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Happy Birthday, Foxy!

I'm a few days late with this post, but Happy Birthday to the funniest, smartest, sexiest, wittiest, fills-my-heart-with-joy-iest woman I know!!

I love you, Foxy.

And here is the necklace I made for her:

Mosaic Turquoise, Peridot, Rhodochrosite, and sterling. 100% made from scratch, each piece sawed by hand from silver sheet except for the chain (which I buy in bulk!).

I'll post some pictures of it being modeled as soon as I get some. She did wear it all day yesterday, even after she changed into her jammies (she knows how to make her smithy wife feel good).  I just didn't manage to snap a shot of it.

I'm really pleased with how it came out. And I love the very feel of it. It's weighty and smooth and satisfying to hold. Stephanie compared it to an old pocket watch in terms of weight and size and the way it feels in the hand. An apt comparison, I'd say! I'm glad this one will be staying in the family.

And for those of you who've asked, I will be opening an Etsy shop at some point in the near future. And I will be doing custom listings. Check back here, or follow me on twitter for updates.

xoxox

Finally!

Well, it's been a while! Things have been a little crazy around here lately. BUT, I have finally finished something! It's not the something I've been looking forward to finishing, but I wanted to work on something to which I felt a little less attached first, in case it didn't work out. Lighting was terrible for photos today (dark and stormy!) but I know some of you have been waiting patiently. So here it is. Sea sediment jasper and sterling silver:

Tomorrow I'm supposed to have my soldering workshop, but I'm considering staying home and working in the studio on my own work instead. The main reason I'd signed up was to learn how to use my new torch, but I'm feeling pretty comfortable with it now. I'm sure I'd learn some useful technical things but I can't decide which would be more beneficial--a few probably helpful tips, or 5 extra hours to spend in my own studio... decisions, decisions!

Foxy's birthday is Monday! Must finish her necklace...

(and I'd love to finish my ring too!)

P.S. I just discovered that there are some issues with my images (including my header) when viewing my blog from Internet Explorer. I'll work on that as soon as I can.

edit: apparently it's only older versions of Explorer that are a problem. I probably won't bother making any changes, in that case.

Back to the Bench

Well, it seems for each easy day I have in the studio, I have one frustrating day. When my back started feeling better last week I spent a little time working on a pair of earrings (current torch situation=small items only) and I was utterly encouraged when I quickly and easily bezel set my first cabochon. Well, last night I sat down to finish the other earring and just could not get my torch to cooperate. Thankfully, I placed my order for my "real" jeweler's torch this morning. I should have my Smith little torch set up and ready to use by Wednesday. Can't. Wait.

Here's what I did accomplish during my few hours at the bench this week:

Obviously, I still have some finishing work to do on them (sanding, finishing, and oxidizing; not to mention the obvious missing "leaf").

And here's the problem child:

Hopefully by the end of the week I'll get these finished. And with my new torch I'll hopefully be able to finish the ring I started a couple of weeks ago too. I'm much more excited about that than the earrings. Watch this space!