My sweetheart and future cohabitant Donna Sue Atkins has made some lovely beadwork in her day. When I posted some samples of her handiwork, one necklace in particular caught the eye of some of my readers.

See the one next to the heart pretzel on the right? It has a few nifty, cute skulls on it. Donna told me the skulls were expensive. “Darling,” I replied, “I will make you some out of porcelain.”

So I have begun to try, and it is not as easy as I thought it would be. But when I do a few dozen they will start to be cuter and better; and when I make Skull #500 or so they will be necklace-worthy, and I will have learned more about skull anatomy and the manipulation of itty-bitty spheroids of clay. A fun adventure awaits!