New!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24388625

THIS has been added to the shop.


It was an accident that started several months ago. I was just going to make a simple stacking ring, but was having one hell of a time with getting the ends to meet. So I played around with it, determined to make ANY kind of ring at that point, and somehow the bezel ended up there. And it was way better than a plain, "normal" ring.

Setting the stone caused me further difficulty so I threw the thing aside and planned on taking it apart in the future.

I do that with jewelry.

Ultimately, I come back to it and usually, 99.9% of the time, I fix it. I just can't bear to scrap something I've spent time on when the composition is there and it has potential. I just have to wait (sometimes months, as you can see) until I'm not mad at the piece anymore and I'm ready for a new plan of attack.

Jewelry is
silly.

Panic!

Yesterday went something like this:

Put CF card from digital camera in sister's computer, upload photos.

Take CF card out, put in camera, take some more photos.

Put CF card back in computer...when trying to access the message "Not formatted, would you like to format?" pops up. When I click NO, it ends there. I can't access anything.

I have over 800 photos on this card. New York, New Orleans, jewelry, the horses...

Slightly panicked. Very panicked.

In other news, new stuff listed in the shop...hopefully I can plump it back up (but even more hopeful sell some stuff!)

Afternoon Tea Ring, size 5.25

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24343795

Cyan Sunday, turquoise with handmade sterling square chain.

And a few others...

OH HI

New Orleans, 2009
Just checking in - not much to report.

I'm working on a little pile (ok, it's a BIG pile to me) of custom orders and I'm going to try and squeeze in a project for the shop as well.

I am really pleased with what I've been making lately...and a bit sad it hasn't all made it to the shop. At some point today there will be an update with a couple of rings & the best necklace yet. Finally!

The open house was very successful yesterday and hopefully will be today as well! It's really fun to watch people hold your work, overhear comments to others, compliment you, etc. It's nice when you can see that someone is excited about what you've made.

Earrings have been a big hit as I expected. Everyone loves earrings. Everyone can justify another pair!

The fun continues today, so I need to go set a few stones to some more pieces I wanted to bring.

I'm hoping things will
slow
down
soon.

I have commissions spilling out of everywhere and will have at least one more after this show.

Maybe I could see doing this full time-like. Or maybe half time-like because full time is scary when you've got 2 beasties to feed.

Quick!

Today will be the last day to purchase items from my shop before I bring them all to my first "show!"

Everything that is not sold will of course be relisted Saturday night.

I have an amazing amount of stuff to finish up before tomorrow and not very many hours to do so.

I also have 4? 5? custom orders to be working on? (yeah, no slowing down since things picked up.)

I also have at least 15 designs from my time spent on planes that I want to get started on. And came home to several pretty stones delivered to my door that don't have designs yet! The days need more hours.

So, that's my quick update, sans photos! I have some lovely pictures of New Orleans but those will have to wait, as the camera is sitting pretty at home.

A few more

Before I leave for beautiful humid sticky sweet New Orleans tomorrow morning.

These, again, will not be posted to etsy. I feel that my work is improving LEAPS and BOUNDS and I'm a bit saddened that I am unable to pop these on there.

However, it just means that when I return and the open house is said and done my shop will be that much BETTER.

Sterling & Jade (the stone is not so dark...it's a very nice green). This reminds me of a sea creature, or something. I was told it was "totemic."

Dainty little pearl. I looove this shiny thing. I also made it in a size that doesn't fit me...for a reason.

Blue Goldstone & Sterling. Everytime I make something with blue goldstone it seems to give the overall piece a spacey feel. Space pods. Area 51 earrings. I'm not even so interested in such things, but that's what I see.

Picture time!

All of my stuff has been in various stages of incompletion due to the fact that I'm saving them for the open house.

BUT.

I finished a necklace and polished up some other little guys, so here they are!

Earrings made with my square chain:

Twiggy ring:

"Digging for Gold"
Sterling, Chinese turquoise, 14k gold nugget


I am loathing pricing now. That is all.