Fusion Beads 30 Day Bead Challenge (jean's learning curve day)

Day 7 - Use a Different Metal in Your Jewelry
Some people are sterling silver purists and some people swear by antique brass - today, you are all challenged to get outside of your box and use a metal that you normally don't work with! Try silver, gold, brass, copper or gunmetal!

You'll be surprised, you might just love it!

OK, I got out of my box. Then what? That wasn't enough?
I really needed, after making my first mosaic, to stay in my box and bring a bunch of pillows and a lamp in there and read a book in my family's living room , as I used to when a kid, and they were all watching TV. It is good to have an accepting family when you are reading Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" for the fifth time in your box.

I have made things of resin before. Some have been quite good. I use directions by Cynthia Thornton--this is her bezel and I adore everything about it. Also I am really careful about glueing my print background in with the right glue and using interesting methods of curing, like Lisa Pavelka's resin and her UV lamp.
Some of the things I usd are available at Fusionbeads.com, like the bezel and the glue.

ON THE OTHER HAND... deciding to use the little deer was waaaaaay over my head.

 I was hoping to dome my resin--her resin is GREAT for that!!! But the little deer had a big nose. I cropped a lot of his body off but how cruel to crop off a potential future Rudolph. I would have PETA on me in NY minute. I do not need  publicity of that sort.

So I left his nose and took my punishment.

I couldn't get the darn bubbles out for the life of me.

Ergo (cool word!) ... Let's pretend it is a fantastically artistic, intentional "deer bubble" NECKLACE and keep calm and carry on. Part of why I am doing this 30 day Bead Challenge by Fusion Beads is to learn.

Well today I learned that I can use a different metal--pewter, just fine.

But I also learned that, unlike me, cramming myself in a box in my family's living room, some items just can't be crammed into other items. PERIOD.



Thanks for the fun, Fusion Beads! And it was! And I am definitely not too proud to show my oeuvre off:

back of pewter bezel by GGS

front of pewter bezel by GGS, with stunning dear bedecked in magical necklace!!! hahahahahahaha

 The title of this fab. attempt  by me is "Bubbles the Deer"

jean!--ummmm I meant to do it! yeah, that's the ticket! :)