Old Craft Revisited

When I was a little girl, my mother did alot of extra jobs to earn money and stay at home. I really didn't realize she was doing these jobs, they just seemed like a normal part of her day while she took care of her family.

She took in ironing, extra kids, sewing, and working for the county (going into poverty income homes and teaching naturtition). We also made jewelry.

We travled alot in the summers and Daddy would take us mostly out west, to old mines and mountain tops...places off the beaten trail. We would load the truck with all kinds of pretty rocks. Then when we got home we would tumble them, polish them, and make jewelry with them. I have the box of rocks that were left over. I've moved it around for years, used them in crafts and just let the kids play with them. Even used them in a devotion here.

But I've pulled them out to actually make some jewelry for me to sale this time. The braclet with the big rocks is one of the ones I made as a kid (I had to add a few links to it). The other two are new ones.

Here are some of the necklaces. I took them to work and sold one right away, so Ken is planning on taking some to work next week.

It fun to work with the rock again (agates, quarts, tiger's eye, apache teardrops, snowflake). It brings back those times working as a family. I'm hoping that I can do something with these and also make a little extra money. My supplies are old and I'm having trouble finding a place to get the same type of supplies now. Most jewerly now is done with beading. No beading with these rock.