Day XXX of Challenge 2012 - CCCLXV in CCCLXV

Got that?  Me neither.  I had to ask.

First order of business:  we've been in this house not 40+ but FIFTY plus years.  Makes me even more tired just knowing that!  Ai yi yi.  The clock is ticking faster!

Back to today's earrings.  Took a break from the endless sifting through of stuff i have no idea what to do with and walked down to Geary St which is our little business district.  Did an errand and then, walking to the other errand, passed the Hobby Company.  I love that little shop.  It has stuff for doll houses, models, general art supplies and in the back under lock and key, a little bead room.

 It's very small with a correspondingly small selection but i always look.  Today i found black Czech seeds in 8/0 and 6/0, and fold over crimps for the feathers i've yet to do.  And then i found the stash of charms from Tierra Cast.   

Tierra Cast is located in San Rafael, CA - right across the Golden Gate from SF.  Early in the years of owning Bead Boutique, i had the opportunity to visit them and got a tour of the facility and an in-depth explanation of their process.  They make good quality cast plated pewter items and we carry some in the shop and like them real well. 

So in that little bead room, in the back, nearly in the dark, i found charms and, in and amongst the cowboy boots and the butterflies and the feathers, i found dragons.  Gold plated Eastern dragons and silver plated Western dragons.  So i got me some.  And with just a touch of red for good luck, they became today's earrings.

Should i just make 335 more of these?

Supplies:
(2) antique gold plated Eastern dragon charms by Tierra Cast
(2) 4mm Swarovski bicones (siam)
(2) Vermeil bead tip head pins
(4) 4mm gold plated jump rings
large kidney ear wires in plated antique brass

Thread the bicone on the bead tip head pin and make a wrapped loop.
Open one 4mm jump ring and thread on the dragon, the bicone and the second 4mm jump ring.
Close the jump ring.
Hang the dangle on the ear wire from the second 4mm jump ring.
Repeat for second earring.

These have got to be good luck earrings!  This is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.  I was born in the Year of the Dragon.  In the Chinese calendar, the only decade birthday you celebrate in the same year as your zodiac sign is your 60th.  Guess what.