{"id":242,"date":"2007-06-28T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.alonestarjewelry.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2007-06-28T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T20:01:00","slug":"country-girl-finally-makes-an-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alonestarjewelry.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Country Girl finally makes an appearance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/images\/bloom\/blooms\/countrygirln.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand; alt: \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/images\/bloom\/blooms\/countrygirln.jpg?w=960\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/proddetail.asp?zoom=CountryGirlN&amp;prod=NCG01&amp;cat=21\">Country Girl<\/a> has finally arrived! I know it took forever for me to get around to finishing this but there just always seems to be something else to do. I&#8217;m trying to stay on top of things these days so, with any luck, you&#8217;ll see more new things from my tiny little studio.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Country Girl comes in at 4.6 grams of handcrafted fine silver. The thread I used is call Tenara\u2122 (previously Gore-Tex\u2122) and it&#8217;s used in a lot of things, including parkas, marine stuff, and even jewelry. It wears so well and is really tough, so it won&#8217;t snap or wear out. It has a slick feel to it and because of that, took me a little longer to braid it. But boy does it hang nicely around your neck!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I stuck that little silver bead into the braid just as something extra &#8211; I think that was Shauna&#8217;s idea, only I can&#8217;t remember if she suggested a silver bead or a turquoise one. What do you think? I think it looks good.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this needed to be part of a set so there are earrings to match. They went through 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/images\/bloom\/blooms\/countrygirle.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/images\/bloom\/blooms\/countrygirle.jpg?w=960\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>sizes before it was &#8220;just right&#8221;. Shauna told me they were too small so I tried again. Still too <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/images\/bloom\/blooms\/countrygirle.jpg\"><\/a>small, she said. At last we were both satisfied with them. I put them on these simple but pretty ear wires. Nothing fancy. I like earrings to move when I&#8217;m wearing them and these ear wires make that happen! <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, I&#8217;m thinking that it&#8217;s Shauna&#8217;s turn to throw something on this blog. She&#8217;s usually the one who does all of the writing. Things have been really busy around her house lately, though, so once it calms down I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll start pounding on the keyboard again!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ok, be sure to go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/\">visit the site<\/a> and check out all of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alonestarjewelry.com\/products.asp?cat=21\">new stuff<\/a>. Another newsletter will be going out soon with a new discount so you won&#8217;t have any reason not to shop till you drop! Until then!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Country Girl has finally arrived! I know it took forever for me to get around to finishing this but there just always seems to be something else to do. I&#8217;m trying to stay on top of things these days so, with any luck, you&#8217;ll see more new things from my tiny little studio. Country Girl comes in at 4.6 grams of handcrafted fine silver. The thread I used is call Tenara\u2122 (previously Gore-Tex\u2122) and it&#8217;s used in a lot of things, including parkas, marine stuff, and even jewelry. It wears so well and is really tough, so it won&#8217;t snap or wear out. It has a slick feel to it and because of that, took me a little longer to braid it. But boy does it hang nicely around your neck! I stuck that little silver bead into the braid just as something extra &#8211; I think that was Shauna&#8217;s idea, only I can&#8217;t remember if she suggested a silver bead or a turquoise one. What do you think? I think it looks good. Of course, this needed to be part of a set so there are earrings to match. They went through 3 sizes before it was &#8220;just right&#8221;. Shauna told me they were too small so I tried again. Still too small, she said. At last we were both satisfied with them. I put them on these simple but pretty ear wires. Nothing fancy. I like earrings to move when I&#8217;m wearing them and these ear wires make that happen! So, I&#8217;m thinking that it&#8217;s Shauna&#8217;s turn to throw something on this blog. She&#8217;s usually the one who does all of the writing. Things have been really busy around her house lately, though, so once it calms down I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll start pounding on the keyboard again! Ok, be sure to go visit the site and check out all of the new stuff. Another newsletter will be going out soon with a new discount so you won&#8217;t have any reason not to shop till you drop! 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