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Sterling Silver and Niobium mainly, some gold -- mainly earrings....

Posted By: Laura E. on 2005-07-18
In Reply to: OMG How interesting! What style of jewelry do you make?! - Busy MT'ing

but I want to get back into it, more in silver though as niobium was more of a fad, but I do like to mix the 2 for the contrast and color. That is probably what I will concentrate on, that and hand made chains (complex but I enjoy doing them a lot). If my husband made 10-15K more a year I could probably concentrate on it FT....but he is already at the cap pretty much for his job, so now IF he gets a raise its basically just cost of living. His company sucks for raises, does not give on merit, just gives everyone the same regardless of how good or bad they are at their job (service engineer for electron microscopes). Well maybe in 5-7 years when the mortgage is paid off .......


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Earrings
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Gold in them thar' hills!
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Now, now,. No gold stars for little girls and boys
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Hahahahahahahaha

I have that too, I call it liquid gold, it is SO expensive.
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Something else about the Gold Touch.(Should I be getting a kick back from them?)
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I say that we boost each other up instead of putting each other down.  I say one bad apple does not spoil the bunch. And to the boss like mine I had and other MTSO owners who agree with that statement, I say keep your team's self-esteem growing by a thank you for a good job every now and then.  To the MT, please appreciate your boss and MTSO if they show you the respect you deserve and when times are tough and tempers flare realize that a difficult situation has not changed your professionalism or your value, and that tomorrow is another day. 


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To me, Dorlands will always be the gold standard. I have one, and use their online source also. nm
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try OTC cortisone anti-itch or Gold Bond cream first?
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