A really lovely thing happened to me recently – I was approached to do a tutorial AND be the featured artist in a relatively new magazine called Artisan Jewelry Times. I’ve been a subscriber for a few months now and it’s a lovely little mag. I’m not convinced I’ve put …
I recently worked with Jewelry Making Daily to product an exclusive how-to project and thought you might be interested! This beautiful little pendant can be glitzy and glam while being relatively quick to whip up. If you want to be meticulous and precise with your wrapping, you can spend longer …
There have been so many amazing opportunities coming up because of the book that I’ve been flat-out, working my day-job and completing extra projects, promoting the book, and generally going mad with joyful busy-ness, for months. So at the last minute, I took this past week off the day-job and …
At least, I’m going to call it a success – plenty of people came, the chairman of the board at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design said some incredible things about me and my book, I got to see my favorite people, meet some fans, and make new friends, and …
Do you have a technique, project or pattern that is unique? Do you want to make extra money selling your idea online? Are you lost when it comes to actually selling your tutorials? Read the rest of my newest post over at the Craftsy blog to learn more about best …
I’m super excited to play with my friend Whitney tomorrow… as a visual/doodle artist, she’s just started with polymer clay by carving her own stamps. Meanwhile, I’d love to create my own stamps for my clay – I’m currently using another lady’s zentangle stamps, which I love but they’re not …
One of the simplest, well-known methods of making a wire-wrapped ring using a 6mm bead and a length of 20ga wire; demonstrated in 2.5 minutes! Click inside here for examples of finished rings.
Two weeks ago I had some vacation time, and my younger brother and I headed out across our wee island in search of rusty crap. It was a gorgeous summer day, warm but not so hot we needed the A/C so all the windows were down and everything smelled like …
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I leaned on each other … each of us were having a hard time and so we spent the day just nosing around town, getting errands done, distracting. I wanted to go to Value Village to look at metal bits, all the …
Craftsy.com has blogged my Wire-Wrap Beach Glass tutorial as one of their favourite free patterns! Read all about it here.
About a million years ago, when I was working out the gemstone combinations for my Focus line, I drew this Chakra necklace idea: Today I turned it into this! Top to bottom… Amethyst, Iolite, Aquamarine, Seraphinite, Amber, Carnelian, Garnet, and Onyx Fun so far!
I was lucky enough to be in attendance at the first day of the first annual Growing a Creative Economy conference, hosted by the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, earlier this week. The first day had several excellent speakers, and I came away with an actionable list of …
I just realized I never did show you all my studio! It was built wayyy back in 2009 and it has been the pride and joy of my home and my business ever since. Here’s a fun little slideshow going through the build from bare basement to finished workspace!
Guess what? There’s a craft market this weekend! It’s always worth a look so I thought I’d give you the heads up. This year I got ALL of my shopping done at Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design on Charlotte St. … no, really! It was so easy, and …
I had a moment of clarity yesterday that has helped me narrow down and organize the types of jewellery I’m making. I was able to group my work into collections and break the collections down into types, which allowed me to see where I’m wasting energy and where I’m missing …
I’m getting married! In twelve days! Here’s what I’m working on to wear that day :) It’s not exactly finished yet, I don’t think… but maybe it is? I’m not sure! I feel like it needs more metal. That large centrepiece is a pair of bracelets pulled onto the hand-made …
My mom was cleaning out their basement – which used to be my grandparents’ basement – and found a trunk (possibly more than one?) of things from when we were babies. There are a few entirely adorable bits of clothing that almost (but not quite) make me want to have …
A bunch of super-talented local artisans and I are working on a gallery exhibition that opens in about a month. It’s all about birds and there are a LOT of great ideas flying around our intermittent meetings. Working with such creative minds is exhilarating… staring down a deadline, a little …
My Arts North end-of-season inventory is back, and I’m pleased to discover that I now have twice as many rings as I thought I had, and nearly twice as many earrings. Phew! This is good, because I woke up this morning realizing this is my last full weekend of production, …
Some folks have been asking where to buy my jewellery this year. Here’s the list! Centre 200 Christmas Craft Fair Friday, November 11: 2pm – 9pm Saturday, November 12: 10am – 8pm Sunday, November 13: Noon – 5pm Holiday Spirit at Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design Tentative schedule: …
