OK Ill admit it!  I am a huge Martha Stewart fan.  I check out her website every week or so for fun DIY/crafty ideas.  This one I love and since its about showing off jewelry I thought I would share it with you!  My favorite is the tree branch display which I have seen on other design websites and wanted to make, but there are several other fun ideas as well!  However I feel the need to warn that silver should be stored in sealed bags to help prevent tarnish.  Enjoy!

For those of you not in the silver loop…the price of silver just went up A LOT!  This makes me sad on many levels, but mostly because I have an awesome design for a head piece that requires a ton of silver…and now I ‘ know if I will be able to make it.  I have been wanting to do a more involved piece for a while now, and came up with a design and concept that I like but perhaps it is not to be.

On another note IU has this amazing program to study in Venice, Italy in the summer that I have applied to.   Unfortunately not very many people have applied and I have heard that this may be the last year they will do this wonderful program.  I hope that I get to do it!  I wont know for another few weeks if I got in or not, but the lack of applicants makes my chances  a lot better!  Then all I have to do is come up with a ton of money!

I found this pic online today…hope I get to see it in person!

Hi all! I want to start by apologizing for not posting in the past month. I was in CA over break and forgot to take my wireless card so my internet time was severely limited. Have no fear though, Im back and hopefully better than ever.

I just uploaded new pictures in the gallery.  Some of them are of old work that needed better pictures, and some are of new work.  I also reorganized the gallery some so hopefully you can find what you want to see better!  I have a ton of ideas for things to work on this semester so Im looking forward to getting started.  Unfortunately I just found out that the price of silver just went up alot!  This may limit how much silver work I may be able to do which is disappointing but a girls got to do what a girls got to do.

One of the projects we are doing this semester in the metals program is a piece inspired by a faculty member of the school of fine arts.  I chose a prof I had for a book arts class a few years ago.  I totally fell in love with book arts and really enjoyed the prof, so Im looking forward to getting started on that.  We are having a show Feb. 22 at Fuller in the McCulla building on 10th and Indiana so I hope you can all come!  I will post more about this as I have the info.

   Im going to leave you with one of the new photos I just posted…please take a look at the rest!