- Sep 7, 2019
- 1 min
Banglemania…
What have I been working on this past week? You guessed it…a slew of bangles. I’ve been filling orders for them and have also managed...
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
I Never Thought I’d Be Saying This, But…
I LOVE steel wire! The blue-black flashing that results with torching contrasts with silver and bronze so beautifully and hammered...
- Jul 19, 2019
- 1 min
A Great Find!
I’ve fired up the torch, polished my tools, and am back at my jeweler’s workbench and while looking through drawers and in storage boxes...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
What a Mess this was…
This is the table on which I work with metal clay, polymer clay, and resin and for months it has been covered with all manner of...
- Jan 5, 2018
- 1 min
Faux is great!
I haven’t worked with bronze metal clay in some time…I just haven’t been “into” it! But I recently ran out of the flower-shaped disks...
- Jan 19, 2017
- 1 min
What is a weekend?
I just loved watching Maggie Smith playing the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey. Especially when she inquired as to what a...
- Oct 23, 2015
- 2 min
Mary, Queen of Scots…
Mary’s life was fraught with complication. Upon the death of her father, James V of Scotland only six days after her birth, Mary ascended...
- Oct 19, 2015
- 1 min
Another Medieval Muse…
Born in 1122, Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was wealthy, intelligent, and ambitious. She reigned as Queen of France from 1137-1151 while...
- Sep 19, 2015
- 2 min
Fit for a Queen…
The latest addition to my “Medieval Muses” collection is a ring titled “Lady Jane” for Lady Jane Grey who reigned for only nine days....
- Sep 10, 2015
- 1 min
Le Roi Soleil…
Louis XIV, known as the Sun King ruled as King of France for 72 years, the longest reign of any European Monarch in history. He was a...
- Aug 25, 2015
- 1 min
Medieval Muses…
As the first wife of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon fared somewhat better than Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn…Catherine, at least did...
- Aug 18, 2015
- 1 min
“Let them eat cake!”
That statement has been attributed to Marie Antoinette when she was told the people had no bread. Born an Archduchess of Austria and...
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
Queen of Hearts….
That title may very well become my alias if I keep making heart-themed jewelry! I’ve just finished this pair and they are my favorite at...
- Aug 5, 2015
- 1 min
Re-working designs…
I’ve been at my workbench dismantling the three pairs of heart-themed earrings I had recently made and reworking their designs. They are...
- Jul 30, 2015
- 1 min
I’m on an earring kick and…
I’m creating quite a collection! It’s been a long time since I’ve felt like making earrings, but dusting off my hydraulic press and...
- Jul 16, 2015
- 1 min
Just finished…
When it comes to heart-themed jewelry, there are those who simply can’t abide it and those who love it…I fall into the latter category!...
- Jun 12, 2015
- 2 min
Things don’t always work out as planned…
And that may be for the best. My “Petal Drop” pendant is a result of serendipity. I had originally planned to surround the center bezel...
- May 22, 2015
- 1 min
Can one have too many earrings?
I’ve accumulated a really nice stash of Faux Bone™. If you haven’t heard of it, Faux Bone™ is sold by Robert Dancik and used as an ivory...
- May 19, 2015
- 1 min
I have only one…
Instead of taking classes, I’m watching jewelry-making and wire-working instructional DVDs and I’ve ordered quite a few of them recently....
- Mar 23, 2015
- 1 min
After twenty-five years of metalsmithing…
My original set of disc cutters, which has served me well, has seen better days, so I’ve treated myself to the “king” of disc cutters…a...