Nice weekend...

It was indeed. I spent Saturday with my niece: we had some good laughs. In the evening, we celebrated our birthdays with the family. For the occasion, I made some earrings to wear. I used what was left of the mokume gane I made last weekend. First, I wanted to make a pair of pendant earrings but when I started putting them together, I decided to make two different pairs instead.

Then, I also finished the necklace for my twin. I made some beads with scrap clay which I cured. Then I dipped them in glass paint. Let them dry for 2/3 days and...voila! The only thing is, as the scrap clay was dark, the green came out right but the dark yellow came out brownish...I still like the colour though.
My sister liked the necklace (sorry for the poor lighting. It was sunny but could not get the right angle)

The one part she didn't like was the central bead. I made a pumkin bead (from Roberta Mohar's tutorial) which I found cute, but she really didn't like it lol

I've put it in a really cute box I got (ok...ok...it is a sushi box BUT it is very cute!) which I filled with some of her fav sweets (hadn't seen those since secondary school). THOSE, she loved for sure...all of them!

That's all for today :-)

Working 9 to 5...

working indeed! After 5 months of looking, I have finally found a contract so I started work this week on Monday. It has been hectic and tiring. Not the job so much but the commute to get to it. So I can say...not without shame, that I am now officially one of those people who have fallen asleep on a bus and woke up to realise everyone was gone lol Luckily for me, my stop was the last stop so I did not have to struggle to get home afterwards.

As soon as the weekend started...and between two naps, I have worked on some projects as I've had loads in my head the whole week but haven't had the chance to work on any of them. I will not say that I regret being unemployed but....it was easier when I could do some fimo everyday haha! People are never satisfied.

I have not had the time to put anything together yet BUT the beads are ready. See for yourself :-)

I've used the watercolor technique for those: I love this technique. Simple but yet, gives gorgeous results.

 The four on the right are from a tutorial on Parole de pate. For the others, I have used the Mokume Gane technique.

Right! Now I need to make something with those. I already have an idea so...just need to find the time to do it this week!

That's all for tonight :-)