The Ring 2: more soldered things

Here's my latest creation,

a new soldered ring.

I think it turned out better this time.

And lastly because no solder day is complete without ending up with a pile of stones...

Sometimes you just have to try things to learn if they work or not...

Soldering About...

Here are a few of my first soldering projects that I have been working on.

The first charm I made was the one with the face. The second was the Eiffel Tower.

Here you can see the back sides of the charms.

And lastly the ring, which was just plain playing around. I have no size for it and it actually fits me kind of loose I think if I were to make more I would probably do it a little different.

I am excited to try some other projects with these flat back glass marbles. The wheels in my head are turning as I write this. So I think it's back to the soldering table for me...

My Heart on a String.

This all to cute craft is actually a catnip toy.

and my cat as you can see has enjoyed it very much.

These little beauties are in the process of becoming Valentines for my friends with cats...

As you can see I made a couple of larger ones that are just filled with stuffing (no catnip) for decoration, or that special someone/friend. I made them out of a softer more delicate yarn that I tried out but deciced wasn't cat friendly. Basically I was worried she might eat it. If you want to try this all too cute knitted heart and give it to your special Valentine here's the link.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/knitted-catnip-delight

Happy Hearting.

It's snowing marshmellows!

I simply LOVE these marshmellows...

I made these cute snowflake marshmellows and I now that I have I don't think that I can go back to the store bought variety again.  They were really not any more challenging than making candies at Christmas.  I would definately recomend making your own sometime for a long cool weekend when you want to build a fire, read a book and drink some cocoa. If you cut them into heart shapes they would make for some really specially valentines marshmellows, what a sweet idea. :)