Posts Tagged ‘soldered’

Cowboys and Fairy Tales

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Here’s a few soldered glass pendants I’ve made recently.

These are from a gorgeous book of fairy tale with illustrations from Tasha Tudor:

Sleeping Beauty
sleeping beauty pendant

Puss N’ Boots
puss n boots pendant

and these cuties are from a book about kids and ponies:

Cowgirl
cow girl pendant

Cowboy
cowboy pendant

These pendants are currently available in my Etsy Shop.

Even More Charming

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Here’s a couple more recent Halloween soldered charms and one not so Halloween 🙂

This first is a tiny black domino, I used white permanent ink to stamp on the dancing skeletons, this is perfect for Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos.

Dancing Skeleton Domino Charm

This soldered glass pendant is a cool vintage hanging bat stamp I found on Etsy. I stamped him on vintage dictionary paper.

Bat Pendant

This last one is sooooo spooky….NOT 😉 It’s a Queen Bee charm necklace, the large soldered domino has beehive paper and a silver bee charm, the smaller says Queen and there is also a large silver crown charm.

Queen Bee Charm Necklace

These are all available in my Etsy shop.

Charmed

Monday, October 1st, 2012

I recently made several domino charms and charm necklaces for Fall and Halloween. Each domino is colored with ink and stamped with an image and then soldered around the edges.

This first one is all about one of my favorite poets Edgar Allan Poe, the round charm is a vintage wooden game piece and there is also a metal ink pen nib.

Poe Charm Necklace

I love this cool owl image, I added another game piece with the word “who”

Owl Charm Necklace

This one is a play on the term “skeleton key”, dancing skeletons on the domino, a metal key and skull bead

Skeleton Key Charm Necklace

This tiny pumpkin charm also has a little leaf bead on it

Pumpkin Domino Charm

and last but not least Ichabod better beware, the headless horseman is riding…..

Headless Horseman Domino Charm

These are currently available in my Etsy Shop.

-Heather

I’d Like to be Under the Sea…..

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

I love anything to do with the sea, under water animals totally fascinate me.

Octopus Dictionary Illustration Pendant

Manatee Dictionary Illustration Pendant

Whale Dictionary Illustration Pendant

SAVE THE WHALES! 🙂

-Heather

The definition of…….

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Here are some new soldered glass dictionary pendants made with some wonderful vintage dictionary illustrations. These are all currently available in my Etsy Shop.

Flamingo Dictionary Pendant

Panda Dictionary Pendant

Wolverine Dictionary Pendant

Whale Dictionary Pendant

My Dear Mr. Darcy,

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Here’s a charm bracelet inspired by one of my all time favorite authors, Jane Austen. I stamped and shrunk a silhouette of a woman from shrink plastic, soldered two scrabble tiles and added dictionary words to each, along with a hand holding a heart charm and a ink pen nib. I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Jane Austen Charm Bracelet

Reading is FUNdamental

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

In many of the vintage books I find there is usually a sweet picture on the title page of a child or animal reading a book, these make some of my favorite pendants! I love to read and despite the fact that I cut up books for my art I do dearly love books. I always try to find books that are falling apart, unwanted and unloved so I can give them a new life.

Here’s a few new “reading” pendants, both are currently available in my Etsy shop. And be on the look out for lots more new pendants in the coming weeks, I’ve gotten several great books recently with some wonderful illustrations.

Child Reading Pendant

I adore this one, a boy reading to his dog…
Boy and Dog Reading Pendant

Charmed, I’m Sure

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

I wanted to share another mixed media charm necklace. It is on a ball chain and has a soldered stamped domino and a soldered round wooden game piece that I added vintage text too as well as a silver charm.  I love how these clink around and move as you wear them!

A pretty bird escaping his cage:

Bird and Cage Charm Necklace

available in my Etsy Shop. (sold)

Let Them Eat Cake

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

I found a lovely princess image in one of my vintage children’s books recently and thought she looked like Marie Antoinette so I made a mixed media charm necklace with it around that theme. I soldered the illustration in glass and added two other soldered game pieces, a domino I colored blue and stamped a crown on and a round wooden game piece that I added vintage “eat cake” text too, there is also a silver charm of a hand holding a heart.

Marie Antoinette mixed media charm necklace

This necklace is currently available in my Etsy shop, click here.

-Heather

SPRING CLEANING

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile, I had surgery a few weeks ago and have been recovering.

Bird and Egg Collage Art Soldered Pendant

It’s time for a little spring cleaning in my Etsy shop so I’ve marked down a bunch of soldered pendants to only $7! (regularly they were $12 and $16).

Click here to visit the sale section of my shop, hurry at these price they probably won’t last long!

Moth Soldered Pendant

-Heather