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Before going away on vacation I made this necklace with these gorgeous Peruvian opals (bought in Seattle with my dear jewellery friends, Ra...

Before my great Europe vacation, I made a pendant "Inner strength". After I came back, my sister came to visit me from Toronto...

Signage in Switzerland is so cool. I took lots of pictures of very old establishments signs. Long time no blogging. We went to Switzerland...

Here is a 8" inch bracelet made with 49 strand beading wire. The focal lampwork bead is made by my good friend Liz who makes these f...

Now we are ready to set the cab into the bezel. The tools needed are: (L to R) triangle file that has two smooth sides, prong pusher, burni...

Look closely you'll see the shank filed down so the bezel will be flat on the ring shank. Now the tricky part, I flux the area that I ne...

Next, once you have the size measured, you need to translate this into the length of the ring shank. Using my handy dandy shank guide. I se...

Part II, soldering the bezel. Solder a pallion of hard solder on the bezel after filing the edges down so they are flush. Remember to use f...

I made a tutorial for a Jewelry forum I belong to. Here is the link click here . Tools you need: torch, cross pliers, tweezers, copper or p...

Hi There. Last week was a low creative week for me. Here is the start of the 3 generation Artist Trading Cards (ATC) that I'm making. Th...

On Saturday is was my birthday. Lo and behold to my great surprise, I got a Pepe Jumpringer for my birthday from my sweetie. I first couldn...

I finished this wonderful sterling silver byzantine bracelet last night. I made a clasp out of 16 gauge sterling silver, soldering it for ...

Here is the Zebra and Obsidian Necklace I made as a commission for a lady who is retiring from work. I used my omega holder to accen...

This morning I hung around Etsy Treasury. I got one!! In honor of my jewelry friends, I made a treasury of items from my friends in my jewe...

Here is the necklace that I worked on this morning. I wirewrapped all the stones with 24 gauge sterling silver wire. The round stones are ...