Devine Designs Jewelry

I just took a couple of pics with my new camera, wanting to start the week off with a nice fun blog post. And as luck would have it, the battery ran out. Time to set it on the charger. This new camera has a weird battery "pack" with its own plug in charger, and to have a back up battery would cost another , about $50.00. Not in the budget right now. I wanted to talk about turning 45, as my birthday just passed a few weeks ago. I have a couple of photos to post with that, so put that on the back burner. But, I must ask, do women go through a mid-life crisis ? I must explore this possibility some more. Currently, I'm on a wire wrapping extravaganza! There will be more braided and fish tail style bracelets coming soon. Also, I went back to explore the " herring bone " weave technique. I have not done this for a while, but felt the urge to wrap. If you scroll all the way down on the right side of my blog, you will see some hoop earrings in this style. They will be h...

OMG! I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted. I've been soooo busy this week. First of all, running around applying for jobs, trying to get part-time work. Then I finally made some headway, and now have 2 shops carrying my jewelry! One is the Painted Fish Gallery in Dunedin, and the other is the Safety Harbor Galleria in Safety Harbor. Thanks to these shops! I have 2 appointments with other shops (here in other locations), so I'm hoping to get my name and jewelry around the area! So I had to pull alot of items from my Etsy shop, and now I'm in fear, that my inventory is getting low. Gotta make more jewelry! I was comfortable with about 100 pieces, now I'm about 50 something in my Etsy shop, (oh, no!) I'm kidding of course. I just didn't think I'd get done everything that I wanted to accomplish by today; but I have. I ordered some new gemstones, Swarovski crystals, wire, and more wire, so this morning I had to log everything in, price i...

Sunday....I start my day taking a walk. What a beautiful day it is today. The trees are loosing their leaves and if it wasn't for the heat of the day, I'd swear it looks like a winter day in northern U.S. I'm fighting with the wind as I walk, oh, yeah there is a tornado watch today! Hmmmm..... I picked up a few leaves to show you; And, "Yes Virginia, the leaves do change colors in Florida". So I've got a few custom orders I'm working on. I'm grateful for that! I'm working on a Viking knit weave necklace for a guy that Benn works with. And my fingers will hate me later, the necklace he wants it to be 27 inches long! A lot of weaving wire! And I just made a pendant to match my Triple Goddess earrings, that sold last week at my open house. Normally, I would not make the same thing, but for this friend, she wanted a matching pendant, larger than the earrings, so I agreed. It turned out really nice. I was afraid that I would not be able to match the ear...