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Tag: finished

Tag: finished

The Online Listings Thing

The Online Listings Thing

December 2, 2017 December 2, 2017  finished, freeform wire art jewelry, photos, steampunk 0

I’ve tried to create online listings for jewellery for at least a decade. I go back and forth between using a turnkey marketplace like Etsy or Zibbet and hosting a store on my own domain with the help of, say, WooCommerce or ZenCart. I’d try one, then the other, sometimes both …

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Wire Nail Polish Flowers & Pendants

Wire Nail Polish Flowers & Pendants

July 11, 2015 June 25, 2017  craftsy, experiment, finished, nail polish 5

Recently I picked the topic “wire nail polish flowers” for a blog post a Craftsy, essentially choosing it out of a hat. I was highly skeptical… but as it turns out, it’s a BEAUTIFUL, simple, and way fun method of adding colour to wire. Go read my experiments over there, then …

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Hair Fork – Copper!

Hair Fork – Copper!

June 8, 2014 August 27, 2015  experiment, finished, hair bling 4

I played with copper today! Created a fun new hair fork and some antiqued hammered circlets which I’ll use soon as frames for steampunk pieces! A fun little gallery of the antiquing process below.

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Focus @ Little Mysteries

Focus @ Little Mysteries

May 19, 2014 April 11, 2015  finished, wholesale, wire order 1

I’m super pleased with this batch of Focus jewellery, ordered by Little Mysteries in Halifax. I’ll be sending them off soon! It’s funny… the first ones I made I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be making them so well… by halfway through I was feeling the groove… and …

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Mix & Match Industrial Steampunk Earrings

Mix & Match Industrial Steampunk Earrings

November 26, 2013 June 25, 2017  earrings, finished, industrial, mix & match 0

These are so fun! An enormous mix of vintage earring and necklace pieces, charms, hand-wrapped wire curls, handmade clay elements, keys, gears, leather-wrapped wire, filigree, beads… so much going on. And they’re sold individually so you can pick your pair! See more on Facebook!

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Product, Photos, Design, Show!

Product, Photos, Design, Show!

November 22, 2013 April 11, 2015  design, finished, musing, show pics 1

About a month ago I suddenly decided that with two shows this season, it was time to get some professional photography done on my jewellery. It came together extremely quickly, with my friend Jayme Burns agreeing to take the photos, which I’m lucky she had a slot open; and my …

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