Cowgirl Up

Since moving to Oklahoma 10 years ago I have slowly become obsessed with boots- I suppose that was bound to happen.. I snapped this picture at my sisters wedding. The boots are from Lane.

New Leather stuff

having fun getting into leather

April Showers

Just in time for Mothers Day!

20% off in my Etsy shop.

Use coupon code AprilShowers

Help Wanted

My rescued red heeler named Rosie loves to see what I am up to when I take pictures of my jewelry.

Sunday Giveaway Winner

Sunday Giveaway winner of the Shift Lock ring is ......

Krafty Kat who said...

Would love to win! I am a loyal follower!

Congrats! Please contact me e1@keysandmemories.com :)

Sunday Giveaway

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I spent mine making wholesale orders, playing with the dog in the hose, and teaching my 7 year old to ride a bike sans training wheels. The bike riding was fun because I got to see her excitement in getting better as the day went on. Reminded me of my beloved 70's bike with the awesome banana seat :)

The giveaway for today is this vintage Shift Lock adjustable ring. It is a little battle scarred from wear but nothing to bad- I like to call that character! The ring is currently a size six but can go larger. Rhodium plated so it is shiny silver in color.

Leave a comment to be entered, facebook,twitter, and blog for extra entries! I will choose a winner sometime this week.

Sunday Giveaway Winner

Randomly drawn winner of the Shift key necklace is Lee!

Lee said...

Cute vintage necklace! thanks
butler83ataoldotcom
I follow - reader and gfc

Congrats Lee. Please send your info to me ~ e1@keysandmemories.com

Sunday Giveaway

I have been a bit behind on my giveaways lately so here goes!

Just leave a comment to be entered to win the Vintage typewriter key necklace from my shop.

It is light yellow with SHIFT KEY on it and is from a vintage Remington.

Comes with an 18" ball chain

If you facebook,blog,or tweet it let me know for extra entries.

Happy Holidays

I finally have a chance to take a breather and wish everyone Happy Holidays! This has been a crazy but wonderful year with me becoming part of The Vintage Pearl family which I absolutely LOVE and creating new items for my own shop. Looking forward to the New Year!







One of the fun perks at work was our Christmas party- afterwords we got to make pieces and I had been wanting to make a cuff with this saying.





This is my last gift from my secret sister- I screamed like a 5 year old because I love Chickens!!
Thanks Andrea- you were an awesome secret sister all the way!!!




One of my new projects was to move forward with spoon bracelets etc.. I have done them previously but wanted to learn more and get it down to a science- which I have! I made this for my neighbor who loves to garden. This can be a little marker in her herb garden.
It says *Keep Calm and Garden On..* stamped into a flattened spoon from 1910.

Monday Giveaway

I can't believe Thanksgiving is in just a few days! I have been trying to get my supplies in order to start making copper pieces and just started my first project last night.
I love working with copper. I love the warmth of it and I really enjoy items with tarnish,aging, and patina and copper can fit the bill. I experimented with 3 different designs and love how they came out.

This weeks giveaway is for a copper initial necklace- your choice! You can choose the square,round, or mini style in any letter you want. Comes with a matching antiqued copper chain.





To be entered please tell me what you are thankful for and/or your best Thanksgiving story.
Leave your email so I can contact you and if you blog,twitter,or facebook let me know.

I will choose a winner on Friday :)

Monday Giveaway Winner

Sorry for the delay in picking a winner!

Sue is the winner

Sue said... This is so beautiful. I would love to give it to my daughter for a Christmas gift. She would treasure it.

Please email me at e1@keysandmemories.com to claim your bracelet!

Monday Giveaway

Today's giveaway is for a vintage typewriter key bracelet in black. I have some examples shown but yours will be different. I use random keys for this style and mix in words,letters,numbers. and symbols.

To be entered just leave a comment. If you blog,fb,or twitter it let me know.
I will choose a winner on wed.

New Design...Finally!

About a year ago I decided I wanted to expand my designs beyond typewriter keys and had 2 ideas; wax seal stamps or hand stamped designs. I ended up going the route of wax seal designs and haven't regretted it. One of my main inspirations was a 18k gold necklace my SIL and MIL have they got from Shop NBC. It had their initial and a beautiful background pattern on it.

I spent many late nights doing as much research as possible on every facet of this art form and I am still learning something new almost everyday. When someone told me my ideas wouldn't work I was more determined than ever to *make it work* I must admit I was feeling pretty proud of myself when I finished this piece :) So now that I know what I do the sky is the limit !

