by Jeanette on August 20, 2010
My mother is visiting and will be heading back home on Monday. Believe it or not, I still owe some dear family friends their Christmas gifts. My goal is to make a bunch of bangles and package them up so that my mother can take them with her and deliver for me. I am running out of time, but hopefully I will be able to make a few more sets. Looking forward to working with some different shades of blues and greens. Working on a few other projects..once they are completed I will share. I am learning some amazing new soldering techniques. I am so excited and can’t wait to incorporate what I have learned and make some new jewelry pieces. I gotta go now, terribly sleepy.
by Jeanette on August 5, 2010
We had a very nice vacation in Vermont. The kids had fun fishing, swimming and spending time with family. We ended our trip with a weekend in Boston and had lots of fun visiting the aquarium. As we were leaving Vermont and making our way to Boston, we stopped in a large antique store and low and behold, I finally found my large anvil that I have been looking for, and also at a very decent price. Some of you may ask why would anyone need such a large anvil, but if you work with metal and the more you get into expanding your skills, those little anvils just can’t do the job. This one weighs 150 pounds and was such a bargain. Also, since we were driving back home, we avoided a huge shipping fee. My husband finally took it out of the car today before he headed into work, but just left it on the front stoop, where it will stay until he comes home this evening.:)
Yesterday I spent several hours in the studio (grandma is visiting) making bangles and adding different color patinas and continue to perfect my enameling techniques, which supposedly can take a life-time. Though, no photos today. As much as I would love to spend countless of days in the studio, I really need to focus on ArtBLISS. Less than two months away, and so much to do. Hopefully, by this weekend I can share with you some of the projects I have been working on. Have a great day.
Jeanette
