Adventures with my Quartz Crystal [View All]

[MagickMuffin]

A few weeks ago I found one of my QC's in my jewelry making supplies I had forgotten about, so I decided to get it out and use it for a pendulum. I had already done the wire wrapping when I rediscovered it, so it was only a matter of hanging on a chain. I put it on a short chain and crocheted a black pouch with a blue sapphire button closure to keep it in. I would carry it to bed and put it at the headboard while I slept, upon waking I would carry it with me wherever I went.

A couple weeks ago I took it with me to Walgreens while I shopped for supplements. I got home and it wasn't in my purse. I panicked and went out to my car, (since I noticed I had left my cell phone in it when I finished shopping before heading home) it wasn't there. Again, my panic arose to a higher level of anxiety. I got the flashlight and my purse, ready to drive back to Walgreens to see if anyone had turned it in, however, I figured that it would be gone forever. But when I got in the car and started using the flashlight there it was stuck in between the passenger seat. I thanked the Cosmos for the blessings it bestowed upon me and my Crystal.

I decided at that point that perhaps I should find a chain to wear around my neck. I put it on a plain silver chain, nope, I didn't like the looks of it (chain to short) I tried it on a Y chain with Austrian Crystals, nope the crystals were scratching my neck (prong settings), I found another Y Austrian Crystal necklace (this one didn't have prong setting) after searching for the perfect necklace. Yep, this WAS the one I would use. It felt GOOD.

I went to bed wearing it and the QC fell out of the wire wrapping and the QC was in my bed, ARRGH, I tried putting it back in worked out for a little while and then fell out again. I tried to re-wrap it using copper wire, nope it wasn't working out either.

I then decided to check to see if there would be a problem with using polymer clay as a cap to the top (as the top is rather uneven and ragged) I found some sites that were using polymer clay. So, yesterday I woke up with the task of making a cap that I could then use copper wire to wrap it with, I used an extruder gun to make a snake of clay, but it turned out not to be thick enough. Oops it broke after baking, it broke where I had made two loops hanging down where I could add the copper wire, one loop broke, then the bezel I made from the clay (before it broke I glued a jump ring to it to add support) but it didn't work. Frustrated I pried the clay off and started all over again. This time I add the jump ring into the clay before baking and added more clay for support through the jump ring. I baked it after baking and cooling I used my mica powders to add an iridescent blue/red to it, I had some clear nail polish that has holographic stars so I painted on a thick coat, waited for it to dry and then added another coat of just plain clear polish and it looks so beautiful. I've decided not to add any wire to it. It seems stable enough on its own.

I used it to see if it would still respond to questions and it appears to be working.

What an adventure this has turned into, but it was worth it.


Namaste

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