And still to come...

"As she was sleeping she dreamed of all the stars in the sky"
Some silver, some etching, and 1CT of white sapphires. Not quite sure what form this is taking yet, but probably a locket.

Pair of bangles

Here are the tiny faceted aquamarines with a plain silver bangle. The sunshine is letting me down a little today, and is making the photography tricky.

By the way... any photographers out there who want to have a go at shooting jewellery? My skills are limited, and I am sure someone could do a much better job!

Simplicity

I have strung some of the aquamarine and apatite beads, and wanted to pair a beaded bangle with a plain silver one. I made one round one, and one from square wire. They are so simple, and they work perfectly together. I will have to put a pair of these in the shop. Simple perfection.

Get on with some work!

There definitely doesn't appear to be enough work going on here on this blog, so I thought I better add a post today so the world knew that apart from marathon training / selecting my new garden studio (yippeee!) / attending the 2012 Open Studio meeting / helping to organise the Diamond Jubilee Street party etc., etc., I was doing some jewellery today.

I was working with these pretty aquamarine faceted beads, as I am planning some bangle sets with these involved (a 'plop' to string, give me a blow torch any day!)

I was also thinking about polishing up these other castings - which actually is a time consuming job as they are quite rough when they come back from the casters.

And I happily started working on a new idea that I have been mulling over for some time. The first of a locket / box / book type thing (I'm sure I will decide what it is called as it evolves) to wear on a necklace. I have been sketching them for some time, but today I just decided to take the plunge, and start making one, as I often work well in 3D, letting ideas evolve as I go along. I'll keep you posted on these.

And for good measure... the weather was amazing here 22 degrees in March. Summer blue skies, and I took this picture of the amazing blossom in my front garden. A tree that my brother and his wife bought me a few years ago when we had our front garden done.

Monday morning from my front door

I am training for my third marathon. This is how my Monday morning looked. I am so lucky to be able to tip out my front door and run 19 miles with all this to look at.

Amazing sunshine and blue skies. Little weary now! x

Nest etching

I arrived home today, to find the postman had delivered this lovely little 9 x 6 cm etching of a nest and eggs. You can find these etchings by Andrea Cook here at Atelier28 on Etsy.

It is next to the tiniest palm sized nest that my son found abandoned in the grounds of local Hampton Court Palace. Just lovely.

Back to the aquamarines

The second one is finished and the third just needs it's stone setting. Phew- the burnisher turned up! It had fallen into an open drawer, and it was not the one where it lives.