Monday, July 29, 2013

Looking up

Here's to looking up to better and brighter things!



Isn't Chicago beautiful?? I just needed a little pick me up after this tiring Monday. Hope everyone has a great rest of their week!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Meager beginnings

It's always cool to go back and see where ideas came from.


Pictured above: Surveyor and Pioneer ring in bronze.


Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Progress

For those of you who don't follow me on the FB or instagram, I've posted a few action shots of my most recent jewelry making progress. Here they are corralled together for you on one easy convenient blog post.

This is a casting tree. This is how we jewelry people produce multiples.

This is my tumbler in action. This is how we jewelry people clean more than one thing at a time, aka life saver.
Here are my casted pieces all piled up neatly, sitting there, taunting me with the many hours of work ahead.
During one of my many zombie-like filing sessions, I looked down and noticed, "Daaaaang my tool is so badass." It's the little things that keep me going :)
ALSO, another little thing...

Isn't it amazing when the sky turns this deep blue color?? I know, random. But this is one of my favorite colors and I can't believe my camera phone actually caught it. 
Happy Wednesday everybody!






Monday, July 8, 2013

Summer Break

I escaped to LA for the last 5 days for a much needed vacation and a mini reunion with some lifelong friends. 



We spent two entire days at the beach, 

Waited in line for the most glorious movie-in-the-park experience,
I watched my friends deck themselves out in my new jewelry collection. I must confess, my new pieces look fabulous in the California sun! 

Love these guys! 
Nothing beats a reenergizing five day vacation of sunshine, lounging, eating, drinking, and nonstop laughing. Now, I'm ready for the two month nonstop work ahead of me to get ready for Renegade Craft Fair!