Jewelry

Man I feel like a bum!! I haven't posted in forever. Spring break does that to you I guess. For the past week I have been relaxing a bit. I had planned to study for some midterms and get more reading done, but some things are just never completely finished. A major thing that I got accomplished was some jewelry! My aunts each had something they wanted me to work on. One was a necklace that had a difficult clasp and some beads that didn't really match, so it was simple to restring it and add a new clasp. The other was a really amazing pendant! My aunt got the pendant as a gift and then found some amazing beads to coordinate. She had me come up with a design for a necklace. I have to say it turned out awesome!! It took me a few days to come up with the design, but it came out exactly like I wanted. Custom pieces are always fun because the pose a challenge. I love to have someone say "hey, can you make me something to match this outfit?" or "I found this really neat pendant but I have no idea what to do with it. Could you make me something?" I haven't had any custom orders to do in a long time, so this was really exciting for me. 

I've also been working on some new necklaces. I'm trying out different lengths and materials. I'm getting more into the metalwork and I'm getting more comfortable working with wire. Both of these have suddenly become extremely important to me because I got invited to participate in a craft fair! I now want to make some new pieces to take to the fair. So I'm about to be super busy - but in a good way. :)