Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

First, thank you to everyone who looked, read and especially a big thank you to those who responded to the survey.    #3 Best Liked Style  I compiled you answers and here are the results: 14 liked the idea 5 liked the shiny 7 liked the patina finish 7 liked #3 (the leaves) 3 liked #1 (the swirl engraved look)  #1 Best Liked Finish 4 liked all of the styles 3 liked a silver chain 4 liked a simple chain 7 either would use their own chain or had no opinion My conclusions: My basic idea was well received and has lots of possibilities. Variety is the spice of life. Chains are an add-on. There are lots more ideas, twists and turns, in my head.   Keep watching for them!  Check out my etsy site: www.etsy.com/shop/lindabrittdesign  

A survey!   Just the thing to help me know if I am going in the right direction! Don’t you just love to take surveys?   This one is not scientific but the information will be helpful to me.   So if you would like to answer the questions and email them to me I would appreciate it.   Just copy the questions, answer them in an email and send them to me at design.britt@gmail.com   Next Friday I’ll share my impromptu local surveys answers along with yours. SURVEY Take a look at the pictures of the crystal pendants. #1 #2 #3  #4  Do you like the idea and the design ?   Do you like the shiny (#3) or the patina finish (1,2,4) ?   Which style do you like best? What kind of chain would they like to see?     Or would you like to use your own? Any other comments are welcome.   *If you want to see the process, check out my previous blog.   http://www.lindabrittdesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/recyling-cry...

Small Bundle of Success #1 A small case of crystals has taken up space on my shelf for a few years and this December I decided to create jewelry using them.   There were vintage teardrops, Swarovski teardrops, and chandelier prisms - all have some kind of imperfection.   In the case of the teardrops the tops are broken and I just hate to throw them away.   3 Teardrop Crystals with Bead Caps My solution is to make bead caps with bales from silver metal clay and glue the crystals into the caps.   Since silver metal clay shrinks in firing, I knew I needed to make the caps larger.   I molded polymer clay over the top of the teardrop and baked it.   This gave me a firm form where I could build my bead cap of the silver clay.   I started with 3 forms and made 3 different caps with bales.   This was an experiment that worked!   The forms made the caps bigger than the crystals with room to shrink.  Also I found the perfect ...