tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73791345481627024092024-02-18T19:34:24.322-08:00Brenda's TreasuresHello, My name is Brenda Moran I want to welcome you to my blog. Here you will find all of most of my art creations, Sewing as well as jewelry that I have handcraft. I use several different mediums in my work. Art is a passion of mine when I find time to explore it. I hope you enjoy your visit. IF You have any requests please leave it in the comment section along with you contact info. Don't forget to click FOLLOW to keep up to date with what I am making.Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-36654141896809619572014-01-02T00:10:00.000-08:002015-01-25T22:51:18.826-08:00<br />
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Happy New Year all! Better late than never *smiles*<br />
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2014 was a very trying year for me, My husband has traveled to Texas for work and I am holding down the fort. Not alone though, I have Jesus with me, He is my glue.<br />
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I have taken up an old passion of sketching. In the months of November and December. I have sketched over thirty portraits.at first they don't look so well. I didn't post them in order as they were done.<br />
Just click the tab above *sketched and paintings.* so you can see my work. I am so rusty hopefully I'll get better in time. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-63190602036827785192012-05-10T07:26:00.001-07:002012-05-10T07:28:24.313-07:00WireSculpted Rings,Earrings,and Pendants<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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It has been awhile since I have posted anything on my blog and I apologise to my followers. Jewelry making is Special to me but I had to take a break and focus on what is important to me and that is my Daycare business, without it I have no home. <br />
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I will do custom orders on special items which I can do at night and weekends. Drop me an a message if you wish something to be made for a loved one.<br />
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<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border: 0px currentColor; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-14663944871292223972012-03-02T06:14:00.001-08:002012-03-02T06:17:30.764-08:00Christian Prayer Reminder Bracelet<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MR57INzfs9fiSkezqq2EtkVNajoKs5ibyMLg45o4kMx2cuMyTA_p9ARRzRqDws3pBzL598OhnwIAXm4pQ-o9pMB6XaVjVE1sDmNspHLb6fYQFHEhIpq_S5QyVkWVP3rsCyCSzM2n7Ig/s1600/2012-03-01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MR57INzfs9fiSkezqq2EtkVNajoKs5ibyMLg45o4kMx2cuMyTA_p9ARRzRqDws3pBzL598OhnwIAXm4pQ-o9pMB6XaVjVE1sDmNspHLb6fYQFHEhIpq_S5QyVkWVP3rsCyCSzM2n7Ig/s400/2012-03-01.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
As a Christian, I know how important it is to read my Bible, so i've been racking my brain as to what I can make to to help others to remember to pray. Hear is what I came up with. If you would like one, e-mail me or visit me on Facebook. Please leave a comment bellow if you like ;0)<br />
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This beautiful Opal setting used to be a pendant of a client of mine. She brought be some old jewelry and asked if I can make anything out of it. Of coarse I can :) So if you have any stud earring or pendants of sorts just lying around that need a new look. Drop me an e-mail and we can discuss what I might be able to do to upcycle you pretties.<br />
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Still making name charms for Christmas. Just did six last night. If you are interested in me making you one, Drop me an email. I can make single letter earrings, bracelets, rings ect. Just give me the details and I can do. Merry Christmas everyone!<br />
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These are Hot! I got an order for all three in one day. I can make pendants, rings, earrings, bracelets that say anything you would like. Email me!<br />
