New Rings For Summer

Other than wearing my wedding band, I've never been one to wear fancy type rings until now.  Since I'm the type that everything in my wardrobe has to coordinate I discovered adding a ring as an accent piece can be  more fun.

These rings went out to the Shuswap Festival of the Arts gift shop this week.  We filled an hors d'oeuvre dish with some glittery silver sand and the rings fit nice.

Here are some new designs for the summer.  The top two are made using my sculpted flowers technique.  The bottom two were using left over blends from our Bargello series and have Swarovski crystals embedded in the centers.

Fiesta Buttons

Here are some new fiesta style buttons that match the fiesta shawl pins.  These ones are gigantic size and measure 2" across which will go great on a large quilted bag or jacket.

New Fiesta Shawl Pins

I had some orders to fill for shawl pins so made up some extras with a new design.  These ones we are calling our Fiesta series.  The swirl on the end of the sticks were made using my same technique as I use for my double-sided textured beads.

We added these shawl pins to the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts gift shop today with a few extras left over that we will list in our Etsy shop later in the week.

More Bargello

Here is some more bargello style jewelry in different color combinations.  This one is in honeysuckle pink, peapod and Beeswax on a black background.

These two sets below are created from the same bargello colors.  I showed the blue one below to you before but when the same bargello slices are arranged on a different color background like the turquoise shown here, it gives a whole new look.

Summer Night Concert at Fireweed Art Studio

We had a great time at the Fireweed Art Studio yesterday where some of our jewelry pieces are sold and I am teaching classes there this summer.  This is Lynn Erin who is the main artist and owner of the Fireweed Art Studio.

Every Thursday evening in July and August, there is a live outdoor concert on the front lawn put on by Lynn's partner, and great musician, Sylvain Vallee of the Vallee Music Studio.

The weather didn't seem to want to cooperate at first and there were off and on showers right up until it started so some of us were huddled under umbrellas to keep dry.

When the music started the rain stopped and the sun broke out which made the music even more enjoyable!  That is Sylvain on the far right on the keyboard in the photo below.

There were about 100 people who turned out last night which was a nice number considering the rain and all. There was quite a variety in music and we are already looking forward to next weeks concert.

Set-up at the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts

We set up our display at the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts today which took a lot of planning and arranging.  This year our set-up features some of our new "series" designs.

We painted some picture frames to add a little more style and color to our display.

As part of our Bargello series we have some basic pendants.  These ones I used the Tibetan silver bezel frames which I show how to fill without using any glue, in my tutorial, Fabulous Faux Turquoise.  We order larger quantities of these frames at a time so have some available for sale in our ArtFire Studio.

Finished more beach bracelets

We finished off a few more beach bracelets in some new colors.  They are strung on cotton cord with a slider clasp so they are easy to put on and take off as well as comfy to wear at the beach.

We added these along with some more rings to our display at the Fireweed Art Studio in Scotch Creek making our beach bling jewelry line even more complete.  (Click on the photos for a larger view).

My first Beach Bling Jewelry making class is this coming Thursday here at the Fireweed Art Studio.  My students will make their own beach shells and by the end of the class will go away with several jewelry pieces of their choice created from them.  Click here for more information as well as an up-to-date class schedule.