How has the end of April come so quickly? Whoa time, slow down a bit! Don't know about you, but I am not in a hurry to get old... Anyway, the end of the month means it's JAC blog hop time. Carina from Violetmoon.nl over in the Netherlands was gracious enough to choose this month's topic: One of a ... Read More
Artistic Journey
Patterned wire – a new crush
Recently I read about patterned wire on the Love my Art Jewelry blog. Then, when I was browsing to order silver bezel wire, I came across some really pretty patterned copper wire and I decided to give it a go. Oh my. Floral anything is a huge trend this year, so this certainly ties in nicely with ... Read More
Czech glass – the little beads that could
My name is Karin and I am a bead addict. I am not ashamed to admit it. A few weeks ago I went to our local bead store. Little did I know that what started out as an innocent trip to exchange beads with my friend Marti, who was attending a beading session at the store, would launch me into a ... Read More
My all time favorite piece(s) of jewelry
When we decided on this month's topic for the JAC blog hop "Favorite piece of jewelry", I knew immediately what to write about. Funny as it may sound, my favorite pieces also happen to be ones I rarely, if ever, wear. You see, they are so precious to me sentimentally, I couldn't possibly bear the ... Read More
Lights, camera, action – tackling jewelry photography
Etsy recently began rolling out a new shop design, as they do every now and so often. As you can imagine forums in the Etsy community are abuzz:) Some like the new design, touted as more mobile friendly and apparently many do not. For me it's a cue to really buckle down on a project that has kept ... Read More
A journey through shapes
This month we are exploring the topic shapes as part of the JAC blog hop. I was all set to bore you to tears with how I see a certain shape, create a whole bunch of different pieces with that shape and then move on to the next. But you know what? I just could not hit the publish button. It didn't ... Read More
