The dark night charm necklace is complete. I spent most of Saturday making my first jump rings, all the while not feeling comfortable because in my experience stuff slips through the jump ring split. And as soon as I got the necklace done, that is exactly what happened. It was probably partially the weight that was to blame but I spent too much time and too many momentos on it to risk losing any. So, what to do?

After much mulling over (go do something else while subconscious comes up with a plan) and making the new eggplant top on Sunday, I decided to make wire wrapped connectors that have no openings. The work went pretty fast too.

I will be able to wear this Saturday to the spring faery festival. It won’t really match. But that’s cool.  Over time the silver will tarnish a bit and the whole thing will be much darker. I could force the tarnish using liver of sulphur but because it can harm some of the things on the necklace I think Nature will take care of it just fine.

A deer friend (you know who you are!) loves the dog pouch I made for The Ex.  So I got started last week on a little bag for her, in her favorite colors. I was winging it and since it’s an organic process, this pouch has different details.  I hope she likes it none the less.  As soon as I get the facial details in I can finish the bag and send it off to her.  This was a good test as I wanted to see how long it took me and calculate how much I can produce in a year’s time…