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Madame Magpie's Shiny Things
http://madamemagpie.wordpress.com
A catalogue of my favorite recipes and notes on various techniques and experiments involving the working of argentium sterling silver.
- Added on: Jun 7th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Andrea Robinson
- Listed in: Sculpture Jewelry
- Tags: jewelry design independent gemology silver fabrication
Recent Posts
A New Diamond Cut
Developed and cut in Antwerp. And side view. ...
Red Feldspar
Not much of an actul blog post, here, but a link to the articles from GIA’s research department. They’re here. ...
Shepherd’s Pie
Since it felt like sacrelige to use the grass-fed beef in hamberger helper, I made this: 1 lb ground beef 2 c frozen green beans (or other assorted veggies) 2 c vegetable Bullion Splash of beer: stout or porter is best Flour or corn starch and water ...
This was Never Intended
Making bracelets the other day I discovered I needed something other than my tabletop (too soft) and my bench block (too hard) for support while stamping. Off to the store… I like to go to Lowe’s to see what I can kludge into a new and ...
Catalogs and Ideas
I read somewhere out here in the interwebs that it’s a good idea to keep on top of fashion. One way that the author suggested we do this is to get the magaznes and catalogs that have the fashions we like and keep them handy. I took this one s...
Washing Silk
I went out on a limb on Friday and put a necklace in the wash. It’s white silk with cultured freshwater pearls (dyed pink, I assume), rose and rock crystal quartzes and swarovski crystal. Being white, it was starting to show some discolorat...
