I've been tagged!!!

which is fun because lately I"ve been feeling a little 'blah' and also a bit lonely in terms of my blogsphere life. I just can't seem to get it together where blogging is concerned, so this is fun!

Gail is the cheery one who tagged me. you can find her blog here.

Here are the rules:
1-post these rules

2-each person tagged must post 8 random(..hopefully interesting )facts about themselves

3-tagges should write a blogpost of these facts

4- at the end of the post 8 more bloggers are tagged and named

5-go to their blog and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

So here are my 8 facts (they may not be terribly interesting!)

1. I used to train racehorses. ;-)

2. I have 3 tattoos.

3. There is a 13 year spread between my 2 children

4. after 25 years of doing it, I have decided to quit dying my hair

5. I had a tuna melt for dinner

6. I love cayenne pepper on just about anything

7. I eat about 90% of my food cold

8. I think about food far too much!

ha! I finally 'got' that these could be RANDOM facts! Now I need to tag 8 people...hmmm, that might take me a day or two since I'm plum tuckered out from attending the InterGem Show today. Here are my purchases:

I think if you click it you'll get a better look.

Getting hammered

HA! not like that!

Two pieces, sterling, both partially forged/fold formed on the anvil....one with a lapis stone and the other all sterling. Both have been oxidized, with some ammonia thrown in the LOS to create some vibrant blues and purples and some green.

Take a look below. :)

Comments welcome here or stop by the forum and chat with us. :)

Different directions

Seems like I'm going in all sorts of different directions lately - thats part of what I love about this artform, being able to change from one day to the next what I work on or with. I am totally driven by the creating, not by the business or selling - no fad chaser here. lol

So here is some recent work - the first three are different shots of one piece - its interchangeable in that the pieces will 'flip' on the bar from which they are suspended - allowing the wearer to display the silver on top or the patinated copper on top (the middle pic is the silver alone)

Then I have a sterling and onyx pendant, a fold formed copper, sterling fish with petrified peanut wood stone, a sterling and carnelian ring

and finally a little malachite and onyx pendant

Thanks for looking!! :)

Janice