Week 25 The Year of Jewelry Project

This week's theme was supposed to be " My Dad's Favorite Colour".... which I have no idea about... My father died when I was 14,so I am lacking in ideas on this one... I could lie and tell you that it was blue or black or something... but it is lost to me... and my mom is in one of those periods that she probably would answer, and it might be right, but who would know for sure...

Sooo.... this is what i was working on anyway, and decided that it would suit this week's bit of jewelry.
This is a Scotty dog, one that I really like, it is made from sheet steel, enamels and rhinestones and a Swarovski crystal for the eye. 
I started making Scotties back in the 90s. I sold a ton of them and gave away as many. I put away the pattern for a long, long time and when I decided I needed to make some more... well, I looked at the pattern and decided that I didn't like it, and it was too big... so I drafted another pattern, and voila! here it is. I do these in copper, brass, silver and like this one... steel. It has a pin back and is just the right size now. 

Week 24 - Something Old + Something New

Week 24-- Something Old and Something New

I have been making Scottie Dogs of some type for over 20 years, some out of metal, some out of fabric, some beaded like this one... so this is something old, but I found these cute little charms, thought that they would look cute on the collar of the little dogs, so that is something new!

I don't own a terrier like this, but I think it would be a fun dog to have. I don't know the fascination with them other than they are just so adorable. They seem to always symbolize Scotland, in that tenacious way that Terriers have of being small but tough. I think of Scotland like that. Not a huge country, but it is so very tough, sticking it out through all the trouble and turmoil over the centuries... I like Scotland.