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Layered Metal Jewelry Designs and Tutorial Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:00 AM PST The Tudors inspired - A Cardinal's Ransom Desiree Bigard who is based in Michigan, makes distinctive Gothic, Victorian and fantasy styled jewelry for her Etsy store, Peacock Tres Chic. Her eye-catching one of a kind pieces feature angels, wings, skulls, mythical beasts and ornate silver plated brass filigree stampings. Perhaps you're not into some of the darker themes but you will be interested in the way she goes about layering and building up her unique 3-D focals. Her careful attention to details and placement result in such wonderful pieces - a couple of those I chose to feature here have, not surprisingly, been sold already! Blood Countess Necklace Desiree also generously shared a tutorial on how she creates her her jewelry. Some of the components are quite large so she does take those apart with the aid of a Dremel. She can then use the bits she likes. Her complex designs are not soldered but glued.  Her how-to explains more about the glues she chooses to use. Sweet Dreams Mythical Hippocamp - Beyond the Black Secrets of the Hanamachi Dark Alchemist La Dolorosa Desiree's first born son just celebrated his first birthday yesterday!  Hope the family had a great time! Before You Go : What Glues to Use for Jewelry Making? How to Use Gilder's Paste to Colorize Metal Jewelry How to Make Riveted Recycled Soda Can Earrings For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post! Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

B'Sue Boutiques Gift Certificate Winner Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:32 PM PST Many of the entrants for last week's giveaway were already fans of B'Sue Boutique and Brenda Sue's blog.  For those of you who are new to my blog, I bid you welcome! Some too adored her videos.  No wonder, they are full of helpful tips and tricks to expand  your jewelry making skills!  So let us see who is the lucky winner of the $25 gift certificate who will get to try out some new things. I numbered all the entries and hopped over to random.org. The randomly generated winning number belonged to Wildcard!  Congratulations!   Subscribers : To comment, click on the post title to return to the blog. At the bottom of the post, click on "Comments". If you do not have a Google account, website or online store, use Name/URL - and leave the URL blank. For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post! Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

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