tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22052342738379889602024-03-08T04:04:00.400-08:00Laura's Jewelry WorkshopThis is my yappy place. Sometimes I share my workshop experiences in jewelry-making; sometimes I talk about other things that interest me. I have created tabs along the top of my blog (next to the word home, below this msg) so you can select certain categories if you like.Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.comBlogger590125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-81758871551198572172020-06-25T09:42:00.002-07:002020-06-25T09:43:44.646-07:00Random Yapping from the Studio<p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">Sorry... no real musings this week.<br /><br />First off, I'm two days late. Apologies.<br /><br />I have three custom orders on my plate and I'm procrastinating. Anyone else feel huge pressure when it comes to custom orders?<br /><br />Anyway, to get this out of the way, yes, I did meet my weekly goal of making at least 10 pieces of jewelry. As a matter of fact, I made 14. Twelve of the 14 were more of the hammer textured gold-fill earrings.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3032GoldFillEarringsHeart2_800.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br />The other two pieces were a bracelet cuff similar to one I made earlier... this is the new one (sorry, quick photo in the gallery)...</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3045.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br />... and my first attempt at champleve enamel on fine silver.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3044BlueCircleChampleve2_600.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" /><br /><br />So I'm happy for reaching the goal two weeks in a row. Ha ha ha! <br /><br />I'm sure I had more to say but the power just came back on (PG&E scheduled all day outage) and I have so things I have to take care of so any biz babble will wait until next week. </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-51840781061461545702020-06-25T09:41:00.001-07:002020-06-25T09:42:09.341-07:00New Year's Resolutions Always Get the Better of Me<p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">I want to make another resolution of sorts. I want to try to get a photo of every piece of jewelry before I take it to one of the galleries. It's rather nice having a record of my work. I go back and reference things quite a bit.<br /><br />There. Now that I'ver written it down, and in public no less, does that make it official?<br /><br />So I did manage to hit my "10" this week. I had eight, but I figured if I'm going to the gallery anyway, I should make it worth my effort so I made two more simple pendants that were in a style I've been doing with earrings for a couple weeks.<br /><br />Some of my other pieces were distinctly NOT simple pendants. So... this week I tried my hand at something I'd been wanting to do for quite some time. I tried cloisonne. I managed two pieces. For the first, I used transparent enamels, but kind of forgot what I read about "warm colors" and silver. It's okay... I'm still cool with a rust-red sun. So for the second piece, I used opaques (just while I get my bearings on the whole "warm colors" things). These are the two pieces and I owe a huge thanks to anyone who's ever written a book on enameling, shared a tip on Facebook, or posted an online video. I'm most likely going to be taking a proper class later this year (I've got <a href="http://www.merryleerae.com/" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Merry-Lee Rae</a> in mind as well as <a href="http://www.pameast.net/" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pam East</a>).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3046SunCloisonnePendant2_600.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3047AbstractOpaqueCloisonne1_600.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />Then I made some spinner rings because I have two more outstanding custom orders and I like to make spinner rings in small batches because it's so much easier than doing one at a time from start to finish. And next to the spinners is a ring that was going to be a spinner but I decided to just leave it as a wide band ring instead. <br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/_FourSpinners.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 402px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3052LeafTextureWideBabndRing1_600.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />Then in an attempt to be timely at something for a change, I decided to make some heart jewelry. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do but here's what ended up happening.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3055CherryCreekJasperHeartPendant1_800.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3054and3053.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />So there we go. Ten pieces in one week. It felt really good to take the majority of these to the gallery and start to fill my case.<br /><br />So the bad news is that as usual my jewelry is all over the place, style-wise... but the good news is I've been at this for three weeks in a row... meeting my new year's resolution. Whoohoo! <br /><br />Okay, next week I may add to my weekly post with some actual musings. I've been thinking lately about some very nice people in this industry... and some not so nice people (although it's probably not malicious... just their personality). Okay, dishing later. Toodles!</p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-88572448662705082442020-06-25T09:40:00.002-07:002020-06-25T09:41:23.524-07:00Quit Trying to Define Art<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Last week I promised you I was gonna dish. So here's the deal. Not everyone is self-actualized... many artists I know are thin-skinned... Do we allow people's words to affect us, even though we know we shouldn't? There was an incident a few months back where I posted an image on social media of some pendants that were made using a technique that, while not requiring a lot of skill, can still produce some nice results and turns out a ton of people are interested in it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Everything was going great until one person decided to go off on a tirade about how "it's not art!". Well, dude, first of all, I never SAID it was art. I said, "Hey guys, here's the results of some of my experiments with blah-blah-blah technique." And sometimes just knowing how to do something can LEAD to art as the interested party learns the technique and takes it in their own direction. And this is a great example. The technique in question was using purchased water-slide decals and firing them onto enamel. After learning how to do that, I now create my own drawings and turn them into my own decals. But I *started out* by using purchased decals first. Sometimes babysteps are involved. Secondly, why are you being so condescending? Alas, in my non-confrontational way, of course I said none of that aloud... I basically just ignored him. But my post (and all the "oohs" and "ahs" for my post), must have really pushed one of his buttons because he continued... on and on ... and on and on and on. Comment after comment about what art is and isn't and how what I was showing is a sham, etc. And as if commenting ad nauseam on MY post wasn't enough, he went on to start two or three of his own threads informing the public what art is and isn't. One creation might take more work and/or skill than another creation, but there is no cause to ever bash someone's efforts in public. And as I've said, sometimes what we do is the beginning of a learned skill and we know full well we have a ways to go to work on that particular technique.