The making of a small shop shelf sign.

My recent idea is to put together a starter pack for shop outlets to stock my creations.  
Making the jewellery is like second nature but I thought the pack should come with 
my logo for the shop shelf. 
And here is what happen.

First idea was to use a piece of perspex 20cm x 10cm.

The tools required were, plus a few hand tools.

A saw

A router/dremel

A chunk of wood

A sand blaster plus compressor.

 

The Craft ROBO cutter for making the stencil

 

A brief story of how to make the shop logo sign.

My wonderful partner Sue of Inspired by Script, an excellent calligrapher turned wedding stationary specialist had already designed my logo a couple of years ago. She used the original to scan and then set her Craft ROBO cutting the A4 piece of sticky backed vinyl.

Once the stencil was made I attached it to the perspex. 

The compressor was turned on and my little sand blaster was loaded with the abrasive, this time it was aluminium oxide, I etched within the stencil cutouts. After all the sand blasting was done, I removed the stencil and washed the perspex under water, making sure I did not cause any unwanted scratches.

The Base

As for the base, The chunk of wood was routed with the Dremel to a depth of 5mm to allow the sign to sit into it. Then I cut to approximate size using a saw. With a bit of planing and sanding I had the desire smooth feel to the piece of wood. A quick seal of Bee's wax and the sign foot was finished.

Then with a bit of hot glue I attached the perspex in the rebate and there you go. 

The finished sign in perspex, or is it!!!!!!

I then decided to go through all this again but this time using glass as the sign material. 

I much prefer the glass one. The image looks so much more crisp. 

After all I do work in glass so that should have been my first thought.

My New Glass Shop Sign.

And that's about it. Now I just need to get this sign and a few of my jewellery pieces into a shop.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed another one of my sometimes crazy little makes.
Steve 

Entwined Tree of Life Pendant. NOW SOLD.

The concept of the tree of life has been used in

science, religion, philosophy and mythology.

It's a common motif in various theologies, mythologies and philosophies.

Alluding to the interactions of all life in many culture.

A sacred tree, adored by many and ever lasting in the thoughts of

people throughout the world.

I love make all my jewellery

but the one that really floats my boat is the

Tree of Life Pendants.

I find this such a powerful symbol and when two are entwined it's even better.

This pendant was made using top quality green glass and the image fired into the

surface of the pendant. The symbology carried this colour glass really well, in my opinion.

To order (£15 plus £2 p&p)   Now sold. please contact me via email at

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

or visit and like my page on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/stevesmithjewellery

Thanks for stopping by

Steve

New Catitude Fashion Pendant

For all you cat lovers of the world.

Here's my latest Catitude Pendant. This cheeky little cat could be yours! Only this cat is guaranteed

not to damage the settee or shred your curtains LOL.

Only £15 plus £2 p&p.

To order, please contact me via email at:

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by

Steve

Zentangle Fashion Jewellery Pendant

Zentangle Fashion Jewellery Pendant. 

A dichroic glass pendant with a zentangle design fired into the glass. 
This, as with all my other creations are one of a kind and cannot be duplicated. 
So once it's gone, it's gone!

To order this unique piece of fashion jewellery contact me by email at stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

To see more designs go to my website at

stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by

Steve :o)

New designs of Cancerian Fashion Pendants

A beautiful grey/blue pendant, one of the main colours for a Cancarian zodiac sign. Streaky glass with a hint of Dichroic Glass with a medium size image Pendant. Cancerians can seem easygoing, sympathetic, and patient one minute, then cranky and irritable the next. Because of this ability to make a sudden change, Cancer is the least predictable of all signs. Cancerians are very intuitive, almost to the point of being psychic. They are able to spot even the smallest change in another's behaviour, so it is hard to deceive them. This unique pendant is £15 plus £2 p&p, to order please contact me via Facebook or via email at stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

Thank for stopping by

Steve :o)

New Fashion jewellery. The Griffin.

A beautifully simple pendant. The silhouette of The Griffin fired into the sparkly surface of a streaky orange pendant.

Your for £15 plus £2 p&p.

To order contact me via email at 

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

There are lots of other designs on my website at:

www.stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

I am always designing and making new pieces of jewellery so bookmark this page and comeback and see more with just a click of a button.

Thanks for your time

Steve

:o)

New delivery Post Card Designs for Steve Smith Jewellery

Hi.

Here are just a few of my new delivery post cards for mail order customers. I have tried to find relevant poems to go with them. It took quite a while but I am really happy with what I found. Have a read and take a look and see what you think.

Fairy Decal Pendant jewellery

When next meet in the Fairy dell,

May the silver moon's soft light

Shine then the faces gay as now,

And Elfin hearts as light.

Now spread each wing,for the eastern sky

With sunlight soon will glow.

The morning star shall light us home.

Farewell! for the Elves must go.

Fairy song

By: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

Tree of Life Pendant Jewellery

The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, 

have seen so many suns rise and set, 

so many seasons come and go, 

and so many generations pass into silence, 

that we may well wonder what 

"the story of the trees" 

would be to us if they had tongues to tell it, 

or we ears fine enough to understand.

  

~Author Unknown, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938

Dragon Eye Pendant Jewellery

Gaze into a dragon's eyes

Go with him and sever ties

From tortured reality and a world so plain

Into the world where fiction reigns.

Dragon Eyes

By: Instantramen

Catitude Cat Pendant Jewellery

Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw -

For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.

He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!

Macavity - the Mystery Cat, by T.S. Eliot

Elemental Dragon Pendant Jewellery

My eyes have bore into the beginnings of time itself

My scales have proven dependable and indestructible 

Through too many conflicts 

Antagonised by man

And yet I lie over you

An Astral Warrior

An elemental protector

I will rush to you when you call

Sairys,Grael,Fafnir,Nailyon

I am all and all are but 

An atom of my greatness and ability

I will survive through the ages

Mighty and immortal

For I am known as serpent

Great conquer and warrior

Over all things

I am

Dragon

Hope you enjoyed the, it was certainly a journey for me LOL

If you would like to see more of these fired decal jewellery designs then please click on our Facebook link above.

Thank you

:o)

Dichroic Glass Cremation Pendant.

I recently had what I thought was a strange request at the time. 

A Dichroic Glass Cremation Pendant.

But after googling the idea I realised that this was not a unique request and after a bit more head scratching I worked out how it could be done.

I worked out the price's and contacted Karen, the customer with the news. 

Karen is such a lovely woman, really friendly and smiley. She told me all about Brian, her late father and that she would love to have a pendant made to hold close to her at all times.

A few days later Karen, armed with a small heart shaped box of ashes turned up at the studio. It was a bit weird to think "I have a box of ashes in my hands" but once Karen explained how close she was with him and how much of a jocker he was. The weird feeling soon left me and I took a small amount of Brian's ashes for the pendant.

Karen had chosen the colours and size for the finished piece and she left me to it.

A few days later I had fired Brian on some gorgeous Dichroic Blue/green glass and for an extra bit (that I had not mentioned before) I had ground out a small heart shape in the back to put a little bit of the ashes there too.

As you can see from the following photos. The colours are stunning, the bail looks lovely and Brian sits well in his new home.  

There was a twist in the making of this cremation pendant. 

As I said before Brian was a bit of a jocker and as you can see. He is still working his magic. I have made hundreds of pendants over the last few years and have never before had this strange dimple on the edge, almost like Brian's up to his old jocks again, even in the afterlife. 

I will let you decide on that one.......

If you would like a Dichroic Glass Cremation Pendant of a loved one then please contact me on 

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk 

and I will see what can be done. Price's start from as little as £25 and go upwards. It just depends on what you want.