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Almost Showtime!
Well, tomorrow we head for Austin and spend the evening making final preparations for the Pecan Street Festival on Saturday and Sunday. We are both working fast today to finish up any pieces that still need final touches. For instance, this image features a new necklace that I started yesterday and completed the remaining necklaces this morning. It’s called Twirly and is made from Greek leather and Argentium sterling silver wire. For more information, please click here to view the necklace on our website. And if you’ll be in Austin, TX this weekend, don’t forget to come by booth 94 to see us! You may get lucky and win a…
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Alone Star Jewelry Shows
To find out what shows we do each year just follow this link. Maybe we’ll see you there! Here’s where you can find us throughout the year: Old Pecan Street Festival: September 26-27, 2009, Austin, TX, for more information http://www.OldPecanStreetFestival.com ARToberFEST, October 17-18, 2009, Galveston, TX, for more information http://www.ARToberFEST.com Mary Queen Christmas Bazaar, Dec. 4-5, 2009, Friendswood, TX, for more information http://www.MaryQueenChurch.org/
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Come see our new pieces!
This is just a quick note to let you know that we’ve been adding new designs to our site and invite you to go take a look. Just follow this link to go directly to our new pieces!
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The question of reworking existing designs
No matter the reason, whether an old design leaves something to be desired or it is good enough to inspire further ideas, it’s cool to rework older designs. Just so happens the Texas Star earrings (right) were recently the target of such reconstruction. My ears are currently adorned with them since I love the smaller dime-size and bouncy sparkle, but resistance was futile as a new idea pushed its way in, simple as it was. Called Texas Star Banded earrings. the irregular surface of the band reminds me of rough stone, limestone in fact, of the Hill Country. That and the star make for a real Texas flavor piece of…
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Just Dropping In
I had insomnia (again) which resulted in some very early morning jewelry work. I have been buried with lots of other things to the detriment of exorcising jewelry projects but am exerting myself to make up for it, which has resulted in some long-awaited revamping of a couple of pieces. The first photo shows, among others, a larger “Heartbeat” drop that is now nickel-sized compared to its original 3/8″ diameter. Other changes are to the Texas Star earrings, seen in the second photo. The smallest pair is the original design (just under dime-sized); for another avenue of interest I added a band around the outside, and for the last pair…
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Deerskin Lariat
Wrap a lariat around your neck for a quick way to dress up your outfit! This lariat is made out of “dusk” colored deerskin leather which is so buttery soft to the feel! The lariat is 47″ in length and you can wear it so many ways. Fold it in half and wrap it around your neck and slide the two ends through the loop. Wrap it up close around your throat and then loop the ends through each other. Wrap it around your throat once and let the ends hang free. I’m sure you could come up with more ways to wear this versatile lariat! At each end of…
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Three Silver Hearts Bracelet
I’ve just added my latest creation on our website and, as I’ve decided to do from now on, wanted to update the blog for those of you who subscribe. Thanks for that, by the way! Below is the text taken from the website describing this new bracelet. I like working with leather, and more, I like wearing it! My three hearts bracelet is 12mm wide (just under 1/2″) and is cut from a hide of chocolate brown distressed leather. The focal point for the bracelet is a handmade fine silver plate featuring three hearts and is stitched to the leather using red Tenara thread (previously known as Gore-Tex). The buckle…
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The Outer Rim Territory
I’m a Star Wars fan and this explains the name of this necklace. Tatooine is in the distant Outer Rim and is a desert planet. Tatooine has an endless desert environment and twin yellow suns. The soil is very parched, yet life persists. You can find all of this information on the Internet or from the movie itself, if you’re a fan like me. The necklace has a free swinging disc in the center that shows off a beautiful Chrysoprase cab. The outer rim has many small silver planets and the texture on both the inner disc and outer rim represent the parched landscape. OK. Enough. Here are some facts…
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First Copper Clay Pieces
Just as you can create beautiful pure silver jewelry from PMC (precious metal clay), you can now create beautiful copper jewelry from Copper Clay! There is also another jew product – Bronze Clay – but I haven’t tried it yet. I believe Shauna is working on a bronze clay piece. Anyway, the copper clay is a dream to work with. You have plenty of time to work with your piece before it starts to harden and refining the piece before it’s fired is…well…easy! With silver clay you have less time before it starts to harden so you must know what you’re going to do before you open it up and…
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Hanging in There
‘Lo. I am trying to stay in the loop, but as happens in life, priorities must shift periodically. My husband’s new business over the past few months has been eating most of my time, and my elderly mother and 10-year-old boy demand the rest. I need a maid and some sleep, but this will pass. Finally pried myself away one recent afternoon to visit the bead shop down the road that is called Antiques, Beads & Crafty People (http://www.abcraftypeople.com/). My purchase was a couple of inexpensive magnesite and howlite stones for some practice with bezels. This one is magnesite, and larger at about 1.5″ in diameter. The back is partially…
