Do you look back over passed blogs you have written and wonder who was that person. We all make progess, day by day without noticeing the transition. Mostly we get better,or at least think we do. It is now 2014, I still love paper but now have become more enviromentally friendy not by design but just trying new technques. For my paper beads and othe paper jewelry I am now making my own paper. To make handmade paper you recycle old paper, tear it up, add water, and blend to to soup. Pour over a mesh on a frame,then squeeze all the water out again and vola you have new paper. Easy but a bit time consuming, but very rewarding. For my pendants and rings I was decoupaging wooden tiles Japanese paper and inserting into a silver tray. Instead of paper why not use egg shells. You get this lovely mini-mosaic effect, looks like stone. Paint and varnish and there we have another use for egg shells. Actually cannot think of many. One day when surffing the net for jewelry ideas, I came accross someone who had cut up coke bottles and made flowers. What a great idea. If you look at the bottom of a bottle you can almost see a flower there. We go thru a lottle of coke bottles in our house, not by me, but they do provide me with cheap materials. After much experimentation I only use the bottoms, which I paint with special a metallic paint, then cut and shape and apply heat. This is just the best bit. The plastic moves, and waves, and shrinks. It is like watching time lapse photograpy. Each one is different, the paint bubbles and leaves an amazing texture. Then add some bead, stamens and a brooch pin. The first time I sold these at a craft market I sold out. Could have sold twice as many. I wonder what I will be doing in 2015.