Custom Wave Wedding Bands

This summer, some lovely friends of ours approached me to make their wedding bands.  

They had an idea of what they wanted; three colours of gold, a representation of fluidity and water, and something that would be comfortable to wear everyday.

We sat down together and these wave rings are the result.

 These pictures aren't The Best I'll grant you.  But due to a back ordered white gold I was finishing these the weekend before they got married!
So quick shots were taken before I met them to deliver the goods, and all was well.

My Sister's Engagment Ring

Sterling silver band.
Yellow gold setting.
Insanely beautiful grey diamond.
Lot's of love.

xox

Sweet 16 Woozy Ring

I was commissioned to make a ring for a sweet 16 gift a little while back.
I sat down with her and her Mom and we talked about what she thought she might like and settled on a Woozy Ring.
It's a tradition in their family that every woman gets an emerald ring for their 16th birthday, isn't that lovely?

I think so too!

 

Work in Progress

My sister is getting married this summer and I get to make their rings!

That gorgeous grey diamond is going to look AMAZING in this simple setting once it's all done!


(that little ring in the background is my wedding band... that I made a few changes to and was polishing up at the time!  I really wanted it to match Geoff's so I added white gold to the outside)

The Tiniest Wiimote you ever did see!

 My dear friend Dee is expecting her second baby (on Sonny's birthday!) and she approached me to make a special Big Sister gift for her daughter.

It was a two part necklace we designed for her, one from Mom and one from Dad.
Dad's was a tiny wiimote because those two spend some great time together gaming.  My sweet boys will probably share a love of gaming too, so this was really fun for me to make.

I tried to make the connection to the main chain similar to the wii wrist strap by using some delicate chain that I had. 

Solid brass and sterling silver chain.

Congratulations you guys! 

Rebecca's trade

My friend Rebecca is a Knitter.  (notice the capital letter?  I'm serious when I say this... I have never met anyone with a passion for knitting like this gal.  Check out her blog Nook)

Before Christmas we had worked out a trade for a few of her fabulous Iris Monsters  (Sonny needed one, and I got a couple extras for my sister's twins as gifts) and this is the piece I made for her.

She gave me free reign on it, just saying that if it was a pendant, she preferred a long chain.

When I got into designing it, I kind of couldn't help myself and engraved a ball of yarn and needles into the pendant! 
It will darken over time, making the yarn stand out as she wears it.

She hasn't seen it in person yet, and I hope she's happy!
StinkEye the Monster gets a lot of love

Custom Stamps

We were invited to our friend's Daughter's 2nd Birthday party last weekend.  I was all fired up to make her a Janalope Horse (I had asked her mom what her favorites were, and Horses came up in conversation)

However.

An important lesson was learned the night before the party.

Samples are a good idea for a reason.

SO!

I made her a custom stamp with the Birthday Girl's name on it instead!

Geoff actually came up with the idea this past christmas.... I can't take all the credit!

Last Custom Woozy and some Bangles!

Now that we're getting really close to our due date (4 weeks, are you kidding me??) I have basically TODAY to finish the last two things on my bench.
So because I am a MASTER PROCRASTINATOR I am blogging about the last few things I've finished in the studio instead.

Healthy.

I met a lovely woman a few months back who knows the other lovely woman that I did the previous custom Woozy set for (Remember these?)
She had a pretty clear idea in her head of what she wanted, and she also had some stones that she wanted to use from her mother, so this is what we made for her...



I am really happy with how it turned out and she was too!
xox

ALSO here are some pictures of the bangles that I was going to pop into the shop, but they've all sold already! (A couple went to trades that I am pretty excited about too!)

So once I get the studio up an running again (in the Fall I am hoping) I'll be making more of these.




SO now it's 9 am, I've eaten breakfast and am dressed. I have no excuse now but to WORK and get those last 2 items done. I've got to head into town this afternoon too so time is already of the essence!

But my plan is to treat myself to a mini thrift trip (hoping to score a ring sling and a mustard coloured cardigan, maybe a basket or two - nesting!- as a reward for getting the jewellery finished.) Pops is coming to help Geoff move the studio gear out of Sonny's room this weekend so I actually have to be out of there by tonight.

So here we go!

Custom Woozies

I made these a little while ago for a lovely lady and am just now getting around to sharing.

She had some stones given to her for her birthday and wanted them set into a ring and a pendant.

I am pretty happy with how these babies turned out.

2 new rings

I know it's been quiet around here lately. School is back in and I have been under the weather for the last few weeks and I am just starting to feel a little bit like myself again.

There hasn't been a lot of online time, mostly sleeping.

But I did manage to finish up these two beauties.


The silver one was a custom wedding band that I did up for the very lovely Miss Cooper.


And the gold woozy is a reworking of a piece I did back in art school that I came across while I was cleaning up my materials a little while back.
The first ever SOLID GOLD WOOZY RING!
Yikes!




Sexy!

She said YES!

A little while ago I was contacted by a lovely man named Ben who wanted a ring for his love. (her name means dove, so beautiful!)

It was a absolute pleasure to work with him on this because he is probably the sweetest person alive.

We worked out the design together, he wanted something that would symbolize what they have and connect with their lifestyle and values, and I was totally happy to oblige.

So what we came up with is this...



A nest made of gold on branches made of recycled silver with copper leaves (also recycled)

I wish them THE BEST in all of their future together.
Thank you Ben for allowing me to be a part of this.

Congratulations to you both!
xo