Jewelry trade

I recently did a trade with two other talented jewelry designers. First up is Veronica from Aurora Shadow. I have been eying this necklace from her shop for some time now. So I requested it as my trade.

And I wore it last night! It's seriously such a cool necklace and it's very lightweight too, it feels good on.

She also threw in these super amazing earrings and I can't wait to wear them!

From me, she received this ring. She requested a shield ring and this design just came to me. I absolutely love it and I think it might be one of my favorite designs yet. It is sterling silver, brass, jasper and onyx. She loved it and said it made her feel link a galactic royal warrior. Haha, I love that!

Next up is Laura from Roots and Feathers. I had a hard time choosing which thing I wanted from her shop and changed my mind a couple times but I decided on this necklace. I love it and it's made with really soft leather.

And she also threw in an extra! Which was this necklace that I also thought was really cool. I love the crystals! And the triangle of course. (I don't have a link for that one because I don't see it listed in her shop right now.)

She mentioned liking an older ring I had done that was a double finger ring with two crystal points at each end. So I made her a ring similar but this time I made the silver part into a pyramid shape. I love how it turned out!

New Jewels!

I finished a few new pieces this weekend and loaded them in the shop. Take a look!

My Long Lost Blog

I keep saying I want to be more consistent with blogging again but I still haven't gotten into the flow of it. I'm not sure if I have any readers anymore because I have sporadic posts and have mostly been MIA. My goal is to eventually give my blog a slight makeover. I want it to cleaner with larger photos and to have a menu bar at the top that can link to my Etsy shop and whatever else I decide on. So I am stuck on whether I should move from blogger and go with more of a conventional website, like I have seen so many other bloggers do. But I have also seen a lot of blogspot blogs that operate just like a website. I'm just confused on what the benefit of moving would be if I can get my blog reformatted into more of a working website with a better layout. If anyone is reading this and has any advice, I would love to hear it!
Another thing I am working on is a new Etsy shop that will have graphic design products for sale. Things like logos, banners, backgrounds and other stand alone graphics. I'm having fun working on it and hope to get it opened soon. I have a day job so my jewelry, blog and this new shop don't get a lot of my time. But I'm hoping to figure out a way to juggle it all. I need more of a creative outlet to do what is fun for me creatively. Here is the banner for my new shop. I really love it! (You can click on it to see it bigger.)

Here are some pieces I have done recently. I was contacted to do a custom piece with a human molar. I jumped on that one! How weird is that?! It was so much fun making this ring and I LOVE how it turned out and now I want one for myself!

This next piece is a sterling silver double finger ring made with a fossilized orthoceras, which is a mollusk that lived over 400 million years ago. This one has been purchase but I have a similar but larger ring in my shop here.

This simple crystal ring was also sold already but I plan to make more once I get more crystals that are flat on the bottom.

This necklace, made with brass and rainbow aura crystals is in my shop now. I love this one!

Shop update!

Hope everyone is having a fun and relaxing weekend. I wanted to share some new work. I've uploaded them to my shop Star Native. Check them out! This one I'm keeping for myself!

100 FREE Moo Mini Cards!

Hey there! I just wanted to share that Moo.com is giving away 100 business cards. All you have to pay is shipping, which is 5 bucks if you get regular shipping. They have a little Etsy logo on them, but hey, they are free! Here is the link to the deal. I am in the process of changing all my materials to my new shop name "Star Native". Here are my little cards I just ordered, so excited to get them!