<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nxs5KDZd6hM5Ca3-IBHWsuWB9SG8UsZCAhNBGvFWFcOKCF_XYRmiHEE8lQM18cb9l3MZCIv6QfvnTEbAz9bahjWAkU427eZKyQdVUAayRa1NNuzIEE66oMAi1xl96Ub0F7-SfvrAcTU/s1600-h/orange+scarflette+loopy+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415575718803178770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nxs5KDZd6hM5Ca3-IBHWsuWB9SG8UsZCAhNBGvFWFcOKCF_XYRmiHEE8lQM18cb9l3MZCIv6QfvnTEbAz9bahjWAkU427eZKyQdVUAayRa1NNuzIEE66oMAi1xl96Ub0F7-SfvrAcTU/s400/orange+scarflette+loopy+1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Creative Night #2</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Last night I had another creative spurt. I made the scarflette above while sitting in the green room at a local theater where my daughter was performing and last night I finished it up by adding the loops along the bottom and the buttons. The buttons are vintage ones from my grandmother's collection and I like to double them up so there is a bigger one beneath a small one. I kind of want to keep this scarflette but I think it will end up on <a href="http://lilacpop.etsy.com/">etsy</a> tonight!</span></span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5hV2hI8MbTdPv8Dre4bNt-Ly_BDDUABjwPJ-kybXYVBGks2FELNJVzp-cvL6DUDqDt2JygbuB86lSVkMp0qc2BD-7nm8gVzXlkYJTEpLnq3P9ZvWzzQyJje36GdV1Zyj5btb5KbenM4/s1600-h/silver+heart+necklace+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415575713195817570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5hV2hI8MbTdPv8Dre4bNt-Ly_BDDUABjwPJ-kybXYVBGks2FELNJVzp-cvL6DUDqDt2JygbuB86lSVkMp0qc2BD-7nm8gVzXlkYJTEpLnq3P9ZvWzzQyJje36GdV1Zyj5btb5KbenM4/s400/silver+heart+necklace+3.jpg" style="WIDTH: 303px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p>I made this pendant out of aluminum which I cut and hammered by hand. Then I sanded it and added the sparkly blue charm.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuLr8GOTV-s7fzZQogP_mijK3ILepaNfYZ6xnrugQ5v_28-hKDxNpEgfcDkAw_vY0jbFk-ello2aX4sel5t85d_vOfDr3bqz_TfOYhDdwuHg27Y5feVgJ_u6lRjacGx98WZKOdotS8K4/s1600-h/Janna+Sweater.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571805547797090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuLr8GOTV-s7fzZQogP_mijK3ILepaNfYZ6xnrugQ5v_28-hKDxNpEgfcDkAw_vY0jbFk-ello2aX4sel5t85d_vOfDr3bqz_TfOYhDdwuHg27Y5feVgJ_u6lRjacGx98WZKOdotS8K4/s400/Janna+Sweater.jpg" style="WIDTH: 255px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p>This is a sweater I started over Thanksgiving break which I recently finished. I added buttons last night, again layering them up for texture. The only thing is the sweater is too big for me. I have it cinched in back for the photo. I'm looking for solutions...maybe lacing something in the back to cinch it up? I really want to keep this sweater! The pattern is from Vickie Howell's book <a href="http://www.unicornbooks.com/detail-SQL3.asp?pStockNo=23947">Aware Knits </a>(she rocks!).