Mags Featuring My Work
Category Archives: Handcrafted Jewelry
Fae Finery Artwear and Gift Cards on Etsy!
You know how you see art on just about every product available in stores, from greeting cards, to tee shirts, to kitchen dish towels? Five years ago, after putting my fiction writing on the back burner, I wanted to focus on my artwork again, and I really wanted to be one of those artists who licenses my artwork for use on products people use every day. I started taking Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator classes to … Read more
My Rio Rewards Certification Adventure
I had signed up for the Rio Rewards Certification course, sponsored by Rio Grande Jewelry Supply for the fall of 2010, and I was all set to travel to the Dallas area to take it. But then we got our dachshund puppy Olivia, and I didn’t want to travel with a new puppy, so I canceled. When the course came available again, this time at Rio’s main office in Albuquerque for October 2011–much closer than … Read more
A Handcrafted Wedding with PMC Rings
I’m frantically trying to catch up on things I’ve been wanting to blog about, my Precious Metal Clay Certification course through Rio Grande’s Rio Rewards program at the end of October being one of them. But that’s for another post. I also had my daughter’s wedding on November 5 to prepare for, and even though it was a very small event, I had the decorations, the flowers, and the cake to do. I was also … Read more
Summer 2011 Recap: a New Show, a New Gallery, New Commissions, and a Long Overdue Home Remodeling Project
What a summer it was! Definitely not one to spend time focusing on my blog, obviously, as guilty as that made me feel. And now it’s October. I think everyone these days wonders where the time goes. This photo is of Eagle Nest, NM, where I did a show I’d never done before at the end of July. We camped, in a tent, with our mini doxie Olivia, and one morning it was 42 degrees. … Read more
