The extremely popular snail pins are back in a new colorway: Wild Berry.  My original snail pins, in peach and taupe, didn’t last long and ended up with their picture in a national magazine.   As with the first generation, there will only be 25 Wild Berry snails made.

In other news, I managed to escape unharmed from last night’s soldering experiment.  If you know me, you’ll understand why this is so shocking.  Lets just say the “potential for personal injury” gene is strong in my family.  What was I soldering?  Buttons.  Yes, buttons.  How?  Wrap them in copper foil like pieces of stained glass and carefully apply the solder to the tiny things.  J & J (my husband and daughter) expressed concern that the buttons might melt but I had thought of that – they were natural shell buttons.  There was one discovery made.  Apparently, heat can destroy the dyes used to tint the buttons.  Dang… Only had one in blue!  At least I got my soldered button pendant.  Will post a photo when it’s all cleaned up.