How quickly I forget!

Wow, I change my blog date and then almost forget to do it! How quickly I forget things. 

I am working on a custom order at this time, for a boot bracelet for a friend of mine. I have been struggling with how to make it. I got the actual strap done yesterday and here is the picture of it. Now to embellish it. 

Any thoughts? The customer wants "steampunky" things on it. I have a few gears and fake watch and clock faces. Thought I would put some charms on it as well. Stay tuned, next week, I will have the finished item done. 

Blog is moving to Wednesdays

I have made the decision to move my blog posts to Wednesday. I am working weekends and come home so tired that I just do not have the oomph to write my blog, so I have made the decision to change it to Wednesdays. 

Some changes are happening in our lives right now. My daughter and two wonderful grandkids are moving from our house to their own place and as much as I love them, they need their own place to spread and grow. On the other hand this will free up more time for me to work on my business and grow it. 

I will see you again on June 11 with my next post. 

Have a great week everyone!

Some tidbits

A little late today, again. Yesterday I worked my part time job and was exhausted when I got home. Normally, I write this on Sunday and schedule it to be posted early Monday morning; however, I was too tired to move, so it is late today. 

I do not have much to blog today. I have some projects in the works but I have to take some pictures of the work in progress before I can post about them. I did learn a new wirewrapping technique on Saturday and as soon as I begin the project I will use it for, I will post pictures. 

The commission for the barefoot sandals is still in the works, so no news on it either. 

I really want to be more proficient at my blog and that is my plan, I just have to manage my time better. I do have some health issues that sometimes prevent me from doing much of anything, but I keep trying. 

Have a great day everyone!!

I am so excited!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day, I know that I did. I got to spend it with 3 of my 10 grandkids and 2 of my 5 children. I heard from the rest except for one. 

On Saturday I started my new very part time job and that was an experience. I am working at a very small convenience store about 25 miles from my home. It is located in a place where two roads converge on a very beautiful drive of the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, the most beautiful drive to work in North Idaho! The owner is a very nice lady. 

Last night I was messaging with a friend of mine on Facebook and she had received her barefoot sandal that I featured in a previous blog, and she has a LOT of friends. One of her friends asked her if I could sell her 50 pairs of the sandals to her and I would get credit for them. Apparently, she does a lot of shows and craft fairs. I will have to think hard about that. It is exciting though. It makes me feel validated! I have been working hard at trying to make a living making my jewelry, so this is really exciting for me. 

Have a great day everyone!!

I am late today!

Wow what a weekend we had!! I won't go into details as it is a long story. I was busy, to say the least. I made a beautiful large chunky ring for a friend and she loved it!!  Here it is.

It will not be listed in my shop as it is a custom order; however, I did put it in my gallery at http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/gallery/RoxysRox

I also finished another set of barefoot sandals for that same customer. The barefoot sandals are listed here: 

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/RoxysRox/9193120/swarovski_crystal_and_white_pearl_with_silver_accent_barefoot_sandal/handmade/jewelry/anklets/shell_pearl.

I used to have a childcare in my home and I was able to go and listen to one of my former kids sing at a recital. She is now 16 years old and rocked the songs she sang. With a bit more practice to lose the nerves, she could sooo do "The Voice" or "America's Got Talent" 

A confession!

Ok, so I am still fairly new at this blogging thing. I must confess that I have not figured out how to make it fancy like some people have theirs, but it is mine and I will get it eventually. 

I am going to show a barefoot sandal that have made and not yet listed. I have never made one of these before and I am so proud of it!! Take a look and let me know what you think. 

The ankle part wraps the ankle 3 times. 

Seahawk bracelet is finished!!!

I had some changes last week and was released from my part-time "day job". This has freed up more time to work on my passion, jewelry!! I got the Seattle Seahawks quadruple wrap bracelet done!! I will be listing it on Tuesday, for sale, in my Artfire shop: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/RoxysRox.
Here is a sneak peek at it. 

Oh jeepers, I made a mistake. This is a triple wrap, not a quadruple wrap bracelet.