<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36873917"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571691427748066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcr4cQHBU4xfWiNLXBhfQfv1somt4ztd_0pG1uFhzcbbx0jATSCT85di0K2LgPqRMvx80u7MrhyphenhyphenrmmxC0n9WfU0-YXJLdoNbxwuQjqXhvtseG0H9WyybQeG0aiQPyms_3p2KODhHe37M/s400/long+flower+necklace+1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 252px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center"> I found these awesome enameled brass pendants at JoAnn's yesterday and made these necklaces. Again, I want to keep them both but they are listed on my <a href="http://lilacpop.etsy.com/">etsy</a> site right now. If you want them, act fast because I will be taking them off etsy and to the indie craft show I am in this weekend.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qozAvmmrTkqSdNNGrQyxG3NVX1Zjealb1HlC45zEcHg0IPUHsCfsdnWGd8mv4guke3kKpIcr-1C_5_Y4izzN4fbZUPjVwK6wjXfUIfO0brx-9l3I7XUv3YvuFwPZAQCdpM9b-0G76yU/s1600-h/long+flower+necklace+4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571677668591506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qozAvmmrTkqSdNNGrQyxG3NVX1Zjealb1HlC45zEcHg0IPUHsCfsdnWGd8mv4guke3kKpIcr-1C_5_Y4izzN4fbZUPjVwK6wjXfUIfO0brx-9l3I7XUv3YvuFwPZAQCdpM9b-0G76yU/s400/long+flower+necklace+4.jpg" style="WIDTH: 361px; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcn3PsT14Dce9M7j2avudxGZl2z2J6bRmC0gq34jBZYNuyFag-WJPWOiZCkDKzgs1x8D_DjtNxkvsVGU5wSyrJfk_Kbp1xK53-AZFDkMFMBccCHxTjEP31ZLM96a9KZRrjEGZcndxSD4/s1600-h/shorter+brass+necklace+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571671517654962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcn3PsT14Dce9M7j2avudxGZl2z2J6bRmC0gq34jBZYNuyFag-WJPWOiZCkDKzgs1x8D_DjtNxkvsVGU5wSyrJfk_Kbp1xK53-AZFDkMFMBccCHxTjEP31ZLM96a9KZRrjEGZcndxSD4/s400/shorter+brass+necklace+2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 287px; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcF125VK9PvjEnuoLb1exlwYaeypuCtvTn7u3IDXSY8ydSKQbyaMMxjQwqgC6FCltPgqeWgyCGvClbMcYx6sXu-2nzQg9ZS_OTVqfzyzsrCf3_czqdwPkkmu2GhqSYap8MMWdKdSbnZc/s1600-h/tubes+and+beads+necklace+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571688368391074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcF125VK9PvjEnuoLb1exlwYaeypuCtvTn7u3IDXSY8ydSKQbyaMMxjQwqgC6FCltPgqeWgyCGvClbMcYx6sXu-2nzQg9ZS_OTVqfzyzsrCf3_czqdwPkkmu2GhqSYap8MMWdKdSbnZc/s400/tubes+and+beads+necklace+3.jpg" style="WIDTH: 331px; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDEsVvfLfD0AmsMo5J5B-66CP8MhskaPjp3KVncWdCfMJyVH1B0YPC5thPG88mHbZzMnhuT0cxmowUqF0yerCAJP3e0eFVqX0k-Kb9NapOE5ChlKnlFC3gLSVTOp2i_zjMa2eFI3pom4/s1600-h/tubes+and+beads+necklace+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571682150760882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDEsVvfLfD0AmsMo5J5B-66CP8MhskaPjp3KVncWdCfMJyVH1B0YPC5thPG88mHbZzMnhuT0cxmowUqF0yerCAJP3e0eFVqX0k-Kb9NapOE5ChlKnlFC3gLSVTOp2i_zjMa2eFI3pom4/s400/tubes+and+beads+necklace+1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 258px; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />I made this one a while ago but sanded it and finished it last night. I sawed aluminum tubes and layered them with jade beads.<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtmwC7nsiSdI3g1VcplRUaqiVIknzCGd0JB8uIKo7qrrz38EH6NOhonPEvnxTmlZNoT7zf7jDoyPiyaS59uAEh3H3iCS5MWibyf_271c_iqz57Rk-O4GE9SRrC3LKsMZxhj21f9dJMD0/s1600-h/DSC_8609.