Sea, Stars and Butterflies for Jane

Jane of  Mini Fanaticus   received the swap gifts that I sent, so here are the pictures that I promised.

 

I told Jane that I was working on plans for a rock display box.
Jane's daughter is interested in rocks and they are starting a collection in real life size.

So after a little planning and a few failed attempts, while Jane waited very patiently, I finally got this put together.

Jaynie helped hold it up so you can see the rocks,  I stuck the rocks and labels with a tiny bit of museum wax.

I forgot to tell Jane that she can move them around if she wants.

I sent a few more little rock samples.

 

I also made a few items that I thought any rock collector needs, a journal to keep notes about your finds, a pen to write the notes and a book to help identify them.  I added a few pages of pictures in the center.

 

Jane requested supplies, so I gathered some plastic beads.

This is where the title came from,

Do these look like summer to you?

While I waited for glue to dry I kept gathering.

While I waited for glue to dry on the display and books I kept gathering,

more plastic beads,

Some findings.

 Some stones that I think would work as bread/cheese boards or maybe even a top for a small table.



 A few more odds and ends,

 

 





And a couple of small real life size stones.

You can see more pictures on   Jane's blog ,  I can't wait to see what she does with these,
I'm sure it will some thing fun.

Sorry things are a bit sloppily arranged, I couldn't make them go where I wanted.


Thank you for visiting, Mary


 

Sorting Again

I told you before that I like to buy mixes of things and sort them. I bought the  Boss' Bead Bag  at  Fire Mountain Gems and Beads .     It’s a 1 pound bag of beads and things, I love them, you get something different every time. I figured I would show you what I got today.

This is how I sort in a plastic deviled egg tray from the dollar store.

Here are the larger pieces, some wood, a few plastic, some stone and one glass.  There were not any really big beads in this mix and not that many large ones.

Some more wood beads, some pretty small.

 Some small wooden shapes.

Glass beads, I see lots of jars and vases.

More glass



And some small glass beads.

A few stones and glass  beads that I found interesting.

Here are the larger metal pieces.

And more metal, I see frames, small bowls and purse parts.  The details in the piece to the left of the dime doesn't show well in the picture, it is very detailed and an interesting shape.  What does it look like to you?  I see maybe a small witches hat (it was too small on Jaynie) or maybe a fairy's dress.

Some metal and metallic balls,  different sizes and colors.



And lots of small  metal findings.

There were also a few plastic beads and some stone nuggets.  I think this was a very nice mix.

I hope you like seeing all the bits and pieces, I enjoy seeing all the little things others have found.


Thanks for visiting,  Mary