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…
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,…
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…
Well, it has been a while since I’ve blogged, and I’m not really sure where I want to go with this today, but exciting news, I got a sale this weekend on the goimagine marketplace. It appears to have come from the marketplace, not from my marketing or even a google search, and I’m thrilled…
Making jewelry is my second job. I also have a day job that actually pays the bills. Last week, our annual planning meeting was held in Chicago, and since I have some friends there, I stayed through the weekend. I didn’t take any jewelry because I forgot it, along with my personal phone charger, my…
I shared last week about my struggle with the April Maker Challenge, https://mieloabelo.com/ah-bittersweet-failure-reality-of-a-makers-life/. This week, I am sharing a success. After not being able to make my beading project work the way I wanted, I switched back to air dry clay. Being so new at this medium, I have not felt quite confident enough to…
I wasn’t going to post about this, mostly because I hate to sound like I’m whining, but since failure is a big part of my personal experience as a maker, and I’m sure I’m not alone, I thought I would share. The marketplace I am currently partnering with, goimagine, holds monthly themed challenges for seller…
Continuing in my adventures into air dry clay, I wanted to play with adding some color to wet clay. I tried both mica powder and alcohol ink. I like the results of both. The video using the mica powder was too much editing for my skill level and patience LOL, but I did manage to…
This weekend, I finished up the air dry clay experiments I started last weekend. I am pretty happy with how they turned out, and have already used the bowl in some listing photos. It is not perfect, and I probably should have done something else as far as painting the top edge, but it actually…
The biggest reason I love making jewelry so much is that there is so much to learn and so many opportunities to grow as a maker. I am interested in many things, and some may be forever out of reach for various reasons, but torch fire-able fine silver clay has been on my list since…
