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First crafts and handiwork. <3 I sculpted this doll head from super sculpey and cast it in resin. His name is Bastian. He's on a body made by the korean company, Dollshe. This is my craft. I sell the heads so I can buy other people's awesome jewelry and bags and stuff! <3



Speaking of... I have a question about jewelry, you all are nice, so I'm asking you. Here's the problem: my mother is /extremely/ allergic to metal. At this point she can only wear 24k gold or platinum(haha, mom. yeahright I'm gonna get you platinum jewelry!). Anything else she breaks out. Her ears are especially sensitive, even the trick of covering the earrings in clear fingernail polish doesn't work, she still breaks out. We've tried stuff for "sensitive ears", we've tried stuff that you put ON your ears or skin to protect it, we've tried titanium(works for me, not her), we've tried damn near everything. the only that doesn't break her out is 24k gold. And let's face it, 24k gold is reserved in most stores for extremely fancy, boring, jewelry and my mom doesn't really like it. You can only have so many tiny understated stud earrings before you go crazy. So I'm looking to buy some stuff from crafters, like on etsy. also with dangly earrings, if the whole thing isn't gold, if the danglies are something else and it touches her neck, she'll break out.

The question I have, is does anyone know what they mean by "14k gold filled" what does the "filled" mean? some say stuff like "24k gold filled brass". Is the outside brass then? Is anyone else super sensitive to metals and can tell me what you'd be able to wear? I really want to get some awesome earrings for my mom. She keeps buying crappy ones because they're "cute" and then giving them to me when she can't wear them. *I* can't wear them either! >:/