We have a winner....

Congrats to Crystal winner of the vintage typewriter key question mark necklace!

Please send your info to me: e1@keysandmemories.com


I have something really exciting for next Monday!

ER Trip and Monday Giveaway

I am a bit behind on today's giveaway as I had a detour this morning at the ER-Bleh! Looks like the old gallbladder will be moving on to an industrial bio hazard wastebasket shortly. So the big question is what will life be like without a gallbladder? Am I being presumptive- it could just be acid reflux. Who knows- it's all just a big question mark- which brings me to today's giveaway.

I made this necklace with a vintage Smith Corona black question mark key. The material is celluloid which can get wet and not be damaged. Silver plated lace edge setting and an 18" nickel plated ball chain. If you want a different length chain I can do that :)

I will choose a winner on Wed. If you mention it on your Blog,Facebook,or Twitter be sure to let me know as I really appreciate the extra plug.

Can You DIg It?

Today we visited Gilcrease Museum to see some of my daughters artwork. Of course we had to hit the gift shop and I found this fun little item. It is a rock and mineral excavation kit called *Dig It Out* It is about the size of a bar of soap and comes with 3 tools. Inside are 2 gems or minerals- I was pleasantly surprised to discover 2 as I thought there would only be 1.






After about 5 minutes of *digging* we could begin to see something! This is quite exciting for a 7 year old and I must admit that I enjoyed it as well. I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was a kid and this would have been an awesome item to have but the 70's didn't roll that way.






After 10 minutes or so we realized there were 2 items inside- what a deal for $3.95!!





Still trying to identify what we got- the package has some pictures on it and there is a guide book inside that has the tiniest writing in it I have ever seen so I am still working on it. All in all it was a fun item, we had some good quality time together and learned at the same time.

Itty Bitty Fine Silver Initial Necklace

Someone several months ago asked me about doing small charms with initials and I finally came up with something I liked the past few days. I made these using PMC or Precious Metal Clay. They are 99.9% silver (classified as fine silver)





I love initials and I love PMC. It is a great medium to work with. I have so many ideas floating around in my head and supplies for new projects on the way. I will be stalking the mailman next week! Look for more new pieces soon.

Work Perk and A Winner

Did I mention I Love my job? Well, I do! I work in Tulsa at The Vintage Pearl
I am so grateful to my wonderful boss who offered me a position and to the many friends I have made already.

Today I picked out a necklace to remind me of my kids (they aren't hard to remember but now they are with me all the time in spirit)

I chose the Eclectic Necklace and added some copper shapes into the mix. I LOVE IT!! I really love jewelry- really I do- but I rarely wear it however, I will be wearing this every day as it is just too cool!. The girls at work are so talented and I can't say enough good about them.





On to our winner of Hello Crafty's Halloween Soap:

Katie McKid

Please send me your shipping info to: e1@keysandmemories.com

Halloween Soap Giveaway from Hello Crafty

I was trying to come up with a fun Halloween giveaway when I remembered my friend
Hello Crafty had this awesome skull soap.
Life is full of people who come and go in your life, Some make an impression and others do not. I am happy to say that Hello Crafty has made an impression on me. I can't remember which soap I bought first from her but I loved it. I think it might have been Nag Champa? or was it Green Grass or Beach Days? I love the excitement of opening one of of packages and inhaling the goodness.

HC isn't just someone who throws some craft store ingredients into a mold. She is a true soap maker and it shows and she always seems to come up with amazing smells and designs. My daughter (who is 7) is a fan already. She wants to know if the soap can be taped to her face so she can smell it all day.




HC went on a hiatus a while back and I was sad and missed her. When we spoke she imparted words of wisdom about what was really important in life and her experience got me to do some thinking and make some changes myself. Though we haven't met I consider her a friend which is a rare thing these days.






Now on to the fun stuff!!

If you would like to win this awesome Skull Soap just leave a comment.

For extra entries visit Hello Crafty's shop and let me know your favorite item

Become a fan on FaceBook

Tweet about it and mention you did.

Winner will be chosen Sunday the 24th.

Risky Business

I am obsessed with Wax Seal Jewelry to say the least. I like working with alloys and fine silver- each has it's advantages.

I really like painting them and giving them a weathered look in all kinds of different colors. Haven't had much luck selling them though. I keep telling myself they will catch on and I need to advertise but I can hardly find the time to research rates. For right now they are more something I enjoy making than getting rich on.