Finished Class Project!

I soldered the bezel (the piece of silver that goes around the stone) in class last week, cut out the pendant piece on my own, and soldered the bezel onto the pendant in class today! Setting stones is pretty fun... I think I'll do it again in my next class project. For my next project, I'm going to be making the chain as well as the pendant! Woah! The chain starts out as sterling silver wire... yikes! I'm excited to eventually have a necklace that's all handmade!

My plan is to keep all of the things that I make in my class (not try to sell them), sort of as portfolio pieces. I may eventually give them away, though!

Progress!

I've finally made more progress on my portfolio! I still need to finish a couple projects but I just have to reformat and size the content rather than figuring out how to explain the projects.

Also, I've finished my bracelet! I will take pictures of it and post them here this weekend... I promise.

**Side note: I love how I write this as if I have fans... **

See That? Over to the Right?

Yeah, that's my Coroflot.com badge! It links you to my Coroflot portfolio and resume. If you're interested in hiring a freelance designer (or are curious about what I do), please check it out.

Portfolio Example

Mmm... I think I like it. I'll keep working on it.

New Portfolio

Well... at least it's a start! This is the cover of the portfolio. When opened, the book is a square! I figured I'd get away from the landscape format because most of my projects and renderings work better in a letter or square format. The colors for this portfolio are pretty girly, but most of my projects lean that way... so the portfolio might as well fit my projects. Wish me luck with the rest of the pages!

In Gear

This post is kind of random... but this is what is going on today...

I'm trying to get in gear so I can get some freelance design work. I'm actually starting to think about my new portfolio and sketching on ideas for it! That is always a big step... just getting started! I also updated my Coroflot profile, but none of the content yet. I need to get my capstone project ready to share with companies! Agh!

I'm also trying to sketch some jewelry. It will be a goal of mine to sketch at least a couple pages a day. I need to keep ideas flowing so I will have a nice amount to choose from when I can start making jewelry. Also, on the jewelry front, I am collecting inspiration from magazines that I have kept over the years and putting it into a binder. This binder will eventually become an invaluable place for me to go to get new ideas!

Watching Baby K is still so great! She keeps me busy for most of the day, which is really good for me. I love taking care of her, and I miss her when I don't see her!