Ah, School!

Getting to the end of term - my first year of my Masters is almost over!
I'm excited to be done one year, and also apprehensive at the same time. Soon I'll have to go out into this 'real world' that everyone always talks about.
Regardless, I have been making some new things that are over in my store, and I'll post some of the creative processes soon. Coming up: how I was inspired by Art Nouveau design!

I've been featured!

I've been featured over at Melissa of Shimmer Me Blue's blog! Special thanks to Melissa, and be sure to check it out here.

Home for Reading Week

I made the ultimate mistake of not bringing any jewellery making materials home with me over reading week, and I'm going a little crazy without it! I should, however, be doing schoolwork so maybe it's a good thing.
I am also using it as an opportunity to try out some different artistic mediums - I bought some Fimo, and I'm going to try and make chess pieces. There may be some experimenting with the Cranium clay first.

I just finished making this necklace - I really like it, but I'm not really sure what style it is. I think it's closest to Art Deco, because it's made up of circles and isn't too ornate. Doing the circles wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be, either - same principle as any of the flower pendants that I've done. I'm definitely interested in experimenting a little bit more with different combinations of shapes ... we'll see how it goes!

I decided to try making a pair of my jumble earrings with some beads in them, and this is the result! I've actually done this once before, with a pair of earrings that I made for myself, and everyone seemed to like them. I need to branch out a little bit from blue/silver combinations though. I do really love that combination a little too much.

Upcoming Show!
Feb. 3rd, 10-3
(JDUC) University Centre, Queen's University
There will be many other artisans as well - be sure to come by and check it out!

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Square Earrings

I originally got the idea for these earrings when I was putting together a pair of earrings to match a pendant I'd made. The original earrings use just a single square bead, but I really liked the look of them.

I'd been struggling to find something to do with these square mother of pearl beads - they tend to spin around on the wire. This doesn't usually matter with round beads, but with square, rectangular, or circular but flat beads, it's a little annoying. However, wrapping the first pair of earrings worked really well to keep them in place, so I thought I'd try it with multiple beads and make an interesting pair of dangle earrings.

Jade Teardrop Earrings

I've been making a lot of these 'teardrop' earrings lately.

They're made with wire and jade, and are pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it. I basically sat myself down and made about 5 pairs in one go.
In other news, I have a new order of beads coming in (because I need more!), and I'm excited to start experimenting with some new colours and bead shapes.