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It is time for WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY, sponsored by www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com. 

These are some items I worked on over the weekend, waiting for photos.  So I just took some casual (aka crappy) pictures for now. 

The first one is an etched brass cuff (yes, I did the etching design and it is so easy, but I am not going to tell you how I did it)!  The centerpiece was purchased from Diane Cook, one of my teachers in Adorn Me last year.  She taught the etching class and the second piece is the bracelet I made in her class.  The actual "etching" is the design on the sides of the brass and then we adorn it with filigree pieces. 

 
 
 I also took another class from Diane Cook for fabric cuffs.  This first one was started in her class and I finished it up this weekend.  The one after that is one I did myself.

 
 
I know, I know, these pictures are TERRIBLE!  But I was too lazy last night to set up the photo tent and lights, it was much more fun having cocktails on the back porch with my cute little hubby-bug.

 

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday???

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On my workdesk today is my newest Queen doll!   Isn't she adorable?

 
Here are some of the other "queenly" items I have collected.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sorry some of these are blurry.  I think I used the telescopic lens and macro setting at the same time - DUH???   And I'm much too lazy to take the pictures over again!!!!

 

WHAT'S ON MY WORKDESK WEDNESDAY?

Time for the weekly blog hop at www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com.  Here are a few valentines I made, most of them from Outlines rubber stamps.  Their images are so fun to color and layer.

 
 
 
 

I had a FANTASTIC class on Saturday at On The Rocks jewelry supply store.  The teacher showed us how to take better photographs of our jewelry.  I have a new camera and do not even know how to use it yet, but I had been doing absolutely EVERYTHING wrong!  I did not even know there was a MACRO lens for close-ups, what a difference!  And I had been using the flash, which is a big no-no with the photo tent and side lighting.  And the backdrops behind the item makes a huge difference too.  On top of that, she showed us how to edit our photos on Picaso which is a free photo editing system, like PhotoShop except only much less features and a lot easier to use.  There is enough for what I want to do anyway!   So I was playing around with one of my vintage necklaces and I think it turned out pretty well for my FIRST TIME????

 
 
  
So I am excited to practice and maybe get some better photographs along the way.  Anything would be better than those I have done.....no comments please!

 
 

What's on your Work Desk Wednesday????

It is Wednesday and time for photos of our work desks at www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com.  Here is my mess from the weekend.  I am trying to do a fabric collage, but not finished and not happy with it yet.  First of all, it is crooked and hard to pull fabric away from glue to fix.  Luckily I have not stapled it down to the mat board yet.  As you can see, my apprentice cat Bubbie is inspecting it for his approval as well???