Working on a Custom Order/ New Items

Okay, This week has been soooo slow in my Etsy shop. This has encouraged me even further to get going on my web site. I am having issues figuring out some of the technical things on it. It is a website tonight thing from GoDaddy. I'm ready to give up on this one and go back to the one I started on Weebly.com. I have been working on a custom order this week. It is for a mother of a bride. I am stressing about this one because I want it to be perfect. I finished some of the jewelry, but still have a bracelet and possibly a necklace left to do. Also, would love to show you a new pair of earrings I listed on Etsy. My first and successful try at oxidizing sterling silver.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10532486

This is my first time oxidizing sterling silver and love how it turned out. Here are the instructions I went by:
1. Boil an egg or two dependng on how much silver your oxidizing. Boil for 30 to 45 minutes.
2. Peal eggs. Put in a plastic tupperware container.
3. Smash the eggs up.
4. Put your items, which should be hung on a earring holder or something that will suspend the items above the eggs, in the container with the eggs. You can put the items directly in the eggs, but suspending eliminates the clean up hassle.
5. Cover with Lid
6. Leave it for a few hours or overnight depending on the result you are looking for. The earrings pictured above were left in overnight.
7. If you like them darker, repeat the steps above.
8. Buff with steel wool until you reach the desired look. Buffing will lighten and rough up the outer areas keeping the crevices dark. This gives an aged look. I didn't buff the earrings above, because I love the way they look as is.

I would love to hear any new and unique ways others oxidize their metal. I have some brass dragonflies that I want to age and am looking for a home method for doing this. I am not into all of the harsh aging chemicals on the market.

Thanks for passing through and reading my blog! Come back any time! Kira :)