Hi, First, I want to express a heartfelt 'Thank You' for all the kind and thoughtful comments I got on last week's lampworking tutorial questions. As I work on Tutorial 103, I'll keep your ideas in mind. I wish there was a way to have more personal contact and interaction with the tutorials... I would [...]
I'm finally thinking glass lampwork beads and Fall colors! Fall glass lampwork art beads? Hhhmmm. I don't know about the rest of you but it's been soo hot here in Texas, I had trouble thinking about anything else but trying to stay cool! Fall colors were the last thing on my mind. I was beginning [...]
When I visit Rockport, Texas I love to take pictures to stimulate my creative juices back home in my studio. Rockport is a small artist town along the Gulf coast brimming with vivid colors everywhere! This Texan town has a mixture of cheery beachy shops, salsa hot colors from Mexican influences.... Color drenched jewelry & [...]
Today, I am going to finish my last major jewelry trend for 2011 Spring & Summer. It's all about water! They call it Maritime but it's really a focus around anything watery. Think romantic, exotic travel down the Nile River, leisurely yachting trips and elegant style cruising (reminiscent of early 20th century) to faraway places [...]
This week we are going to talk about my FAVORITE 2011 jewelry trend-Vintage & Retro. This trend seems to me to be a splitting off from the Steampunk trend. It has all the characteristics of Victorian era jewelry without the alternate futuristic reality theme of Steampunk. Continuing, though, is the era's steam engine influences, reflected [...]
I wanted to share with you 3 ways how I incorporated some of the elements I blogged about last week into my jewelry. 1. I saw a lot of chains in the 2011 jewelry trends and I really liked the look so I included chains where ever I could in my jewelry. I achieved 2 [...]
Following on the heels of my last blog post on Spring Colors for 2011, I thought jewelry style trends would be the next must to visit. Now that I'm making jewelry, I'm trying to walk a fine line of staying true to myself as an artist and keeping step with what's going on in the [...]
Part of making jewelry to me is being aware of fashion trends. I find it forces me to think fresh, helping me get out of my comfort zone of favorite colors that I naturally reach for. It's just human nature to want comfort and I always need a kick in the pants to venture out. [...]
According to Claire Menegus, "...“Trends” are sometimes thought of as vague, fickle, and fleeting, but it’s possible that incorporating them into your wares, or at least educating yourself as to your products place amongst them, could poise you ahead of the game and grant you a competitive edge... Trends can bridge the “so hot right [...]