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571307741815954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtmwC7nsiSdI3g1VcplRUaqiVIknzCGd0JB8uIKo7qrrz38EH6NOhonPEvnxTmlZNoT7zf7jDoyPiyaS59uAEh3H3iCS5MWibyf_271c_iqz57Rk-O4GE9SRrC3LKsMZxhj21f9dJMD0/s400/DSC_8609.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 337px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center"> I actually took the time and wrote down the pattern for this crocheted flower I made up last night. Eventually I am hoping to sell patterns for my flowers and scarflettes. This one is all popcorn stitches and lots of fun to make. I added the flower to the orange loopy scarflette.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3K-PmqHXqMLSJIdn90vIQ1g6EA6UnUboyFloL5o5JsYuFXyuOE8NQO2rzQjITr-2KCeT1Ce5QhvDPgsQJO9USVa2P1qOomTpuU67WXebk7s32FcM9Pt8Dr_f3GMAIUZZQRSew9XM5QX8/s1600-h/DSC_8580.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571293962906466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3K-PmqHXqMLSJIdn90vIQ1g6EA6UnUboyFloL5o5JsYuFXyuOE8NQO2rzQjITr-2KCeT1Ce5QhvDPgsQJO9USVa2P1qOomTpuU67WXebk7s32FcM9Pt8Dr_f3GMAIUZZQRSew9XM5QX8/s400/DSC_8580.jpg" style="WIDTH: 263px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R5QQtwuR_UHVBF3jx3Q0ppfXiiPUrAvTttUzD74Z9lTXB8h36VnbvcSJVaF_qLh7kpX8N7Z7EtZK6jFCnL4c6spX3JUoxpOxFJS-Gzu44Z5IGEqK93fMuYieWcJXXLzWk3a4gAmBNJo/s1600-h/DSC_8581.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571285674619810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R5QQtwuR_UHVBF3jx3Q0ppfXiiPUrAvTttUzD74Z9lTXB8h36VnbvcSJVaF_qLh7kpX8N7Z7EtZK6jFCnL4c6spX3JUoxpOxFJS-Gzu44Z5IGEqK93fMuYieWcJXXLzWk3a4gAmBNJo/s400/DSC_8581.jpg" style="WIDTH: 354px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />This is where I work on my jewelry. It's a child's table from Ikea-pathetic I know but we are limited on space in our house and it works! (Isn't my anvil cute?!) </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOftqWkfi61SHlnujNbkUSR-wh5UiaZ0EOLtFcyhC1KtHFI7WysyuZ_PdTBiYVKlUsMfMMS9LILI5u3ZBSfJfug9WM2hTAn7byhvMl4sff6DHqvZNbncXRLtQo_Ojx8REYw6SB_ELRmQ/s1600-h/DSC_8601.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415571293334460674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOftqWkfi61SHlnujNbkUSR-wh5UiaZ0EOLtFcyhC1KtHFI7WysyuZ_PdTBiYVKlUsMfMMS9LILI5u3ZBSfJfug9WM2hTAn7byhvMl4sff6DHqvZNbncXRLtQo_Ojx8REYw6SB_ELRmQ/s400/DSC_8601.jpg" style="WIDTH: 330px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center">This is one of the keys from the antique cash register I took apart. I tried to solder a bale onto the back of one but I ended up melting the plastic coating on the key. Then I tried to glue one one and that didn't work either. So I cut a piece of brass in an oval shape and sanded it down, added some texture and a hole, and I am going to try glueing it to that. But first I want to immerse it in liver of sulfur and see if I can get some kind of patina on it. Not sure if it will work with brass but it's fun to experiment!