Snow on the Mountain, and Beading Evening
Once the big cloud cleared we saw that our "afternoon thunderstorm" dropped a nice white coat of snow up on our mountain. On 28 July. I love that mountain. I did get both the cats to come in so I could shut the back window. It's still blustery out there. And cold! Wizzy, as shy as he once was, has turned into a real mountain man! On the nice evenings I've given up on trying to get him inside and just leave the window open, hoping he knows what he's doing out there.
I'm spending the evening playing with the new beads. Since I don't yet know what I'm doing I ordered all the wrong sorts of wire for the types of designs I have in mind—wires that absolutely will not work. Fortunately I’m the “chick tool nut” who asked for a Router, router table and Home Depot gift cards for wedding presents (I already had my own table saw, jig saw, scroll saw, mitre saw, drills, hammers, clamps, etc) and so I just happened to have a box of copper wire of various gauges and some galvanized wire (24 gauge, how fortunate, and it cleaned up nicely with a bit of steel wool) out in my husband’s shop that he so graciously went and out in the rain and found for me. (It’s his shop, I have no idea where anything is out there whether it’s mine or not!).
So, it may not be elegant, but it is wire that bends! And it is shiny, at least for now. So I can go on with my project and if it turns out well I will clip out the galv and re-do it with actual, real, silver wire. Dead soft, I believe is the kind. Not “memory wire” which won’t do a thing except what the factory tells it too. Besides, that stuff contains carcinogens, according to the label (Why would they sell that for jewelery making, knowing people will be wearing it? That is just wrong). Sterling silver, I'm pretty sure it's ok to wear that.
Elvenbeads (2007-06-28)
I'm not sure what type of memory wire you're using but not all of it is dangerous. I use it all the time, it's especially good for designs for people who arent sure of the size, then and memory wire is perfect for that. Good luck for your on going Jewelry endeavor. If you need good sites for beads or anything, let me know... I could probably come up with a few for you maybe 20 or more. :)
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