NEW in Mai and June

yes, I am working on my metalsmithing :)

Sterling Silver Hoops

Sterling Silver arrow Earrings

Bronze wide band Ring - be mine

Apatite chain Earrings

and there are many more to come :)

Are you enjoying summer?

New Rings in gold

As you all might know, I love to work with Gold. A affordable solution to solid gold, is 14k gold filled.

I have made this comfortable 14k gold filled stacking Rings by using different tools for different textures.
One is a shiny finish, one is satin matt and the other has a matt finish.

 

 each ring is 3.2 mm / 1.25" wide and 

 

together they have a beautiful impression on the finger.

 

Personally I love stacking Rings, do you?

 

 

Etsy wedding event in Hamburg

This weekend Etsy Germany is having a wedding Event in Hamburg.

AAA rainbow Moonstone briolette 14k gold filled

some Earrings of mine will be there ad allthou I can`t be there personal, if you are around Hamburg why not go and have a look :)

Adding Spring fashion

Yes, I got them back in my Shop!

Long Howlite briolette 14k gold filled

I feel they match perfect to SS fashion outfits!

Easter monday work

Yes I know today is Easter monday and most of the People do not work. Well I did and apart of other new Earrings, this is one Pair of them.

Rock Crystal raw pointer combined with matt 24k gold vermeil.

To be found in my shop!

What did you do on this wonderful Easter monday?

Worked, relaxed or just having fun?

More rainbow!

yes this are new! It is not that I never ever worked with rainbow Moonstone I know :)

14k gold filled AAA rainbow Moonstone Earrings

rainbow Moonstone supports all Women themed issues...

so maybe that is why I am so conected to this Stones thince Years :)

Do you have something that is following you thince Years?

Charming!

A simple sweet charming Pair, inspiered by the Spring light.

Sterling Silver with faceted rainbow Moonstone.

Are you in the Spring mood of brighter colors?

I am :)

Wedding or not?

Personally I am not so close to weddings and actually Jewelry is mostly part of it to adorn the Bride, Bridemates and also the Guests want to be pretty.

I got asked from Etsy Germany and Etsy New York to take part at the wedding events that come up in April and Mai with this beautiful Pair.

 

Gold Chain Earrings wrapped high class AAA london blue Topaz briolettte 14k gold filled - dangle Tear drop

So this chance broght me to check some wedding sides, I found a feature of a Handmade wedding and was so inspiried of the happy and natural touch. This really changed my mind towards wedding.

 Handmade Earrings AAA rainbow Moonstone briolettte 14k gold filled

I made this beautiful Pair new and can totally see this at a wedding. Do you?

The other Day I talked to a Girlfriend and she did say she loves weddings! 

Do you? 

Spring feeling!

The Tulips are growing, the Sun is shinning, my Pond awakes from his Winter sleep,  in a  Spring feeling, I created...

this 24k gold vermeil, in a matt texture combined with...

the beautiful faceted Carnelian briolette, in his wonderful tangerine color.

What creates a Spring feeling in you?

I hammered and hammered but then...

While I was hammering and hammering on this Ring...

my creative mind got hit by a Idea...

how I could try to take a Photo of it. Did you know, I keep my *heavy* Camera in one Hand, in the  try to keep it calm and catch the other Hand with the Ring on for a Photo...

Well, anyway this is my latest Ring creation :)

Silver Band Ring

A very comfortable eco friendly wide fine Silver Band Ring,
that I Hand formed and hammered, to give it a faceted texture.
Fine Silver is a pure 99.9% Silver, that is recycled and there for very eco friendly.

Do you get hit by creative Ideas? When, how, why?

New Rings in town!

I am working on new Rings and the more I do that the more passion comes with in me!

This one is made of recycled 99.9% fine Silver, which makes it very Eco Friendly. It is a wide Band Ring and I made a subtley matt finish. For me the design is minimalist. The longer work by metalsmithing, the more I keep coming back on minimalist. Allthough I love creations that are opulent, the minimalist lets me feel the pureness of a metal or a stone.

I am proud of this one :) It is a so called chunky Ring made of Steling Silver that I matted.  Special is the Stone. It is hand searched of the River Rhein here in Basel Switzerland, cleaned and polished. Can you see the pattern? What do you see in it? Some times when I look at it I see leaves, then I see Feather that tell me a Story of the beautiful old Days of natur.