</div><div> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIrLahHGpmKMQfXNn23NHckoz9Pg5nBU_5Qsli6bcmxaCVAYC2ijBLE_FKVaTR_NrnpPCsJbAUZxvmVDbyOi5t6JRJYxXacPVCT75iWYlr4o4nNTwrL4WaWG18YjLPBkhVbpWPSjvIz4/s1600-h/DSC_8599.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415570997872259762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIrLahHGpmKMQfXNn23NHckoz9Pg5nBU_5Qsli6bcmxaCVAYC2ijBLE_FKVaTR_NrnpPCsJbAUZxvmVDbyOi5t6JRJYxXacPVCT75iWYlr4o4nNTwrL4WaWG18YjLPBkhVbpWPSjvIz4/s400/DSC_8599.jpg" style="WIDTH: 301px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMaQ-NUodWu4QvOjsy8EuADZ8q1216rbVz82GUNQF6_B-Q6tbMsJq44kud2ipFMPXKLFSEse8l2GlF40cZUecmRzrbq1lgmlrAKjk5TFUko3GoZ46Cy-thFL0yEj0WT9VtdWuvDlzJAc/s1600-h/DSC_8596.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415570996944828898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMaQ-NUodWu4QvOjsy8EuADZ8q1216rbVz82GUNQF6_B-Q6tbMsJq44kud2ipFMPXKLFSEse8l2GlF40cZUecmRzrbq1lgmlrAKjk5TFUko3GoZ46Cy-thFL0yEj0WT9VtdWuvDlzJAc/s400/DSC_8596.jpg" style="WIDTH: 297px; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMtiODTSCVp7p8mzIzL_Lx6KM5XFfwuWFetc1KJGaIsYiDvHcAipeIU1rNf6kd_CNAdcLTG0sstoTW3mZcxbpZ_s8_Oc7kvy5eU-hD1Akwq8QQxmy7vafW81xIjb1uHePA07w2MVy0yU/s1600-h/DSC_8587.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415570989785388466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMtiODTSCVp7p8mzIzL_Lx6KM5XFfwuWFetc1KJGaIsYiDvHcAipeIU1rNf6kd_CNAdcLTG0sstoTW3mZcxbpZ_s8_Oc7kvy5eU-hD1Akwq8QQxmy7vafW81xIjb1uHePA07w2MVy0yU/s400/DSC_8587.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEGkrHi5UWYX-sCe9Sr4eElu8p0BfBbPQY1jAwHLKk5wF1Sf9bTYXcPwBCy2AEUSUPYiaWXAxZyEos30XW7gNFfwnZWFYf3cSZlwHus6Kt2vm8UtASCbZsUfffP1lAVZ3AJNWTuWXgqk/s1600-h/DSC_8584.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415570983165741826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEGkrHi5UWYX-sCe9Sr4eElu8p0BfBbPQY1jAwHLKk5wF1Sf9bTYXcPwBCy2AEUSUPYiaWXAxZyEos30XW7gNFfwnZWFYf3cSZlwHus6Kt2vm8UtASCbZsUfffP1lAVZ3AJNWTuWXgqk/s400/DSC_8584.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center"> These are all the pendants I've made in the past couple weeks that I need to buy chains for. The bird one is another piece of brass that I want to try to patina. We'll see what happens!<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0f30s8tnQi_Hb8tZGpPFzfDz9-3fKG51lgfeAmn0dR-O2FB-pJgm61CmviChMEXfSZzL999xwmTGor_8X4ooWLr60hMdIVsIHYrtedIj3JqovEj0i6TyUb4w-k9FQLE5rM2ztGcnBI4/s1600-h/DSC_8595.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415570976456304562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0f30s8tnQi_Hb8tZGpPFzfDz9-3fKG51lgfeAmn0dR-O2FB-pJgm61CmviChMEXfSZzL999xwmTGor_8X4ooWLr60hMdIVsIHYrtedIj3JqovEj0i6TyUb4w-k9FQLE5rM2ztGcnBI4/s400/DSC_8595.jpg" style="WIDTH: 268px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center"> These are green glass beads that are layered on a brass pin and hang on brass hooks.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">We shall see what tonight brings!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>

Creative Night #2 Last night I had another creative spurt. I made the scarflette above while sitting in the green room at a local theater w...

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