New Jewelry on Etsy

I returned to my love of jewelry recently and felt really inspired to make some new pieces. I added some of them to my shop on Etsy.

Metal Embossing

I got metal embossing tools for Christmas and I am having a blast with this! I played around with all the textures that came with it and got a feel for the different effects that they create on the metal.

Then I printed out a stencil and embossed the design onto my scrap piece. The first thing I realized is BIGGER is BETTER! Too small and the metal wants to bend back into itself in all the wrong places.

I cut it out and hit the raised edges with a sharpie. Not real pretty, but not too bad for my first try either!

I'm still trying to figure out how to get a good tarnished look to stick to the metal. Acrylic paint seemed to do okay but I'm not completely loving it.