Rain!

Next week Leah and I are heading out to Tucson, Jerome, and Phoenix and while on our trip I am going to pick up some etching supplies so she can make a hebrew ring.

I have been so lucky lately. I have made numerous sales in my etsy shop. Its been really neat because when an order comes in, my cousin Leah and I run to my studio to create. It has been fun teaching Leah how to solder. She is getting good at it too.

After an order comes in the really fun part is packaging it up to ship out. If the item fits I use these great little boxes intended to be used on desks to hold paperclips and other small office supplies. They have a little magnet on the back so you can stick them on a filing cabinet, or on the fridge. I put the jewelry in the box and carefully wrap it all up like a birthday gift. Who doesn't like to receive gifts that they carefully have to unwrap to find their little treasure inside?



This ring is being shipped to Rachel Krech from www.AssociatedContent.com in Des Plaines Illinois. She did an article on me for her site. Here is a link to the article. Its so exciting!

It is rainy and muggy here and I love it! Just the type of weather I live for! I really should move to Seattle where it is like this all the time.

teaching

My 15 year old cousin is staying with me until the end of July. She asked if I could teach her how to make a ring. She wants a spinner ring with hebrew going around the band. Thinking back to my metal smith classes I decided to start her off with copper.
As I filled an order for etsy, I taught her how to saw, file, sand, solder, and tumble copper. She made this adorable pendant which she has been carrying around with her all day. I have to go to my supplier in Tucson to get some etching materials so that we can actually make the ring she wants to make.
In the meantime, I am going to have her make a ring band in copper. Then we will try silver.
Its sort of refreshing to be teaching someone something new and its even more refreshing to have them respond in such a positive way to my teachings!

We are now off to watch the fireworks!