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I have been working on a necklace this week and ran into a problem after finishing it. My bail kept popping up off the string between the two beads. I reached out to my trusty bead group members for advice, and they had it! Turns out, this is a problem many before me have encountered,…

I finally gave in and invested in a quality phone. I have not even scratched the surface of what it can do! I did take a few photos of jewelry of course, and also recorded myself making a couple of pieces. I am not happy with my camera placement, but you can see some of…

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…

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…

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…