Dangley Jangle

Here's the bracelet with the first silver beads I made, and my first photo in my new light box. Hey!

Light box for photos

I've been working on my photos. A search on line for how to take better photos of jewelry suggests a lightbox. I found a tutorial, a box, some sissors and tape and an old pillow case, and I'm in business. Here is a link the the tutorial, to give credit where credit is due.

On another note, I'm not sure one should wake up to -12 on the last day of February! It's got to get warmer soon. It's GOT to!!

An Etsy bit at a time....

I've wanted an outlet for some of my work for some time now. I don't want to go to a ton of craft shows to sell. Been working on an e-commerce site, but it takes tons of time, and I don't have that much to sell right now anyway, seeing as the real world work takes up a whole lotta time. I did get an Etsy shop set up, which makes it easier. You can visit my shop from this blog by clicking the link on the right side of page.

I've already got a custom job lined up, cool on several levels. It's fun to meet people virtually, and I get to design a pendant. The customer is from Amsterdam, but grew up in Wisconsin near Fond du Lac. She is into spinning, and that's the theme she wants for her pendant.



I've sent her some ideas, and will be working on this this week, as soon as I get a new shipment of pmc delivered.

With all my extra time

No more reading classes! I have my reading license for real now after working for the previous three years with an emergency license. So .... more free time. Plus Bob has been in St. John for the last five weeks. Lotsa free time!

I decided to dig into PMC, or precious metal clay and to learn more about that as an added complement to by beaded jewelry. To that effect, I spent three days with a great instructor, Ann from the Twin Cities area, and earned my certification as a PMC artisan. Here's my certificate!