a variety of items, none of which seem to go together
THE MOANING AND WISHING FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF ME Oh blog. I remember when we were good friends. I’d come visit a lot, I’d write everythign down that was in my head, you’d dutifully display it for the world to see.. Ahhh good times. I’m sorry that I spend so much time with the other woman and all. I jot down those 140 characters, and suddenly I have no need to come see you anymore. Those quickies seem to satisfy me, what can I say. I’ll try to do better, promise. The results however, will probably be disjointed and nonsensical. You’ve beenw warned. THE RAIN IN SPAIN

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Last night in my Silver Class…
I tried a few things in my silver class last night, and was fraught with much frustration. First, I attempted a bezel. A bezel is the thin wall of silver that holds in/down a stone in a ring, pendant, earring, etc. I could make the bezel fairly well, but I could not solder the damn thing onto my backplate. This could be for a number of reasons – if the components (backplate, bezel, solder) wasn’t clean enough, or close enough, or hot enough, the solder won’t “flow”, which is shorthand for melt and run between the molecules of the joint you’re soldering and stick ‘em together! In my case, I’m pretty sure I did not have the bezel flush

my day off.
Ahh, hello blog! It’s been busy around Casa de Panders. Monday was Columbus day, and I had it off… but no one else did. It was quite nice to lounge around the house doing nothing all day! I debated on what I would do, but with my car at the shop (it needed a new radiator, sniff) I was stuck at home and ended up cutting rings and chain mailling all day. Here’s what I made: Celtic Visions in copper Jens Pind in 14 gauge (ie: HUGE) sterling silver

kid art: hand drawn paper dolls
My child. She slays me. I KNOW that if I had stepped in and “helped” her with this project, they would not have turned out as AWESOME as they did. She said, “I’m making some paper dolls, Mommy!” And make them she did. Behold! The dolls! #1: halloween (note the ghostie earring) #2: rocking out with headphones (note the music note) #3 ROBOTS! OMG SHE MADE ROBOTS!!! #4 normal girl Behold! The clothing she made for the dolls!