Saturday, February 20, 2010

Teens + Glitter =

 
(Click on the photo above-the girls are so cute close up!)
We tried a new class last night:  all teen girls, fourteen and fifteen years old, 8th and 9th graders!  A mom attending a previous class had requested it, so we thought we'd give it a try.  Her daughter's and my daughter's friends attended, eight in all, and made glittered-word charms, plus hammer/stamped sterling silver word charms.  They each went home with their creations strung on a ball chain, and they did a  BEAUTIFUL  JOB!

The hammered/stamped word charm was a new experiment for us.  I had cut little 3/8" x 1 and 1/8" tags out of a sheet of sterling silver and drilled a hole in the ends.  The girls filed the edges and corners, and then took my steel letter stamps and pounded in a word.  The sterling is so soft, that it didn't take much force at all to get a good indentation.
 
Black was rubbed in to highlight the word and then the charms were polished.  Here are close-ups of two of the finished products:
 

Of course, lots of silliness ensued along the way. . .
 

 I almost forgot to mention, we had 4 little babies also in attendance:
  
The 8th-grade 'moms' had to bring their flour-sack-babies along with them as part of a school project. Chris got a kick out of the extra 'students' attending our class:
  
It was a fun evening for all of us.  And a really great group of girls!

2 comments:

  1. Was that just last night? It seems like it was days ago. Great job on the entry, as usual. Chris

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  2. What wondrously beautiful girls! The product of lush Oregon climate and good nutrition, I guess! Oh, and their charms were great, too! =)
    Fafi
    Looking forward to next week!

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