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Melt Your Scrap to Make a Ring – Heat and Hammer
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Here’s a video from Andrew Berry on melting scrap and then hammering it up. Quick and easy. Looks fun! He’s using sterling silver scraps, but fine silver would work …
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All About Cuff Bracelets: Put them on Correctly, Determine Your Size
Love this video, above, showing how to make a 14K cuff bracelet. And here’s a link to a video on how to put on a cuff bracelet properly – don’t feel badly – nearly everyone does it wrong. He actually shows the technique about 2 …
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Save Time & Money by Adding this Help to Your Team
How have I benefitted from being a member of Art Biz Incubator at Art Biz Coach? Community and Support …nurture is right in the tag line I’ve learned I work best when I have a team around me. My team includes my web designer, my …
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Quote of the Week
from Will Smith, via Make Big Art. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity. There is no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from? plan A.” More great stuff and a video over at the Make Big Art blog.
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Terrific Example of Branding a Jewelry Company from Kiwi Avenue
I met Catherine Borzym of Kiwi Avenue at a conference recently, where we both spoke on “My Life in Jewelry.” Catherine does a great job of branding, she’s got very consistent imagery and colors throughout every aspect of her business, right down to the jacket …
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Visit the Art Biz Blog for My Inventory Tip!
I’m delighted to have a guest post up today at Alyson B. Stanfield’s Art Biz Blog! It’s about how you can use iPhoto as your art inventory software (plus more!) Please check it out, here: http://www.artbizblog.com/2014/03/iphoto-contact-page.html
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Free Tutorial on Silver Leafing at the ReFab Diaries!
I have a free tutorial up on how to transform a thrift store frame (or a laser cut frame) with silver leafing, over on the ReFab Diaries, blog of the talented Candace Caldwell. Lots of gorgeous pictures, check it out, here: http://www.refabdiaries.com
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Creative Expo Chicago, March 14-15, 10 am – 4 pm
Join us at the 2014 Creative Chicago Expo, March 14–15 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 10am–4pm. Connect with Chicago’s creative community, find resources and information for you to thrive. Choose from 30+ workshops and 140 exhibitors. This year’s theme, Moving Forward, will be highlighted by …
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