My first show went pretty well! It was tiring, and my knee was pretty much destroyed for about a week, but I’m feeling much better now. I had a lot of crazy interest in my work but relatively few people bought anything; it just wasn’t my market. But that’s ok! …
I’ve got all sorts of plans for new necklaces and serieseses, and feeling just creative enough and energized enough to try some of them tomorrow. Here’s a sneak peek: A set of rune pendants; A sea serpent necklace; Polymer clay starfish; Half-finished necklaces that can be strung on chains; Black …
Just sketching out the ideas in my head! Click the picture to go to Flickr, where you can hover over the image to see notes on various areas.
Here’s where you can buy my work this fall! October 12, 13, 14 St. Theresa’s Hall, St. Peter’s Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia November 9, 10, 11 NSCC Marconi Campus, Sydney, Nova Scotia November 23, 24, 25 Victoria Park at the Armories, Sydney, Nova Scotia Also, some previews! And the completed …
How smart do I feel? I printed off the gemstones on a small postcard-sized piece of photo paper(and might get actual postcards done up); the beach glass is printed on letter-sized photo paper. I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself, because these are all photos of my actual stock, and the …
Here are those sets un-jumbled and laid out (click for larger): And a couple of my favourites:
I made more money from my jewellery in galleries in August than I took home from my day job. And I get paid pretty damn good at my job. I was told that September is about 3/4 of the volume of August – and then comes Celtic Colours, which is …
I asked Laird to go through my encyclopedia of mythical creatures and choose one for inspiration to make a necklace. He chose the Phoenix (he started listing a few others but the phoenix caught me immediately). I actually sketched this out and went through a lot of angst to get …
How adorable are these? I made a bunch one night last week, wore two to work, and sold about eight of them by taking orders, making more that evening, and delivering the next day. I still managed to have three dozen for my inventory! Which is really good because I’ve …
I forgot to show you my display at the CBCCD’s new (gorgeous) gallery!
I’ve been dying for a strand of watermelon tourmaline forever. It’s totally gorgeous – from a deep pink through to dark green, with light and dark versions of each, and black and white. I actually have TWO strands now – a small button strand and a long chunky chips strand. They’re both …
Voila! Except for the stamp, this was all handmade by yours truly (and even the stamp I designed). I was solving all kinds of problems – keeping sets together, where to put chains, branding, coding and pricing (on stickers on the back, which I can mail merge from my inventory …
My parents took a little trip up to Arts North and around the Cabot Trail a couple of weeks ago just so they could drop off some work for me, see the gallery and just take a little trip! Here’s a collage of some photos they took – they’re mostly …
A couple of pieces I made out of my existing stash to send to Arts North (so if you want them, head there!)
I had a beautiful time on the beach with my love on Saturday. We only got a smidge burned, we had a ridiculous amount of fun, and I found my first, one and only, true piece of RED BEACH GLASS! Holy smokes! They say for every 5000 pieces of glass, …
I’ve really been into creating full neckpieces. I think I’ve created and perfected an efficient, pleasing, worthwhile “link” for creating a piece that can sit flat on the collarbone, as opposed to the stand-up chokers I’ve been making. I really REALLY want to keep the amber piece for myself. Amethyst: …
I’ve been having some fun with this black wire. It looks really fabulous but I’m worried because it seems to chip easily – it doesn’t have the same protective coating as my regular silver wire, it seems. In any case, I love the look. I’ll have to wear these to …
A ton of earrings and pendants in my new series, Springflower, and lots of rings are now up for sale at my shop. I’ve also updated the gallery and added a set (with more to follow).
Hey whoah, I was just wondering about Arts North but it didn’t seem like I’d been added.. until I went here and scrolled down to the New Artists! To save you the scrolling, I have my own page here. Yay me!
