More Fundraising Donations

These few pieces were donated for a charity that benefits an Nicaraguan orphanage.

Fundraising

I was happy to donate this piece at work for a silent auction that benefited charities worldwide.

 

 

 

 

 

New on my agenda is getting a facebook page setup for imagebeads facebook.com/imagebeads  and soon I will be getting a twitter account.   I love making jewelry!

 

Very first Etsy treasury for Imagebeads :)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c92ee0440448eef1b268dd6/love#4c937e5aca4b8eef908cf8df

Let Freedom Ring!

As we prepare to celebrate our Independence Day, here are a few items you might enjoy:

4th of July Marshmallows from my Mia Mallows shop:


From uneekpillows:


From overdoversclothing:


From CharmingHartBoutique:


From jochris12:


From thedogcoatlady:


From GongyAndSquish:


From CreativeChicsHome:


From countrycarver:


From simplewhimsey:


From boardwalkcandles


And Finally, from my Imagebeads shop:

xoxo's

With the message of love all around, I wanted to create a bracelet that screams “Love”. This bracelet takes me back to yesteryear, when I would scribble the word Love all over my highschool notes and sign my name with xoxo’s...… it brings a smile to my face.

Great Valentine Finds

Some people are so talented, being a complete romantic fool I love these. Enjoy!

Lizzards Jewelry:

Loopie Beads:

Down to the wire designs

KH Metal Works

Tracy Chong

Romanza

A Punkin Card

Belle and Boo

Ruthies Girl Designs

Leeski

Happy New Year!

I've been working with Metal Clay and I love it. A few months ago I participated in an "oops exchange", where I received a piece from someone who had created a metal clay piece they did not like.

Here is the before picture the oops piece I received:

Here is my finished piece:



6.6 grams of pure silver each. I personally find them too heavy for earrings, but I think they are beautiful as a pendant. I'm keeping one for myself and the other I'm giving to the lady that started the earrings.

I hope everyone has a great year!

Every Closed Door Brings New Opportunities

Last month I was pretty bumbed out because the Store that sells my jewelry is closing at the end of Febuary. I was asked to pick up my jewelry because she was going to mark everything down 60%. I figured I'd start looking for a new place, but Last week I was gone on a five day cruise. When I got back I had a call from someone wanting to buy a necklace like they had seen someone else wear and she went tracked down the store where it was purchased and that led her to me. Great! Unfortunatly the store is still closing, but I did manage to sell the lady two necklaces. :)

Tonight I have a meeting with the local PMC guild, so I decided to wear some of the jewelry I make, I put on one of my "I Believe" necklaces, little heart earrings and my heart ring. And then I went to lunch. The man behind the counter was really impressed with my jewelry, he turned out to be the owner of the restaurant/bakery. He first asked what I was wearing around my neck... I said, 'My necklace', then when I was paying, he noticed my ring and asked, 'did your boyfriend give you that ring', I nodded 'no', he asked again, 'did your husband give you that ring?', 'nope' I replied, 'I made them'. He went on to tell me that he really liked my jewelry and would like to sell it. He showed me a book case next to the register where he had jewelry and a few other items for sell. He said he would clear the top shelf (which luckly is at eye level) and would like for my jewelry to be on the shelf that is at eye level. We quickly agreed on a consignment price and I will be delivering some jewelry tomorrow. :)

YAY!!!

Cake

March & April were pretty busy for me. I wanted to share a cake I made for my co-worker's daughter.

Sea Horse Earrings

I think these earrings look like a sea horse. I have never posted any of my wired designs for sale online, but I think I'll post these on my etsy site.

Precious Metal Clay

Last night I worked on a beautiful heart piece, it WAS so pretty... but it didn't last. My 2 year old niece saw me working on it with a paint brush, and while I let the design dry, she went to look at it with, grabbed the paint brush and ruined the design. Oh well.

Here is a picture of one of my pmc pendants that I did about two weeks ago, Its currently my favorite piece, reminds me of water and I love it!



Have a great day!

Spring Flowers

I love photographing flowers, I found these at the San Antonio Zoo this weekend:





From my garden, one of my tiffany rose bushes produced it first flower this weekend:





Have a fantastic spring!