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Also, no one can tell me what art is and isn't. Art can't actually be defined because it's subjective... like "love". I was reading an article the other day on the exploration of the meaning of art which described art this way: "</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Art</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> is often considered the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions." I won't disagree. I don't see anything in there about "Oh, you can't use THIS item or THIS technique, 'cause those aren't art!" </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The article continues with: "The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics." I could go on but won't because there are billions of articles on the subject of the definition of art. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Anyway, my second point is, to me, much more serious and relevant. What did this person's negative comments do to all the budding jewelry artists who may be currently exploring that technique or other equally less-challenging techniques? Unfortunately, I know one of the effects for sure because I heard from more than a few members of that Facebook Group who said after reading that no way were they going to post any of their own work. Oh my gosh, this destroys my soul. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Please please please... if you're anyone in power, if you're anyone full of confidence, if you're anyone who is the master of their art form... use your power for good, not evil. If you're strong, pick up the weak, don't tread on them. I'm here to tell you that your words do have an effect. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I know some people believe that if a person is really serious about their work, they won't be swayed by negativity that comes their way. But this is the real world and not everyone is so self-actualized that they can carry on confidently in the face of vitriol. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I think you get my point so now I need to switch gears and tell you about the opposite... the nurturers. There are people who encourage, inspire, and assist others. There are people who seem to just naturally be supportive. I admire these people because I know first hand the effect it can have on someone's art. Again, should it? Probably not, but the reality is that it most often does. I am not a duck and water doesn't just flow off my back. Artists are generally passionate and emotional people, and most of the ones I know do let their environment affect them from time to time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So I'd like to give a big shoutout to two people who I admire for being, not only at the top of their respective fields in jewelry making, but two great examples of supportive, inspiring artists. I've never seen either one of these artists talk down to anyone, disparage anyone's work, or just be negative or condescending in the slightest. There are many, many artists like this, but these two are people I've had interactions with in such a way that I was really touched by how NOT condescending they were. And if anyone would have the right to be condescending it would be someone at the top of their game. Instead, they reach out to everyone equally and treat others with respect. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So thank you </span><a href="http://www.jilltower.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jill Tower</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.pameast.net/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pam East</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> for being great examples of what a strong artist can do for the up-and-coming artists. (You should click on their links because their talent is amazing!)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And now for the mundane stuff. :-) We're in week five now of my new year's resolution to create 10 pieces of jewelry each week. Some were fun experiments that took me all day. Others were... not.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The first piece I made was my third attempt at cloisonne and since I messed up the silver even before I started the enamel portion of the project, I knew I was keeping this one for myself.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3056.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 597px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">After that, I made three more prong-set Jasper heart pendants, similar to but each slightly different from the one I made last week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/_hearts.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 509px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I made two cloisonne heart pendants...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3060CloisonneHeart1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3061CloisonneHeartSpirals1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 368px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Then I made a two pair of hammer textured sterling silver heart earrings (very lightweight).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3063SilverHammerTextureHeartEarrings1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 300px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3064SilverRivetTextureHeartEarrings1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 300px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And finally I made two double-sided heart pendants using the rolling mill. One I took to the Auburn gallery, the other I donated to the High Hand gallery for a raffle there this Sunday.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3062.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 300px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Did I mention tomorrow I start a four-day workshop at </span><a href="https://metalartsacademy.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Metal Arts Academy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> in Auburn? I'm taking a class on filigree taught by Valentina Caprini. Very excited... a little nervous (but that's just because I'm the nervous type).