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After making this beautiful large bezel, I couldn't thing of what to put on it. I really liked it blank, but I felt that it needed some charicter. Here is my end result. Faux Turquoise. The two round pieces I made, they are wrapped in a foil bezel to mimic a traditional bezels that you would see on rings and such. I added a silver tube chain to give it a more of a western look.<br />
My Husband Said "I don't get it" * LOL* Art!<br />
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These lovely earrings are made from polymer clay. This set of heart I recieved in a package of winning beads from Cindy Lietz. If you look back in some of my older post you will be able to see them along with some of her fabulous work. She wanted to see what I have done with them. So, Here you go Cindy. I had them on Monday and recieved tons of Complements. One of my favs now :)Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-8997145288905988272011-09-13T09:41:00.000-07:002011-09-13T09:41:34.889-07:00Natural Stones<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VvEaDiEgTXQ/Tm-HvZzmIJI/AAAAAAAACPY/1RL5Y6KOoPE/s1600/2011-09-13.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VvEaDiEgTXQ/Tm-HvZzmIJI/AAAAAAAACPY/1RL5Y6KOoPE/s400/2011-09-13.jpg" /></a> </div><br />My Sister purchased these from a vender in Ky., and asked if I would wrap them for her. I still have a couple more to wrap before shipping them out. They are very beautiful stones in person esp. with the crackle effect that goes through them.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-75207120938504573802011-09-05T17:42:00.000-07:002011-09-06T10:18:52.168-07:0016 In. Collar Necklace<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4v2vsZxT0fqMgnegC1t42pnAzQ1aBkB2FZxQ0VU08D_4Zcu8QzjDI3r0Qdekz-tJs7sUuXazv7HgsFpjJVbIv5VwbxbPiuyyP600O2ghuuELFM6O6C22KmD1QLEs1n5KOIVfpv5ZvdE/s1600/100_7342.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4v2vsZxT0fqMgnegC1t42pnAzQ1aBkB2FZxQ0VU08D_4Zcu8QzjDI3r0Qdekz-tJs7sUuXazv7HgsFpjJVbIv5VwbxbPiuyyP600O2ghuuELFM6O6C22KmD1QLEs1n5KOIVfpv5ZvdE/s400/100_7342.JPG" /></a><br />
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This is my second collar that I have made. The first one was made with copper wire and I believe used four wires wide. This one is five strands wide and a heavier wire. Almost to difficult to make.<br />
This one is 16 inchs round. I really love the look of Jewelers Brass. It could pass as gold filled. <br />
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Speak of gold, I thought I would mention that 14 K & 18 K Gold Collars sell for $200. and up. <br />
I would sell this one for $75.00 if anyone is interested. <br />
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Worried about tarnishing? All base metals tarnish even silver so you might want to keep a polishing cloth around.<br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paua Te Koha a Tangaroa The Gift of the God of the Sea<br />
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Paua is unique to New Zealand. The most colourful species of Abalone. <br />
Regarded by New Zealanders past and present as a taonga or treasure. Maori legend has it that paua was a special gift from Tangaroa, the God of The Sea. It is unique to New Zealand, that lives on the rocky shoreline all around the coast, but grows best in the waters of southern NZ. This marine mollusk eats seaweed and lives clinging to rocks at depths of 1-10 meters, normally along the shoreline. Paua Shell is the most colorful of all the abalone shells. Most other abalone are pale in comparison. <br />
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This Black Onyx Cabochon Pharoah Ring was made for my son. The stone measures to be 25x18 nice and big. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-62932958030862582011-05-27T15:44:00.000-07:002011-05-27T15:44:15.299-07:00Beautiful Hand Sculpted Cabochon Rings<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I've been having a ball creating these beautiful rings. I just love the look and feel of them. This Black Onyx Cabochon is a 18x13mm Oval. In the ring I used Gold and Silver plated wires. <br />
