Showing posts with label earrings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earrings. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

Flowers, earrings and things are popping up.


Things are popping up all over... 

Primroses in my front garden.  (ignore the weeds please).

Finally warm enough for the robins to take a bath.

Primroses come in so many colours :)

More primroses, with a single grape hyacinth.

 Our magnolia's starting to bloom.


 
Morel mushrooms.


Spike... he didn't actually pop up.


Some earrings I've just made



You can get them in my Etsy shop soon.



 These pieces have been fired once, and I'm glazing them 
 to be fired soon.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Simply charming...



The short version: I bought some charms and made simple, earrings with them.

The long version:
  I enjoy shopping for unique pieces to use in my jewelry.
Combining pretty charms, colourful glass, or precious stones, into a pair of earrings, is almost instant gratification.

 The other day, I received a new order of charms, and was anxious to go to my studio and make some new earrings. However, my son was on Skype, and we were having such a good visit, so I opened the packages, and we just kept talking.

    I have a couple of tools in my desk, so I made several pairs of earrings while we visited. 





They're simple, lovely, and Inexpensive.

Clay pieces often take weeks from start to finish. 
Paintings also take many hours to be completed.
Earrings are one of the few things I can make from beginning
to end, in one sitting AND they are easy to ship.


But, just adding a charm to an ear wire? Anyone can do that… if they want to.
Makes me reluctant to call them "handmade", however, not everyone is willing or has the patience,
to fiddle with tiny things. 


 So... 
A simple charm hanging from a hook.
Easy to make, and yet so pretty to wear.

It'll take time for me to get them all listed in my Etsy Shop, but I did 

Monday, March 19, 2012

A productive weekend.


I hate to see this weekend end...


 We spent a peaceful morning enjoying the sunshine, birds, and collecting rocks at Queen's bay beach.
(Note: The lake level is really low right now.)


                                     Then the weather changed quickly so we headed home.



 I dived into my studio to start my 3rd clay bird project. This one will be a bit smaller than the others, but only a bit.




         I also made some earrings (and a little pug "window jewel")  with the tiny animal beads I bought recently. 

 Taking pictures and listing them takes some time,
 but I managed to list a couple of them in my Etsy shop as well. 

Back to work tomorrow... time to change gears.