Getting Angry, Anime Style

There is a lot to like about anime and one of the things that tickles my funny bone the most is always being able to tell when someone is truly ticked off, the more angry marks there are on them or around them the more unhappy they are (yes I know I'm not right in the head).  But really wouldn't be great if you could express that in real life?  Even if you are not into anime some days you just want the world to know to go away I'm not in a happy mood. Because of that I just had to make these earrings, If your equally wrong in the head you will just love them.  I will say that most jobs and schools would not let you ware these earrings (because they are boring), but who cares about them they don't have to rule your every waking moment. 

What I'm saying is Buy these earrings I know you want to.

Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

New this week is a fun Harry Potter Inspired Bracelet in honer of the School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

Instead of choosing a house how about celebrating the whole school?  I did this bracelet up all in purples and black because thous are the colors that come to my mind when I think about magic (and because purple is not a house color).  The charms are meant to represent the things that all houses and wizards can get behind.

Green Dragon, Button

I have to admit that I love dragons, I just think the are to cool.  So of course I had to make a dragon button, well actually I have made several of them, but so far this is the only one that I have added to my website.  To create the background I used a shimmery green paint for the bottom layer then dropped several successive layers of varying shades of green pant on top to create this spotted dragon egg effect.  All in all it turned out pretty cool. 

Beautiful Kanji, Earrings

I have been picking up bits and pieces of Kanji (one form of Japaneses writing) for years.  I could of course blame my brother for this, as the younger sibling I have had years of practice doing this and it would have the advantage of being partly true, it's a hobby of his.  Or I could blame the vast quantity of Anime  and Manga I have absorbed (Japaneses entertainment), and this would also be true.  Maybe I can fob this off on one of my many friends that took Japaneses in collage, witch sounds cool so it's a fun one to go with.  However I'm guessing it's a combination of all 3.  For what ever reason I have been making a lot of charms with Kanji on them with English translations (very small) underneath.

This pair of earrings has the Kanji for Beautiful, witch is lovely to look at as just a shape.  The English translation is at the bottom. I used one of my favorite colors as the top bead.   I was going with the logic of a lovely bead for a lovely word. 

Wish-Ball Button

According to legend you only need 7 dragon eggs to get a wish.  Cool! I have no idea what I would wish for, but a wish granted could be awesome.  Unlike most of the buttons you will find on my website this one dose not have a copper band around it.  This makes for a somewhat thinner button.  Orange* and Yellow paint swirls together for the background color while 3 stars float above.  I could have put more stars on (in?), but I liked the way 3 looked.

*Note* the paint is a little sparkly witch seamed appropriate to me since the Ball has it's own life.  The sparkles help bring the color to life.

Little Black Book Earrings

There are so many things you can do with a little black book.  Most of the things that come to my mind are list.  For example Lovers, Friends, People You Want To Punch In The Face*, Death Note, Creative Ideas.  Really the possibility's are endless.  I handmade the books out of polymer clay.  The cover is black the binding tab is white so to continue the classic color scheme the bead at the top is red.

*Note*: This is my favorite list... not because I have one stashed away in my handbag. No that would be wrong.  It's just because the notion makes me smile.

I have been adding new product to the website like crazy this year.  Buffing up old beloved lines and adding new.  Here are some of the things I have added this past week... 

More has been added then the few listed here, but I thought I would give you an overview.

I have been asked for YEARS "do you make guy Jewelry?"  well I now I can say..."sort of".  I have been playing with resin for the past month and have decided to use this new found skill to make buttons.  Button's are great because unless I cover them in glitter and make them pink they are both guy and girl friendly.  Yea! I have something everyone can ware.   Now only a few of the buttons will make it onto my website so if you want to see the whole line you'll need to find me or Chance at a Con.

I start out with a few blanks that I have colored and warped in copper...

Then I make up some pictuers to float inside the buttons...

I put just a little resin down to keep the pictuers in place...

Then cover with a thick layer of resin...

After they dry for a day  I can add the pin backs then let them dry for several more days.  Bellow is one of the batches I have finished with some close up pictuers as well.... well mostly finished I have not added the backs yet.

I'll start adding Buttons to my website next week.  Hope you enjoy

I came across some small glass bottles with plastic stoppers a while ago and of course I had to buy all that I saw because they where just to cute.

They have been sitting around the house for a few years now because I was hung up on the idea that I needed real cork stoppers.   I have gotten over that idea; because really plastic stoppers will actually make the bottles air tight plus they work grate for the Zombie Virus (who would stopper a virus with a real cork stopper?), and have made several styles of earrings using the cute little bottles.

 I'm supper happy with how they turned out.

The Zombie Virus Earrings you can buy online the other 3 (Mermaid Scales, Fairy Dust, and Drink Me) at the moment are only available at shows....  if you email me because you "need"  one or all 3 of the earrings I can make them available,  I'm just being lazy.   If you have any ideas for other things to make out of these small bottles I would love to hear them.