Shapes in the Shop

Happy New Year - Here's to new beginnings! 

I'm really excited to start off the New Year working on a new line of designs.

The earrings that are coming out of my shape exploration are making it into the shop now. 

Level earrings in Mint

Mountain earrings in Black

Polygon in Warm White

Learning something new

Happy New Year!

I have read that as we age its very beneficial for our brain to continue to learn new things. Are you over 40 years? Then let your heart (er, brain) rejoice because today there is NO dearth of new things to learn!

I've recently tackled Instagram. Wow, it does so much for much for my iphone photos! The first two images of buildings at the Ephrata Cloister are regular and for the second two I used Instagram filters.

And soon it will be new

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was lower key than most years and I loved it. We attended an outdoor Christmas Eve service with live Nativity this year. Starry sky, carols sung to a single acoustic guitar...its was probably the best Christmas church service I have ever been to.

I re-opened my shop today and will be running sales throughout the week. I like to do a lot of clearing out around New Year's including all aspects of my life. (Those of you who read my blog can also take advantage of free shipping...use FREESHIP as the coupon code when checking out ;-)

Elements

Lots of new parts and elements floating about. I'm still wondering how they'll all come together.

I find I like the sides of the beads for a new bracelet as much as the tops.

Newer than expected

Something about the New Year compels me to rip rooms apart.
I had planned for January 2011 to be the time do so in my studio but my husband pushed things one step further by purchasing a torch and jewelers bench for me for Christmas. (He certainly knows the way to this woman's heart!) So we are now taking the whole room apart, installing new shelving, lighting, a solder station and ventilation.


All I have to show for it right now is a room in disarray (no photo - use your imagination) and a few things I was working on right before we started to make a mess.


I purchased these lovely, lovely tools from Celie Fago's Etsy shop. I really enjoy carving! Celie even provides a companion carving tutorial on her blog.


Perhaps I'll do some before and after or progress photos of the studio.