filling in

i am waiting for the FTP server at Guild.com to show a file with my name on it. in the meantime, i thought i'd give a little update. i must say that it is harder to spend as much time on the computer now that it is daylight savings! i'd rather be outside or on the porch chatting with jamie!

Guild.com is one of my new stores. this is an online store, but it has a sister catalog called The Artful Home. perhaps some of you get this? i hope to have a pair of earrings or a necklace in the catalog, but i am not sure yet. i hope my photos are good enough! i need to get them out today so i can meet the deadline, but now i am waiting on someone else to help me out. they have been super helpful there, though, don't get me wrong, and the folks i have met have been so genuine and nice!

jamie built me this lovely coldframe last weeekend. i planted chard, spinach, and mesclun mix in it. i also planted right out i the ground as an experiment, hoping things will come up there as well, in cluding kale, cabbage, more spinach. and also a row of potatoes and some garlic.




about 2 years ago i did a bunch of enameling as part of my healing process from breaking up with a boyfriend. it was super fun, and i spent long nights in the studio working alone. i have had these enameled pieces sitting around since then, unsure of what to do with them. i saw that Lark Books put out a call for entries for 500 Enameled Objects, so yesterday i finished the necklaces and took photos of them. today i will drop my entries off at Lark, for possible inclusion in the book. can't hurt to try, now, can it? wish me luck!




At the SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) conference i attended last week in Savannah, there is a meet and greet "Pin Swap". you can make pins and swap them with others and meet people at the same time. you make however many you want, and end up with a nice little collection of neat pins! these are the ones i made out of stainless steel wire.

i am really excited to be back in the studio. the price of gold hit $1000 for the 1st time, and silver is right around $20 an ounce. I am used to silver being around $6.50, so this is a huge price increase for me. But i have ordered a huge amount of material, so i have all that taken care of for awhile. and i just hope the price goes way down before i need to order material again. i am making some super fun brooches with the moss balls, can't wait to post pics of them! can't wait to go finish them as well, arg, to much computer work and paperwork this week!

well, i am outta here!
hugs to all
jo