Squeezing in some Jewelry Time

It's been a crazy busy summer but I've managed to squeeze in a little jewelry making time.

Mostly it just resulted in what looked like an explosion on my workspace.

But I managed to try some new wire work (first picture) and to make some charm necklaces.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

the pinks & oranges in the piece I made for Mary.

Loved it so much that I'm working on some pieces for myself.

And the blues & greens of Carmen's necklace are some of my favorites ~

so calming & don't we all need some of that?

They remind me a little of my vacation.

Yes! We also squeezed in a small vacation ~

a visit to see our daughter in Denver.

It was not long enough ~ I need LOTS more Dani time.

Have you found time to make anything this busy crazy summer?

jewelry time

 I don't make jewelry very often these days even tho I still love it. 

 Funny how different art-forms and/or media can take over your life ~ 

 I guess "to everything there is a season" applies to art as well!

 This domino bracelet was a custom order ~ I love the challenge of bringing

someone else's idea to fruition and the whole spirit of collaboration.

I hope she likes how it turned out!!

Charmed, I'm Sure

As I may have mentioned once or twice (*wink*), I'm going to

The Creative Connection Event next week.

Since I absolutely HAD to have some new jewelry to wear,

I made this new Super-Sized Charm Bracelet

which I will be wearing as a fun, chunky "statement necklace" using the Bracelet Converter

If you want to meet up at the conference, just look for the necklace!!

From the comments I received while shopping yesterday,

I think it's safe to say it's noticeable!!!

Linked to Inspiration Avenue's Pink Challenge
and Theme Thursday's pink challenge

100 POSTS!!!

WOW!!!
100 posts?!?!?!?!

I just popped in to tell you I finally have my "about me" page done (click on the little piece of masking tape above) and I see that I'm at post 100!

Well, I am totally unprepared.  Nothing amazingly clever to say.  Nothing insiteful to discuss.

So I think I better run a little giveaway.

How about a domino bracelet? You'll choose from one of these styles:
Asain
Floral 1
Floral 2
Ladies
Now, cuz they're hand-made, what you get won't look exactly like these. 

To enter, leave a comment.
To enter again, follow.
To enter again, use one of those little buttons below to tell others about my blog - just tell me you did in your comment.

Good luck - and thanks for reading.

OOPS!  forgot to mention that I'll draw the winner Sunday at 9pm central

A Quickie

Tax time is taking it's toll on my time and energy so I have no new art to share - not even a doodle. Well, not one that I want anyone to see - and probably not for the reasons that immediately pop in your head.

But I don't want to ignore y'all. I get so excited when I get a comment or a new follower and I want you all to know how much I appreciate you. So, since there's no sharable art, I'll share some good news and a few links if you don't mind.

First, my friend Maura who owns My Heart's Fancy bought Risk Blossoming. There really is nothing more exciting than having someone contact you and say I HAVE TO HAVE THAT. Of course, when I delivered it to her, I turned around and spent the money on Tim Holz stamps, etc. Thank you Maura.

And I finally put a piece of jewelry in my Etsy store.. I made this piece a few weeks before we moved and it's been staring at me from my mannequin this whole time!

Nancy received her prize necklace and blogged about it . I was so happy to find out she liked it. And her post brought some new readers and followers. Thank you Nancy.

Then I won a prize at Numinosity Beads. I can't wait to get these beautiful beads. Thank you Kimberly.

Boy, I love blogland!

The last thing to share in this rather haphazard post is that my art group, The Ephemerites, met last night. I love getting together with these friends and seeing all of the goodies they are making. It is always inspiring and my tax induced funk was lifted. My friend Ellen had so many journal pages and sketches - I'd show you but she's been too busy arting to blog. Roz showed us a piece of a soda can she embossed in her Cuttlebug - I'll definitely steal that idea. Lynda & Jackie had made lots of gorgeous tags. Their styles are so different and I loved each piece. Thank you all.

Well, hope you have fun visiting these other sites. And THANK YOU for stopping by, following and commenting ~ Sherry

Nancy's Prize

I finally finished the prize for my first giveaway.

Major apologies to Nancy for this taking so incredibly long.
There were MANY challenges with this (all fork related). And I've learned a few lessons (more on that later).

This is a sterling fork charm pendant on a velvet ribbon. Nancy can wear it short or long on the ribbon or put it on a chain.


Here are some details of the individual charms:

The center large charm is a Rumikub game piece. The other two charms were stamped on shrink plastic.

I think this is the first jewelry I've posted here on the blog. Click here if you'd like to see more.

Things I learned or was reminded of:

• Make the prize BEFORE running the contest OR
• Don't make something I've never made before!
• Forks are difficult to bend, cut & drill
• My husband is VERY helpful
• I need a smaller tip for my new solder iron (Weller 100 - boy does it work GREAT!)
• I need to practice, practice, practice with my soldering
• I love my dremel
• I need to bring my vise inside

Hope you like it ~ especially Nancy ~ Sherry

linked to the week 24 challenge at Lots To Do and
the color green challenge at Thursday Challenge

Winner of my first Giveaway

AND THE WINNER IS

(drumroll please)

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NANCY LEFKO!!!

Congratulations Nancy!! I'll contact you tonite so you can let me know what theme you want for your charms and mailing info, etc.

Better luck next time everyone else - I can't thank you enough for commenting and following. I'll post a picture of the "prize" when it's complete.

Thanks again ~ Sherry

"K" Charm Bracelet

I got an order for one of my initial charm bracelets that was a little different - instead of making it in multiple colors, the client wanted it in red. I had so much fun trying to find and make letters for this bracelet.


Here are some close-ups of two of the charms:

It's fun to see how different each of the initial charm bracelets turns out. I'd love to make one for you - click here to see what's available ~ Sherry

I linked this to DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land and Make it for Monday #8 at Cottage Instincts and Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Designs

My First Giveaway

I woke up this morning thinking about two things - a pendant that's been dancing around in my head for awhile and that in two weeks I begin tax season.

Then I thought about my blog. Then about the gorgeous earrings I won at Starving Artist Designs. One thought lead to another and soon I hopped out of bed (for those of you who don't know me, that is seriously out of character) and started trying to figure out how to implement my plan:

MY FIRST GIVEAWAY
You will receive a charm pendant made for you featuring the new idea in my head and three charms (found objects and/or hand-crafted) in a theme of your choice.

To enter, just leave a comment on the blog within the next ten days.
To enter twice, do that AND become a follower of the blog (there's a follow button on the very top near the left).
I will need to know how to contact you so anonymous comments/followers won't work.
There's a program out there somewhere that randomly selects winners which I will find again and use.
The winner will be posted on January 15th.
Thanks ~ Sherry

Just FYI, bloggers LOVE comments and followers - it lets us know we're not just talking to ourselves!