Always a smile! "Shaylynn, WHY ARE YOU BLOWING A FAN IN MY FACE?!" This is my sister, Rosie. If you've read my blog before, you've probably seen her quite a bit. She is a fearsome little girl who will gladly go defeat any dragon with her super-awesome taekwando skillz gained both from classes and from having four brothers, but she is such a...
Pegasus Carousel Horse Last fall was my first "real" drawing class! My junior (or was it sophomore? I am going crazy!) year of high school I took art classes from a local artist who taught from her basement, but she focused on giving me some some challenges and then just letting me have at it while she (and occasionally another student) also worked....
Awhile back, I made a picture tutorial on how to make ear cuffs. Amazingly, it has been my most popular blog post to date! I've had several people write to ask questions about how to do certain steps, and I felt that a video tutorial would probably be helpful! The video is embedded below, but if you can't get the embedded video to...
Today I finished listing some new jewelry in my Shoppe that I am honestly very proud of. Making these copper components was one of the most complicated jewelry-making processes I've ever attempted. This was also my first first non-class project with a jeweler's saw (I took a Metals 1 course last semester, which I will be blogging about in two or three days!)....
Hair forks are two-pronged hair sticks which can be very decorative and can hold up complicated buns for an entire day! I've made a bunch in the past week (five of which are pictured above) and during this time I've experimented with different ways of wearing the hair forks. To learn how to do 5 different hairdos using the basic twist bun, please...
Last week, a friend of mine came over after work to go hiking at our house. Before we changed into workout clothes, I insisted she come into my studio and model for me "real quick." I had just made a hair fork-- a decorative two-prong hair stick made out of copper-- and snagged a couple of pictures before we headed out. The next...
