Friday, April 13, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Fabulosity on a Stick
But then I started wrapping the 24 gauge dead soft sterling wire around the wires and then it hit me - a tiny stone bead would look awesome in the front. I love love love anything green and Aventurine has that sometimes blue, sometimes green with a tinge of yellow glow like faeries wings. The first one turned out amazing and now the trick was to simply repeat the same technique on the other earring. Easier said than done, but they're darned close.
I've decided that it's ok to have minor differences in the exact number of wraps and the angle of the bead that's wired on, etc., from one earring to the other. After all, this is a hand made piece, not something produced on an assembly line by a machine in mass quantities. So if a little of my idiosyncrasies end up in the mix, so be it. And I must say, these are fabulosity on a stick!! They are at once minimalist, sexy as hell, elegant, and so comfortable you can forget you even have them on. It's 100% this one, and one I'm likely to repeat with different stones and metals.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Happy Easter EveryBunny!
Darling Purple Glass Easter Bunny Rabbit Glass Covered Dish
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Just the Right Amount of Sunshine
So it's three weeks later and I've just GOT to get some thoughts down about my new jewelry venture before I forget them! It's been a really exciting time, building my techniques, testing out my marketing strategies and presenting my wares for the world to see. It's exhilarating and scary at the same time: will people like my items? Better yet, will they BUY them?! You put a lot of yourself on the line when you open a shop with your own designs as the centerpiece. But then I made my first sale and it affirmed that I just might be on the right track. Interestingly enough, my best day so far had nothing to do with making the jewelry. It was taking the photos that really made my heart sing.
I had been taking photos of my pieces in the spare bedroom - aka: the Sheep Room, so named because the them is . . . you guessed it . . . SHEEP! The room is on the small side and a bit dark, so the photo shoot wasn't producing the cool artsy results I was hoping for. I bought some clamp on lights with silver 8" reflectors and clamped them on the backs of two dining chairs, hoping to improve the lighting situation. No go. They were ok, but the lights produced shadows that really detracted from the pieces and I knew it wasn't "there" yet.
And I knew.
I knew that my stuff was good.
I knew that people would like my stuff.
I knew that people would buy my stuff, if only they had a chance to see it.
Sometimes, all it takes is just the right amount of sunshine.
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