kelios

Sorry I don't know how to link properly. In order, these are pictures of: Jared's autograph, Gabe/Jensen's autographs, my entire autograph necklace, Samantha, Misha, Jim, Richard, Malik, my Jared and Jensen earrings :) and my other Jensen autograph.
Sorry the quality on some isn't great--I'm still learning how to use my new digital camera. But it takes much, much better pictures than my old one, which was nearly 6 years old! The new camera has optical zoom and can focus on close ups, which is what I really wanted :)

I had such a great time making these pendants, and it was fun to see everyone's reaction to signing something so tiny.

I'm thinking about getting a new set of charms in Vancouver, at least from the guys--I want to add decorations to the charms (I bought some blue crystals that are kiln-safe. Unfortunately, there aren't any kiln-safe greens, which was my first choice). If I do, I will probably donate the originals to Support Supernatural. Since I didn't get to New Jersey, and Misha and Jared had to cancel Eyecon, I ended up without extras to donate this time around :(

The charms were actually pretty simple to make. I rolled out and cut the clay, then let the shape dry enough that I could sand and smooth it (I learned to do that in Orlando, after I accidently broke both Gabe and Jim's originals). Then, when it got closer to autograph time, I glued each shape to paper to make them easier to handle and dampened the charms just enough that each guest could sign it. That took a little practice to get right--I ended up carrying a water bottle with me to each session after Malik's was too dry to sign properly. Then I sanded them one last time, drilled a hole for the jumpring and put them on my warmer to completely dry. Then into the kiln for two hours. I had a bit of a crisis when I realized I'd forgotten my wire brush, but Carollee and the hotel staff came to the rescue by providing me with a metal scrub brush to remove the scale after firing. After firing, the charms are 99% pure silver, but you have to remove the ash from the binder to see the metal.

Getting through airport security with a kiln in my suitcase was fun lol. I got searched every time. Thank goodness they didn't confiscate or break it or any of my tools.

And a huge thank you to Sandra, for waiting until after the con was over to panic over having a kiln running in the hotel room :) And for letting me take up half the room with clay and tools and not complaining even once about the mess. Love you, sweetie :)

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