Journal, resistors and pin

The above photos are of some of the pages in a journal I made from my hand decorated papers and stamps. It's winging it's way to a very special lady in the US for her birthday last week.
I've added a few of my decorations and images but left the rest for her to do as she pleases.



My darling brother came to see me yesterday with this wonderful collection of resistors, gold plated connectors and other goodies. He'd been cleaning out his supply, what wonderful treasures, I just have to spend some time now sorting them out.



I made this experimental pin that can also become a necklace with the addition of the chain. I've started to make my own wire pins so I need to do some testing to make sure they hold their shape. If they are a success I'll have some in my Etsy store when I open it shortly.

There may be another altered book workshop at Hann Made Studio on Sunday November the 25th, if we can get enough interest. If you're interested in attending just email me or contact Hann Made Studio, their link is in my side bar.

Pins and pages

The pin above is for a friend, this is the third one she has ordered and I still have another one to go. Jo provides me with the raw crystals and then I wire them and add the rest of the beads and objects. The pearl drop was an old earring I picked up from the 'broken jewellery' oddments jar in the local op shop, it has rhinestones around the top. I bought a real crystal necklace,three strings of pearls (I think they were imitation, I have to test them) and a necklace that was made of carved cream beads that are in the pin, all for two dollars, true finds.

The pages are two more backgrounds from my altered book. They are the basis for more added texture and layers. The bottom one again uses old torn up pages from the yellow pages phone book.

We had a great day today, we went into Melbourne for breakfast at one of the numerous cafes along the Southbank, which is on the Yarra river. A glorious sunny spring day. Then we went to the writer's festival at a beautiful old buiding called the Malthouse, which is what it used to be. There we listened to a talk by one of my favourite authors, British writer Alexander McCall Smith, who's visiting here at present. His books are about a fictitious lady who started the first lady detective agency in Botswana. He writes from the female point of view and his books are extremely light and as he says, there is so much violence and action happening in the word today that his books area bit of light relief, not a lot happens but they are enjoyable reading. I'm reading the third one in the series and was able to get him to sign it for me, he's a very entertaining and jovial character, with a beautiful, easy to listen to voice.

More Found Objects Jewellery

The pin above will be winging it's way to Gillian Allen in the UK, as a small token of appreciation for all the work she's done for me, and everyone else, with permanent displays of our work on art-e-zine. She's a terrific lady.
The earrings are part of an assortment of jewellery going off to the galleries this week.

More Jewellery

Another pin to go to the gallery, I have two more to make and a couple of smaller necklaces. I'll show photos when they're done.