Costume Jewelry Storage Tip

Costume Jewelry Storage Tip:

To prevent your costume jewelry, sterling silver or handmade costume jewelry from tarnishing, keep in Ziploc baggies! It is difficult to tell just by looking at a costume piece if it is going to tarnish or not so to be safe, I keep almost everything in plastic bags!

Be sure to see these tips on cleaning rhinestone jewelry.

Hunting for Mushrooms

Wild Lobster Mushrooms and Chanterelles

It is the time of year for fall mushrooms! I love hunting for chanterelles, hedgehogs, matsutake, bear's head coral, boletes or whatever I can find! Here is a painting I did a few years ago. It reminds me of searching for chanterelles in the vine maple.

1999 Acrylic "Hunting for Chanterelles"

Wild mushrooms are a little more difficult to cook; the high water content plus butter can turn them into slime! Here are some cooking methods and tips for wild mushrooms.

For information on cooking wild mushrooms please see my Squidoo article.

I was also hunting for mushrooms on Etsy but not a single matsutake found! I love the aroma of the piney cinnamon; totally reminds me of fall!



     

'On the Hunt for the Matsutake Mushroom' by BluKatDesign

Not a single one found here on Etsy but I can sure smell them!

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

   

1980's Retro Jewelry Art

A collection of some of my wearable art jewelry made in the early 80's. A friend pointed out that it is now vintage retro jewelry art! I guess I am getting old!

I made this necklace in high school. I was fortunate to have the master of  found object art jewelry, Ron Ho,  as my teacher! 1981 sterling silver repousse

After high school, I  played with acrylic for a bit; this was my first. 1982 acrylic, copper, brass wearable art necklace

1982 nickel, amethyst, plastic tubing art pendant

1982 Necklace/Belt;  nickel, acrylic, plastic tubing, citrine

1982 retro art necklace; nickel, acrylic, copper, garnet, plastic tubing

1982 retro jewelry; nickel, acrylic, plastic tubing, telephone wire

1982 Art Jewelry Necklace/Belt

1982 Necklace with interchangeable acrylic triangles, nickel, copper, plastic tubing, carnelian

1982 art jewelry necklace with nickel, acrylic, plastic tubing, amethyst

My Upcycled Jewelry Today:

2012 upcycled necklace made of bobby pins. As you can see I still like fun and funky jewelry designs and color!

Colorful Neon Earrings made from repurposed bobby pins!

I also collect vintage jewelry to remake into unique jewelry collages. 2010 upcycled necklace.

To see my jewelry teacher and other inspiring jewelry artists and wearable jewelry art, see my article on Squidoo!







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Top Ten Reasons to Buy Handmade

Top Ten Reasons to Buy Handmade