Etsy Metal Clay Treasury

Louise, fellow EMC team mate and artisit behind Peculiar Forest, was kind enough to place me in her Etsy Metal Clay Treasury! Thank you Louise. Man it's been a while since I have done a treasury on Etsy. I had no idea that Etsy has added a Treasury East section and reformated the treasury layout. I will jump back on the Etsy treasury band wagon as soon as I finish my EMC team charms.

Art Nouveau Christmas

I had many silver pieces on my bench begging to be finished. I was able to finish five pieces this week. I noticed an unintentional theme of art nouveau pieces. I love art nouveau so two of my new pieces I absolutely love. The Holly Art Nouveau Pendant is currently on my Etsy website and my Arch Flower Pendant is for sale at Glass FX here in Champaign, IL.

Holly Art Nouveau Pendant

Arch Flower Pendant

Birthday Gift for my Grandmother

My grandmother turned 80 this week. I was so sad I could not be back in Massachusetts to help her celebrate her birthday. For her birthday I made her a scallop shell pendant. Growing up I used to collect shells on a small beach close to her house in Centerville. I still have a lot of the shells I collected when I was a kid. I still remember some of the nasty sun burns I used to get walking up and down the beach. I sent her gift in the mail today, hopefully she will like it. Her birthday was yesterday, it's late I'm such a bad granddaughter. I was thinking about adding this to my shop but my nautical themed pendants do not seem that popular. Hmmm. Should I add this to my shop. What do you think?

Sneak Peek Sunday

I am coming out with several new pendants. I have listed three of these pendants in my shop. I have listed them below, I love my Floral Victorian buttons what can I say. The fourth pendant was a birthday gift to a friend of mine. I am currently remaking this fourth pendant but I am having a hard time coming up with a name for it. I was thinking of calling the last pendant "Wind", "Wheat" or "Calla Lily's in the Wind". Not sure which one best represents the piece. What do you think?

Tri-Tulip Pendant

Mirror Flower Charm

Dual Flower Charm

Friday Favorites, "Splash of Color"

This week's Friday's Favorites is called Splash of Color. Working with metal clay is on thing but incorporating color into silver clay can make a piece really pop. Below are some of my favorite pieces that incorporated color resin, polymer clay, colored concrete, fused glass, and gemstones. All cool techniques that I am trying to master myself right now.

1. Cathedral Window 2. Color Spiral Earrings 3. Splash of Sunshine

4. Rainbow Sherbet 5. Silver & Concrete Cherries 6. Celtic Tree

7. Here We Go Pendant 8. Lotus Sapphire Ring 9. Scarlet Ophelia

Welcome New Members to the Etsy MetalClay Team

We have six new members on our Etsy MetalClay team. So everyone please take a peak at their shops. We have Cherylyn of clystudio, Heather of CherryCreek, Kelly of kfehrdesign, Martha of amordeplata, Molli of modernmetaljewelry and Wendy of cnkdesigns. I have been busy trying to learn how to fuse glass. My fusing class is fun, hopefully I can show you some pieces soon. Below are some of the work from my new team members.

Modernmetaljewelry

CNKDesigns

CherryCreek

Can't take New England out of the girl

I'm looking at my bench and realizing I miss my grandmother's beach. I have scallop shells and starfish almost ready for the kiln. The Fall was the best time of the year to collect scallop shells on Hyannis beach. I have one large scallop shell in bronzclay and one silverclay starfish. I will hopefully finish them soon. I miss my ocean and I miss my Fenway. The Fall also means baseball for me. If you haven't notice my profile picture, I am a huge Red Sox fan. Big Papi came through Thursday night but we are back in Tampa tonight , so I wish my team luck, we will need it. Below are some pictures of my current work.

Scallop Shell and Starfish

Rose, and Victorian Button Designs