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Post by susand24224 on May 2, 2024 15:51:55 GMT -5
Yeah, thanks for posting those Susan. Some great ideas in there! Also like the tip on the baseball bat. Go for a softball bat if you can, preferably oak. The baseball bat will work but doesn't get large enough for larger wrists. Pre-bat, I saved various sizes of bottles and wrote their "size" on with a magic marker. The bats are much better; I think I paid $4 for my softball bat, as opposed to $50 for a good bracelet mandrel. And thanks for the compliment! |
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Post by susand24224 on May 12, 2024 18:31:44 GMT -5
The April challenge is done! I forgot I had these little lapis cabs that I purchased for another project that were exactly the right size, but I found them *after* I ordered the boy riding the bicycle on the moon and started a new bracelet (which is almost done). I've added a photo of Ms. Bracelet, the back thingy that attaches it (I'm not sure how I feel about this thingy except that it may be an interesting connector for a multi-strand bracelet) and a close up the waves after I figured out how to do them. The new (and improved) bracelet has all waves semi-properly done.    I'm still waiting for the cab I ordered for the May challenge, so it may be posted in June (sigh). |
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 12, 2024 19:33:10 GMT -5
I'm just a casual observer of these wire wrapping threads, but I really like this one Susan  |
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Post by rockjunquie on May 13, 2024 6:04:56 GMT -5
Susan, I liked the other one, but this one is even nicer.  It's a really beautiful bracelet. I love the detail on the back, too. Good choice on the lapis- it always goes so well with copper. You did a nice job and your curls look much better. |
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Post by liveoak on May 13, 2024 8:08:21 GMT -5
Whoa ! Now that's quite a nice transformation, Susan ! susand24224You just proved that we shouldn't give up on things too quickly.
The stone swap made a world of difference, and somehow you magically fixed your waves, that I wouldn't believe it was the same one from before. In fact, I went back and looked at the old one.
All the coiling might have been a PITA, BUT it looks great .
Nice one !
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on May 13, 2024 17:34:41 GMT -5
Whoa ! Now that's quite a nice transformation, Susan ! susand24224 You just proved that we shouldn't give up on things too quickly.
The stone swap made a world of difference, and somehow you magically fixed your waves, that I wouldn't believe it was the same one from before. In fact, I went back and looked at the old one.
All the coiling might have been a PITA, BUT it looks great . Nice one !  Patty
Thank you so much, Patty liveoak . Actually, this is the same bracelet. I didn't fix the curls--I just didn't photograph the side where they are, uh, "creative." But, the antiquing helped a lot. This bracelet is about a size 8, and I actually completed the other one last night, which is about a 7. That's how much I "overspread" the wires on the first. Good news is I have a friend with large wrists who fell in love with it so it will make a friend smile. I really do like this design--it was a worthwhile tutorial with new stuff that I likely will use again. |
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Post by liveoak on May 14, 2024 6:02:56 GMT -5
That's hysterical Susan susand24224 , thanks for the chuckle this morning on your photographing technique  . It is a very nice design & I hope you'll post a photo of your second one as well.
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on May 14, 2024 19:56:17 GMT -5
Just for you, Patty liveoak . First, I did indeed photograph both sides. And a word on these glass cabochons. They are *cheap*. I think they were $2.95 each. The boy riding his bike on the moon rather looked like a dot in the tiny cabochon and was oriented incorrectly--so I decided to use him in a different orientation, perhaps shamelessly copying the bracelet you made. The cabochons, however, are backed in what looks like coated cardboard so it didn't use up much gray matter to decide I shouldn't be plunging them into boiling hot water. Thus, I had to antique everything, including the back thingy and the binding wire prior to putting in the stone--and the back got rather irritated at me poking wires around and through it. Still, I like it!    |
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Post by liveoak on May 15, 2024 5:57:33 GMT -5
You got those waves down pretty darn good  I am also impressed you coiled all that wire so nicely twice !!
Good thinking on the patinating before assembling. I'm not sure if I would have thought about that, so thank you for mentioning it and putting it in my brain to TRY and remember.
What did you do for a catch, BTW ?
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on May 15, 2024 6:34:28 GMT -5
Very pretty, Susan! I think you have it down now. |
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Post by susand24224 on May 15, 2024 16:11:28 GMT -5
You got those waves down pretty darn good I am also impressed you coiled all that wire so nicely twice !!
Good thinking on the patinating before assembling. I'm not sure if I would have thought about that, so thank you for mentioning it and putting it in my brain to TRY and remember.
What did you do for a catch, BTW ?
Patty
No catch as of yet--it's stiff enough to hold its place without one, but the tutorial has one (rather ugly) that's optional. I may add one, though. And thank you! |
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Post by susand24224 on May 15, 2024 16:12:30 GMT -5
Very pretty, Susan! I think you have it down now. Thank you, Tela, the tutorial explains it quite well but I of course struck out on my own on the first one and ran into problems.  |
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Post by liveoak on May 16, 2024 6:29:00 GMT -5
No catch as of yet--it's stiff enough to hold its place without one, but the tutorial has one (rather ugly) that's optional. I may add one, though. And thank you! Excellent - that means it's DONE !!! 
Patty
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It's a really beautiful bracelet. I love the detail on the back, too. Good choice on the lapis- it always goes so well with copper. You did a nice job and your curls look much better.
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