Updates, and a New Challenge

I seemed to have been quiet on here lately, and I am sorry for that.  I have been making some jewelry,(not many pictures, will explain below), working, and working on setting up to sale my jewelry (still working on that part).  My sister-in-law has also started along the jewelry making path.  I have changed the blog around, hope you like it.

I have also added a link to my pinterest boards. I have added a board for just my jewelry, no pins yet but will get there.

I am trying to decide if I want to set up a business Facebook page.  As an extremely shy person, the thought of 'social media' is hard to do, but may be willing to try.  


I did sign up to join in another challenge.  This one is from Creative Chaos.  No sneak peeks as of yet.  Am really excited.


So on to the jewelry part.  I made a pair of earrings and then wore them to work before taking pictures.  No biggie, I do it a lot.  I get an idea, make it, wear it, and then take a picture of it.  I had a lady stop me at work and tell me how beautiful my earring were.  That was the first time this had happened to me. She asked me where I got them, and I told her I made them.  So I gave them to her.  When I went home for lunch, I made another pair, exactly the same, which I had never done before.  I have made similar, but never exactly the same.  But I really like those earrings.  Then I gave them to my boss at work, who when telling her that story, said she could see why someone would stop me to look at them.  I was walking on cloud 9 for a couple days.


I did make some jewelry holders, and gifts for my niece's birthday will share those in later post.  


And I believe that is all I have for today. However this is a blog, so some picture is needed. So I will leave you with a shot of my 5 am visitor, guarding my door one morning before work.

Kristi

*** FINALLY! The (FIVE) Bead and Button Bead Giveaways! by Pretty Things ***

Lori Anderson, Pretty Things blog, is giving away items she received while at the  Bead and Button Show.   Visit her blog for details about chances to win!

More Earring for Bailey

So my daughter has decided that she like earrings.  Something all her friends loving her one of a kind earrings, and her bragging (least I hope so) about how her mom made them.  That is how is it going in my head anyway.

Thanks for looking!

K

Sharyl's Design Challenge Reveal!

SO today is the day - the time of the reveal of Sharyl's Design Challenge!  I am so excited!

First the complete set:

It is so much fun to wear this set!  

The necklace:

and the earrings:

Now please go visit the other lovely ladies:

Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Skye Jewels) http://skyejewels.blogspot.com/

{you are here} Kristi Jaro (Curiosities by K)  http://curiositiesbyk.blogspot.com/

Shirley Moore (Beads and Bread)  http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com

Therese Frank (Therese's Treasures)http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com

Kashmira Patel (Sadafulee)  http://sadafulee.blogspot.com

Sharyl McMillian-Nelson, Host (Sharyl's Jewelry & Reflections)  http://www.sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com

I will be hopping to the other blogs as soon as I get home from work!  I can not wait to see what the other participants made from the same set of beads!  Thank you for visiting!!

K

New Sets

I had the chance recently to complete a couple sets of jewelry.

And to finish this short and sweet post up, a teaser picture of the Jewelry I created for Sharyl's Design Challenge.  The reveal of the challenge is set for Monday May 21!  You will have to come back to see what I made, and then visit the other wonderful ladies in the blog hop!

Guess I need to learn a photo editor to make some better teaser shoots, huh?

See you Monday!!

K

Sharyl's Bead Packet Design Challenge--#1

So I try to sign up for these little Challenges, and I am always surprised when I make it on the list.  My next Challenge is Sharyl's Bead Packet Design Challenge--#1!

I must say I love the beads! And I forgot to get a before picture of them. I really didn't think about the before picture, as normally the challenge beads sit on my desk for a week or two.  However, these came right together for 2 lovely pieces of jewelry.  Revel Date to be announced.

So go visit Sharyl's blog, look at the list of the other artists in the challenge.  I am going to finish putting my new pieces together, and then hope the weather cooperates as well as the beads did for pictures.

K

Purple Rain

Maybe thinking of blog titles is not that hard.  Or at least for this pair of earrings, it was easy.  I was drooling over browsing through my new Fire Mountain Gems  catalog and saw this pair of earrings.

Source: firemountaingems.com via Kristi on Pinterest

I knew I had to make some similar to these.  Similar because I do not have those earwires, not found of gold color, that chain or white crystals.

Here are my first pair:

And here is a close up look at the ear wire that I made for this pair.

K