A PRODUCTIVE DAY!

I have been playing with wire and beads since early this morning. Since it has been snowing, snowing, snowing, I decided to just stay in today and see what I could get done. I made another Egyptian coil bracelet and added a lovely turquois bead to it, then made pendants, also using the coil. I plan to hang them from leather cord. I also made several more of my peace discs (pictured a few days earlier) for earrings and made a couple of batches of jump rings. Jeanne came over and I showed her how to make the E. coil bracelet and she tried adding one of her lampwork beads to it - a very nice touch! She's going to finish it up at home - I can't wait to see the finished product. So, it's been a very busy day. I'm calling it a night! Until tomorrow. Sweet Dreams!

PMC - 1ST ATTEMPT

My friend Jeanne and I had our first experience on our own with precious metal clay in silver. We recently purchased a kiln together and put it to work with our creations, even making our own molds to work with, along with some purchased molds. My sun faces came out pretty well, one better than the other as far as details, but overall, once cleaned up, patina added, and some elbow grease, this was the final result. The little face was created because we're expecting our third grandchild in March and I wanted a baby face to reflect "Baby G" as he or she is lovingly referred to. I'm not sure this looks like a baby though! What do you think? :) The face looks sweet against a brass disc.

PEACE SIGN JEWELRY

I've been working on some peace sign jewelry. A while back I had made a pair of earrings and wanted to continue experimenting with wire to create pendants and also more stamped disc designs. This is the result of those attempts. I personally like a rather "rough" look to some designs, and this is one of those times. I am still a novice in my soldering skills, but I think it works okay with these pieces.

The discs are soldered copper on brass with the peace sign on the copper. I added patina to bring out the design and I think I will make earrings with these pieces.

Jewelry Expressions by Anita is Up and Running

Ahhhh...success at last - I have my new name (JEWELRY EXPRESSIONS BY ANITA) and my Artfire site is in place. (For anyone new to this blog, it was previously named BeaDazzled by Anita, as was my Artfire site.)

I have listed some of my jewelry on Artfire today and will continue that process over the next few days. I do not have my Facebook page back up as I am awaiting a response from the Facebook team to see if they can get my page back up so I can rename it, or if I have to create a new page. It would be nice if I could get my old page back, but what will be, will be.

Thanks to those of you who helped me out with picking a new name. You gave me a lot to think about before choosing Jewelry Expressions by Anita. I will be in touch with you via e-mail in the next day or so to thank you personally.

Have a wonderful day!
Anita

BeaDazzled by Anita has a new name!

I want to thank everyone who e-mailed me or commented on the blog regarding a new name for my jewelry business. It has been a struggle coming up with a name that would work, but the new name will be(drum roll please): Jewelry Expressions by Anita.

I hope to have my Artfire store and Facebook page back up and running over the next few days. Once that is complete, I will contact those of you who participated in helping me with suggestions for a new name. I appreciated all the feedback - it was extremely helpful in sorting out what would or would not work.

Thank you!
Blessings,
Anita