Here they be.

Echo::
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=26538562

S Ring::
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26537188


And the copper earrings from earlier:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=26516745

(2 more necklaces to list...saving the best for last)
Or, rather, I just haven't gotten to editing the pictures yet. TIME. NEED MORE.

Not in the cards.

This is the only thing I have newly listed.

This stuff was finished last week.

I left my notebook on my bench. Said notebook includes sizes and prices and whatnot for all of my new pieces.

These earrings are all I remembered without the notebook.

And now I vote for a nap.

picture picture

(Already bored of attempting to get a picture of the necklace on me.)

Taking photos of stuff is time consuming and more of a chore than anything else.

Especially when it's time to get pictures of the pieces on me to get an idea of their actual size and what they look like ON someone.

And it often turns into ridiculousness. And dozens and dozens of shots to get one that I am content with.
It also turns into self portrait time (I promise I'm wearing a shirt)Duh.
And that is how I feel about all of the pictures I have to cut down and edit.

Tarot, 2009, New Orleans

Giganto silver order is on its merry little way. Sheet in all different gauges! Wire of every sort! All kinds of chain!

Or, in other words, the largest silver order I've ever placed.

I could do with a little lot more patience -- as I've said before, I hate being so limited and I'm sick of waiting around for things that seem so basic.

Now to get the acetylene tank filled...

And stop thinking about enamel. Someday but NOT TOday. y/y? y.

The custom order list is growing and will keep me quite busy over the next few weeks.

And that is that is that. Nothing much of interest. I am taking photos of all of my new pieces tonight and they'll be gradually added over the next few days. I like working in "batches." It makes me feel accomplished.

dreary days

This weekend:

cold and rainy and dreary. I wouldn't mind, usually, except I had to work outside at the barn both days.

I

hate

mud.

On Saturday, my little sister graduated from high school.

And I ate a lot of cake.

(this one was taken for me...as I'm pretty sure she has no use for it as a senior picture. Eventually my 2nd etsy shop will be filled with photography prints)

Jewelry?

Worked on a bit.

Sold a bit.

4 custom orders in the works.

Shop update to come this week! - - -

there is something be said for silence.

I have a lot of stuff bouncing around, but nothing to really jewelry blog about. I don't want to be terribly boring, but I also feel like I should at least attempt to keep this up regularly.

I suppose I could tell you that the twiggy ring is freshly sold, which is bittersweet. It's quite a comfy, neat little ring indeed. And it stuck around just long enough for me to stare at it while I made another (easier than making things from pictures, you know). But, I'm glad it's off to someone who is excited to wear it!

I could also tell you that the twiggy ring I made last night has a stone & is a custom order. It will be finished by the end of the weekend.

As will a custom landscape (for my grandma, ordered ages ago!) ring.

And as 2 leave my hands, 2 more to come. A set of 3 mother/daughter bracelets (so sweet!) and completely separate necklace that may have a handmade chain - designs to be discussed in the near future.

Steady.
Steady.

A handful (literally) of pieces will be tossed in the polisher tomorrow and prepared for the shop too.

I also have another handful of pieces that need stones set and/or pictures taken for listing. I am being indecisive about which stones to use (I have an assortment of 3mm cabs). I am also not feeling like setting the tiny little things because it can be a real PAIN.

My supa mod pendant finally has a chain that is both sleek and flexible! It's also stainless steel. I think that's ok.

I have a big list of silver that needs to be ordered but I will have to wait a bit for that.

My car is going to be the death of me stress-wise.

My mouth still hurts; I look forward to when it's healed and I don't have to take pain killers for it.

And that is things.

So much for an early night.

Here is the summary of my day:
angry angry angry annoyed post drilled into my mouth angry angry frustrated annoyed.

Then I took a nap and all was better. Not perfect, but better.

Earlier, I started to write about the pieces I'm working on right now. I used to work very differently in jewelry than other art forms. I thought about it differently. I designed more than anything else and I didn't really use other things (music, horses, life, etc) as inspiration. They weren't inspiration-motivated pieces in that way.

I didn't make it with a whole lot of meaning behind it, basically. Until the end when I switched gears and did some small sculpture in sterling. But the actual jewelry itself I made pretty much purely from a design perspective. It was a way to take all of my sketches from pages and pages of "notes" from various classes and turn them into something tangible.

Now that I don't have a steady flow of photos, film, video, mixed media, and sculpture I'm working on to get that all out, it's beginning to take shape in jewelry.

Not all of it. But some. One of the pendants I'm working on now is from just that and it feels so satisfying to be able to say, yeah, I'm making art right now.

Anyway, this is in the shop. Everytime I sat down to write the damn description I just stared at the screen, eventually admitting defeat and going off to bed. Not tonight!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25876700
I love it a whoooole lot and would like to keep it for myself.