This ring will fit a ladies size 8.<br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC7ikkftGwMalMmldeA2mQTDzzzHfj1c8tuSojeKJctX_sCRkht0YiQAC5kRoc54bg8bPhD3_81Yi0OEqnnVCxhXd_dpXtJlCtL737BOs8GpEOC6_g6KvUN4fAqPGm3qa-IPhNbnfsBs/s1600/100_7209.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC7ikkftGwMalMmldeA2mQTDzzzHfj1c8tuSojeKJctX_sCRkht0YiQAC5kRoc54bg8bPhD3_81Yi0OEqnnVCxhXd_dpXtJlCtL737BOs8GpEOC6_g6KvUN4fAqPGm3qa-IPhNbnfsBs/s400/100_7209.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a 16x12 mm Turquoise Oval Cabochon. I used Silver plated wires. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This ring will fit a ladies finger size 9.</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93nEFQQuRM4HkhjGz-uPo3OEnNuQf46hzmcmnjxVif_weB9zWzxyb8yijsiebYvS8CRLS5nc0Upz2UjW6tsjRqMVwa31_43TqsCQ3YWyhVW2aSyrQAdBAEFTzNv_6_6l355anWOc7Q0c/s1600/100_7212.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93nEFQQuRM4HkhjGz-uPo3OEnNuQf46hzmcmnjxVif_weB9zWzxyb8yijsiebYvS8CRLS5nc0Upz2UjW6tsjRqMVwa31_43TqsCQ3YWyhVW2aSyrQAdBAEFTzNv_6_6l355anWOc7Q0c/s400/100_7212.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-26993502101575213472011-05-22T18:37:00.000-07:002011-05-22T18:37:37.909-07:00Ladies Collar<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lewg8OHPKxw/Tdm6YbffZZI/AAAAAAAACDE/X2RWMlLl-c4/s1600/100_7194.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lewg8OHPKxw/Tdm6YbffZZI/AAAAAAAACDE/X2RWMlLl-c4/s400/100_7194.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br />This is an 8 inch collar that I made for my pendants.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-26994135781520567642011-05-19T04:34:00.000-07:002011-05-19T04:36:35.277-07:00Oval Amethyst Ring<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrkIkdbMMQ-K5NyBq7YIExFTYKgypjrzA4pxerwidk_cxPJCuBGDzy2zTeZjNggRXyv-xil1xlqYo9w_PkSVSOkEVuAKnpBWqYD7VkDxOygQTRf7t3CBsWIwW8xWsDj7ekoMqoUJ3YCU/s1600/2011-05-18.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrkIkdbMMQ-K5NyBq7YIExFTYKgypjrzA4pxerwidk_cxPJCuBGDzy2zTeZjNggRXyv-xil1xlqYo9w_PkSVSOkEVuAKnpBWqYD7VkDxOygQTRf7t3CBsWIwW8xWsDj7ekoMqoUJ3YCU/s400/2011-05-18.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
First I would like to say; I am really getting the hang of making these rings. This one is really nice! The setting is 14x10 v bottom. Nice and big. It will fit a size 7 1/2. Ive added a little back ground on amethyst stones bellow. I will be listing this in my shop soon so keep your eyes open. If you would like to purchace it, email me. <a href="mailto:brendainflorida@bellsouth.net">brendainflorida<br />
</a><strong>February birthstone Amethyst - Myths, History and Facts<br />
Amethyst History/Lore</strong>According to Greek mythology, Amethyst was a young virgin who became the object of wrath of the Greek God Dionysus after he became intoxicated with red wine. When Amethyst cried out to Goddess Diana for help, she immediately turned the girl into a white, shimmering stone (quartz). When Dionysus realized what had happened and felt remorse for his actions, his tears dripped into his goblet of red wine. The goblet overturned, and the red wine spilled all over the white rock, saturating it until it became the purple quartz that is now known as Amethyst.<br />
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Birthstone Properties</strong>Amethyst is purple quartz, and is a meditative and calming stone. It works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace. Amethyst is also beneficial when dealing with legal problems and money issues, which can lead to prosperity and abundance. Emotionally, amethyst can help heal personal losses and grief. Amethyst has a gently sedative energy that promotes peacefulness, happiness, and contentment. It also brings emotional stability and inner strength, and can enhance flexibility and cooperation. Amethyst can help get rid of addictions (alcohol, drugs, smoking, etc.) and compulsive behaviors of all kinds.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-51522654366947107552011-05-09T15:23:00.000-07:002011-05-10T07:22:55.902-07:00Ladies Watch Bracelet<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVG2E6X4TdQEqAZc7t2VnB740Gvzn3c06WyMmsppywF4zNL2A3u-sR9jDNH5ovQ8hK1a37V3zqVrIHcXl1kwXPX8bledhAOSZBnE_P7_GHy2JpxZoxme_IVjj6IwPNPoAAxC3sSj0Olc/s1600/100_7189.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVG2E6X4TdQEqAZc7t2VnB740Gvzn3c06WyMmsppywF4zNL2A3u-sR9jDNH5ovQ8hK1a37V3zqVrIHcXl1kwXPX8bledhAOSZBnE_P7_GHy2JpxZoxme_IVjj6IwPNPoAAxC3sSj0Olc/s400/100_7189.JPG" /></a></div>Upcycled watch face. I scupted a bracelet for it.<br />
