Join Me at the Hyde Park Art Fair

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…

I’ve been using Argentium silver wire for some time to make earring wires, but only recently learned it can be fused together without solder. I’ve been having some fun lately incorporating this new-to-me knowledge into my designs. I used 14 gauge jump rings from Rio Grande jewelry supply, in both 10mm and 8mm sizes on…

I’ve never been as consistent as I intend to be at keeping up with blogging, and over the last few months, all of my social media interaction has taken a back seat to life. Between family stuff involving some out of town trips and my full-time job, I haven’t had the time or the energy…

After some research, I learned that uploading video to WordPress can cause some issues with speed and dilute user experience, so I decided to create a YouTube channel. It was by far the easiest of my technology related endeavors. I have added a link to my menu, so click “Watch” if you are interested. Once…

May was crazy with some work travel for my day job, plus other things going on that kept me from creating, but I did get some new tools and have been experimenting and playing around. I have some ideas in the works and am considering launching an email newsletter. I’m not sure what the campaign…

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…