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Springtime in the Rockies

We still have a few inches of snow on the ground here at the 2nd of May, but flowers are starting to pop up inside–metal flowers, that is. I’ve been anodizing titanium flowers that I cut and formed and placing them with etched metals and patinaed metals…and they are looking colorful now that I’m assembling them into pendants. I’ve got about a week and a half to finish up LOTS of earrings and pendants for my Jewelry class at Front Range Community College. What I don’t get done then, I’ll finish up after the semester and have ready for sale in my Etsy shop and at shows.

Reconstructing the Past

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This semester I’m taking part in a wonderful project as one part of an Independent Study in metal work/jewelry construction at Front Range Community College. This is a service-learning project in cooperation with classes in Metal/Jewelry, Women’s Sexuality and Women in US History, honoring 11 female elders in the Boulder County Community and was coordinated [...]

Tidy Up The Paperwork, Then Treats!

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Sometimes part of getting on with new business in the new year includes those little bits of business from before. Like preparing and filing taxes, FAFSA forms and other paperwork, updating my resume and all that other stuff needed for going forward, so I’ve been diligent.

I’m even getting pages from my old website re-formatted [...]

Braid-y Bunch

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It’s been a lovely break between semesters, and I’ve had a chance to practice two of the new skills I learned in 2012, bead crochet and kumihimo. Both are a lot of fun, allowing for creative choices when it comes to picking out the beads, and meditative when it comes to the bead stringing [...]

Winding Up 2012

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As the wheel of the seasons keeps turning and Winter Solstice is coming right up, I’m reminded as always to take a good hard look at what I’ve done this year and what I’d like to do next. Some recent health issues have made me exceeding grateful for good health and creative energies when I [...]