Sunday, May 25, 2014

Settling In At Arlington

5-25-2014  Good morning and Happy Memorial Weekend.  Hopefully you are enjoying the long weekend. Please take some time to honor those who have served our country in the past or present, alive or who have given the ultimate  sacrifice.  To all we say thank-you  to them and to their  families.

We have been very busy making jewelry since we arrived at our new temporary home base.  With me  having a break from working I have pitched in to help again.  I have included some pics of the earrings I made for the special ladies that I had the privilege to work with in Lubbock.  I tried to capture each ones personality in the choices of  design and I think got pretty close.  I have also included some new  designs that are in the shop.  I have been experimenting again with the natural stones and redesigning old pieces of jewelry.  I had hoped to take some silversmith courses  while on work break but unfortunately the classes are 18 weeks long and we won't be here that long. Someday I intend to find a class we can attend.  I have seen some beautiful work come out of the Arlington Gem and Mineral club.   I am back to trying some wire wrapping and finished a pendant I like.  This is an area I need to  work on, it is fun and a great creative outlet. 

I promise to try and do better on updating the blog .  For now here are the pics  I promised.















Sunday, May 4, 2014

SURVIVING DUST STORMS AND MAKING JEWELRY

5-4-2014   Goodmorning.  I apologize it has been so long since last post but the internet connection and the wind in West Texas  do not go well together.   We  have been  trying to survive major dust bowl days  dust storms out here and continue to  try to make  jewlery when the  RV is getting  shaken about. We got thru it and will be heading back  to Fort Worth area next Saturday.
   
Life partner  has been  doing most of the shop  jewelry  while I have been busy making  gifts.  I finally got to sit  down yesterday  and make some for the shop.  It had been awhile since I had  made spirals in  wire  work and laughed how long it took me  to make some decent ones.

We  celebrated  daughter in law and grand baby birthday this past  week.  This time of year seems busy  for birthdays  as  sister in law and  good  friends  birthdays  are happening soon also.  Thoroughly  enjoyed  watching  our newly 2  year old granddaughter open  gifts.   Oh, to  recapture that sense of joy and wonderment.  The one  thing I truly miss this time of year are the forays into the garden centers and working on a garden.  I guess we will have to live thru others labors from now on.

Here's  wishing you calm days and lots of sunshine.  Here are some of the gifts I have been making an some of our new  listings on Etsy.

amethyst and  silver beads
 Rubies in Up-Cycled, redesigned necklace
 dainty blue and gold dangles
 Our moto
Wedding gifts  for friends