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I entered the Bride’s Pleasure MOJO contest at Jewelry Lessons. My For the Non-traditional Bride won the “E” (for experienced) category. What a pleasant and unexpected surprise! This was my second MOJO. The first time I jumped in was back in March.

The contest involved making a piece for a bride and her bridesmaid using at least one tutorial available on the site. I chose flowers as my theme. I decided I wanted to work in copper and do some metalsmithing. I would have loved to use silver but I wanted to make a statement piece. The bride I was designing for may not be demure but she is thrifty. (more…)

I am working on a large piece but it is not finished. So I made this bracelet as a mate for my Day 20 earrings. I have made this bracelet before but not oxidized. It makes a huge difference! The oxidation really pulls it together and pops the green. Hope to have the larger piece ready tomorrow. Wish me luck!

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Only a few days left to go! I played with my wire wrapping jig today. I intended to make links for a bracelet. These lace squares were too delicate for that. I did like them though and wanted to use them in something. I added some small peridot rounds to pop a little color and thought they’d make a pretty pair of earrings. Not my usual style but trying a few new things is what 30 Days of Creativity is about…at least that’s how I’m working it.

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Today I made a pair of wire wrapped sterling silver earrings. I found two coin pearls that kinda sorta matched and suspended a sterling ring from them. They still needed a little something. I added a Jonquil Swarovski crystal inside each ring to catch the sunlight.

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I promised myself I would participate more on Jewelry Lessons this year. Here was my entry for the March MOJO challenge. The task was make a pendant using your birthstone/gem color, your birth date in Roman numerals and use a technique that represents you as an artist.

I’m learning metalsmithing and decided to try incorporating some of the techniques I’m learning. My birth date is 11 so the Roman numerals I had to work with were “XI” (you can see them if you turn your head and view the pendant on its side).

My birthstone is sapphire. I can’t afford that so I chose to work with a sodalite cabochon and kyanite sticks. They both contain lovely deep blue tones and I liked the way they looked together.

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