"I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!
No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!"- White Rabbit, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Oh, my goodness!
- Shirley Temple, Poor Little Rich Girl'
I couldn't choose which to use as the title to this blog post! Because Oh, my goodness! I'm late! I'm late! it has been over a YEAR since my last post - Oh, my goodness!
So what do I do? Do I try and update in order or do I show you what I've created in the past year? I'm thinking a "quick" (seriously have you ever found me to be QUICK on this blog?) "Year in Review" is in order - so here we go!
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| December 2012 Custom Mother's Pendant - Intertwined Lives Three children, three circles, intertwined as their lives are intertwined. Sterling Silver hand-forged open filigree design. Lab created stones: Topaz and Emerald with Pearl (all 6mm). Manufactured Sterling Silver chain w/ coordinating 3 circle links connecting long link. |
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| December 2012 Mother's Love Special Mother's Pendant - Sterling Silver with Amethyst, Emerald and Aquamarine stones (CZs or lab made) representing three children. It hangs on a hand-dyed, black silk ribbon. This is my first Mother's Pendant in Filigree and I'm very pleased with how it turned out. I'm working on a design that will allow me to add additional children. |
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| December 2012 Custom Mother-In-Law Set - Heart Vines Two Sons and Daughter-in-law vining within her heart ... her heart of hearts. Sterling Silver hand-forged open filigree design. Lab created stones: Sapphire and Tanzanite with Pearl (all 6mm). Earrings are 6mm Sapphire and 4mm Pearls. Pendant hands from manufactured 20" Sterling Silver French Rope chain. A beautiful compliment to the vining heart. |
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| December 2012 Custom Filigree "Initial" Earrings... Sterling Silver earrings hand formed, forged and soldered. |
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| December 2012 "Family Pendant"... Sterling Silver wire, settings and chain. This is a small piece I did for my Great Aunt... Hand-shaped, and forged sterling silver wires forming two hearts. The top stone is my Great Uncle's stone (Turquoise), bottom stone is for her daughter (my God-Mother). My Great Aunt lost her husband last year, and just recently lost her sister - who was buried on what would have been my Great Uncle's birthday. I thought I wanted to make her something special this year for Christmas. |
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| January 2013 Sterling Silver St. Brigid's Cross Designed to look like grasses in the form of a cross. |
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| January 2013 Bronze* St. Brigid's Cross Designed to look like the grass ends are tied. |
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| January 2013 FINISHED! Remember Moe from class in 2012? In Jan 2013 I had a great set of custom beads made specifically for this piece and combined them with beautiful black and brown leather bolo cord, sterling silver hand-fabricated end caps. |
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June 2013
Something Blue Ankle BraceletHemp, Lampwork Glass and Sterling Silver.
Made for a bride's beach wedding. The hand
formed closure is sterling sliver heart w hook.
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| June 2013 "earth prints... Cilantro" Bronze (Goldie 50/50), Kumihimo Cord, Sterling Silver This was created from a mold I made of a sprig of cilantro that had just barely started to go to seed. I purposely left the edges "unfinished and uneven" to help with the "fossil" look. It has a fold-over bail on the back. The pendant hangs from a hand-crafted 20" kumihimo cord I braided using embroidery floss to get the small diameter - bronze, brown, cream and green were used. Finished it with sterling silver coiled ends and hook. |
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| July 2013 Fold-Formed Copper with Mini Hessonite Garnet cluster Created this copper piece in Fold Forming Class at the Memphis Botanic Garden last weekend with Brandy Boyd. Brought it home and added the Mini Hessonite Garnet cluster. It was going to be a bracelet but it really didn't want to be - sometimes you just have to listen to the piece! |
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| July 2013 Remembrance Crow... Sterling Silver, Yellow Sapphire This crow was created as a remembrance charm representing a much loved grandparent who LOVED crows! The yellow eye represents his November birthstone. |
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| August 2013 Race for the Cure Golf Tournament Sterling Silver Pink Ribbon Heart Charm w/ Golf Ball on Sterling hand wrapped bangle with glass lampwork beads. |
My new obsession... earth prints
earth prints are designed to look almost like a fossil found on a dig! Some of them have crystals poking thru others are set with birthstone czs.
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| August 2013 earth prints... "Sapphire Ocean" Pendant Bronze, Blue Leather, Sapphire Crystal This "Sapphire Ocean" pendant is approx 1 1/2" across by 1 1/4" high and is crafted using two of my own custom created mold. This is shown shown straight from the kiln with heat patina acquired during firing with only a slight brushing to bring up some sparkle on the high points of the piece. The Sapphire Crystal fired perfectly and looks wonderful in the pendant. The look fits my idea of earth prints perfectly. It is currently hanging from a length of blue leather cording. |
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| August 2013
earth prints... "Ocean" Key Fobs
Bronze, Leather, Bronze WireThese "Ocean" Key Fobs are approx 1" diameter using two of my own custom created molds and textures. They are shown straight from the kiln with heat patina acquired during firing. Some even have specs of carbon on them. The look fits my idea of earth prints perfectly. They hang from my hand-cut/bound leather cord fobs and have a purchased bronze colored key ring . |
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| September 2013 Took a wonderful Mask Class with UK Metal Clay & Enamel Artist - Joy Funnel Fine Silver with Enamels, CZs Shows front and back of my Sea Queen |
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| October 2013 Larimar & Sterling Silver A wonderful artist friend of mine cuts cabochons and creates beautiful jewelry. He sent me the pretty Larimar set pendant with a cabochon order. I loved it so much I asked him to cut me a couple of small triangle Larimar cabs so that I could try setting my own post earrings. I LOVE THEM!!! |
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| December 2013 Dreamcatcher Sterling Silver Filigree EarringsSterling, Pearl Special custom order Christmas present for a bestie from her bestie. Both girls share the same birth month (June) and an inside joke... hence the 1 and 2 on the back of the hearts. Designed to fall slightly "off center" the dream catcher part of the earring is approx 1" diameter. It hangs approx 2 1/2" long from removable posts. This allows any "stud" like earring to be used. The feather and hearts were hand-crafted from sterling silver PMC. This was an incredibly fun project to design and create. Thank you to the "bestie" for allowing me to make her friend's Christmas present!! |
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| December 2013 Sterling Silver Filigree Leaf Mother's Pendant Hand-formed, customized Mother's Pendant featuring Mother of Pearl cab for June and Yellow Topaz for November birthdays. Hangs from doubled 1/8" hand-dyed black silk cord with hand-formed coil end caps, hook and a sterling silver (pmc) artisan tag. This is my first international order and is wing it's way to New So Wales, Australia!! :o) |
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| December 2013 Bronze Mitten Christmas Ornament This ornament went to my family members in lieu of a gift this year... The card below explains the meaning behind it. |
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