<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956106</id><updated>2011-04-21T23:16:44.743-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Elk Creek Jewelry</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20956106/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00101433630909734238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/13/88433513_a9bfc679ee_o.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956106.post-113764502532416969</id><published>2006-01-18T22:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T23:30:25.353-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My oldest work</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;My scanner is still MIA, but I thought that I should at least put &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; up. To that end, I figured that I might as well showcase how my work has improved (using my existing scans).  As a result, here are some of my earliest pieces, made a number of years ago:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/1600/rosary.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/320/rosary.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was my first wire-wrapped (and second overall) rosary, using sterling silver wire and fancy jasper. The scan really doesn't do the beads justice, their depth and variety of color was really quite rich.  I really liked the cross, and thought it went well with the beads. Sadly, I no longer have this rosary, as I buried with my sister's cat a couple of years ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/1600/Triple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/320/Triple.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I really liked how this type of jasper looks with snowflake obsidian and white lace agate, so I made this triple strand. The strands are actually at graduated lengths and can be worn flat, but I like to twist them and wear it close to the neck. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/1600/Goldstone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/320/Goldstone.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I made this in no time at all, while waiting for my mother to pick me up from summer school. I hate using bead cups, but I was working with thread and didn't know about other options at the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/1600/woven%20bracelet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3121/2114/320/woven%20bracelet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I made this one over the course of watching several hours' worth of TV.  Again, I was unfamiliar with the technique, but it was a great learning experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20956106-113764502532416969?l=elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/113764502532416969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20956106&amp;postID=113764502532416969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20956106/posts/default/113764502532416969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20956106/posts/default/113764502532416969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/2006/01/my-oldest-work.html' title='My oldest work'/><author><name>Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00101433630909734238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/13/88433513_a9bfc679ee_o.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956106.post-113719977316451214</id><published>2006-01-13T19:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T23:55:11.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting Started</title><content type='html'>My scanner is currently inoperative, but I hope to have scans of my newest stuff up in a few days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20956106-113719977316451214?l=elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/113719977316451214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20956106&amp;postID=113719977316451214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20956106/posts/default/113719977316451214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20956106/posts/default/113719977316451214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elkcreekjewelry.blogspot.com/2006/01/getting-started.html' title='Getting Started'/><author><name>Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00101433630909734238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/13/88433513_a9bfc679ee_o.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
