Summertime in Winter

[Ringcraft Moana]

its cold and wet outside.. the days are getting shorter and our mount Taranaki got some snow on his head this morning.. but..we found a way to get some of this summer feeling back  easily cut out of the Paua shell did we start to create some Kiwi jandals..

[Polly]

That's very cute and summery!  We're eagerly heading into summer now, but it's a rainy gray day outside at the moment for me.

Do you do your shell-cutting underwater, to avoid breathing the hazardous particles?

[RitaD]

Wow, those flip flops make me wish I was dangling my feet in the ocean right now.

[Ringcraft Moana]

yes we cut and polish them under running water because the dust is not healthy to breath in! I also thought to maybe use something else than silver for the strings to make them wearable 24hs as I am a lazy person with taking off my jewellery at night.

[Polly]

=)  Sterling silver is a bit soft, but I love it.  I have worn out a few well-loved rings over the years, but they were a bit thin to begin with.

And, silver looks great with abalone & paua shell.  Actually, I bet gold would be very pretty with it too... but so much more expensive for good karat gold!

[Ringcraft Moana]

yes especially now since the karat price went up!

[c_t_e1004]

Those are neat!
How did you attach the silver onto those??
=)
Colette