Author: Mielo Abelo

Almost back to back blogs! That never happens! Anyway, I have one interesting announcement regarding blogging specifically. Goimagine, the marketplace that hosts my shop and also http://mieloabelodesigns.com, is incorporating blogs. Sellers have been asking for this feature, which is apparently available on other platforms such as Shopify. After much internal discussion with myself, I decided… Continue reading Blog News and a New Necklace

I last blogged about using my new Pepetools oval disc cutter: https://mieloabelo.com/new-cool-tool-with-demo/. I had not made anything at the time, but since, I made a necklace using the oval washers and beautiful faceted petrified wood coin beads. I found those at the International Gem and Jewelry Show when it rolled through again in January. Here… Continue reading See What I Made with the Oval Washers

A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded to a Pepetools Oval Cabochon disc cutter and finally used it! This cutter was not cheap, but so worth it. The oval cutters I had been using were decent, but limited in how I could use them. There are so many possibilities with this cutter! For my first… Continue reading New Cool Tool with Demo

The Hyde Park Art Fair has come and gone and I feel good about it. It is always such a fun market and brings in quite a bit of traffic from the neighborhood. I have mostly recovered – I was pretty exhausted between that and my 40 hour a week job – and I updated… Continue reading Merry Christmas!

I am excited to announce that the 4th annual Hyde Park Holiday Art Fair has been scheduled for December 14, 10am to 5pm. I will be there with about 25 other Austin area artists and makers. I have been working on new pieces, focusing on earrings, so come by and check out my booth! After… Continue reading Join Me at the Hyde Park Art Fair

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so popping in to post a video of my finds at the International Gem and Jewelry Show. It’s back in Austin this weekend! It is also ACL fest weekend, so I won’t be going back tomorrow. I got all my shopping in during this one trip. I made… Continue reading Oct2024 Gem and Jewelry Show Finds

Lately, I have been struggling with inspiration and design ideas. Do you ever feel like you have made everything you have in you? I’ve posted previously about the goimagine monthly maker challenge, and July is Silver Lining. You would think I could come up with something working with metal, but I have been at a… Continue reading Overcoming Creative Block: the goimagine July Silver Lining Challenge

Recently, as I was trying to sleep, I started thinking about a necklace I made a while back, before I was even a business. I thought it must be in my box of stuff to revisit, so I got that box out and went through it. Not only did I find the necklace I had… Continue reading Giving New Life to Some Old Pieces

I really would like to keep to a regular blogging schedule, I just don’t always have that much to say. Often, a piece or an idea I’m working on takes a long time to come together, and there just isn’t much to share on a weekly basis. I also have a full time desk job,… Continue reading Catching Up on a Random Wednesday

I haven’t been beading much lately, in part due to my focus on learning air dry clay, but also, I just haven’t felt inspired. I think dry spells are part of the creative process, but it is a struggle going through one. I have wondered if I have made everything I ever will, if I… Continue reading Back to Beading