New Rare Bird Ad Design

Finished working on a little Rare Bird sidebar ad this week. Tried to keep it simple, clean and concise and I'd like to think I succeeded ;)

Featured Chevron Necklace

Thought I'd post a couple photos (from instagram & her blog) of the lovely Kelly Purkey wearing the chevron necklace she purchased from my shop a few weeks ago. Looks adorable on her :)

Necklace can be found in the shop here.

Most Wanted: Leather Chevron Necklace

The shop has been super busy lately. I have made so many of these necklaces in the past few months. I don't know exactly what happened but all the sudden I was getting 10 times the amount of views for this necklace and I realized it was coming from pinterest. My guess is that someone with a lot of followers pinned it and it just caught on. That brought on a number of orders for this necklace and many other items in the shop. Thanks pinterest!! What a busy few months!

Making Orders

Making jewelry and getting ready for Etsy orders to go out.

More Rare Bird Spring/Summer 2012

Get them here!

Rare Bird Spring/Summer Collection 2012

Spring/Summer 2012 collection now available in the shop. Clean simple designs, understated earthy geometric edge and anything pastel, loving some mint and peach. Enjoy!

RVA Fashion Week Jewelry Trunk Show

Was a featured jewelry designer in the RVA Fashion Week Jewelry Trunk Showlast week. Got the opportunity to meet some interesting folks, including Arlie behind Urban Revisions. Check out her post and photos of the show.

Bizarre Market at the RVA Street Art Festival

Participated as a vendor in the Bizarre Market at the RVA Street Art Festival in mid April. Check out the post on the market and festival by Kiss My Fashion.

Magnolia Necklace

New magnolia necklace in brass that I designed as a gift for my friend. I sketched the design using a vintage fabric featuring magnolias as inspiration. I scanned the sketch and resized it in illustrator. Then, I printed it out glued it on the sheet metal and began sawing away. I stamped little dots in the middle and the pressure actually bent the petals forward just a tad so that was a nice unexpected result. I finished it off with an oxidation bath for patina, gave it a brushed finish and hung it on an oxidized sterling silver chain. They are now available in my shop here.

Intro to the Jeweler's Saw Class

Finished jewelry charms, pendants and cuff from a class I recently took at the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, VA. It was an introduction to the jeweler's saw class where we learned hand sawing metal, hammering techniques, drilling and oxidizing for patina. Definitely learned some worthwhile skills. So excited for my next metal jewelry class coming up in March. Can't wait to learn more!