{"id":242,"date":"2016-05-04T18:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2020-11-10T08:38:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T14:38:51","slug":"christmas-tree-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree Charm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-collage-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A sterling silver <strong>double-sided Christmas Tree charm<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A WIP (Work In Progress) collage of a double-sided <strong>Christmas Tree charm<\/strong> I created to go with the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charm Bracelet<\/a><\/strong> I made for Kathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used superglue to glue two pieces of sheet together, then cut out and formed the tree as a single piece, adding a bevel to both sides of the edge, and drilling a few holes that will later be darkened with patina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then superglued the tree to another piece of sheet that I cut out and formed to be a &#8220;base&#8221; for the tree, but a little larger than the tree to give it a border. Adding a little heat from the torch separates the pieces, which were then soldered together with the base layer in the middle, creating a &#8220;double-sided&#8221; charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a chasing tool to stamp rays on the base layer emanating from the star, stamped &#8220;.925&#8221; on the bottom edge of it on the backside, and drilled two more smaller holes completely through the charm to give it a little more play with the light shining through them, and augments the darker oxidized holes that only go through the tree to the base plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/charm-christmas_tree-768x725.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Sterling silver <strong>double-sided Christmas Tree charm<\/strong> close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above is a closer shot of the double-sided Christmas Tree charm. Unfortunately you can&#8217;t see the light shining through the two smaller holes in this picture, but when you can, they really do add to the appearance of the charm very nicely I think&#8230; almost like little Christmas lights!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WIP (Work In Progress) collage of a double-sided Christmas Tree charm I created to go with the Charm Bracelet I made for Kathy. I used superglue to glue two pieces of sheet together, then cut out and formed the tree as a single piece, adding a bevel to both sides of the edge, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=242\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Tree Charm&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}