New Silhouettes Template

We have some really, really pretty silhouettes now available on the website. They are perfect for our bezels and cab settings, or you could put them in lockets. I love the classic look of a silhouette. I remember as a child sitting on a stool, trying so hard to be still, as a light was aimed at my profile and an artist traced my image onto paper. I'm pretty sure I wiggled a good bit, but I do remember that my profile looked perfect when it had been cut out of black paper. I think my hair had even been tidied up a tad.

In addition to the silhouettes we also have a video showing you how to use ecopoxycraftresin to affix images and sparkly crystals to bezels and settings...click the picture above to see it all!

Thanks to Alison for creating these sweet silhouettes...

New Tutorial - How to patina raw brass with kitchen-cabinet ingredients

 

this tutorial tells you exactly how you can create a real aged patina on brass with a little bit of time and a few things you probably have in your kitchen cabinets. This mixture of ammonia and kosher salt will create a blue-green patina in just a few hours. The bracelet is sweet and vintage-looking. I imagine it looks like something you'd find in a old garden shed where it had been aging for decades. Perhaps the original wearer removed it to pot up a geranium one warm Spring day and forgot to put it back on...

These earrings feature lovely sculptural bead cages cut from brass tubing. The edges have been 'coined' or cut with tiny hash marks using a hammer. This technique is the featured technique tonight at Technique Thursday here at the store. You'll saw the tubing and then coin the edges. It's an amazing detail that really sets the earrings apart.

Our Technique Thursday is a drop-in class focusing on metalsmithing techniques and tips each Thursday night. For just a few dollars you can make the project under the watchful eye of one of our most talented staff members. For free you can watch others make the project.

We'd love to see you tonight. If you'd like to look at upcoming Technique Thursdays click here.

Tinting ecopoxycraftresin©

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Mixing ecopoxycraftresin©

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Spring Hope Earring idea and coupon code

Are you snowed in?

Pin your hope on Spring-it WILL be here!

Use the coupon code SPRINGHOPE with any ornamentea.com order thru noon EST Friday and you will receive a free pair of Safety Pin earring posts. Made for us in the USA, the posts are cast from lead-free pewter and plated in our lovely antique brass finish.

These earrings were made with the posts and some sweet Elaine Ray blush beads and a pair of vintage plastic flowers. I used a brass head pin and looped it on the back, you can see just a bit poking out on one of the earrings.

Valid for online orders only!

Try It Tuesday with POP heart earrings

Valentine's Day is fast approaching!  It's now February, so come out to Try It Tuesday this week and you can make this cute asymmetrical pair of earrings.  Only $2.00 folks!