I am an idiot - Page 6

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-19-2009, 02:45 PM

Hrm - Zelda's current karma means she shouldn't have any problem attending any meet-ups not in France

phenomshel · 05-19-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Well, Tim and I have always loved rock collecting and had a pretty good collection. We also love jewelry - he buys me some really unique stones and settings. Then last fall, we went on a rockhounding vacation and came back with 13 lbs of amethysts, quartzes, garnets, etc., and wondered what to do with them. So we got involved with AMLS (Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society) and started making and trading gemstone jewelry. It has sort of escalated since then. The 30th thru June 6, we will be at William Holland Lapidary College becoming (hopefully) a faceter (me) and silversmith (Tim). Fun!!

We love going mining and pulling out boxfuls of sparklies and pretty rocks, right out of the ground. I finally broke down and bought myself a pair of steel toed boots to help me get in and out of the pits. FUN!!

Soon, we hope to make a website and sell sparklies over the internet. For now, I'm just basically wearing new stuff to work and selling it off my neck/ears/fingers/wrists to anyone who wants it.

Oooooohhhhhhhh!!!! You must post website address when it's up!!!!

DixieGal · 05-19-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Hrm - Zelda's current karma means she shouldn't have any problem attending any meet-ups not in France

She would have to pack light, as in put her liseuse in her pocket and forget about taking clean underwear or a change of clothes. I wonder if she could read while flying?

DixieGal · 05-19-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Oooooohhhhhhhh!!!! You must post website address when it's up!!!!

I would like to show you the blue sodalite pendant I made Sunday. It is a roundish lumpy blue stone disc that I tumbled until it is approx 2 inches diameter and smoothed out the rough edges. Wrapped it in sterling silver wire, then sort of smushed that setting down to look lumpish like the stone. Then decorated the frame with silver beads and tight spirals of twisted silver with a big braided bail. (Big bails fit more chains) Found the stone in NC in a shallow spot in a river. Don't have a photo, probably should begin that.

That one is not really for sale. Actually, that is going to be my problem. I don't want to sell them!

Peverel · 05-19-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Well, Tim and I have always loved rock collecting and had a pretty good collection. We also love jewelry - he buys me some really unique stones and settings. Then last fall, we went on a rockhounding vacation and came back with 13 lbs of amethysts, quartzes, garnets, etc., and wondered what to do with them. So we got involved with AMLS (Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society) and started making and trading gemstone jewelry. It has sort of escalated since then. The 30th thru June 6, we will be at William Holland Lapidary College becoming (hopefully) a faceter (me) and silversmith (Tim). Fun!!

We love going mining and pulling out boxfuls of sparklies and pretty rocks, right out of the ground. I finally broke down and bought myself a pair of steel toed boots to help me get in and out of the pits. FUN!!

Soon, we hope to make a website and sell sparklies over the internet. For now, I'm just basically wearing new stuff to work and selling it off my neck/ears/fingers/wrists to anyone who wants it.

Oh cool and so many of those stones have such great theraputic properties too - Good luck indeed

phenomshel · 05-19-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

I would like to show you the blue sodalite pendant I made Sunday. It is a roundish lumpy blue stone disc that I tumbled until it is approx 2 inches diameter and smoothed out the rough edges. Wrapped it in sterling silver wire, then sort of smushed that setting down to look lumpish like the stone. Then decorated the frame with silver beads and tight spirals of twisted silver with a big braided bail. (Big bails fit more chains) Found the stone in NC in a shallow spot in a river. Don't have a photo, probably should begin that.

That one is not really for sale. Actually, that is going to be my problem. I don't want to sell them!

Take pictures!!! I pm'd you my email address if you don't want to post them here.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-19-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Don't have a photo, probably should begin that.

