Pictures of my autographs from the LA Supernatural Con :)

[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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Comments

[kelios.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked them. I was so excited at the con because I got to ask Jensen and Jaredif they liked the gifts! Jensen was very nice, he thanked me several times and assured me that both the kids and their mom loved the blanket and mobile :)