Sarah @ Gypsy Mermaid decided to have a charm swap. I thought well that sounds easy peasy and fun too, so sign me up. Boy was I wrong....about the easy part not the fun part. I was going to soldier up some charms. I went out and bought the glass slides, the soldiering tool, tape and flux. Yep, check, I'm ready. HA!!! What do you have to do practice with these thing for 6 months after going to school for it. Well after several hours for 2-3 days and a couple of burns, I was done. DONE, do you hear me?! Well maybe one day I'll take a class and then someone can show me what I'm doin'. It just looked so darn easy.
One idea down and nothing new popping in my head. Finally I decided to go with little metal disks and scrapbooking paper glued to the back. I then added little crystals and filled with a glazing liquid. On the back I glued a little circle of velvet scrap paper. I also had some little wooden bunny shapes which I drilled a hole in. Then I painted them and added polka dots and a bow.
Sarah made cute birds with the alphabet to coordinate with a list of who made which charms. That was a smart idea and cute. Then she sewed little bags tied with ribbon to hold them all.
Thanks Sarah for hosting such a fun Swap and making me work my brain.
Not only did we get one of each charms but we also had a special swap partner that we made fabric hearts with to swap. Jodie @ Everything Vintage, who is so creative, was my swap partner. And she sent me the most beautiful heart. Isn't the heart she made above just swoony gorgeous!!! I love it and am so proud to call it mine. Thank you Jodie for taking so much time to make such a beautiful heart.
The heart above is the one that I made for Jodie. I really hope she liked it. It can't compare to hers.
Thanks to all the wonderful girls who made this so much fun. I love all the charms and all the individualism.
You put so much thought and creativity into it. Love this!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah me and a soilering gun..would equal a disaster..at least you tried!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome swap tho1
Hugs Cindy from Rick-Rack and Gingham
Soldering is not easy for me either. I found I had problems with getting the solder to flow properly. I am on my third soldering iron because I really wanted to know how to solder properly. I bought a soldering iron with a higher wattage (??) at the stained glass shop and a rheostat to control the temperature and it works so much better. I am not sure if the lower power soldering irons are the problem or if the lack of a temperature control is. I think you did a great job being creative with your charms and the packaging and your fabric heart looks good to me.
ReplyDeleteHi Tracy, sorry you have been under the weather, hope you feel better soon! This looks like it was a fun swap. Your charm and heart look great. Have a wonderful week, Nan
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