Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Pirate Choker


This is my latest project in Etsy. If you want to see my shop just press the Etsy badge to the right. I'm having fun scavenging the North Carolina Coast looking for re-cycle-able materials that floated up. I'm getting more in tune with the environment as I have been composting now for at least 3 years all my vegetable waste in the kitchen...mind you....it takes almost that long for it to compost down in mine as there is virtually no air flow...too lazy to turn it with a pitch fork. It would actually be better in a garden tumbler to get it going...throw in a couple tiger worms and Bob's your uncle, I've got compost. I can ditch ever getting another bag of peat from Home Depot just to start my garden off in the Spring!

Starting to get the hang of my Dremel tool I got the other day. No, I did not find the hot tool guy in Lowe's last night, as I sped in there kind of late...like 5 min. before closing time! So I ran around to locate my diamond bit to get through the blasted tough ass material like shell and beach pebble. I've learned a technique of dribbling a little water on the widening hole from time to time...so it does not heat up as much...and put the speed on medium. This was suggested by my current boyfriend who is in the construction business. He even knew that I need eighth of an inch bit...smart guy. We are gonna get along just fine. Now he knows what to get me for my birthday...more tools.

6 comments:

Crystal said...

Love it! You are so creative. Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog or else I wouldn't have found you!

charkstudios said...

Thanks Crystal...love you're blog. You are very open and honest. I'm still learning to open up on my blog as I keep a lot of things that are going on in my life secret...maybe one day..

Charlotte

cappy sue creations said...

oh that is just to cute. I love the pirate necklace. The tiny lock rocks.

charkstudios said...

Thanks cappy sue...I had fun creating it. I like to think of little story behind the piece even if it's fantasy...makes it more fun!!!

Drosphilla said...

Hello! I love Ur works too :) and thx for a comment :)
U can see more of my works on http://picasaweb.google.com/drosphilla
Still it's nothing big but maybe one day ;)

charkstudios said...

Thanks Drosphilla! I will go on your website and look at more of your work!