One of the things I worked really hard for in this company was my promotion to Manager last year. Being a manager allows me to attend the special lunch, get a sneak peak of the new catalogue before it is officially released, and swap trades and participate in the prop swap, where I make an item that's above and beyond your typical card/scrapbook page. All prop swaps are placed in a pile and I randomly receive something someone else created. This time for my Club MED prop swap, I created a necklace and earrings. The necklace uses the 2 x 2 Memory Glass and frame. The earrings were made using microscope slides that I cut in half with a glass cutter used for stained glass making. I put these in the melting pot, and spooned various colors of embossing powder on them until the embossing powder melted and the colors flowed together. Once they were cool, I stamped on them using the Fancy Curls stamp set and embellished with Frosted Lace Stickles. Then to attach the earring hooks, I used heavy duty glue meant for glass and metal to attach antique triangle loops (I tried drilling the microscope slides first, but couldn't do it without breaking them), and I think the loops worked better anyway.
I had originally started my Club MED swap using re-inkers and Crystal Lacquer on the glass, and it worked just fine for the necklace, but because of all the rain we've had this week, by the time I got to the earrings, I couldn't get them to dry. I started them on Wednesday afternoon, and by Monday, they still weren't even dry enough for me to apply a second coat. I had already made a necklace and earring set using the same materials in a different color for my team prop swap, and had wanted my Club MED one to be a little different, but things just didn't work out right and I had to fall back on what I already knew would work without issue.
I guess I'll actually have my own necklace and earring set once the materials straighten up their act. Kind of nice, since I don't make much that I keep.
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