My New Cute Stuff on Etsy

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If you love my cute animal pictures, please check out my Etsy shop Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry.  You might just love my cute new creations as well.  Check out the following:

Deconstructed Lego Deep Sea Diver Charm Bracelet

Cute Kawaii Upcycled Blue Cat Charm

Lego Brick Pandora Style Charm Bracelet Watch

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten

Birds That Have Cute Written All Over Them

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If you like cute, please check out my jewelry on Etsy.com.  My shop is called Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry.  I make new stuff out of old stuff and give it new life.  I am sure you will enjoy it.

In the mean time enjoy these adorable birds.

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten

Baby Zoo Animals Summer 2010

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Can you really ever have too many baby zoo animals?  I think not.  For your viewing pleasure a new batch of wild adorableness.

Vintage Game Piece Charm Bracelet

Lucky Cat Cameo Locket

If you like all this cuteness, you might just enjoy my Etsy shop Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry.  Here are just a few cute things you can find there.

Vintage Game Piece Charm Bracelet

Lucky Cat Cameo Locket

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten

Etsy Christmas Season Sale!

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I am having an artism sale over at my Etsy site – Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry.  The details of the sale are as follows:

1st Item – Regular Price

2nd Item (of equal or lesser value) – 10% Off Regular Price

3rd Item (of equal or lesser value) – 20 % Off Regular Price

4th Item – Free Shipping on All Items (Within the United States only. $4.80 off all other shipping.)

All items must be purchased in the same transaction to qualify for sale prices. A refund will be made via PayPal for the difference in price.

If you are looking for some unique (if I do say so myself) gifts for Christmas, birthdays, or any other special occasion, please take a look.  I specialize in repurposed altered art jewelry, but I also offer bookmarks and key chains and a few things that men and boys might enjoy as stocking stuffers.  Here are some examples of the gifts you can find in my store.

Twilight Book Mark

Colorful Lego Brick Charm Bracelet

Evel Knievel Lego Minifigure Key Chain Lanyard

Harry Potter Themed Overloaded Charm Bracelet

Pewter Sourvenire Spoon Necklace

New Moon Themed Overloaded Charm Bracelet

Turn Your Favorite Books into a Custom Made Charm Bracelet

This is just a small fraction of what my shop has to offer.  I am adding new stuff daily for the holiday season.  If anything you have seen interests you, please visit

Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry

Mention that you saw my blog, and I will include something special with your order.

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten and Rockshanks

My New Etsy Store – Please, Please, Please Visit

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It has been a long time since I have posted anything about my Artism.  I have just been so caught up in all of the cuteness out there.  I have just opened a new Etsy shop that I am very proud of, and I wanted to share it with the world.  If you have never gone to the Etsy website, you should (Etsy.com).  It is an awesome market place for handmade and vintage items as well as crafting supplies.  I think it is a perfect place for my repurposed or upcycled (suggested by an Ebay customer) jewelry.  Below are a few new examples of my artism that can be found on Etsy.  If you like what you see, please visit my store Rockshanks Repurposed Art Jewelry.

Souvenir Spoon Necklace

Star Wars Rebel Pilot Minifigure Necklace

Teacher Themed Overloaded Charm Bracelet

Religious/Cross Themed Overloaded Charm Bracelet

Twilight Themed Overloaded Charm Bracelet

Banned Books Literature Bracelet

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten

Some New Artism

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It has been a while since I posted any of my artism. I have been working really hard practicing my souldering skills lately and had a brainstorm to make charm bracelets with some of my favorite book covers as the charms. I started with, I am kind of ashamed to admit as I am 38 years old, the Twilight series. I then moved onto Harry Potter and some classics like Shakespeare and Jane Austen.  I really like these bracelets because they combine two of my obsessions, reading and artism.  My skills certainly are not perfect yet, but I am working on it.

Thank You For Your  Consideration,

The Graham 10

Bonus Artism

Proudly Sharing My Artism For About a Month

For a while now, I have been using antique ladies watches in my jewelry. Inspired by my niece, I finally created a way to use the antique watchbands as well. I suppose it is a little bit odd to take what might be a perfectly good watch apart and use the face in one place and the band in another, but hey it’s what I do. I am pretty happy with the result.

Watchband Bracelet

Watch Face Charm Bracelet

Watchband Bracelet #2

Here is another bracelet I have finished. It is also made with pieces of antique watches. In this case it is the crystals.

Watch Crystal Charm Bracelet

Thank you for your consideration and have a great weekend.

Teaching My Love Hate Relationship

When it works, I love it. When it doesn’t, like today, I just detest teaching. It is Monday, our schedule was changed, and the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (the dreaded WASL) starts tomorrow. All in all the students were nuts, and I was frustrated. To top it off one of the kids stole the lock from the lap top cart. Arrgh! That’s when a warm bath, some artism, and TBTL really helps. Maybe tomorrow will be better. I can always hope.

Just What is Repurposeing? – If You Care

My artism involves what I lovingly call repurposing.  Basically that means I take old things, usually things you wouldn’t make jewelry out of, and turn it in to new, hopefully beautiful jewelry.  I started with old bottle caps and then went to electric typewriter keys and scrabble tiles.  The following is a less than complete list of things I have repurposed or am working on repurposing:

• Game Pieces (Scrabble, Monopoly, Stratego, etc.)
• Old Costume Jewelry (Charms, Charm Bracelets, Pins, etc.)
• Pieces of Broken China
• Guitar Picks
• Watches
• Spoons

My latest effort involves antique watch crystals.  Those are the plastic pieces that cover the inner workings.  After discovering that soldering did not work and was not attractive, I stumbled on drilling them and sewing them together with thin wire.  Inside I put crystals and other small stone chips.  I am pretty happy with the result.  I think I will put the smaller ones on charm bracelets and leave the larger ones as pendants.

Watch Crystal Charms or Pendants

Prior to working on the watch crystal puzzle, I completed a stuffed charm bracelet using antique merry-go-round charms and pink and mauve stones.

Merry-Go-Round Charm Bracelet

Well, enough of my showing off I suppose.

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Time-Bandit-Ten in Graham, WA