Posts by: Skygrazer

In the Sun

By On April 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Went for a short walk and Dave saw this little guy. He didn’t appreciate being shooed off the road but he was likely to get squashed where he was.

Snakes tend to startle me when I first see them but they’re amazing creatures. The way they move is just beautiful.

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Manatees

By On April 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

New manatees. One in ivory, one in grey. I’m really happy with how they came out, although I should probably retake the images. Low light and not having my photo booth setup (the cat seems to think it’s a wonderful bed) didn’t help

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Copper earrings

By On April 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment


These are sample pieces I made with copper sheet and the new chasing tools and punches my husband got me. Thanks Dave!

Not symmetrical but I rather like them this way.

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Going to Camp

By On April 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Camp NaNoWriMo is a more flexible version of the National Novel Writing Month I usually do in November. You can pick your own word count and write whatever you like.

I’m using it to do revisions on my first book. I want to finally FINISH it to [...]

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Artist’s Survival Kit

By On March 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I came across this on a link from another blog… unfortunately I don’t remember where.

Check out this printable Artist’s Survival Kit from Keri Smith, even if you’re not an artist.

It was worth a read and I think I may have to customize it and create my [...]

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Inked up

By On March 13, 2013 · 4 Comments

Haven’t posted in awhile so I figured I’d try out my new iPod touch (Thanks Dave!) and see how well it works as a blogging platform… I used its camera, editing software and the WordPress app.

This is a relatively recent pendant. The background is premo’s new 14k gold color textured with a handmade pattern [...]

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StoryBird

By On March 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Need some inspiration? Check out StoryBird.com It’s a site that allows you to create your own picture book online.

Some of the illustrations available are just gorgeous and are worth a look just for themselves.

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Temporarily Expired

By On January 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Well, that was fun… *taking a deep breath finally*

I have been neglecting the website and blog a bit lately, but I really don’t want to lose it. So it was a bit disconcerting when my site disappeared and I saw placeholder ads instead.

The site itself and hosting were fine, but it turns out [...]

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Why is my brass pink after soldering?

By On January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

That’s what I wanted to know… Actually since brass is an alloy, I figured heating it brought the copper to the surface. What I really wanted to know was what to DO when it was still that color after pickling for half an hour.

So I turned to Google…

http://users.lmi.net/~drewid/PWR_Pickles.html
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New toy – Smith Little Torch

By On January 20, 2012 · 3 Comments

Dave (my husband) is awesome. I know I’ve said this before, but it must be repeated.

He’s the one who bought me my first pasta machine for polymer clay, when I still thought I didn’t really need it. (How wrong I was)

He brings home cool tools and wire and interesting metal [...]

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