Salt Market

This year the Pepper Market has rolled back into the Salt Market and it is NEXT Saturday.

New brooches for the Salt Market:

Copper Bracelet

About a year ago, my brother, who is an antique dealer, gave me these vintage copper pieces.

The pieces were obviously for bracelets.  They sat out on a table near my work bench and I would finger them often and wonder what I would do with them.  I looked for these pieces in catalogs and didn't find anything like them.  I also searched on line and found vintage bracelets made with pieces like this.

Last week, after completing work and cleaning up my work area, I got them out and moved them to center court on the workbench after I had thrown them in the tumbler for a couple of hours.  I moved pieces of tin nearby to test color combos and let that percolate for a couple of days.  Finally,  yesterday, I was ready to put the pieces together. This is what the pieces of copper became, with a little help from some vintage tins, brass circle, brass rivets and steel jump rings and toggle.

Working for the Weekend

Changing career paths, gives you new ways to look at your time!

Just finishing up some earrings for the Apple Harvest Festival in Ithaca this weekend.  My booth is on the corner of Cayuga and Seneca Streets. So looking forward to Ithaca!  See you Saturday and Sunday 10-6.

Asian Tea Tins

I am so excited, I came across a treasure trove of Asian tea tins yesterday and there are some beauts in this lot. Can't wait to use them!

Apple Harvest Festival in Ithaca

The warm weather predicted for this weekend has me crossing my fingers for the next wteekend when I will be in Ithaca near the commons for the Apple Harvest Festival. Although it is a 3 day show, I will be there on Saturday and Sunday.

 I have worked on new necklaces for the show.

Poodle Jewelry Part 2- The Necklace

When we last left the artist she had just completed a poodle bracelet for a client with several sweet poodles.  (See http://www.eaststreetpins.blogspot.com/search/label/poodle%20jewelry). The client's parting words were: "If you ever find more poodle images on tin, let me know."  After a hot morning scouring Madison Bouckville fields for funky tins, what does the artist spy?

 
You guessed it: POODLE TIN!

So the artist sent the image of the tin to the client and she said, "Go with it...I would like a necklace.  And include some of the other cute images."

First thoughts went something like this:

The client said yes and more images how about from the other sides:

Nine images for the necklace and two for the earrings. The artist went to work and came up with this charming grouping from this fun tin:

The poodle necklace and earrings were delivered this morning and the client immediately put them on!

New Industrial Tin Necklaces

Gearing up for the Clothesline Festival in Rochester this weekend.

New tin necklaces with handmade steel chain: