June 17, 2007
Still working on the Web Page. It's
quite amazing just what you can accomplish with the "Build It Yourself" system. As soon as I get some more
photos done I will post them.
It was in the 90's today, hot and muggy we went to the Zoo with the grand children. The
Cicadas were in full voice singing their mating song. There were so many of them you couldn't get out of their way. They
were landing on everyone, on your head, back, arms where ever they could find a place to perch. They are not aggressive
insects as a matter of fact they seemed docile and gentle. We were talking about remembering this day 17 years
from now and looking back at what we were doing the last time the Cicadas hatched.
Pat.................................
July 3, 2007
I've been on the computer all day,
Whew...... It's quite an experience doing a web page. I registered with r.Promote today. The purpose for r.Promote
is to get more traffic to my site via search engines. Hopefully I can get it to work.
Then I joined the International
Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists and I decided to have them jury my work. I sent the Guild 8 pictures of
my work with detailed descriptions, the members will view the pieces and score them. It takes about a
month or longer to find out if your accepted or not. If you see the little symbol at the bottom of my home page
that means I'm accepted.
Their Mission Statement is.......................................
The International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists, Inc. promotes wire art jewelry, seeks
public recognition of the art form, educates wire artists, and works to improve business aspects of the art.
A very nice organization I'm happy to be a member. I sure hope the seeds I planted on my web site today
bloom into beautiful successful flowers.
Oh my I just noticed it's 8:30pm and I haven't eaten dinner yet, I
thought I was getting hungry, now I know why. This web page stuff is addictive!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow is July 4th, so have
a Happy Holiday.
Pat......................................
July 12, 2007
I'm working on my my tutorials, I hope
to have some free tutorials up on the web site soon. It's a big job getting everything just right, very
time consuming, but I just love doing it. I still can't find my web site on Google unless I Google my name. If anybody
has found my site any other way would you Please let me know? I fixed few things, so hopefully the Meta
Tags will be working better. Hope your all enjoying our beautiful weather here in the Chicago area.
Pat.................................
July 24, 2007
The class yesterday at Bead in Hand in Oak
Park, IL. went well, everyone learned how to make gorgeous hoop earrings! They look like they mean business, don't
they? I give every student a detailed tutorial, so they don't have to take notes. If you look closely you can see
the tutorials on the table. The next class will be August 13th, I'll be teaching the Egyptian Spiral Bracelet.
Off to read Harry Potter now!
Pat.................................
August 8, 2007
Hi everyone, well I've been in a Copper
& Sterling Silver faze. Check out my new earrings and pendant. The pendant was actually an extra earring that came about
as I was trying several different methods of creating the earrings. I liked the way it came so I thought I'd
make a pendant out of it. As you can see I did one pair of earrings (in the pendant style) in all Sterling Silver
and the other in Sterling and Copper. I had fun making the Star & Sun earring it's a variation of one of my other designs
can you guess which one? Actually the Sun and Star earrings gave me the idea for the Copper Coil earrings. The other earring
is a variation of the focal bead in the all sterling silver bangle. These new earrings are my take on some basic wire art
techniques it's fun to see just how many variations you can create from one basic technique.
Pat...................................
August 9, 2007,
I decided to antique the Hoop earrings with
the Sterling Silver bead. They came great, they make a stunning set with the matching Bangle Bracelet. It's
gotten to late to photograph them tonight. I'll photograph them and post them tomorrow, that is if I can them
way from my daughter long enough. She loves the way they came out and particularly the way they look with the bracelet.
Pat....................
August 10, 2007
I put the photos up of the SS Hoop earring
that matches the bangle bracelet. Take a look, I also put a picture of the earrings with the bracelet. I think I do like it oxidized
a little better than without, the oxidizing gives it a whole different look and a lot more demention. My daughter
wore the set to work today and it got a lot of attention. 
Looking forward to teaching the Egyptian Spiral bracelet on Monday, August 13th at Bead in Hand. I'll post
photos of the class on the 14th. Until then...........................
Pat...............................
August 15, 2007
The class was great on Monday the 13th.
The students did a super job on the Egyptian Spiral. Their going to work on it at home in Silver and we'll finish up on
Monday the 20th. Hopefully I'll get some pictures for you all to see.
My daughter got bitten by one of those Itch
Mites that have been on the news. They are really something, the ER's and Doc's offices are filled with people that
have gotten bitten. Since it's been in the news everyone will probably not panic now that they know what it is. She
got lucky she only has one.
I've put up some more pictures. I photographed a few of my faceted stone prong rings.
Faceted stones are the hardest to photograph because of how the facets catch the light. Back to work..........I have another
tutorial to write.
Pat....................................
August 24, 2007,
The students did a fabulous job with their
Egyptian Spiral bracelets on Monday the 20th. We were so into doing the bracelet the I forgot to take pictures.
Good
news! I was accepted as a juried member of the International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists. Their logo is posted
on my home page. It's quite an honor everyone dosen't pass, the judges are tough, as they should be.
Our area
was hit with severe weather, extremely high winds, lightning, thunder storms and tornado sightings yesterday. Many old
trees were lost, there is severe flooding and thousands of people still don't have power. Thank goodness no one
was seriously hurt, it's a miracle. They said on the news that it will be months before everything is cleaned up and back
to normal. The whole country is having severe weather of one type or another. I hope this isn't a preview of
whats to come.
Pat..............................
November 14, 2007
Hi everyone, it's been a while since
I've blogged. My son and his family moved to Florida so that has keep me quite occupied. I just returned from a trip
to their new home in beautiful sunny Florida. The gorgeous ocean is practically in their backyard, needless to
say it was wonderful. Although we will miss the day to day contact now that their so far away and when they need grandma
it's a plane ride away. Oh well it's a tough job but somebody has to do it! (smiles)
I've scheduled several
classes at Bead In Hand in Oak Park, IL. I'm looking forward to teaching these great designs. The next class will be held
on Monday November 19th after that all the classes will be in 2008.
P.S. a few pictures of the ocean
Pat......................................
