by Cindy on August 28, 2009
Have you seen the latest issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry? Yet again it is packed with beautiful projects…and a new ad (on page 107 to be exact). My friend Jeanette was so sweet to include my stamped metal heart in her ad for her online shop, fundametals. What a great honor for me…and yes, you can buy everything you need to make your own metal jewelry right from her shop.
Speaking of Jeanette…she is having an AMAZING block {blog} party going on right now! Stop by the Jeanette Blix blog now and see all SIX of the prizes she is giving away!
- Winner can chose one of the following high-end tools: Jumbo Butane torch, Tronex flush cutters, or a pair of Swanstrom round nose pliers!
- A pair of Jeanette’s wirework and Swarovki crystal earrings that were featured in Step by Step Wire
- A custom business card design by Amy Jazwinski of Bean Sprout Studio (she created my business card too..you can see it here)
- A design stamp
- Polymer clay bead set by Christine Damm of Stories they Tell
- “Wish” a copper necklace featuring a hand-stamped pendant by sweet bead studio
What are you waiting for? 🙂 Head on over….you can enter up to 3 ways for a chance to win one of SIX prizes!! 🙂
by Cindy on August 24, 2009
Opportunity came knocking on the door of sweet bead studio recently. Christine Damm, the artist behind Stories they Tell sent me an email that was one of the most exciting invitations I’d received in a long time. She asked, would l like to collaborate on a submission for the current Objects and Elements Design Team blog challenge? Would I? You better believe it! Although we didn’t have a lot of time before the deadline, and I was heading for the beach, I knew that working with Christine was a chance I didn’t want to miss. My stamps, hammers, wire and tumbler were packed and went to Ocean City too.
The flurry of emails while working on the challenge was exciting…I love a little deadline pressure. The best part was sharing ideas…hearing Christine’s artistic vision, and seeing them unfold. The challenge theme was “Summer Color”, and the ideas that Christine ran by me were ones that I would have never dreamed of…..bold and bright just came easy to her. On my end, I created metal charms from copper, brass and nickel silver. I had fun creating wire clasp options to work with the beautiful sari silk yarn Christine chose, available in the O&E shop. The star of the show though is Christine’s focal piece – made with one of her signature discs in faux ivory, made from clay. The focal is attached to the sari silk with a clever wire bail. I can’t tell you how excited I was to see the finished piece, and so proud to be a part of this creation. And if you notice those 2 hands dangling from the metal charms, well to me they represent us…two jewelry designers who have never met but who have become great online friends….and went on to create “Midnight in Mombai”. 🙂
Please visit Christine’s blog to read more from behind the scenes. She just has a beautiful way of putting thoughts in to words…and ideas into pieces of art. Oh, (please) do stop by the Objects and Elements blog to vote for your favorite submission in the Summer Color challenge! I have several friends who have entered pieces as well. You can win a prize just for voting! The deadline to vote is August 26th, 10 p.m. EST. Thank you!
by Cindy on August 24, 2009
Another summer weekend has come and gone. It’s been a fun week though. After we returned from the beach, we were able to spend some time with my brother who was in the DC area for a preventative medicine board conference. I’m posting some pictures here as an entry in my blog-as-journal-of-sorts category!
Some of the highlights around here were taking my brother to our favorite pizza place – Generous George’s (if you are one of those people who don’t eat the crust, you would probably love theirs..it is SO doughy!), celebrating his birthday early while he was home, and my son’s first football scrimmage. I’m proud of my little guy…he stuck it out even though he was bit afraid!
This will be two of the boy’s last full week of summer vacation. I can’t believe I’m typing that…oh no! Summer just came and went in a flash. 🙁 Here are those pictures (and *sigh* this time none from the beach).
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