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One of my favorite jewelry making books is by Stephen O'Keeffe titled Practical Jewelry-Making Techniques. The Celtic designs in this book are what initially got my attention. The Celtic knots and swirl designs are beautiful and very well explained....
May 2, 2023
We had a beautiful pine tree. Unfortunately it had grown into the electric wires. So before it got worse we decided to have it cut down. But I saved one of the logs so I could make a metalsmith stump.
I've seen them on Instagram and they are awesome...
October 28, 2022
Making the perfect ear wires took me several tries to get them exactly as I wanted. I tried various methods but finally decided this way is the BEST!
First I take a length of wire approx 6 inches long. I really don't measure this I just spread out...
August 4, 2022
Here are the examples of letters to chose from for the Celtic Initial necklace.
June 28, 2022
I'm promoting a Giveaway but it is only for my email subscribers (family members are excluded.) I realized I simply have too many beads. So I'm going to giveaway a free pair of beautiful blue Amazonite briolette bead earrings to one person. They...
June 21, 2022
When I order Czech glass beads or other man made beads I can count on them being the correct size. Most times I use a range between 4mm to 8mm. This is nice because the earrings or both sides of a necklace will be equal in length. But semi precious...
May 31, 2022
I am restarting my blog. I plan to write something very short once a week. Just a short reflection on my jewelry making.
There is so much to learn about making jewelry. It can be overwhelming. Recently I've been watching Greg Greenwood's...
May 20, 2022