9 Charms for 9/9/09!

I posted a blog on Beading Daily today about experimenting with surface texture. It was a fun blog to develop--Emma helped me chop up aluminum sheeting and we madly hammered, colored, scrubbed, sewed, and generally destroyed the little squares until we came up with several we liked.

But the question after we did the study was what to do with these little squares... I played around with the metal pieces this morning and put this funky little charm bracelet together in honor of the date today: 9/9/09.


I like it as a bracelet, but it would also work well connected to a simple chain necklace. Here's the skinny on the components, from left to right:

-I picked up the lobster clasp and chunky chain from The Bead Monkey.

-I used homemade jump rings made with Parawire to connect the components.


-For the TV charm, I chemically bonded (E-6000) part of one foil-square experiment to a nifty TV cab setting from Ornamentea.

-The next little round silver charm is a cut-out from the same foil experiment that's in the TV cab. I covered it with Lisa Pavelka's Magic-Glos to strengthen it.

-The praying man milagro is from Beadhive. I could always use more prayers.

-The two larger foil charms are done the same way the first one.


-The "J" tag is from Michael's. I used heavy-duty pliers wrapped in a hot pad to roast it on the stove.

-Ah, and the face charm...I love making these handmade cabs! I chemically bonded this one to a cab setting from Ornamentea.


-The "62" charm is one that Emma made from pounding the foil onto some steel numbers. Sorry, the numbers have no significance other than they're imprinted on the back of my steel block (an antique iron).

-The final charm is the sweetest heart pendant from Green Girl Studios. Thank you, Andrew!

-And the ring for the clasp is a funky sprocket gear element from Tim Holtz.

What do you think? I think I better quit messing around and get back to work. I've got editing to do!