When you tell people you are going to make things for a living you often hear, “Can you make money at that?” or “How will you pay your bills?” You never hear, “You will spend an unbelievable amount of time CLEANING up!” But you do. Yes, indeed. You spend an awful lot of time [...]
I finished up this Pyrite & Sterling Silver Pendant this week. I wanted to play with adding texture to the silver and I loved the idea of the gold pyrite on the sterling silver. I’m getting better with the torch though it always takes longer for the solder to do its’ thing than I [...]
It’s not often that I get a new tool that I can totally flip out over but I just got this in the mail YESTERDAY, tore open the package and was blown away by it. And I just had to share it with you today. You may remember the Leaf Chain Copper [...]
It rained quite a lot the beginning of the week and spring came out in full force. Here is a photo of the vibrant colors during a light rain. Everything is blooming and turning green here. So very lovely. I made another ring in my silver smithing class. This one is [...]
It’s not easy to find a craft to make for Mother’s Day when you are a teen. Most of the crafts you will find are for little ones to make. You want to show your mom that you care but the last thing you want to give her is a craft made of [...]
I decided it was time to learn something new. To take my jewelry making skills up a notch or TEN and I enrolled in a silver smithing class. The pendant above is my first piece. It’s a little wonky but I sure learned lots while making it. I don’t mind being a beginner at [...]
In case you haven’t noticed I have a serious bohemian/gypsy kind of aesthetic. I love lots of layers, bold colors and some sparkle. I’ve got two Pinterest pin boards devoted to gypsy and bohemian inspiration that I find out on the web. They are my go-to boards when I want to daydream, be [...]
It seems like we JUST had a 1500 Facebook Fans Giveaway and here we are at 2000. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have a place where women can love and support one another. Especially when our world can look so dark at times. I love learning [...]
I found this really great leaf chain recently at a local bead shop. I had KNOW IDEA what I was going to do with it but I knew I needed to have some. (ahem*hoarder*ahem) So I asked for 6 inches of it and then put it in my pile of chain and other jewelry [...]
Cousin Slider Bracelet products – available in craft stores now I’ve been working pretty hard on my attitude lately. Since we’ve been going through our big changes and cut our budget it’s easy for me to be in a down kind of mood because I don’t have the money for some of the things I [...]
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