[Wrapsody]

It's July, and time to have the summer party!! We're continuing this thread to encourage each other who have decided to challenge themselves to do something jewelry related every day!

Here's how it works...you set your goal and see what you can create working with jewelry every day this month! We define "item" very generously - it includes: website or online shop work, promotion, ordering and organizing supplies and workspace, snagging treasuries, blogging, sketching, planning, preparing for and attending shows, processing orders, and, actually making jewelry!

Just want to lurk? Fabulous! Should you decide to participate, please post photos of your stuff so we can all ohhh and ahhh and encourage each other! Oh..and don't forget to post items in Show and Tell as well! Not everyone has discovered the beautiful work hidden in this thread!

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I stole the above from Maureen .... And I copied most of it too!

[BeadSire]

That's ok - that's what I used to do too!

Hoping things settle down for me now so that I can make some jewellery and get ready for Christmas - if not, then I'll just enjoy all your pretties!

[Caelestis]

I've mentioned a few times that I've been fighting with my wax injector, trying to complete this large order of Braille charms for the Braille publishers. I FINALLY got the waxes done this week, and got them cast last night. Today I'll be hauling my grinder outside and grinding/buffing in prep for tumbling them. (It's a really nice day and I don't want to waste it in the basement--I want to be outside!) I'm just waiting until it's a little bit later so the sound of the grinder won't wake up any of the neighbors.

[MmeMagpie]

Caelestis, on 01 July 2010 - 05:56 AM, said:

I'm just waiting until it's a little bit later so the sound of the grinder won't wake up any of the neighbors.

That's nice of you

I'm writing a newsletter today.

[DreamSome]

Happy July everybody!! We got back yesterday from vegas, all married now. I only have one pic to share until my friends send me the ones they took and of course the professional ones will take a week or so. This was after the ceremony when we were almost back to our room, I realized I had nothing to share right away so I had somebody take a few quick shots with my cell phone lol.

Of course since I've been so busy with the wedding and been out of town not much jewelry stuff to share, although all the ladies attending (all 3 including me) wore my earrings, that was fun!! I gave the other 2 ladies a pair of earrings, they got to choose which ones they wanted, it was fun!!

I'm trying to take a few days to recover my energy, not feeling very well after all the commotion. I'll be back jewelry making very soon!

Kristi

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[Caelestis]

Congrats, Kristi and, um, husband!

[MmeMagpie]

Yay! ANd congratulations

[Cindy]

Congratulations Kristi and new DH!

I've been working on a new necklace that I was supposed to be making a tut for, but somewhere along the way it got too complicated and my note-taking system broke down. I'll have to give it another go and keep it simpler, lol. I know I'm in trouble when even I'm not sure what I did!!!

I'm going to try to contribute to this thread this month . . . things have been crazy for me lately, but hopefully they are settling down some.

[DeliaStone]

Yeaaaaaaa! I remembered to check in on day one! :::does happy dance:::

Okay, so today I've made a simple pair of filigree style earrings in Goldfill with carnelian drops. I'll have to photograph them to share later because I'm supposed to be a good girl and clean carpets today. I was actually supposed to clean them yesterday but I ended up celebrating the completion of a custom order from our own Erin instead. I just posted a brag over in show and tell on it if anyone wants to take a peek.

Sometime in between carpet cleaning I need to send out email reminders to my local list for workshops for the month of June. I have one workshop scheduled for tomorrow, so that will be my jewelry related activity tomorrow.

I'm glad to be in on this challenge this time. It will help motivate me and I'm excited about it! Thanks to Jen and everyone else for starting this challenge and keeping it going. I think it's a great thing!

[DeliaStone]

Congrats Kristi!

[Wrapsody]

Congrats to Kristi! Hope you're feeling better soon.

Welcome to everyone new and seasoned - let's make it a great month!

Jewelry stuff for me today was limited to starting this thread and drooling over Delia's 190 carat basket wrapped commission. It's a jaw dropper!

My eye is about back to normal so I'm EXCITED - back to having two eyes and a long weekend....looks like jewelry making is in the future!

[Bonlou10]

Congratulations Kristi.
Jennifer I am glad that your eye is feeling better.
Long work shift today and on call for emergencies tonight so my only jewelry making was shopping for a book and antiqued brass supplies to go with my salvage pieces.
Bonnie

[subeeds]

Congrats Kristi and new hubby!!! Even though I'm not doing any beading right now (and it's really starting to get to me)I will still keep popping in here. I'm still plugging away with new agate pics and that's about it. (Sorry for the pity party-it's been a gloomy, rainy day.)

[Scubamage]

Got back from DC to a house at 92 degrees and the outside was 90 degrees... looks like the upstairs compressor unit is seized....

[cmydesigns]

Congrats Kristi!

Today I got a basic micro-maille bracelet done (just Byzantine, nothing exciting!) and added clasps and .925/C MY tags to 8 bracelets. I've found the past few weeks that if I make up a bunch of bracelets and just drop them in a small container, I can "manufacture" clasps, add the tags, and then pop the whole bunch in the tumbler.

I feel better about my stock levels now. It's not where I should be, but my "bigger" shows are behind me. I think.

Doing a bunch of research and emails out to folks this evening. I wanted to find out what other LBS are charging for their maille classes, and what they are teaching. I'll teach the basics, but I also want to offer things that are a little out of the ordinary!

[DeliaStone]

Jennifer, thanks for the kind words about the commission. It was a doozy!

Cindy, glad to hear you've made the decision to start teaching. It's fun and profitable! You can try googling for other maile workshops to see what other instructors are charging.

So ... in between carpet cleaning today I did manage to set up notifications for my workshops for the month. Well, all but one and that's towards the end of the month so I have a little time to do that yet. I also managed to wrap a fossilized Mako sharks tooth with a green corn stitch which turned out well. I never did get a photo of the earrings or the sharks tooth. That's okay. I'll make that a project for tomorrow possibly. I have workshops tomorrow as well I might end up putting photos off until saturday. We'll see.

G'night all

[Caelestis]

Scubamage, on 01 July 2010 - 11:22 PM, said:

Got back from DC to a house at 92 degrees and the outside was 90 degrees... looks like the upstairs compressor unit is seized....

Oh NO!!!!

[Caelestis]

I spent yesterday outside on the patio grinding sprues off of castings. Not fun, but necessary. Finally finished, did some detail filing on one prototype piece that had some bumps, and put them into the tumbler with abrasive media to begin smoothing them.

I should have moved them to a finer media about 11pm last night, but I got a weird phone call that turned into two hours of repeated harassment calls from a drunken lunatic. I may turn that story into today's chat thread just to get it off my chest. Anyway, I totally forgot about the castings, so they're not finished yet. No biggie, I can't deliver them until next Tuesday when the Braille people are back in their office after the holiday weekend.

In the meantime, I also need to do some bead work and get an order ready to ship. Yay!

[MmeMagpie]

Made some more button stuff today and roughed up the surfaces a little before gluing. We'll see how that works out

[Cindy]

I'm hoping to get a little bit more done on my necklace today after I do my housework . . . I've been busy harvesting veggies and working in the garden this morning. Summer is such a busy season!