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Shiny Spotlight Thursday

There are some really talented artists, designers and creators that sell their handmade items on Etsy. Each Thursday I highlight some of the items that catch my eye. I put together a warm red themed treasury earlier this week, and thought I’d share some of those gorgeous items with you.

Clicking on each image will link you to the seller of each item, if you decide you simply must purchase it.

Enjoy!

Cinnamon Flare Dress from Modest Maven

Passport Case Cinnamon from Dear Sukie

  Valentine’s Candy Box from Sweet Vanilla Bean

Red Hot Cinnamon Candy - Olive Oil Spa Soap from catherine filippelli

Caramel Apple Vintage Lucite and Brass Bracelet from BEB Designs

Red Koi Vase by D Babcock

Little Red Feather Butterfly Ring byJenifer’s Family Jewels

 Happy Shopping everyone!

Look for the Shiny Spotlight every Thursday.

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So how does one figure easily how thick a particular gauge sheet is?

getyourbone says:
For future reference, I believe you can take the gauge in question and add 6 to it to get the “half” amount and subtract 6 to get the “double” amount

example:

14 gauge is .064

14 + 6 = 20 so 20 gauge is half as thick as 14 gauge

14 - 6 = 8 so 8 gauge is twice as thick as 14 gauge

Brilliant.

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If you haven’t discovered it yet, visit the Starving Artists Forum, “a community of artisans, designers, crafters, hobbyists, collectors and enthusiasts of all things created by hand!”

Starving Artists has forums for seed beaders, metal smithing, show and tell, lampworkers among others. Starving Artists is a safe and friendly environment to ask questions, share your latest creations and make new friends. Visit this week and check us out. You will find it warm and friendly and you may want to stick around a while.

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It’s been cold. I mean really really cold. The high on Friday was 2 degrees F.

2.

Ick.

Wichita has been hovering between zero and 10 the entire week.  Until I started a bit of metalsmithing, I was happy to stay bundled and warm in my house and avoid the weather extremes. But, since I’ve started playing with fire, I’ve moved my metalsmithing bench to the garage. The garage with a VERY cold cement floor. I love all my tools. I love my torch. I love my little Smith heads. But I just can’t make the sacrifice to freeze my toes (and other body parts) to spend some quality time out in the garage.

The family unit is moving sometime in the spring to a bigger house. One of the requirements of this new, bigger home is that I can use a room in the basement for my own. A room that I can install an exhaust fan, has an exterior window and egress, and will be mine mine all mine for making jewelry. Being able to have ALL of my tools AND my torch all the same place = heaven. Additionally, being inside and WARM? Definitely icing on the cake.

Setting up a work bench is kind of like buying a new house, you know? Now that I’ve been  using mine for several years, I am pretty sure I know nearly exactly what I need at the next location. It’s kind of exciting.

How did your work bench evolve? What was the biggest thing you learned that you would have part of your next work space?

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