Blog Revival

So...I know, I know...my blog has been pretty much dead in the water for two years (WOW...how time flies!).  Not sure what happened, but somehow I think I lost my blogging mojo.  Well, maybe it wasn't a loss of mojo, but rather pure laziness lack of motivation.  After all, it's much more fun to make jewelry than to attempt to write a creative post on your blog.

Getting my blog up and running again has been on my bucket list of "things to do" f-o-r-e-v-e-r!! So on this lazy Sunday, I decided to whittle away at my bucket list: #1 was to work on my blog.  I spent three hours this morning, adding/ deleting/ tweaking & playing around with it (Note: I probably should have been cleaning the house, doing laundry, cutting the grass and whole lot of other things...that weren't nearly as much fun)

I think I am finally happy with it - for now - but that may all change tomorrow....I can be so indecisive at times.  I'm hoping this revival will last and I will keep to my own personal goal of posting weekly - I think I'm going to make it my Sunday morning while enjoying a hot cup of Java routine!

Now for some fun stuff..here's peek at what I've made this weekend.

Hand formed and soldered copper rings. Going to hammer texture some of them and then give them a colored patina coating. 

Etched copper plates.   I am always amazed at what a little ferric chloride can do to copper stamped with a design.  I cut out some disks and random shapes from them. 

Copper kidney ear wires.  I learned how to make these a few weeks ago and I've been addicted.  I like to embellish them with glass seed beads and wire wrapping. 

The Pièce de résistance from those findings...

Hand cut copper disks that I hand shaped into bead caps.  Paired them with yellow blue (they look kind of green) Czech glass rectangles and creamy pearlized seed beads.  Oh and my embellished kidney ear wires!

Large dark red quartz teardrops, topped off with handmade etched copper bead caps and paired with black onyx donuts.

Love these carved wooden beads, periwinkle blue flower beads dangle below.  I like how these beads look hanging from kidney ear wires.  I wire wrapped the ear wires so the beads are secure and won't fall off.

When you etch copper the edges that don't have any stamping on them gets this neat little wrinkly pattern.  Not wanting to waste any metal, I decided to turn the edges into these sweet rectangle swings.  I riveted the rectangles together, so the copper ovals are secure.  Sweet little amber and gold flower beads and unakite rounds dangle below. 

I hope you've enjoyed my blog revival and will follow along with me in future posts!  Have a great day!

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Facebook Give-A-Way!

The rules of Facebook have changed and you can no longer post give-a-ways, promos, etc….so I am announcing it here with hopes that you all will all help me out.  When I reach 350 fans I will be giving away a free pair of earrings.  Please spread the word, invite your friends! I’m only 15 fans away, so the give-a-way will be here before you know it! All fans will be entered unless they let me know that they are not interested. This is an easy give-a-way, you have to do nothing if you are a fan.  Winner will be drawn by random.org for fairness.  Become a FAN! Thanks :-)
 

Favorite Fellow Etsians & Tweethearts...Demure Artistic Designs

I've decided to share with all of you some of my favorite fellow Etsians & Twitter friends.  Today's feature is Demure Artistic Designs.  Amazingly creative in a variety of venues: sewing (cozy warm fleece hats & scarves), adorable bags you can take anywhere, treasure pouches to hold all of your pretties, awesome chainmaille bracelets, pretty pretty earrings and necklace and my favorite...her message in a bottle! She is passionate about her designs and each every piece is created to invoke a "feeling~expression~reaction" in the buyer. <--I stole that line from her webshop profile! :-) You can visit her second Etsy shop Mystic Messages for personalized "message in the bottle" items. Here are some of her fantastic creations! Why not take a look around her shop, you're sure to find something you will like. Here are some of my favorites from her shops! ENJOY!

Newly Listed..

It's been a very busy weekend, cleaning house, yardwork, designing new creations and of course...updating my Etsy Shop! I'm trying to get ready for the upcoming holiday and get as many new items posted as possible. Working full-time and with everything else going on in my life, this process has been slow. I still struggle with the photography aspect. Seems I only get good photos with natural lighting. For every ten photos I take, I might get two good ones...whoa is me! I'll keep trying even though it's giving me a pain in the neck and back (literally). On that note I thought I'd share with some of the new items I've listed!

New Listings....

Dainty but simple...the marbled green prehnite compliments the coppery brown wire strip...great for everyday wear!

Creamy green grossular garnet hangs from oxidized handmade brass rings....surrounding a lemon yellow premium Czech glass rondelle...like a cold margarita in the summer time...yummy!