Well, I veered away from what was in the book on this one. I hammered out the star in the middle, then I punched out the circles around the perimeter thinking I would weave copper mesh through the wholes going around the outside of the star. Well trying to weave the mesh wasn’t working so well. So I improvised and just secured the copper mesh between the two pieces, so the mesh would show through the circles. I then used small 1/16” brads to secure the whole thing together and added a pin bail on the back. So I can wear it as a pin or add a chain and wear it as a necklace.
The photo that was added in the star is just a random photo I picked.
In my spare time, who needs to sleep. I also worked on making 12 of these charms for Amber Dawn’s Think Pink Charm Exchange. I went back to my soldering for this one.
Then packaged each one up in this envelope tied with pink ribbon.
Moving on to the next project in the book.
6 comments:
Hello!
I'd like to invite you to participate in my quest for a home. Hope to see you at my blog!
Brave Domo
Great work Melissa! I'm glad to see you were inspired to expand on the techniques in the book!
~*Melissa*~
Your Hope charms are so pretty!
Thank you for joining the swap, and for posting such beautiful pieces! Your packaging is lovely as well!
Amber
Melissa -
I love your version of this piece - I can really see your individuality in it, and it looks like you had fun creating it (I agree with you - the weaving was really difficult!).
Your "hope" charms are beautiful, and the packaging is the icing on the cake!
:-) Molly
Melissa, I received one of your charms.Thank you for the beautiful charm!I love it!
Pat
Your charms are so popular!
Amber
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