New essential oil jewelry

At the beginning of the year I decided I would post regularly to my blog but as you can see 6 months later that didn't happen.  I really work hard keeping my facebook page up to date and I don't seem to have anything left for the blog or Instagram.  I will continue where I left off and update you on my jewelry.
A couple of months ago I started mixing up low fire glazes; I wanted my jewelry to have some color but in order for the clay to remain porous, so the pendants could be used for essential oils, the glaze needed to be a low fire formula  The formula is very simple, 95% Frit 3134 and 5% EPK, then add the mason stain of your choice.  This formula will cause crackles which for jewelry is awesome!

 I also started stamping on metal, a fun way to add a little extra to each piece.  The white pendant is glazed with a low fire glaze that I bought.  The dragonfly is glazed with my glaze, with the addition of 7% Robins egg blue mason stain.

 The heart is glazed with my glaze, with the addition of Bermuda green at 7%

 This pendant is a combination of the two stains.

These little car fresheners are a new idea, put a little essential oil on the back and car will smell wonderful.

I will be experimenting with more colors this  coming up week, there are endless possibilities! 

Essential oil jewelry!

I am enjoying the whole jewelry making business, it really is addicting!  I had a nice relaxing Sunday evening making some new pieces.  It is starting to feel more natural, at first I felt completely out of my element but now they just seem to come together.  Here are a few pieces that I made.

Each of the unglazed pieces are to be used for essential oils.  I fire the pendants to cone 05, this leaves them porous making them the perfect vessel for essential oils.  All of the pendants have been stamped with rubber stamps.  Most of the pendants in the photos have been painted with underglaze, with the exception of the two glazed pieces.

I was finding that my feathers were breaking where the wire was attached, so I redid all of my feathers, wrapping them with very thin flexible wire.  In this picture you can kind of see the green wire.  I actually got this wire from Stampin Up years ago.

These two pendants have been glazed on both sides.