The luxury of a day off work....

.....just playing

One more step.....

.......along the way.  Some of those little hearts now have posts soldered onto them.  I was ridiculously pleased with myself for having managed to do these without any help and without either melting the wire or buckling the silver. 

not quite central ....but it doesn't seem to matter when they are worn.  These still need to be pickled and polished.

A lazy morning......

.......but a productive afternoon.

but they still need filing, and polishing and posts soldering on.  I really enjoyed texturising the big discs and love the matt effect.

Tuesday night......

....is jewellery night.  Gradually making progress at these evening classes with Julie Seaman at Radiant Works.  Julie is a very patient teacher and my soldering techniques are slowly improving......though I did manage to melt the earring that matched this one

......so thinking of making it into a pendant instead!

I did manage to start on some ear-rings and a bird brooch tonight.  I love the textures and patina when they are fresh out of the pickle pot...

My daughter has been coming with me to the last few sessions and look what she made!

.....and she thought she would be threading beads!