The Love Birds are back <3
Whitney and Joe came in and we almost finished their wedding rings! Almost because the diamonds and rubies are being set as we speak! More photos to come!
I bought a saw!
Yes I get excited about new tools and yes I like to show them off! You will see my polisher when it arrives also! The lapidary industry seems to be a very male dominated industry from what I have noticed so far but this girl is excited about it! I may have to form a…
This ROCKS!!
Looking back now I can’t remember why I never had any desire to cut my own stones! I took a private lapidary class last week at a local rock shop and I have been back in quite a few times now to use their machines. It’s a little wet and messy but the end result…
Love Birds <3
Whitney and Joe have been in the studio making their wedding rings! It is exciting to see the ideas couples come up with for their bands and get to know them through the process. They have been fun to work with and their rings are going to be beautiful! After photos to come soon!
Quantum Pinterest
Have you heard of Pinterest yet? What the bleep is Pinterest you say? Well similar to the movie “What the bleep” that came out in 2007 it is a new social sharing site that has quantifiably captured my interest! Unlike Facebook that seems to just suck hours out of my day that I would rather have back.…
TEDx Talks
If you have never heard of TED talks I suggest you get on YouTube and check them out! They have short informative, inspirational and amazing talks from speakers from all walks of life talking about every subject under the sun. I have the coolest friends, so cool that a few of them were asked to…
Class dismissed
Finished the silversmithing class last week and really loved the creative jewelry all of the ladies made! They wanted to do some rings that were not really beginner projects =) but we dove right in and I love how they turned out!
To Infinity And Beyond!
It’s a new inside joke between my friend Andi and I that summed up our jewelry making, laughing, eating, moving from one great food induced coma to another, United States of Tara marathon, dancing, and more jewelry making week! Andi and I met on my first teaching trip to Moab last year in July when…
What is something no one knows about you?
It’s a question I always like as an icebreaker at the beginning of a class to introduce everyone to each other. Having students for more than 2 hours in my studio always gets me excited and gets the creative juices flowing. I have a very large file of jewelry ideas on my computer and stacks…
Stars at Sundance!
Every year it is a joy to have Diane Franklin and her daughter Olivia Delaurentis in my class! Usually I keep last names private but you are going to want to know about them! Diane was in Better Off Dead as the French foreign exchange student and a few other things in the 80′s and…
More Christmas Parties!
Ruby, Karen Terri Ann and … came for a little holiday celebration in the studio and made some beautiful pendants! They are all co-workers at The Four Winds Society in Park City and have always wanted to make jewelry. Also in the studio this week I had my business coach Heather’s family…
Girlfriends Christmas Day Out
Kim, Susan and Rhonda had their annual Christmas party with me this year instead of going out for dinner (I think that’s a great trade!). Kim has made jewelry with me before so she brought a beautiful white drusy stone she wanted to use and I love how her pendant turned out! Susan and Rhonda…
Garden Mural
I’ve been at it again, this time painting a garden! Denise had visions of flowers for her bathroom and I was ready for the new challenge. I have a few paintings of flowers I have done around my house but this is definitely on a bigger scale! Here are some progress pictures… I ended up…
My New Hats!
It was like Christmas when I discovered a box from UPS on my porch yesterday! I was so excited to get my hats and the whole presentation once I got the outer box open was fabulous! They come in a hat box with her logo and pink tissue and care instructions with the hat, it…
What’s been on my bench…
This cuff has been floating around in my head, teasing me a little with the idea of it. Putting things on paper and luring them into the 3D space, in my creative world, usually means they are two totally different things. What I mean is, that sometimes when I set out to make something that…
