Posts Tagged ‘box chain’

• Chainmaille Earring a Day

  Date: 2010.05.02 | Category: At Events, earrings | Response: 0

  I’ve been busy…. with lots of things. A little peek into my life away from creating chainmaille jewelry – I’ve been running my Grade 3 daughter around to her dance classes all weekend including some auditions today for the competitive dance troupe at her studio. When I’m ‘taxi Mom’, I often have either some knitting with me or, especially if I’m prepping for a big event, I’ll have my rings and pliers with me and you’ll see me weaving chainmaille as I patiently wait. We also had my Mom’s birthday to celebrate this weekend and my little boy’s soccer practices… so now, as I reflect on the weekend, I’m surprised that we’ve already reached the end of Sunday evening and that Monday is already around the corner.

  

  Box Chain Anodized Titanium Chainmaille Earrings

  Nonetheless, I did sneak in creative moments left right an centre and earrings were the name of the game.  Stay tuned as I present one earring a day over the course of this week.  First up, I was playing around with my favourite, the anodized titanium rings in a muted rainbow mix of colours.  I created a short dangle using the box chain weave and then finished it off with a moebius chainmaille flower.  The ear wires are made from natural coloured niobium which is said to be hypo-allergenic so these earrings are great for individuals with metal sensitivities.  They are now available in my Etsy shop

  Watch this spot for more new earrings!!!

  In event news, I just added my next confirmed Christmas show to the event calendar – the Abbotsford Arts Council Christmas Craft Fair which will take place the weekend of November 27-29!!!  It seems like a long way off but I always fool myself into thinking how far off events are and the next thing I know, the time as snuck up on me!!!

• Back to Work

  Date: 2010.04.14 | Category: New Listings | Response: 0

  Many of my friends and customers know that I am equally as passionate about my chainmaille jewelry as I am about the world of fibre arts.  Well, during the last couple of months, I’ve been just glued to my loom, my needles and my spinning wheel creating many lovely fibery pieces of art.  Well, boom, the jewelry muse has struck again and I’m back – not that I ever stopped creating and designing chainmaille, I just didn’t do it as excessively as I often do.  I created my “standard” pieces for my customers but I didn’t make quite as many new pieces – I guess you could call it keeping the status quo.

  As spring sprung, I’ve done a few things that brought me back around to gathering lots of ideas and inspiration.  I taught at the Fraser Valley Bead show and that was a fun first experience.   I hope to teach there again, maybe in the fall and am already thinking of the possibilities.

  I’m in the middle of planning out all my Christmas shows and I think I’m about “this” close to being fully booked.

  Last weekend I went on a bit of an earrings spree with a stainless steel box chain bracelet thrown in.  I’d forgotten how slinky and cool box chain looks like – take a peek:

  

  New Earrings and a Bracelet

  Well, and I have lots of work to do on this site, too.   These are all listed in my Etsy and my Artfire shops.