New Jewellry Designs

Hi everyone:

I am still making jewellry and may sell my pieces again at the summer market this year. I am still sitting on the fence on that, but started making some new designs to sell.  It seems everything is about the chunky chain jewellry these days so I have made a few bracelets and plan to make some necklaces as well.

Here is a look at the bracelets I have made so far.

I made them in both silver and gold plated metal and have included a heart somewhere on the charms.  If you look closely, you can see that some of the charms have cubic zirconias, so they sparkle very nicely as well.  They are very comfortable to wear and look great with jeans or if you want a dressy look.

Let me know what you think.  I will post pictures of the necklaces once I finish 1 or 2.

Rosie

It's been a while!

Hi everyone:

I know it has been a while since I last posted. There has been a lot going on here.  I finally finished my courses this semester at the end of April,  attended an out of town wedding, promptly got a very bad cold that lasted for about 3 weeks ( and I am still coughing after 6 weeks), had a huge garage sale last weekend and am looking after another member of the household who now has that same nasty cold; a lot of sleepless nights, buying cough medicine etc. Whew!!

I look forward to some relaxing this summer, although I have to register for the Fall semester already on June 20th. I have 2 more years of 3 courses to complete; Music History, Private trumpet lessons and Class piano. I am wondering if I should continue or just forget about it all. I would really like to finish the program, but I also need to find work as well, so I am having quite a dilemma.

My jazz band is performing its final concert on Sunday June 15th.  The entire music society always performs a free Father's Day concert in the park.  It is always a very nice event to attend.  I will be playing 2 solos.  One solo I have performed before and the new one is one I composed for the Miles Davis chart, Blue in Green. (Again, it is  supposed to be an improvised solo so of course, I have to write one out because my improvising chops are hit and miss!)  The arrangement is by Les Hooper and there is a great video on Youtube where the soloist is playing a flugelhorn.(it originally calls for a Harmon mute).  I find the Harmon mute hard to play for long passages so I have borrowed a flugelhorn to play the part and solo.  Hopefully it will turn out OK.

I also had an idea about another quilt where I change up the "Shape Shifters" block.  I plan to try my idea today, so if it works out, I will post pictures.  The other quilt I am working on, the farming one, is on hold right now and spread out all over my dining room table.  What a mess!

Anyways, that is about it here.  I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Rosie