Recent Events

College has been such a whirlwind so far, I cannot believe how little time I have had to make jewelry. That will change soon, because I am greatly missing it. I have though been able to take lots of pictures, being in Newport there are many places to get some great shots.
Some of my favorites are pictured above.

I also have been trying to come up with designs to help aid orphans over in Kenya. I learned about how bad it is over there, and wanted to be able to use my abilities to help the less fortunate; so definitely be on the lookout for that. Any ideas-feel free to pass them on :)

My favorite quote:
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau

It is crazy to think that I have been in college for more than 2 weeks. It has just flown by! I haven't made anything big lately, earrings here and there, but I have done a lot of designing for future projects. I want to take a trip down to the local hardware store to look to see if they have any copper washers...I have so many ideas for them its crazy. Granted that I can't do them in my own studio, because all of my really fun tools are at home.
The architecture around school has been really inspiring, which was one of the aspects of the school that attracted me so much to it. I am definitely going to be taking lots of pictures soon! I will upload them if they come out nice!

I can't remember if I mentioned this before or not, but a good friend of mine took some amazing pictures of my jewelry at the beach. I cannot wait to take more, that's how much I love them.
Here are some of my favorites, I will probably post them on Flickr too, but I just have to find the time to do it!

I meant to post earlier about my class that I told you all about in my last class, but I have been super busy getting ready for school. I had a friend of mine take some pictures of my jewelry, and I am waiting patiently for them to be ready. I will definitely share them when I get them!

I had to pick up all of my studio because like I said I am leaving for school-and boy was it depressing. I am bringing beads with me though, just no torch (fire hazard-like I would burn down the school I love, I haven't burnt down my house, but whatever I can come home and work on my torch if I want to.)


Keep creating!! :)

Metalsmithing

My intro to metalsmithing class starts today (Monday August 10th). I cannot wait to learn officially how to saw, solder, rivet...etc! It is going to be great having this foundation, I will be able to create so many different pieces of jewelry after it. I want to be able to have a whole line of jewelry just of metals-things that are uniquely mine own design, and not like everything else out there.
I wonder how many more tools I will want after the class is over....which may not be good because I need to save my money for school.
My bags are packed for the class, and boy are they heavy. That's the price I pay for bringing everything that I could possibly need to the class-minus a couple of really heavy tools. For example my torch and my dapping block set.
I wont be able to post until after the class on Thursday, unless there is a really really important thing I must share. Until then- keep creating and inspiring others!!

:)

Nature

Here are some nature pictures that I have taken this summer. The flowers looked so great in the light, I love all of the colors.
At the beach there were tons, and I mean tons of starfish. They looked so cool under the water, even when the waves rippled over them.


Enjoy :)

and don't forget to be creative!

More posts!

I keep wanting to post more-but I have to sleep!! I need to remember to post all of my new nature pictures here-they came out really cool.


It will just have to wait until tomorrow (well technically later on today...)

My first real show :)

I just realized I needed to say a little bit about my show that I had. It was at the Pinehills, and it ended up being a really nice day, weather wise too. My mom came to help me out for the day-she even modeled some of my jewelry! I had some very good sales, I was grateful for it because I know how difficult it is to be selling wares during this economy.
Here is a photo of my booth. It was under a large tent, and I had my own 10x10 space. I displayed lots of different kinds of jewelry-glass pendants, silver, beaded bracelets and necklaces, and my newest venture-copper. I love how copper can have so many looks, while being nice on my wallet.
I cannot wait until next year-hopefully I won't forget a mirror this time.. (smart me--selling jewelry and I forgot to bring a mirror--yupp, oh well I learned.)