Graduation Necklace 2013

Graduation gift. Used red for the University color on the 2013 plate, but hard to see in the photo.

I also got her a Momiji doll which I love...

Graduating college in 2013... Freaks me out that it has now been 10 years since I graduated college myself. Getting old ahhhhhhhhh!!!

Live By Faith Stamped Metal Necklace

Stamped Necklace for Mindy:

The necklace reads, "live by faith" "not by sight". I actually made two versions of this as I didn't like the original. Mindy let me know if you like the one below better and I'll send it.

Redeemed Stamped Necklace

Men's stamped metal Necklace for Geoff:

It reads, "redeemed" "r323".

Initial Stamped Necklace

I kinda like the simplicity of this one.

Grant The Great Stamped Necklace

Grant's necklace for Valentine's Day:

Grant's necklace says, "grant the great" "fight the good fight 1t612". I let the lettering on this one be a little uneven to try to make it a little more manly.

Princess Stamped Metal Necklace

My sister asked for necklaces for my niece and nephew for Valentine's day. I really like how Annabelle's necklace turned out!

The necklace says, "Princess" "daughter of the king of kings".

I Love You To The Moon And Back

I wanted this one to be kind of messy and imperfect. Even so I should have moved the stamping further down the plate.

Be The Change Bracelet

My favorite quote is Ghandi's, "Be the change you wish to see in the world". I have been contemplating the possibility of a tattoo, but this is way less permanent.

I had been looking for a bracelet just like this and couldn't find exactly what I wanted. Now I have it and I made it myself!

I Am Loved Dog Tag

This is really hard to see. I'm not having the best luck with the silver stamping plates.

There is a little paw print, but I didn't stamp it hard enough so it's not as distinct as the rest of the impression.

Dream Wish Necklace

This would look better on a leather cord I think.

Will change it out when I'm less lazy.

Key To My Heart Keychain

Spacing is a little off on this one, but I guess it adds to the charm?

Need to get some larger jump rings and some other goodies to play around with.

Cupcakes Stamped Charm

I love cupcakes so I thought this was appropriate:

It reads, "cupcakes make me smile". I'm getting a little better at spacing and placement. There is a smiley face in the space on the other side of the cupcake that you can't see. I really need a closeup lens for my camera so that these photos are more worthwhile.

Stamped Metal Necklace for Mindy

For Christmas I asked my mom for some items to try my hand at stamped metal jewelry. I bought myself a necklace for $20 off of Etsy and like the idea of being able to personalize items for myself and others. I've tried out a few random things, but this is my first full project. It is a lot harder to get a full print of a letter and to get letters in the right location with proper spacing and orientation on the stamping blanks than I expected.

It is too difficult to get a good close up picture of the stamping on the necklace, but the square holds the three names of my nieces and nephew and the two bronze pieces hold the names of the parents. I used ribbon and decorative white and purple beads to make it more feminine. If Mindy wants to switch it out or play with the overall setup of the necklace etc. I won't mind in the least.

Mindy will be getting a lot of random craft gifts I'm sure. I really like the stamping, but am kind of at a loss for ideas of things to make for now. Ideas welcome!