I've been busy part 1

So this is how it all started! My lovely friend Kelly threw a party, She offered me a chance to sponsor the event... As you can see on the flier, I am the one and only sponsor, which was interesting, because some people expected a full on jewelry sale. I was not prepared, but I got a great response from the people I showed some of my work to.
This is where I met Katie Quin AKA: Q the stylist! She set me up with this group the SFFAMA
a fashion oriented group who sponsor events in San Francisco to help local designers learn how to promote and sell their product.
Through this organization, I signed up to sell my pieces at this event on May 29th, it was my very first attempt at selling in this format. I did OK... Mom joined me and busted out some darling hand bags, she was not so successful, but now, like me has a great stock of things ready to go for the next opportunity. Plus it was just great to hang with her for the whole day!!





So, I did a little Pierced work, with a pressed texture from some lace. the middle pair of earrings was made from the center cut outs of the 2 outer earrings. I don't like to waste!! plus these are the little 'happy accidents' I love to come across while in the studio.



These are some stackers!! They are so cute all together! I sold a couple at the fair, they are sterling and brass, some are polished and some are sand blasted for a matte finish. I simply cut out discs with a disc cutter, and domed them using ball peens and a steel block with the corresponding sizes. Then I soldered them to some square wire that I drew myself. These are a very simple design, and I didn't think I would like them as much as I do, they just look so great in groups of 2 or 3.


This was my first sale!! They are brass leaf hoops with sterling ear wires. I should have just made ton's of these, people love them. I cut them out in the leaf form, very long and skinny. then textured the leaf veins on them and then bent them into the hoop shape, then added the sterling ear wire, looped it through the brass, curled the end and soldered it together.



I have so many more photo's including some of my darling friend Kelly at a wedding where she was a blushing brides made wearing a necklace she commissioned from me!! So cute!!
Stay tuned!