School....

I sure could use a break from school! Spring Break wasn't very relaxing, I had guests over and I made a Quinceañera (15th) cake - I only had 3 days off from work and that time was spent buying stuff I needed for the cake. Didn't have enough time to study for my Biology exam that I took last night... I'm worried that I won't do too good... I keep telling myself I need to focus on my classes, but sometimes it's hard when I'd rather be playing with beads or PMC.

I need to work on updating my website my website.

I worked on my nephews website a little bit, http://www.rgvgreenhouse.com. I hope he does great!

I also need to work on a new website for Crystal Box Studio.... She has great stuff, but her website doesn't reflect that.

Busy, Busy Spring

Spring Break? Ah I wish I could relax, well not just yet. I still have to work. The college I work at will only be closed on Thursday and Friday for Spring Break and Monday for Good Friday.

I have been so busy, I haven't even posted about how great my PMC class was, my instructor Lisa was great... check out her website at http://www.crystalboxstudio.com/. Irene (My sister-in-law) and I took the class. It was so much fun! I now find myself dreaming up new designs in everything I do.

At work, my supervisor has had to resign her position for medical reasons. I am going to miss her so much. She has always encouraged me in all of my projects. If it wasn't for her I would of never tried making marshmallows from scratch. But, at least our friendship will last. We are going to plan a trip to New York for just the two of us, hopefully early next year.

On other news, my husband got a website. Its called Local Guide SA (San Antonio), he will be posting his own reviews from local San Antonio restaurants where he likes to dine at. He works downtown, adjacent to the Alamo so he has a good insight as to where to eat downtown. I hope he gets a lot of visits to his site; that is all he is looking for.

As for my jewelry, it has taken a back seat to school. I need this semester to be over so I can concentrate on selling my Jewelry. This past weekend my mother-in-law and I designed a few PMC Silver Pendants, and last night I made an Onyx and Sterling silver 3-piece set to give my niece who is turning 23. I hope she likes it.

I am making a debut cake for a 15 year old (Quinceañera). She is the daughter to the minister that performed the wedding ceremony for my husband and I. I find makings cakes so stressful, even though when I’m done I enjoy seeing what I have accomplished.

Tati

This weekend was my niece, Tati's 15th Birthday, I promised her a cake with chocolate covered strawberries. Here is what I made her:





Here she is with her parents:

PMC Class

I’m so excited!!!! I signed up for a PMC class! YAY!!! I have wanted to take the PMC class for a long time, but things got in the way. The class is in two weeks at Wired Designs Studios. Here is their blog!

Class Description:
"Have you ever wanted to work with silver but thought it might be too difficult, time consuming or expensive? Now you can, using Precious Metal Clay® (PMC). PMC consists of microscopic particles of silver or gold suspended in an organic binder to create a pliable material with a consistency similar to that of modeling clay. PMC can be worked with fingers and simple tools to create a vast range of forms. When heated to a high temperature, the binder burns away and the metal particles fuse to form solid silver. PMC assays as pure silver that can be sanded, soldered, and polished like conventional materials. Students will learn the techniques to create multiple pieces of handcrafted silver art jewelry."

I love their store and I can’t wait to sign up to take more classes with them.

Unfortunately my sister-in-law (Irene) doesn’t have a sitter for her daughter that day so only mother-in-law (Hope) can take the class. But I have a feeling my Mother-in-law will want her daughter in the class and volunteer to stay behind and take care the baby. I am thinking of ordering the PMC kit from Fire Mountain Gems because it comes with a video; just so she get an idea plus we can show her also what we learn. I can’t wait!!!!

Bracelets

Photographing Jewelry is one of the most difficult tasks I have ever encountered. I have to change the contrast in photoshop just to get a decent looking image. Not to mention I have to resize them and make sure I leave enough space around the jewelry as a cushion incase etsy chops some of it up... which they always do even though I make sure to get a perfectly square image.

Here are some of my recent photos, I haven't uploaded them to etsy yet, because I was working on uploading all my green jewelry for St. Patrick's Day.