Inner Earth Jewelry~First You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=Oc0mypMjr5o&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZbA4rQ8S3C8%26feature%3Dshare

This is my first You Tube slide show.  Made this Dec. 30, on a rainy California day, posted to Facebook and wanted to share here.  Just a brief recap from 2014...hoping to blog more in 2015 about new adventures in jewelry making, i.e., making my own cabs for my jewelry, more on that later...

Merry Christmas

 

15 Days away

 

 

Feeling like most, a little rushed and a little stressed.  Completed my online shopping yesterday and now to get some gifts wrapped and boxed in the next couple of days to reach New York, and yes more shopping to do for loved ones here at home...and of course, IEJ for some gifts too, (hints) a bracelet to match a necklace and a necklace to match some  earrings. 

Find these one-of-a-kind pieces now, and more, in our shop at www.innerearthjewelry.etsy.com 

 

What is on your Christmas wish list?



Facebook Fun Contest

I'm having a contest over on my Facebook Page www.facebook.com/innerearthjewelry , win a pair of sterling IEJ earrings .  It has been a few hours now and no guesses yet...really didn't know if this would be hard or easy.  I've had a couple of contest involving novels and those were answered lickety slipt.  It's all for fun and facebook friend appreciation.  So, go check out my page to submit your answer and give it your best shot... 
 

Tell us where in the world is this...(comment on our Facebook page)

...and win these IEJ sterling hoops.

New Year and a Vacation

Wow, we're in March already, that was so fast. 

It seems like just yesterday I left for our casa in San Felipe.  On January 20 I headed South to go stay at our Casa while some work was being completed, an extension on the husband's garage, hopefully there will be room for a work bench for me...and after 6 weeks, hope I still remember how to make jewelry.

While in San Felipe, we decided to have an archway built onto the gate, I always wanted to do that.  I decided that I wanted some kind of a design.  I decided on a cactus and as I was drawing it, I decided that it should be the total length of the gate.  I was so pleased with the way it turned out, the young man who welded it did an excellent job.  This is a video/slide show of some of the work and my first Vimeo video.  I was just having fun with this...not too professional, but I hope you enjoy it all the same.


http://vimeo.com/88318095

DECEMBER SALE

Now is the time for sales as Christmas shopping is in full swing and we are having our sale thru the end of December and we will be adding more listings along the way. Use coupon code GIFTS20 at checkout for 20% off your order, and the coupon code is essential to get the discount.  I did check the Etsy forum and did find out that the codes are not case sensitive. Also, checking into having the discounts already applied to listing with certain apps.  Any Etsians do their sales this way? 

 

The handmade Christmas stocking I purchased for my first
grandchild's first Christmas from www.Giftsthatlast.etsy.com .

Almost Free E-Book

Downloaded my first E-Book, DOMING SILVER BEADS, all 96 pages.  I found this on Facebook at
Ganoskin.  This E-Book is offered free by the family of the late author, Nancy M.
Howland.  Ganoskin charges $5 for 'bandwidth costs in distributing and hosting the book'.  I thought that was a good deal.

... of course I was calculating ink, plus paper ... I had gone to B & N and Amazon, Amazon
had a used one for $50 plus $3.99 shipping.  The second printing of this book, by the way
was sold out long ago. 

To work to put my book together before the pages get messed up ... the folder I had
but I would not have know that had I not been cleaning up my studio for the past
couple of days and found after I had printed this too, fits much better than the 3 inch
binder I had laying around and was going to use.

My E-Book looks so pretty, I keep flipping thru the pages, and hey, I can add pages of notes or
pictures of work later if I want to.  I must admit though, that in my heart, just a tiny bit, I'd like the book. I
just decided to google it and low and behold, the free PDF is right there on top of page at psi-design.com.
It's okay, I paid only $5 for mine but thought I would pass this on ... as for the book,
$53 was the lowest price and more than $100 is what I found for the used book.

The Table of Contents is 3 1/2 pages long with lots of good
stuff listed, can't wait to sit down with my binder, er, my pretty
Red E-Book.  So do any of you regularly download E-Books?
How do you store yours or do you prefer the book?

Another Cuff Bracelet

I do like to work with copper, though, for me, it seems to be harder to work with than sterling silver.  I love its earthy, organic look and it is also less expensive, so, I often use it for first timer projects, before going into sterling, making notes of sizes, gauges, forming. I am not a teacher.  I'm know there are many ways to do this bracelet and likely easier ways too.  This is just to share my learning experience as I am always searching the web for how to s.  Any questions, suggestions or tips are always welcome.

Used one piece of 13 gauge wire approx. 13".  I wanted to be 6" when flat. Bent ends around a 7mm or 8mm mandrel. One solder
join in the middle of bracelet, formed with mallet around bracelet mandrel.

These are not the wires I ended up using.  Changed from 13 gauge to 15 gauge and these were two 3" pieces.                                                        

Bent here and solder together below.

Solder to bracelet. Cleaned up and prongs bent, trimmed and smoothed.

Playing with Fire

Have so enjoyed soldering and  making earrings, rings and my own pendants.  I have had bezel wire well over a year before attempting metalsmithing beyond closing circles, as shown in my previous post,  and like a pyromaniac, I can't stop, it is so much fun...for more pics of my work check us out on our facebook page and "like" us if you like at http://www.facebook.com/innerearthjewelry . 

Tiger's Eye ring will be for myself as I do need to have my own jewelry to wear, right.
Both the turquoise and moonstone cabochons were going to be pendants, but decided
to make a moonstone ring instead, decisions, decisions.

This round turquoise was made into a pendant and almost finished as we type, will be
posting necklace on FB page soon, and not the same cab as in last picture.

Cuff Bracelet

My first cuff bracelet inspired by San Felipe, where they like to say, "No Bad Days".  I'm going to start a Baja Jewelry Collection, so much inspiration there.  And not just the surroundings but, how you feel when you are there...relaxed...a slower pace...one with the desert and ocean...nothing fancy...just natural and earthy...





Copper Cuff Bracelet



"No Bad Days" Copper Cuff Bracelet

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Dog day afternoon on beach at Pete's Camp, San Felipe, Baja



Colorblock

I was inspired by all the bright colors this spring in fashion...and those brown and white bone beads, they go with any color...

May Round-up

This month flew!  Summer one week, winter back the next...don't remember if we had a spring...and back at my weekly market and loving it.  This month was spent on working on complimenting pieces and bright colors and mixing different stones.  Also,  up- dating my market booth and planning to blog about that soon...anywho, final piece for May, unless I get a little time later this evening.  My second Sunburst Bronze Cross from DreamSome.Etsy.com (surprise! I just a figured out how to add a link) made into a necklace with 6mm rock crystal quartz and wire wrapped with 14kt goldfilled wire, now listed at innerearthjewelry.etsy.com ... more organic luxe.