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My addiction
Whenever I do fairs and markets I see how children are drawn to polished colorful stones. Sometimes a little girl or boy walks slowly by my table and touches every single stone with one finger. On one...
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Thing a Week- 8 and 9
For these Things a Week I have actually stepped out of my comfort zone. It's not always easy to do so. Like with everything, you need time, a healthy dose of optimism, and a certain disregard for...
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Thing a Week- Weeks 10-12
I'm getting worse. Now I'm writing one blog post about three entries for my 2011 Thing a Week challenge. Oh well. One blog post is better than none!So, my week 10 items is a little different in that...
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Finally, spring!
For winter's rains and ruins are over, And all the season of snows and sins; The days dividing lover and lover, The light that loses, the night that wins; And time remembered is grief forgotten, And...
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Thing a Week- Weeks 13-15
Another combined Thing A Week report. So far so good, I haven't yet had a week where I haven't finished something, which is a good sign. I must say that it has been really hard to stay indoors with the...
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Artist feature: Joy Tan
One of her more elaboratedesigns.I haven't featured any artists before (other than me, haha) so this is a first. Joy featured one of my items on her blog, somebody spotted it, and I want to use this...
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Fern ring on the Etsy FP!
Fern ring on the Etsy front page today!Thank you Etsy! If anyone wonders, my fern is busy unfurling its leaves right now. It is still spring in Sweden and while the weather does everything it can, the...
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The birch season has started!
There is a period in early spring where I keep glancing at birch trees. The time in which they go from having an almost indiscernible green hue to having fully developed leaves is very short. You have...
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With this beautiful treasury! Thanks treasury curator and thanks Etsy admin :)
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Thing a Week - Weeks 16-20
This has been a most stressful time! My job keeps getting in the way of my jewelry work. So finally I have another Thing a Week update, this time with six different items. I will show rather than tell...
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Production mode
Someone recently contacted me with the request to make about 25 of my willow rings. My first reaction was, I think, some weird combination between 'eek!' and 'yay!'. Yay reflected obviously that a...
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From berry to ring (and tummy)
The smultron. Or wild strawberry. I had found these occasionally in the Netherlands, where I'm from, but somehow they didn't have that smultron flavor. Only when I came to Sweden, and was prepared not...
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July Project Blogroll - What are you working on?
This month's blogroll of the Aspiring Metalsmiths Team we're showing what we are currently working on. And there is that word, currently. Are all the half-finished, half-started things on my bench...
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Just married!
Last Thursday (Aug 4th) John and I got married. We had originally thought to have a simple ceremony in the city hall of Stockholm but it seemed nice to be away for a few days and in the end we settled...
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The sweat of the sun and the tears of the moon
Weird title? A few days ago I went to see the Inca gold exhibition in Stockholm and I wanted to remember this.According to the Inca, gold was the sweat of the sun and silver the tears of the moon....
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Tutorial - fold formed earrings
It's been a while since I did a tutorial. In part it is that I don't feel my skills are on that level that I can tell other people how to make something. And when you see how these earrings are made...
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Signs of spring
For this month's blogroll of our Etsy Aspiring Metalsmiths team the topic is Spring, and how it affects our jewelry design and work.Now, about spring. Having grown up in the Netherlands but living in...
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My honeycomb ring was featured on the front page of Etsy last night in this beautiful treasury::) yay!
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My Henry the Hedgehog is in this beautiful grey-toned treasury on the front page of Etsy today!
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Winter is coming
I had to take a picture when Yasmin made these pretty paw prints on the frozen bannister today.Yes, I am one of those (hooked on Game of Thrones). But winter IS coming and that means the end for my...
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What got me into metalsmithing?
This is the topic of the team blog roll from the Etsy Aspiring Metalsmiths Team. The thing that came to mind first is that I can't leave things alone that I don't understand.For instance, I remember...
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My ring on Etsy's Front Page
The day I thought of my honeycomb design has turned out to be a happy day for me. I had no idea it would give my shop so many views and favourites!The honeycomb ring can be found here on EtsyYesterday...
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Milestones
A few days ago I sat in a meeting with a boss at my job, and I noticed how this person sometimes looked at my necklace, which happened to be my honeycomb necklace. I sort of drifted off with my mind...
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lost wax casting
I recently took a class in lost wax casting. The basic technique has been around for thousands of years (!) but I expect it is a bit different now compared to then. You make pieces in wax that are to...
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There is this fun app for Etsy that shows you where in the world you have sold items to. Here is my map! Apparently I have sold to 39 countries and 47 US states.Fun!Wanna try it too? Find the app here.
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