It isn't completely finished because I am not satisfied with my work. Being it was my first attempt with this scupture, I think it turned out great.</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs8gPxsqWqC494du3tI1roDI_KT84F3xOadE7c4-lX-atrgxrG1fbb3JAAXDZEEI1yFYdDpOPqVwc8gYtawt5Mb9ptvNhsRu8NQC7qmUgKc01ttM8iNJ9cffCAocr51dcy5ZJIZ8XVHI/s1600/100_7190.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs8gPxsqWqC494du3tI1roDI_KT84F3xOadE7c4-lX-atrgxrG1fbb3JAAXDZEEI1yFYdDpOPqVwc8gYtawt5Mb9ptvNhsRu8NQC7qmUgKc01ttM8iNJ9cffCAocr51dcy5ZJIZ8XVHI/s400/100_7190.JPG" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I would like to thank Annie and James for donating their old Jewelry.</div></div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDHkr1uZz7yzf3LGzOQPeUSmOpbS0o57fCbP0PlwN-xDyvd1NGNownqTF5HJg3Wg_PejI067YFXCZWfObW561yCypzUOH4hDvVrJDN-Eiligu8Ml6SyxPMizUgXx7LOvlbKqnUVw7u54/s1600/100_7191.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDHkr1uZz7yzf3LGzOQPeUSmOpbS0o57fCbP0PlwN-xDyvd1NGNownqTF5HJg3Wg_PejI067YFXCZWfObW561yCypzUOH4hDvVrJDN-Eiligu8Ml6SyxPMizUgXx7LOvlbKqnUVw7u54/s400/100_7191.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This is how it latches.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Below you will see that I figured out what it was missing. </div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEKo48a7oZnqB9L-agkVnMqBa7PVBm-ET53PHafiISXxJR3gFY0wulGZmOWIKlSShlRLxrWWmvYehaHDuwKA8tw1AwjrPPvt5WIuJB5iaHdEwx3HV65OaTt0Mkdg39yb5RTl469xLN7M/s1600/100_7193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEKo48a7oZnqB9L-agkVnMqBa7PVBm-ET53PHafiISXxJR3gFY0wulGZmOWIKlSShlRLxrWWmvYehaHDuwKA8tw1AwjrPPvt5WIuJB5iaHdEwx3HV65OaTt0Mkdg39yb5RTl469xLN7M/s400/100_7193.JPG" width="321" /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-71761975190260104872011-05-09T15:13:00.000-07:002011-05-09T15:13:43.736-07:00Blue Saphire Prong Ring<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2YwpONaca2ln9n4_O6Xx7Rm-4gGCZ7xAmcQf22jdtAUUY3wHlZh8Il9kohszwuqxCF85fG5yXBslPpkjMAK8YoU4jI70zhKd37MbAKp0T02gbewadt9rN6XJu56Ea0MtyLLR_-iR5GI/s1600/100_7185.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2YwpONaca2ln9n4_O6Xx7Rm-4gGCZ7xAmcQf22jdtAUUY3wHlZh8Il9kohszwuqxCF85fG5yXBslPpkjMAK8YoU4jI70zhKd37MbAKp0T02gbewadt9rN6XJu56Ea0MtyLLR_-iR5GI/s400/100_7185.JPG" /></a><br />This one turned out really nice. The blue saphire gem stone measures 10x10mm and the ring is a size 7 1/2.<br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Brenda Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601857563426681956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379134548162702409.post-59652275067403509412011-04-28T10:44:00.000-07:002011-04-28T17:19:51.315-07:00Black Onyx Square Cut Copper Ring<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAANBNKdc4uW-RzA75nDOoVcRobeyhOnbGhCjCZuRUKhk78q4s_AoO6u2SLGtxMuuDmHKP6FHABv9adP2OT_P0BwrR2iuWPu7ZIyNIQ9n_M-vEuNh-VoDS-fFlbV7nikdhbbb5Ei9qRE/s1600/2011-04-28.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAANBNKdc4uW-RzA75nDOoVcRobeyhOnbGhCjCZuRUKhk78q4s_AoO6u2SLGtxMuuDmHKP6FHABv9adP2OT_P0BwrR2iuWPu7ZIyNIQ9n_M-vEuNh-VoDS-fFlbV7nikdhbbb5Ei9qRE/s400/2011-04-28.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
My First Prong Ring, I used a stone out of a cuff link that belong to my mother. I only had the one so, why throw it out? eh..<br />
I upcycled it as some jewelers's would call it. One of the prong was a bit shorter, but it did not effect the ring at all. I wonder what my mother would say :) I made this one to fit me. I used Copper wire. I am still a bit scared of the real silver and golds.<br />
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