Busy, busy, busy...

I have been so busy with special projects and family stuff that it appears February is flying by, but at least its all been fun. :)  Here are a few of the special business projects I have been doing so far this month.

I have created a one-of-a-kind necklace for The C eFfort - Conquering CF Foundation.  They are holding their annual fundraising gala on April 12, 2013 and the theme this year is a Masquerade Ball - "Behind the mask a hidden illness lives."   The amazing Elaine Ray created the ceramic mask for me to start with and I am quite please at the end result of this piece.  This necklace is for auction online, hop over and have a look, maybe place a bid, ships worldwide. :)  You can also buy tickets to the Masquerade Ball, all proceeds go to Cystic Fibrosis Research.

 

The other thing I've been working on is 50 copper buttons for a Bead Cruise.  I am a sponsor and have donated my copper buttons for the bead cruise and they will be used in a project on the cruise.  Hope the ladies all have fun! :)

You can purchase my buttons in my online shop.

OK, well, that was a quick update of work stuff happening this month.  Have a great day!

All the best,
Traci

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STOP! Hammer time...and Giveaway!

Somehow I feel like I should be wearing really baggy pants and doing some MC Hammer dancing.  I've been spending a lot of time at the hammer and torch this week.  It started as an experiment and I am really enjoying making these new hammer copper penny buttons and charms.  They can be ordered either heat patinaed or not (just plain copper). 

And of course, I have made some plain hammered copper penny buttons.  

Below is a finished custom order.  The customer wanted the charms to just have designs and no words, she also wanted some heat patinaed and some not.

I can see a lot of uses for these little buttons, sweaters, jewelry, shirts, hats, etc..  So, to kick things off I'm going to have a little giveaway.  I will select 2 winners, 1 will win a set of 3 charms (picture below) and the other will win a set of 2 plain buttons.  I will choose the winners from the comments left on this blog post by random picker.  

 GIVEAWAY 1: Set of 3 Charms

GIVEAWAY 2: Set of 2 Buttons

How can you win?

1.) Leave a comment on this blog post

2.) Share this blog post on your Facebook Page

3.) Tweet this blog post

4.) Follow my blog

For each item you do leave a separate comment. 

Have fun and I will choose the winners on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. (MST).

OK, I am off for a little more Hammer Time.  Have a great day and thanks for visiting.

All the best,
Traci

You can purchase my buttons and charms in my Etsy Shop at Downtown Glam.

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Experimenting....

Things got a little back to normal today, so I decided it was time to try a few new things.  I have been hammering a lot of copper lately.  I thought I would try using a flame to the copper to get that lovely patina look and I LOVED it!  Then I got a crazy notion to try stamping and then take the flame to them, OH MY!  I'm hooked.  Here's a sampling of what I started to do today.  

 

 A couple hammered and patina'd sets, I think they will make great earrings! (picture above)

Then I decided it was time to try stamping them and made these charms. (pictures below)

Ok, so if I could make earring charms and these fancy little stamped charms, then why not BUTTONS!!

Here's where it gets really crazy for me, STAMPED BUTTONS!

So, I was thinking of adding these to my Etsy Shop. Let me know what you think?  I had a lot of fun today and can see a lot of possibilities for me.

All the best,

Traci

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A little of this and a little of that...

This week has been a little all over the map.  I've had a sick kiddo all week, home from school all week, so my time making jewelry has been limited (which is perfectly fine).  I did have some time to come up with a few new things.

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I've been playing around with metal a little more and seeing where that takes me, here are a few of my new pieces.

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I've also seen a lot of spring colors popping up in my designs and colors I really haven't been drawn to in the past are more appealing to me now.

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 Finally, I had an opportunity to create a Custom Keychain for a local Charity, The C eFfort.  The C eFfort is a great local charity in Calgary that is focused on 'improving and lengthening the lives of those suffering from Cystic Fibrosis while raising the awareness and education about this horrible genetic and always fatal disease in Alberta and beyond.'  You can visit their Facebook page - The C eFfort, give them a like, let them know Downtown Glam sent you and check out their upcoming fundraising event on April 12, 2013 (Dinner and Silent Auction with guest speaker), its a very inspirational & worthwhile evening. 

That's been my week in review, may you have a great weekend and I'll look forward to catching up with you next week.

All the best,
Traci

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