5-Carrot Diamonds

In a conversation with my cousin a few months ago, I came up with the hilarious idea to make a ring of carrots and talk about it as my "5-carrot ring." Which is, of course, only funny when you know enough about diamonds to know that they are sized in a unit of measure (??) called a karat. Carrot, karat, haha.
I enlisted the help of my coworker's friend, who is an expert in polymer clay vegetable making. She came over one night and helped me make a bushel of carrots.

Before we even got started, Jill showed me this pin she made when she had her own vegetable jewelry company, and I knew that I had found the right person for the job. I mean, look at that magic! 

Cut the clay....

Make the carrots...

Stick them together in an artistic way...

And, the final results. A 5-carrot ring (on the left) for my cousin, and an 8-carrot ring for .... me? Etsy buyer? We will have to see. All that remains to be done here is to superglue the carrots onto a flat ring.

In exchange for the wonderful tutorial on clay carrots, I gifted Jill a pink wire ring I'd made. A fair trade? I think I definitely got the end of the deal!

Not Quiet on the Jewelry Front

The past few weeks have been full of jewelry making. I cleared the junk off my kitchen table and now have it covered in jewelry-making parts. I've made the first few things for the start of an Etsy store, and I've gifted some things to friends now. A wire ring takes just a few minutes free-hand and I created 2 Barbie accessories necklaces that will make someone very happy. In the last 2 months since I've updated this blog, here are the jewels I've created:

The one in the middle is a pin that belonged to my Grandma. Now it is a ring worn regularly. 

Neon orange floppy disk earrings and an old 5-inch floppy as a fascinator. I was inspired by the royal wedding. The first time I wore it, the cook and the waitress at a restaurant I went to argued about whether it was for graduation or for fashion. The cook, when I told him fashion was the reason, he said, "I knew it. I told her! I know fashion when I see it."

A new idea I had to combine jewelry and knitting. I liked it so much I've already made 2 others.

And I saved the best for last. These are what I might call my masterpieces. The pink Barbie necklace is made up of real accessories from my Barbie box back in Connecticut. For some reason, little child Anna decided to rip off her Barbie's head and cut all her hair off.  Cool? Weird? I vote cool, of course. The Ken necklace is made up of accessories I found while tag saleing. I got an entire Barbie suitcase full of dolls, accessories and even 2 My Little Pony toys for just $4. Mind you this included a Ken wheelchair. It was worth every penny!