Showing posts with label custom jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label custom jewelry. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2011

A Funny Little Thing

It is sometimes funny how things work out. I have been toying with the idea of combining two of my loves, painting and jewelry making, into one.

Acrylic on canvas set in a metal pendant

I recently posted a picture of two pendants I made some weeks ago and said I was thinking of making more in the future. Well the feedback was great and I decided to order some pendants of all different sizes to play around with. As I am chatting with everyone about it Kristal (a very talented person in her own right and co-owner of Atutudes) asked if I could copy a photo she took. I told her it depends for fear it would be a human she wanted painted but asked her to send it and I will see if I could. When I opened up the email there in front of me was a beautiful cat with stunning blue eyes, yup, I think I could do it I said and she was thrilled.

Now here is where some panic set in, could I really create Sierra the cat as she looks? I have never been asked to paint a portrait before and was nervous it would not look like her but I grabbed my brush and tried, it is a cat after all and I stare at them all day. The portrait took me a rather long time compared to anything I have painted before, about three and a half hours and is roughly an inch and a half tall but Kristal was so happy when she saw it posted and that makes me happy too. I just wrapped it up all nice and snug and I am on my way to the post office. I am glad my painting found a home where it will be cherished.


Sierra The Cat
 So what do you think? Should I continue with this new venture?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011



How wonderful is this bracelet? You know what makes it even better? It is on it's way to me!

This bracelet was custom made just for me by Autumn Bradley. She makes Boho Rock and Modern Rustic Jewelry in her Hell's Kitchen NYC studio. She has great designs for men too so if you need a last minute gift be sure to head over to her site http://autumnbradley.com/ and take a look around.





This ring is made by Stephanie Stargell. Recently she had some difficulty with her Etsy Shop (You may read about it here) and it took 6 very long costly days for Stephanie to get her shop back up and running. Since then she has opened a shop on ArtFire and is trying to make a transition over there. I would like you to take a look. She has over 2000 sales and 100% positive feed back from Etsy so you can shop with confidence and worry-free.


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