From the category archives:

Shiny Things!

More Metal!

May 18, 2010

This ring started life as a bracelet. And then I learned you CAN over heat silver. Oopsie. After the initial horror at ruining 3 weeks of hard work*, it was kind of cool to see the silver suddenly** melt, drip, hit my leg and fall to the floor. Luckily, I was wearing a sturdy apron so I did [...]

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Metal Chic

April 17, 2010

Ooh, hammering metal is so cathartic! With every little delicate bash of the hammer, I imagine smashing all the PITAs (Pain In The A.. you know what part of the body) from the day right on top of their little PITA heads. I am taking my second silversmithing class at SVA with Victoria Tillotson of [...]

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Artbeads: Spring has Sprung!

April 13, 2010

Although technically Spring was officially March 20, depending on where in the world you live, you may be disagreeing with that right now. Also, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere, you are preparing for Winter at the moment. And if you are… ok, I have digressed enough for one paragraph. To me, Spring is [...]

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Green and Purple

March 29, 2010

Don’t be jealous. I was in Ft. Lauderdale last week with my sister vistiting my brother and his partner. It was crazy rain in the Northeast at that same time I was soaking up some rays, collecting broken shells on the beach and yelping as the waves got my shorts wet. Oh, secondary colors go [...]

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Yellow and Black Agate

March 19, 2010

Who makes things that are yellow and black? Yeah, Nature. Bees, hornets, yellow and black agate. That is all I can think of. I found these yellow and black agate at a local bead store I like to haunt. OOOoooOOOooooOOoo. I’m such a dork. Sorry. With crazy stones like these, you don’t need to do [...]

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Here’s Treble!

February 25, 2010

Whoa, that was dorky. How about “Ode to a Sister-In-Law”? My dude’s sister gave me some wonderful peruvian opals for Christmas. (What? It’s only not even 3 months after the holiday. In my world, it is almost like going back in time, I am so on top of this.) If you scroll through the website, you may notice that I like [...]

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Tough Love… Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 9, 2010

Although Valentine’s Day is not my favorite holiday – too much pink and red together (ick), the abundance of chocolates make it all worth it. Yum! The good folks at Artbeads.com (one of my very favorite websites, see the link to the left ->) invited me to sample and review some of their Valentine’s themed beads [...]

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My First Pendant

January 27, 2010

Well, that is not REALLY true. But this is my first pendant that I made in silver. The almost final piece from the fall SVA silver jewelry making class with Victoria Tillotson. I used piercing, drilling, sawing, a little bit of banging with a rawhide hammer (I had to get a little bit in there – [...]

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My dAd is awesome!! He made me beads!!

January 15, 2010

Sorry for all the exclamation points, but my dAd is very awesome. I am totally not biased at all*. If you knew him, you would agree 100%. He’s the best. dAd is super handy and likes to play with power tools. I do too, but he actually knows what he is doing. (He may disagree with [...]

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Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

January 7, 2010

Happy New Year!!! I have been a wee bit preoccupied with the dude I live with and his beautiful, but slightly dysfunctional eyes, as well as work, family and friends. You know, the important stuff. Not that this is not important! But without the former, I would not be able to do the latter. Here [...]

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