Definitely should begin that! Can I suggest a light tent of some description, especially if you use flash, but even if you don't - it helps cut back on reflections and the like. It can be as simple as something like a thin white sheet with a hole to stick the camera lens through, or you can buy them - I use something like this (what the pic doesn't show is that there is also a top made of the same fabric as the sides, so you don't get glare or reflections from above) - it's plenty big enough to get a couple of items of jewellery in plus some decoration (I also use it for taking pics of folding knives for the yeti)

Lastolite do something similar, but it looks somewhat smaller:

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That one is not really for sale. Actually, that is going to be my problem. I don't want to sell them!

I know that problem!

Sweetpea · 05-19-2009, 03:21 PM

What happened here?

When I left for home, this thread was, vaguely, still on track, and now we're talking about making pictures?

krisk · 05-19-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

What happened here?

When I left for home, this thread was, vaguely, still on track, and now we're talking about making pictures?

llounge llamas unite!

DixieGal · 05-19-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

llounge llamas unite!

Remember when it was soooo funny when jinlo was imagining a stright line barrelling downhill? It hit a patch of gravel, skidded sideways into the ditch, righted itself briefly, then rolled to a halt in a patch of poison ivy where the chain fell off.

krisk · 05-19-2009, 03:40 PM

I dunno I was sippin' wine and chasing flutterbies!

Curly · 05-19-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Well, Tim and I have always loved rock collecting and had a pretty good collection. We also love jewelry - he buys me some really unique stones and settings. Then last fall, we went on a rockhounding vacation and came back with 13 lbs of amethysts, quartzes, garnets, etc., and wondered what to do with them. So we got involved with AMLS (Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society) and started making and trading gemstone jewelry. It has sort of escalated since then. The 30th thru June 6, we will be at William Holland Lapidary College becoming (hopefully) a faceter (me) and silversmith (Tim). Fun!!

We love going mining and pulling out boxfuls of sparklies and pretty rocks, right out of the ground. I finally broke down and bought myself a pair of steel toed boots to help me get in and out of the pits. FUN!!

Soon, we hope to make a website and sell sparklies over the internet. For now, I'm just basically wearing new stuff to work and selling it off my neck/ears/fingers/wrists to anyone who wants it.

What a great idea and it is always fun to learn new skills! Please post pictures we would love to see your artwork.

There are so many talented people here at MR from writers to woodworkers and bakers to jewellery makers!

Peverel · 05-19-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

What happened here?

When I left for home, this thread was, vaguely, still on track, and now we're talking about making pictures?

See this is what happens when you let an idiot start a thread

Curly · 05-19-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Peverel

See this is what happens when you let an idiot start a thread

Nah, this is the lounge and going off on a sidetrack is part of its charm.

Kris777 · 05-19-2009, 10:29 PM

The concept of karma (along with reincarnation, samsara, and moksha) may originate in the shramana tradition of which Buddhism and Jainism are continuations. This tradition influenced the Brahmanic religion in the early Vedantic (Upanishadic) movement of the 1st millennium BC. Reincarnation was adopted from this religious culture by Brahmin orthodoxy, and Brahmins wrote the earliest recorded scriptures containing these ideas in the early Upanishads...

By the way, who has the maximum Karma on this forum?

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05-19-2009, 02:45 PM	#76
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Hrm - Zelda's current karma means she shouldn't have any problem attending any meet-ups not in France

05-19-2009, 03:21 PM	#83
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	What happened here? When I left for home, this thread was, vaguely, still on track, and now we're talking about making pictures?

05-19-2009, 03:40 PM	#86
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I dunno I was sippin' wine and chasing flutterbies!

05-19-2009, 10:29 PM	#90
Kris777 Banned Posts: 1,767 Karma: 2520493 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Nexus 7, jetBook-Lite, jetBook mini, Toshiba Thrive, JETBOOK COLOR	The concept of karma (along with reincarnation, samsara, and moksha) may originate in the shramana tradition of which Buddhism and Jainism are continuations. This tradition influenced the Brahmanic religion in the early Vedantic (Upanishadic) movement of the 1st millennium BC. Reincarnation was adopted from this religious culture by Brahmin orthodoxy, and Brahmins wrote the earliest recorded scriptures containing these ideas in the early Upanishads... By the way, who has the maximum Karma on this forum?

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