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Excitement for the day!

I was on the front page of one of the sites I sell my jewelry on! Whoo hoo!!!!

Why is this exciting? Because it brought me 500 views to my one piece of jewelry and about 40 people made me one of their favorite shops there.

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Bubble Magic

More delicious bubbles, fun fizz for the fingers!

I'm taking the summer to enjoy my family so productivity has slowed. This, however, does not stop creativity. I'll be back to full blast for the Fall.

I am obsessed...

with watch fobs. Help me.

Trunkt Amazing Artists

I am honored to be a part of the Trunkt Amazing Artists book series. I am featured on page 14 here.

Very exciting! Thank you Trunkt!

Riveting.

I've always loved rivets. And lots of texture. Years ago I made a set of wedding bands where I riveted 2 bands together with 6 tube rivets evenly spaced all the way around. The inner band was silver and the outer was brass. I used silver tubing as the rivet to contrast against the brass. They turned out really cool but I learned that you have to shape the metal into a round ring first, then rivet through the bands.

So here's another take on the tube rivet using brass tubing on sterling silver sheet that I carefully pounded using two different striking heads.

Available here: at my etsy store.

Studio Jewelers

I am constantly coming up against a conundrum. Do I want to be a studio jeweler or do I want to be a production jeweler ?

My training was in studio jewelry, however most of my work experience has been in production jewelry. These are easily reproduced items made from wax carvings I make myself. Or I reproduce my pieces from a handmade original that I then mold for casting.

So my heart and eye is with studio jewelry, but my mind and wallet are with production pieces. It's definitely an internal struggle but it pushes me to find a way to combine all my skills. I'm taking some time to think about my next steps. I have fleshed out my bubble collection and need to photograph it. Then I will make a focused mailing to boutiques I think my stuff will fit into. I'm really excited about the time I've had to work on my collection this year, no matter what happens I'm proud of my work.