Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Fall/Autumn Garden Mums In My Garden
When the rest of my garden is looking sad as the summer blooms are fading, I delight in the colour that garden mums display as they brighten my the yard. I've planted several in my front and back garden and they are a wonderful burst of colour at this time of year.
Sunday, 21 October 2018
Soft Solder Vintage Glass Marble Necklace - Hot Off The Bench
I came across these old glass marbles (I think this type of marble is called a slag) in our wall unit.....they belong to TP and he gave me permission to repurpose some of them in my jewelry designs. I used the Tiffany solder technique with this pendant. I wanted so see the marble but not lose it, so I caged it in a decorative way and added a bail. The pendant hangs from a stainless steel ball chain. It's a long boho style necklace to wear over a long bulky sweater and it's listed at our Etsy Shop.
Saturday, 13 October 2018
Soft Soldered Flower Pendant Necklace
This necklace will be a gift to a special gardener friend of mine. I've used pink Czech glass flower beads and the metal work and solder are lead free. I patinaed, sanded and polished for a rustic look and added a patinaed stainless stain ball chain. It's a long necklace that will easily go over her head.
I hope she likes it!
I think I may add some similar styles to my Etsy shop.
I hope she likes it!
I think I may add some similar styles to my Etsy shop.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
A Quiet Summer
It's been an interesting summer for me. At the beginning of the summer, while gardening, I was bitten by a spider. It was a nasty bite and I was prescribed antibiotics at the hospital. Weeks later I was hit with vertigo that lasted up until a few weeks ago....so it's been a pretty quiet summer for me. But all of that is in the past.
Today, is a glorious warm autumn day so I took a photo of the last of my tomatoes and mini peppers. We've had wonderful salads and tomato sauce with more sauce in the freezer for the winter.
Everyone has chrysanthemums (mums) in the fall, and so do I. At the end of October I remove the plant from the container and plant them in my garden for fall colour. Asters are a wonderful fall plant too but they are hard to find around here. So I guess I was lucky when I came across these plants a few years back. They're nice and big now and the bumble bees love them. I have 3 plants and each one must have at least 25 bees at any one time. These little guys look a bit blurry because they're busy getting pollen. And I took the shot with my phone.... my vertigo is gone!
Today, is a glorious warm autumn day so I took a photo of the last of my tomatoes and mini peppers. We've had wonderful salads and tomato sauce with more sauce in the freezer for the winter.
I took the shot of the butterfly with my phone a few weeks back. This small white butterfly kept moving around my lavender....I don't think it helped that I still had vertigo. Anyway, I think it's called a Cabbage White or Pieris Rapae.
Everyone has chrysanthemums (mums) in the fall, and so do I. At the end of October I remove the plant from the container and plant them in my garden for fall colour. Asters are a wonderful fall plant too but they are hard to find around here. So I guess I was lucky when I came across these plants a few years back. They're nice and big now and the bumble bees love them. I have 3 plants and each one must have at least 25 bees at any one time. These little guys look a bit blurry because they're busy getting pollen. And I took the shot with my phone.... my vertigo is gone!
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