</span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-23533273903535320422020-06-25T09:40:00.000-07:002020-06-25T09:40:10.510-07:00Encouraging Creativity<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Wow, what a week. I'm going to start off with my weekly jewelry update this time, then we'll follow up from last week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So... I did NOT meet my quota of 10 pieces of jewelry last week and it's okay. I give myself a pardon when something out of the ordinary comes up... and it did.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Last week I had the great good fortune of being able to take a four-day intensive workshop with guest instructor </span><a href="https://www.valentinacaprini.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Valentina Caprini</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. She is a traditionally trained Italian filigree artist as well as being just a really awesome artist all around. The class was being hosted by the </span><a href="https://metalartsacademy.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Metal Arts Academy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> in Auburn, CA.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I won't get too much into explaining the things we learned (sorry, I'm behind in everything), but I will definitely say Valentina pushed us all out of our comfort zones (in a good way). At the end of the workshop, we each had a unique and personal piece displaying the traditional technique of filigree with a contemporary jewelry flair. I wish I'd taken photos of the works of the other students... I was so impressed with everyone.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Here's my piece...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3065FiligreeFace1_1000.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 747px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The other things I made this week (four jewelry items in total) include, two pair of the hammered heart earrings...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3032GoldFillEarringsHeart2_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And one pair of large(ish) hammered disk earrings...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/2541largerdiskgfhammeredearrings1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So that's four pieces for the week, but I think next week will make up for this. AND... now I have a new technique/skill to work on and throw into my own jewelry mix. Yay!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Now, as a follow up to last week, I want to share with you some of the comments that people wrote about </span><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/blog/week-5-musings-and-more" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">my blog post</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. As you may recall, last week I mused about how some people discourage rather than encourage artistic creativity on the internet. This seemed to be a real hot topic and I was touched by the outpouring of support in defense of being a nurturer rather than a critic. Although some people misunderstood and thought I had my feelings hurt... that was untrue and it was not what the blog post was about. I was perfectly fine but I was appauled to think how newbies may have been interpreting the criticism.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Anyway, I wanted to compile some of the love :-) and share it with you here. Since my Facebook profile as well as this blog are public, I feel I am not taking liberties by sharing public comments in one place. The reason I want to share these comments is because some of them are extremely eloquent and because I want more and more people to know that there are totally a ton of inclusion nurturers out there... also to know that many of us have experienced this negative type of criticism, so if it ever happens to you, you're in good company. The following are not all the great comments by a long shot, but I wanted to at least post some of the ones that I thought shared extra supportive sentiments.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"Everyone starts somewhere and sharing allows us to learn and grow. One of my favorite book recommendations is Show your Work by Austin Kleon. Show Your Work!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"Thank you for sharing your heart, we have all prob experienced "this" person at some point or another. I actually had a glass peep stop me at a show when I was wearing a best selling design offering to demo how to do it "correctly". I just smiled and thanked HIM and walked on."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"As artists we all have felt the cut of the negative comment. Pulling ourselves out of the hole it leaves us in is another challenge that we shouldn't have to face."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"Laura, your blog post really touched my heart! I also love that you are trying new techniques and pushing your skills. Its the only way to grow. When I see "critiques" go off the rails like that... ugh. I'm sorry you experienced it directly, and you have exactly the right perspective about learning techniques and baby steps, etc. I'm with you 100%!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"I just read your blog and it really spoke to me. I feel that some people are just bullies who hide behind the veil of social media. Their purpose is just to criticize, not give helpful advice. The only way they can feel better about themselves is to put someone else down. Logically, you know what they’re doing, but emotionally it has an effect."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"If your spirit is flying as you make then that is "art" regardless of some high definition of "ART" may be for some. I wonder if some consider Andy Worhol was just a clip-art guy or Marcel Duchamp and the "Readymade" genre to be on a par with "Sham-WOW""</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"For me the negative comments get stuck in my head, much more so than positive ones. I was never encouraged to pursue art growing up or even as an adult. Positive feedback helps us know we're heading in the right direction. Very few of us are masters of a craft when we start out, those who are, that's great but most of us need to learn. I'm grateful to people like you who freely share knowledge and encourage others along their journey."