If Susie Homemaker and Rosie Riveter had a baby...

That baby would be me.

Today I donned my apron to whip up a delicious loaf of banana bread!

Then I threw on my safety goggles and torched some metal clay to make a fantastic silver pendant!

Let's see the fruits and bolts of my labor!

Look at the bread... pretend you are smelling it... doooooo iiiiiit.

Now pretend you are taking a bite!  

Taste the warm crust of sugar, melted butter, cinnamon and cream cheese frosting!!! Mwauhaha!

Ok ok... I know that's mildly mean!  Let me know if you want the recipe or if you want me to ship you a loaf. LOL

Now for the fun stuff!

This pendant is a gift for my little sis for her 21st b-day and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out for my first try.

I rolled out my clay and used this starfish (why the hell do we have a starfish? I dunno.) to add an int

eresting texture.  Then I used some tiny cookie cutters to cut out my pendant. I used the tip of a pen shaft to make the hole at the top.

 

I let everything dry and then filed off some of the rough edges. 

Let the torching begin!

I had to do this in the dark so I could tell when the clay was

glowing, so I apologize for the strange graininess in the photos!

Once the piece was fired and cooled, I burnished the top to bring out the silver shine and

added this genuine aquamarine (her birthstone) teardrop and popped that sucker on a sterling silver chain.

Tada! Anyway... I hope the sis likes her new necklace!