order for 3rd ward

i am just wrapping things up for the order going to 3rd ward jewelry in milwaukee, wi.  here's an image of some of the necklaces going.

pinkness

i couldn't resist sharing a picture of the large pink polyp ring with it's little mate, the small pink polyp ring.  i love it.  i have always been crazy about subtle changes in repetition.

orders up........work for gallery

well not quite yet, but i am making work for a few gallery orders. some work will soon be going to 3rd ward in milwaukee, wi and another order to gallery 360 in minneapolis.....both cities i would so like to visit someday in the near future. another round of work will soon be going to yogagroove in austin, tx when the studio finishes their expansion project in the next month or so. actually, all the work will be sent to the gallery's within the next month or so.

couch.sewing.movie

today was a swell day hanging on the couch doing some handi-work and watching a movie. i sewed some little pillows for some "float" pillow earrings. i am loving the brown plastic with the avocado green thread. i decided on the green thread because i have a pair of brown capris that i love to wear with an avocado green polyblend shirt i got at a thrift store. when wearing said outfit i feel like a tree. so these earrings are tree/wardrobe inspired :O) the red pillows i wanted to use a color of thread that was really vibrant. i was feeling the deep red was really fall feeling in color and i wanted to excite it up a bit. that led me on the path to choose the electric reddie color for the thread. i'm feeling their pep!!!! the brown plastic is from a cleaners zip-up garment bag and the red is from an estee lauder bag. yeah, some days i love being productive while sitting on the couch.

stitched

the necklaces i needed to sew the stitches on are finished up  :O)  i am really excited about 'em

my original plan on the red one was to leave the holes open just as a detail in the metal but i got sucked in by the look of the other stitches......

i thee wed....

here is jade's wedding band and engagement ring.......

these are made with white gold, rose gold, and a rough piece of texas topaz.

okay, i'm racing off to yoga.  i'll post just a couple more things later.

happy friday....

blue candy polyp ring

this yummy, edible looking ring reminds me of the necklaces i used to wear/eat as a kid. you know the kind with the multi colored beads made of candy strung on the elastic chord. you know 'em. you love 'em....well, i did. so the blue ring brings back that memory for me. oh, those were the days to eat candy hand over fist and enjoying every second of it because your to naive to know any better :O i guess we all still have those days once and a while.....like when i have a starbucks mocha and a starbucks green tea latte all in the same day just so i can stay up late working. one of the workers at starbucks encouraged me by saying that it's green tea it can't be that bad for you......i responded by saying it's a "latte" which means or at least it tastes like it has tons of sugar in it, but for the sake and necessity of late night studio hours (when i typically work the best.) and he agreed. so yep, i am back on the junk (the starbucks junk, that is). at least i typically make the mocha at home.......anyway more to post....

oh, the garnet ring i made about a month or so ago but i don't think i posted it.

polyps o' plenty collage

here's another picture of a few more polyp earrings in the mix... the red one's are for one of my very best girlfriend's, jade.  who is marrying our other good friend, robert.....we are too lucky :O)  i can't wait til chris and i are hanging on the beach with them in florida for the wedding....coming soon at the end of the month. YIPPY!!!!!!!

i made jade's wedding band and engagement ring...i'll post pics. of those soon.

more polyp earrings

new juicy colors in the polyp earring variety.....the orange and green, anyway.

doubles and triples....

here's a few more necklaces in the double and triple pendant style that are almost finished and will be ready shortly. well, once i make the chains, bead the tails, wax 'em & price 'em.......the ann arbor show is coming soon....jeepers!!! the settings have been done for awhile i have been dragging my feet to sand them and reveal some of the sterling thru the oxidation, oh yeah, and the photographing. i took them with me today so i could sand them while chris and i ran around doing errands. alas, here they are..... prasiolite, tourmaline, windshield glass

plastic puppy nose with screw in back

beach pebble, part of a plastic vintage bead, hemimorphite

vintage button, vintage glass...this one will have a stitching detail

vintage plastic, vintage glass, vintage button

glass, vintage button...this one will have stitching in the upper right

i have plans to make 99 and a half more pieces before leaving for ann arbor......just kidding, but, seriously the closer it gets before i leave the more things i want to make...the more grand ideas i have. yep, that's me......working better under pressure.....i'll post the few more pieces that i make as i finish them :O)

i have a few polyp earrings a couple more necklaces and maybe a polyp ring or two.......

~sweet dreams, i think i am crashing early tonite :O)

single pendants.....

some new pieces i have been working on for the show in ann arbor. sorry for the short posting.......i wrote a really long windy one about photographing work and show applications and what i'm applying for AND it was deleted when the computer decided to show all numbers and letters on the screen. SO maybe later, i'll try to regurgitate all of it again, but for now here's a few new images of work. and then, i'm off to the studio. i'm trying to rearrange my studio hours a bit so i don't stay up until 2 or 3 am getting things for the day finished......but, i am starting today off late............there's always tomorrow, right?? glass

vintage glass

shell

beach pebble: this one will have sagey green stitching in the holes on the upper right..

the red one even though it has the holes in it will not have stitching. i love both the tiny hole details and the pieces with the stitching....i guess i'll have to make some pieces that have exposed hole details and also a stitched surface to satisfy my libra personality.

hope your day is peaches.......

red polyp

here's one more polyp piece. the red polyp double pendant.....with the added stitching detail. i love those stitches. i can't wait until i get back from the art and air show so i can make more. i am getting down to the wire before take off. i leave early wednesday morning. now i am in the photographing, pricing, waxing & packing phase.

sewnmetal2...

the second sewn piece in the horizontal design.......sterling, vintage plastic cabochon, vintage glass beads & thread.

sewnmetal....

i just finished a handful of new pieces for the art and air art festival in st. louis, mo. i leave on wednesday to head up there.. ..yippy, i am so excited. it's always a super fun show. it will be great to see my family, some friends from college & other friend i have made thru the art fair circuit. i hope the weather holds.....it can be a bit tricky weather-wise up there at this time of year for the outdoor shows.

this is a brand new design with a sewn metal detail that i am exploring. i have wanted to make some necklaces with stitched metal elements since i made the orange sewn ring box back in february......so here is the first.

sterling, polymer clay, vintage glass & thread