catherines confessions

I t's Thursday and time for this week's edition of Mrs. Matlock's Alphbe-Thursday's letter "F". After deciding not to choose the f-words, "fiddle" or "friend" or "frozen" or "full" or even "fictitious"; words that would be interesting to explore, I have chosen a word with its specific meaning and usage within jewellery-making. My F-word is FINDING. The word "finding" is already and more commonly used to mean "1. [usually plural] information that is discovered as a result of research in something: The findings of the commission will be published today. 2.(law) a decision made by thr judge or jury in a court case (Please see Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English 1997, page 575). Within jewellery-making FINDINGS are all of the parts of a piece of jewellery, mostly metal parts, that hold it together, hold all of the decorative and colourful non-metal parts, such as glass beads,...

From now on, I am going to feature new jewellery on every post. To honour Heart's Day, here are a pair of earrings with little hearts and antiqued brass findings. I haven't worked with brass very much before, so this is something new. (The leverbacks are also new.) Yes, I know that if I were better at marketing, I would have listed these earrings in one of my shops weeks and weeks ago in time for the sale of Valentine-items that people actually have time to purchase before the event. These earrings are not yet listed in any shop. T his post is just to celebrate this day about remembering those we love. No hurry. I can sell them next year or give them away to a friend. Happy Valentine's Day! Hugs from Anna