Just Listed on Etsy

Greek Leather Cord 5 yds/$5 See Etsy link to the right----->

Etsy Treasury

I finally nabbed an Etsy Treasury...and this is what I came up with(?):

New Greek Washer Beads

I have listed all kinds of new ceramic Greek washer beads. These beads are 8 mm wide, from 1 - 2 mm thick, it will fit a 2mm cord and 12 gauge wire. These natural kilned ceramic beads are dipped in copper, kiln-fired again, then finished with 24 Karat Gold, Fine Silver, or Pure Copper. We also offer Antique Patinaed Silver and Gold, Green Patinaed Copper finishes and Bronze.
See my Etsy link on the right------>

More of my Favorite - Greek Ceramic Washer Beads

I just love playing with the Greek Ceramic Washer Beads from Mykonos. This assortment of jewelry was made using silver. I love stamping and dapping silver too. Included of the Greek beads are various sizes from 3-4mm to 13mm. These pieces are available on my website at tekaandzoe.com.
Or if you prefer to play with these fun beads yourself you can find them on my Etsy site: tekaandzoe.etsy.com

RSS Feed and Blogs

When I started my Blog I did not know anything about the Blog world. In fact I could not even believe I had become a Blogger. HUH?? Blogger? Wondering if people even care what I have to say. Well...you do get kind of addicted to it. And surely hope someone is reading it. I have since learned more and now kind of understand a new facet of blogging or ways to read someone else's Blog. I figured if I did not have a clue about this then maybes others do not either. It is called RSS Feed.
From Wikipedia:
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.
Here is another interesting article about RSS Feed and what it is all about: http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html
You also will have to know about RSS Readers.
From Wikipedia:
Feed Readers also known as an a feed aggregator.
Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper." Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed.
Aggregator features are frequently built into portal sites (such as My Yahoo! and iGoogle), modern Web browsers and email programs.
I personally use Google to reed my feeds.
So when you are on a blog that you want to keep up to date with all you have to do is click on the little orange Rainbow picture (this is the universal Feed Icon) or were it says: "subscribe to feed" and the articles will come to you.
Michelle Mahler
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My First Print Ad!

I am excitteeddDDDDD..My first print ad with Indie Finds co-operative
.....Wooo Hooo......
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My Latest Project - Acid Etched Beatles

For a long while I have really really wanted to do something with acid etching. I had this vision of doing faces. It all started with this picture of my son when he was a baby. I had tinkered with the color and contrast to get this black and white image. I used to use this B&W image as my avatar. It was originally a project for my scrapbooking side.
As a very young girl I remember hearing the Beatles "Michelle" on the radio and knew for sure they were singing to me. I was a bit of a Beatles freak in my teens. I felt that I was born at the wrong time. How could I have missed those concerts in 1964? I read everything I could about them. I purchased a bok of the complete history of the Beatles that included a poster. That poster had been on the wall of my bedroom since the late '70-'s. On their last trip out here I convinced my dad to do downstairs to my old bedroom and bring me that poster. Could it be almost 30 years later?? Shocking to get old....I digress.....

So I scanned that poster and shrunk it and tinkered with the contrast. I really felt there must be a way to do what I wanted. I could see the piece of jewelry in my head. I got the B&W image were I wanted it, somtimes editing pixel by pixel. All I had to do was figure out a way to get the detail I needed as resist onto the metal. I have read of several ways to do it and even tried a few only to have miserable results. It was very disheartening. I tried for weeks. I finally went to the ironing the toner onto the metal method and that didn't work either. The image didn't come off the paper. I tried again. It seemed to work ok but there was some white residue I coul dot srub off with out scrubbing off the detail...out of frustration I just had to plunge it in the acid and see what I would get. I am really shocked at the results. It is totally cool! Here is that piece. I also did a test patch of a scrolly pattern. the whole piece of copper is 4-1/4" x 2". I am going to turn it into a piece of jewelry..so more later!!

It just makes me want to sing, "Love Love me do...you know I love you..." ......