OH Man!!! Spectacular!!! I'm so glad you posted this!! Have you given your DD hers yet??? |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life 2
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| 9 yr old DD tried it on this morning and it looked great. But both DD's have a propensity for ruining jewelry so these will be stored as keepsakes until special occasions. Course Mama will be wearing hers to a party next week! (I've planned my outfit around it!) lol |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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Get otta town!!
That is so great. I wondered what you were going to do with those hearts.
Have you been making jewelry very long? |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| That is absolutely spectacular, NT!!!! Bet the girls will be thrilled to have them as they grow older. That is a true heirloom bit of jewelry you've made! Pat |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life 3
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| Bama, nope never done it before. It's coming out nice but frustrating handling teeny rings and bails with teeny needle nose pliers. I think my eyes aren't up to the task, I guess a magnifing lense would be helpful for this. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| NT, your bracelet is beautiful! I LOVE bracelets and have since I was a child. I would be proud to wear this! Enjoy wearing yours;I'm sure you'll get loads of compliments. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| well, all 3 are done! somebody stop me from ordering necklace chain... |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Beautiful Nice and what a tresure for your DD..I'm waiting on my Taurus to try something like this....have plates saved tho.Where did you find the cobalt bead?They are lovely!Annie |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life 4
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| Annie, got all the findings, chains and beads at Firemountaingems |
Here is a link that might be useful: for all your jewelry needs
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Those are beautiful. A lovely keepsake for your DDs. Again, showing you have great patience!! Nice job Maria |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Real treasures for those little girls. Wonderful idea. Like the idea of painting on the inspirational messages. Another job well done. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| NT I want to learn to make those heart charms!! I am totally clueless how to go about it.......what tools and supplies do I need?? I want to make silver china charms for my spoon bracelets :) Thanks for sharing this......I missed this post in the past! |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Kween, I only cut them out. Toomuchglass foiled and soldered them and had them gold plated for me. I am taking a stained glass class in 2 weeks with the main reason to learn foiling and soldering for the purpose of doing jewelry too. The girl said she could teach me everything I need to know in about 3-4 hours, so it's just one day. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| When you do this, does it have to be plated? Can you just finish it like you would a foiled stained glass piece? I am tempted to try it too! These are really beautiful! Jennie |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| HELP!!! I want info on the glueing the pattern to the glass/plate part, How much glue and the dvd says to do it on top of pattern too??? I'm so glad this came back up as a topic!!! |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life 5
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| Calam, I just used regular elmers glue and it does soften with the water from the saw so I can see why they suggest a layer on top. I coat the whole piece just enough to stick. DJ, plated if you used lead or use nonlead solder and you won't have to plate. The concern is wearing lead against you skin |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Oooooo...How BEAUTIfUL!! I'm really in to bracelets and this one is just so pretty! I'd love to see some matching earrings... |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| OOoo........ they turned out beautiful !!! I know what you mean about all those teeny tiny things ~ LOL - I've finally started wearing those "cheater glasses" from Walgreens right over my regular glasses ! -- So yes -- I walk around with 2 pairs of glasses on ....... LOL |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| VERY pretty, and I don't think it's off topic at all. Why is it ok to post an ornament made from glass, but a bracelet (another dangly beautiful thing made from glass and metal) is off topic? Seems related to me! I know they make a Sharpie pen with a fine tip. I think that would work to put the words on the back. Maybe they even come in colors so you could do it in blue, or silver... |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| Ronnie, I actually ended up finding a porceilan paint pen in blue and did add words to all of them. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| NT, I love those bracelets. How thick are your pieces? TMG, did you foil, then solder, then plate? Can any jeweler plate for you or how do you find someone to do the plating? Curious minds want to know. |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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| I'm guessing 1/4 inch thick |
RE: OT , the plate hearts next life
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I can't belive I missed this the first time around!
TMG, and Nice......that is just adorable!
Just too cool you guys! I use rubber cement on top of my patterns when I use the saw. I use a glue stick for the pattern. I works really well. I'm glad this was brought back up! Hazie |
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