Wire wrapped necklaces-snowflakes for the Christmas school sale

This year I created snowflake necklaces for my youngest daughter’s Christmas school sale. Creating these shapes from wire was very pleasant. I even added some beads to them. My goal was to use only supplies which I already had. So I used two types of 20 gauge non-tarnishing silver-toned copper wire and acrylic beads for …

A Little Copper Experiment with hammered teardrop elements

Today, I played around with some tiny copper elements—1.5 cm long, 1.5 mm diameter wire pieces. I hammered them on both sides at different angles, giving each a unique shape and texture. The pieces got little holes at their ends, letting me string them together on a wire ring alternating with deep Bordeaux glass beads …