Isn't It Nice To Be Found?

I submitted my Emperor Pendant to Indie Finds a few days ago, and I just checked back today and it was found! I'm so excited. This pendant was created with paper clay and an old soap mold that I got from American Science & Surplus. If you're from the Chicago or Milwaukee area, you know how kitschy of a store it is. If not, they're on-line (http://www.sciplus.com/). They are definitely worth a look. These molds have made shaped crayons that I gave away as gifts for the children of my dear high school friends, Becky and Jenny. And then, I pulled them out to make this pendant. I chose the penguin mold because I think penguins are neat (a little stinky, but neat). After seeing March of the Penguins, I have a new found respect for this interesting bird.

Here is the pendant:



Emperor Pendant
$14.00 by Yomeow
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25626183

Thistle

As long as I'm posting right now... not sure when I'll get another minute, I thought that I'd go ahead and add more info. on another piece. I'm not really sure what kind of flower this is, but for some reason it reminds me of a thistle. A few years back I picked up a crazy piece of jewelry from a rummage sale. The sale was from a very old woman, named V., who no longer lived in her home. It seems that V. had a reputation of a bit of a shopaholic and her house was filled with stuff! Her rummage sales were awesome. I picked up a piece there that became the inspiration for this piece. It was made of chains links that were wrapped in contact paper. Thistle is made of hand-made chain links (no I didn't use paper clips - each one was bent by hand) and is wrapped in acid free paper. I then decoupaged the paper and mounted the pendant on a free-formed piece made from Fimo Clay. The links and the pendant are varnished so they are waterproof. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24994615