Lace Earrings

Here are some new feminine lace-style earrings created in the latest Pantone Spring fashion colors, Very Peri, Innuendo, Skydiver and Harbor Blue.  They are in 3 different teardrop styles/sizes and are ready to add to any of our interchangeable ear wires to create your own style.

These four colors are now available in our online store.  You can find our various jewelry pieces by shopping the different categories such as "Earrings" or "shop by color" such as our "Pantone Spring Color Collection".

Very Peri

Innuendo

Skydiver

Harbor Blue

We only make a limited amount of each piece in the latest fashion colors.

Pantone Color Samples in Very Peri, Innuendo and Harbor Blue

I just wanted to share some pieces that I created with some of the new Pantone Spring colors.  These have all been screen printed using various patterns.  The smaller pieces shown are post/stud earrings and the other items are all mounted on a snap so they are interchangeable.  Some items are already available in the Shuswap Artisan Market, in Sorrento, as well as our online store.  We have a category set up to make shopping the latest Pantone colors easy and you can see them here.

Very Peri
Crystals used are Purple & White Opal

Innuendo
Crystals used are Magenta-Orchid AB

Harbor Blue
Crystals used are Blue-Green AB

The crystal rhinestones used in the pieces shown above are available in our online store.  We have them in 3 sizes with a special if you purchase all 3 sizes (buy 2 packages and receive the 3rd free).

Clay Recipe for Pantone Color of the Year - Very Peri

So my inventory and business work took a little longer than expected and now I am getting back to my creative side again and oh it feels so good!  I actually like doing the book work but I find it can get to be a bit too much (overwhelming) after literally counting all the little do-dads in my studio workroom.  And yes there are way too many.  Why is it seems it is so difficult to clear out items you do not use anymore but so much easier to add new things????

So, I am finally busy mixing up and playing with the new Spring and Summer colors from the Pantone Collection and happy to share them with you again.

I managed to make a few pieces for earrings and snaps with the Pantone Color of the Year, Very Peri. I generally cut out my shapes from a patterned sheet and bake the fronts first.  Then I will finish them off into earrings or snaps by adding the backs and bake again.

The Very "Peri" is short for "Periwinkle" which is a perfect description as it is a soft purple with a bit of blue.

So here is the recipe for Very Peri using Kato Clay:

Very Peri

5 parts Kato Violet
1 part Kato Blue
1 part Kato White

I will be sharing the remaining Pantone Spring & Summer color recipes through the week.  If you have my Clay Color System, you will find that you already have several of these recipes.  Others are very similar to past Pantone colors with some slight tweaking.

So back to my studio to whip up more color magic!

Another Learning Curve & New Clay Color Recipes to Come

January is typically when I don't use the "right side" of my brain so much and typically exercise the "left side" with all my year-end book keeping and such.  I also use that time in between to brainstorm and plan what to do next such as mixing up the Pantone Spring Fashion Colors.

I already mixed up my recipe for the Pantone Color of the year which is Very Peri.  I will be sharing this clay color recipe with you very soon so stay tuned.

Another announcement is that I am currently working on new clay recipes using other clay brands besides Kato.  I have been experimenting with the various types and I should have them for you very soon.

I am not sure if any of you noticed that if you signed up for my blog posts to be sent to your e-mail box, it is no longer happening.  Sadly, Blogger decided to cancel that feature (apparently they are coming out with something else in future) so that kind of left everyone in limbo.  In the meantime, I would suggest you sign up with a type of blog reader where you can add your favorite blogs to a list and then they are sent to your e-mail box in one mailing.  The one I like to use most is Bloglovin' however there are others available.

I also am learning how to work a new newsletter app for my website/online store and still trying to figure things out but hopefully that will be resolved soon (fingers and toes crossed).

So once this left side of my brain gets a good work-out I think I will be ready (and itching) to get back to clay and creating again!  I hope you all had a nice Christmas and will be back soon with some new recipes!