New Earring Designs

Two new pieces I finished last night.

Brass, Sterling Silver

Copper, Brass, Sterling Silver

Jim

Late Mother's Day

I finished these simple earrings as a late Mother's Day gift for my Mom.  The design goes with the jasper necklace I made for her birthday earlier this year.

Copper, Sterling Silver, Red Creek Jasper

Jim

New Earring Designs

I have created five new earrings.  I tried the 3 dots with a tail using rivets instead of soldering on the three dots for a new variation on my design.

J110515, Copper, Sterling Silver

J110510, Copper, Fine Silver, Sterling Silver

J110512, Copper, Sterling Siver, Fine Silver, Garnet

J110513, Copper, Brass, Sterling Silver

J110514, Sterling Silver, Copper

Jim

Friday the 13th

I created a treasury on etsy to celebrate the day.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dcdde96968e6d91ae811cbc/friday-the-13th

Flower Pendant

Robin finished a delightful flower pendant of sterling silver with a amathyst stone. 

Robin also designed and hand made some sterling silver earrings with bezel set lapis and a copper swirled line soldered on the side.  The contrast and play of complimentary colors make the blue really stand out.

She is currently working on a red jasper piece and a larimar piece.

I was able to finish several earrings and have a couple very close to completion.  I am excited about a organic shaped piece of formed copper with forged brass intertwined.

Jim

Finding Time

I have been trying hard to find more time to work on my art and business without sacrificing too much family time.  My engineering has become a little more sain this week, with the past couple being close to 50 hours plus all the activities of track, volleyball, softball and daily errands.  I have been getting up early this week still and using the extra time before work to work on my art, write in this blog, and catch up on archieving past works.  I read a really good blog found through thread on etsy on small scale goals that was appropriate for where I am at right now.  If you do what you can with time alotted and set small goals and brake larger task into pieces then progress can be made and at the end of the week you have a feeling of accomplishment instead of sorrow from another week slipping by and not getting anything done.  Here is the link to the blog.

http://zenhabits.net/small-scale/

Jim

Copper and Sterling Silver Pendant with Tigers Eye

I was able to finish my tiger eye pendant and Robin took pictures and listed it on my Etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73448094/copper-and-sterling-silver-pendant-with?ref=sr_list_1&ga_search_query=scheradella&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=