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Friday, November 11, 2011

Show and Tell Saturday - Friendship Soldered Necklaces with Leaves

A couple weekends ago I got to spend a great day with my friend, Kim in Glendale, KY shopping and eating yummy food.  We had such a good time and it was such a beautiful day - there were oodles of the most colorful autumn leaves that I had ever seen.   Leaves so pretty that I wouldn't even complain about raking them (I might grumble a little - I am only human).  Anyhoo, to commemorate our fun day I decided to take a couple of the leaves that I had gathered and make soldered pendant necklaces for Kim and I.
I can never resist a monogram so I stamped a tiny initial onto some linen and then backed it with a 1" square punched section of leaf.  The glass is from Ranger and the copper tape/lead free solder is from Simply Swank.  Another reason these necklaces are special to me is that I learned to solder in a class that I took with Kim.  Today we went to lunch - look at what I ate - 
Yummy bento box lunch with a crunchy shrimp sushi roll!!  
I'm linking up to the Artists in Blogland: Show and Tell Saturday - be sure and check that site out to see loads of beautiful creations!
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 12, 2011 at 4:36 AM

    I've never tried such pendants. It looks like fun!!

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  2. FallingladiesNovember 12, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Oh... I love them, so great. I am always trying to think of ways to save beautiful fall leaves!

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  3. Tracey FKNovember 12, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    That is such a beautiful way to save the leaves... the sushi looks yummo... wish I had had a bento for lunch xx

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  4. Joni NickrentNovember 12, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    Your pendants are awesome!

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  5. Becky RusherNovember 13, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    Cool pendants, Michelle! That lunch is making me hungry!

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  6. Kimberly JonesNovember 13, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    As the delighted recipient of that necklace, all I can say is WOW! I love the pendant and I thought the idea of encasing the leaf was pure genius! What a beautiful memento of a fun day with a very special friend! And now I'm hooked on bento boxes! Thanks Michelle!

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  7. veronicaNovember 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    i wish i had taken the soldering class with you. would've been fun!

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  8. peggy aplSEEDSNovember 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    i just love these soldered pendants and i've been planning to make some for ages! thanks for sharing!
    hugs,
    peggy aplSEEDS

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  9. jenNovember 18, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    looks like you had a great day! those pendants are aweoms- I would never have thought of using a leaf!!

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