Year of Jewelry: Custom for Nina

     I’ve been trying to get back on the bus, so to speak, where the YOJ is concerned.  I’m having a bit of a time trying to carve out creative time for myself lately considering that the beautiful weather keeps winning us over with it’s irresitable allure.  It’s hard to stay inside in all this [...]

Favorite Jewels: Part One

Since I am new to wordpress and will no doubt have the opportunity to be exposed to others who are not familiar with my work I thought it would be a good idea to share with my new audience (few though you may be, at this point) a few of my favorite works.
I think my [...]

Potion Bottle Pendant: week 21

My latest piece is a whimsical piece – I call it Poseidon’s Potion!  A small potion bottle pendant created with a beautiful faceted prasolite (Green Amethyst) for the body of the bottle, a jeweled stopper of green garnet and a single pale green Tundra sapphire accent on front of the bottle.  The prasolite is netted in [...]

Tutorial Notification List LOST!

Can you see me kicking myself? I just made a terrible mistake. I accidentally deleted my Tutorial Notification Mailing List. I lost hundreds of addresses of individuals wanting to be updated on new tutorial releases. Amazing how the click on one button can undo years of work. I just love [...]

UGH.. heartsick. Tutorial Mailing List

Can you see me kicking myself?  I just made a terrible mistake.  I accidentally deleted my Tutorial Notification Mailing List.  I lost hundreds of addresses of individuals wanting to be updated on new tutorial releases.  Amazing how the click on one button can undo years of work.  I just love technology, don’t you?  Arrrgh!
If you [...]

New Tutorial – Which one to do next?

     As many of you know I create jewelry making tutorials from time to time and I am about to start another one.  My problem is that I just can’t decide which one to do next.   I have so many pieces that people have requested tutorials that I just don’t know where to start.  I’ve narrowed it [...]

Free Lesson: How to Develop Your Jewelry Making Skills

Recently, on a jewelry making forum that I participate in, a fellow member posed a valuable question.
Beautyseek writes:
“A Wise Guide is a Gift … This was a saying I saw while reading Tim Mccreight’s book. For those who have been working with wire and metal for sometime, what would be the most important piece/s of [...]

Nothing Like Success to Ignite the Fires of Inspiration

     There’s nothing like a successful show to ignite the fires of inspiration and creation.  I recently exhibited at the Outside Art Fair put on by the Northwest Florida Arts Council and had the best sales of the past two years worth of shows.  I was very surprised (quite happily) considering the shape of the economy [...]

Updates in progress

Making Progress
Monday, May 12, 2008
Well, if you’ve looked around on the site recently you can see I have been busy working to update it. I will be preparing to send out a newsletter as soon as the updates are completed. I have been working on photography a bit here and there and I have a [...]

Updates and Custom Orders

Life has been hectic … seems like when the warmer months arrive time flys faster and even though there is more light in the day, there is less time in the day. It’s just that there’s so much more to do.
I’m presently preparing for the Northwest Florida Art Councils Outside Art Fair show to be [...]