What kind of Rings do you like?

Do you wear Rings?

Bag adiction campomaggi

I am sure some of you already know about my Bag adiction. So I like to share a impressive line I discovered,

CAMPOMAGGI

Campomaggi line was born in 1980, from the fashion designer Marco Campomaggi (born on 25/02/1961 in Teodorano), influenced by his sculptor father's creativity.Since his teen years he shows a very good manual skill that, matched with his aesthetic sense and his strongly concrete spirit, led to his early works.
During the high-school years he manually manufactured almost for fun, his first models of bags, using saddle leather and metal studds, selling them on the seaside sidewalks and to his school mates.
Then, manufacturing bags became his job.

I adore this Bags and each one is handmade and unique. Save my pennys and maybe one Day I get one and I am sure it will be one for a life time :)

Do you share my passion for Bags?

Or do you love Shoes more, or both?

Do you have a favorite brand?

simple love this unusual shape!

This are light weight with such a unusual shape, stunning color and simple adorable!

Blue Topaz Quartz

unusual spindle shape!

was so fun to make them :D

dangle from my handmade oxidized sterling silver Ear wires

to be found in my Shop!

I made a Pair for myself!

Because this Stone is amazing, I just had to make a Pair for myself :)

Pencil polygonal rare Aquamarine

Adorn with hand oxidized Sterling Silver.

Can you see the sparkle in the Stone?

To be found in my Shop!

Do you sometimes do something for yourself?

Creative flow!

Last Sunday I was in that special creative flow and spend my Day by making Earrings.

Do you know the flow? It can happen with a Day where just everything go so well, or when you ask the Universe for something and minute, hours, Days later, it just comes to you like this. Simple with no effort, do you know the flow?

Faceted Pyrite oxidized Sterling Silver Earrings

oxidized Flower Sterling Silver Earrings

AAAA rainbow Moonstone oxidized Sterling Silver Earrings

This are a few beautiful Pairs made in my creative flow :)

When did you have your last flow?

What about Pricing?

I found a other fantastic article from Lee / OneClayBead,

on the artisansgalleryteam blog

about pricing,

why deep discounts dont benefit

As the Gold and Silver Price went up soooo much, I really wonder what will happen. Up to now I could not see many Jewelry shops rising there prices, but I can`t see that it can stay like that.

Faceted Labradorite oxidized sterling silver Earrings

with his hidden secret, a blue flash in the sun light!

And what will customers do, will they still buy when the Prices go up so much?

How do you deal with pricing?

I am in a listing mood :)

I really am :)

I was working on Earrings this Day`s,

like on this Amethyst 14k gold filled Pair.

I made a few Chain Earrings in different styles,

just because they dangle so sexy :)

I also created new Ear wires,

I love that work,

love to find new Way`s,

love to work with my hammer :)

I mean Ear wires are Ear wires and I can`t create them totally new, but to play a bit and not letting me get bored, inspires me!

This Ruby`s are stunning! I notice on Etsy allot of People say my Jewelry is elegant,

I can`t see that so much, I wear my Jewelry and can`t really say my style is elegant. But I do see the point that you could wear some of my Pieces combined very elegant :)

What is your style?

Do you have one?

Do you care about style?

Or do you say, oh I don`t bother?

Why do Women in the Art make less then Men?

Lee from OneClayBead wrote a interesting article,

that I just had to make a link to,

artisans gallery team blog

paulaandkatestudio

Here in Switzerland, no matter what business,
Women still earn less for the same work then Men.
How is it in your Country,
or what do you think about all this?

Say Hello to our new Family members :)

They are really tooooo cute!

My lovely Cat Lee gave birth to 4 beautiful Kittens!

but lets start at the beginning :)

Just after birth, wet and very tiered.

I was there and totally touched about magic of Life and that my loving Lee did all by her self!

Is`ent she beautiful?

Tiered and still so proud! 

So what do they do the hole Day?

drinking...... and

sleeping!

With Mama always having a Eye on them :)

But sometimes Mama needs a rest to..... :)

They still have there Eyes close but I guess they will open them soon. That will be the Time we will give them some Names.

I already love them all!!!!

Do you like / have Cats?