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"It is Dreadful that such a person felt entitled to give such thoughtless and cruel Posts... there are degrees of Artistry & Originality of Creativity that We All go thru as we Learn A New Technique or Skill... and We Often Must Master a Technique by Practicing the Techniques Pioneered By Artisans Before Us... This is a Necessary aspect as we evolve our Own Artistry and Our Own Craftsmanship Skills and as we go from Student, to Art Practicer, to Artisan to Master / Artist... But there is the Employment Of Artistry in every Step on Our Path... And it is only a Very Damaged Mind that Can Not Understand That! Students learning from a Master are Often Instructed to Try a “Study” of the Masters Works by Trying to Draw or Paint a Portion Of The Masters Painting in Order to Understand Brush Strokes and Light. Apprentices in many Crafts are often instructed to make the same item as the Master, to Perfect Techniques. This has been done for a Thousand Years... Of course as we grow in Our Own Artistry we Develop Our Own Imagery. That is Very Important. We mustn’t Copy or Plagiarize our Masters... But we can not learn and grow our skills without Studying Their Process. Their Imagery is Precious and It Belongs Solely & Entirely to the Artist who Designed it... But The Skills are for all Artists / Artisans. And of course Many Iconic Images are for Use By All Humans. Anyone can Draw a Heart or a Rose Etc... Even some Patterns & Subjects Belongs to All Humanity At Large. They are Part of Our Human Lexicon. They are in the Public Domain! But I do believe that as we learn, we must endeavor to make the Heart Or Rose or Pattern Etc... Your Own Somehow... But All artists are allowed to visit the basics of world Imagery."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"There’s this pervasive, mistaken belief that one must have “talent” in order to engage in artistic pursuits. My personal experiences combined with 20+ years teaching arts to adults, I can tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Art is for everyone at every level. Practicing an art form, any art form, can be a form of meditation. It doesn’t have to have an end goal or finished product. Just the act of applying color to a page, or changing the shape of clay, can get you out of your own head for a while. The activity itself can calm the mind and bring its own joy and contentment. I love encouraging my students to play and explore; to try and fail and make mistakes and find hidden successes they weren’t expecting. When you let go of a “finished product”, and embrace the process, it’s very freeing. By disrespecting or disparaging people who are trying new thing, you strip them of that joy and discourage them from even trying. That is what makes me the most sad about all this."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">"I have felt crushed by comments, or even a lack of them. I don't share like I used to, either. But I'm probably more self-critical of my work than anyone else."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Thank you to everyone who has ever encouraged creativity!!!</span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-13074415308609249232020-06-25T09:39:00.002-07:002020-06-25T09:39:31.597-07:00Practicing Cloisonne<p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">This will be short and sweet. Nothing more than an accounting of my weekly progress. <br /><br />Continuing to practice my ability to fuse fine silver, I made 8 small simple champleve disk pendants and a pair of earrings in the same manner. I was happy that out of 10 attempts at fusing, I managed to end up with 10 finished pieces (the earrings used two disks, of course).<br /><br />So here is the array of that work.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/_enamel-pendants-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 444px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 800px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br />Then I also did this piece... and that makes 10 pieces of jewelry for the week.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3076SakuraCloisonne.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-26434928721062175972020-06-25T09:39:00.000-07:002020-06-25T09:39:01.573-07:00A Short Post with Random Musings<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Another short one as I am both pressed for time and have little jewelry to show.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I only have three pieces of jewelry to show for the week. I'm gonna let that slide because the other thing I accomplished this week was resurrecting my simple </span><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/laura-bracken-simple-copper-etching-tutorial?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">copper etching tutorial</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. Tutorials are an immense amount of time investment, so I'm cutting myself some slack on the jewelry this week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/laura-bracken-simple-copper-etching-tutorial?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/simple-tut-title-image.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 450px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Okay, other than that, here are the three pieces of jewelry that I made.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3078.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3077CircleCloisonne1_600.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3079EnamelCloisonnePoppy2_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Oh, maybe my two fails should count, too. They certainly took up a lot of time (cloisonne). :-) </span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-66510309231635843062020-06-25T09:38:00.000-07:002020-06-25T09:38:19.465-07:00Week #9 Musings and More<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So you know that Beck song that goes: Soy un perdedor... I'm a loser baby so why don't you kill me? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">For years I thought it was, "I'm a lizard baby so why don't you kill me?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I kinda still sing that in my head when the song comes on Pandora. Anyway, trying to stave of feeling like a loser... or a lizard. But it's hard when I've had two weeks in a row of NOT accomplishing my New Year's resolution of creating 10 items fo jewelry per week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">It's just... there are SO many things to do in life and I can't get to all of them. :-)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So my "loserness" is totally tongue in cheek... I've been kicking butt on other projects and I know I'll get back to jewelry soon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I have a couple custom orders hanging on the board that need to get taken care of. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So this week, I made one piece of jewelry. It was one of my staples, nothing new or inventive. It's a celebration of the fact that I finally understand the difference between high quality pearls... and what I used for the first years of my work.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/2699WhitePearlYNeckalceinGold2_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 489px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So... how many of you sign up for those free workshops only to discover that there's one particle of useful info for every 100 particles you have to pay attention to? Kinda makes me think about those timeshare meetings where you want to talk out of there with those free tickets to the concert (or whatever) but you must first endure the lengthy sales pitch. I don't blame the sales people... they gotta make a living too. My new thing is signing up for these and then either forgetting to attend or just not having time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Besides, how much social media marketing info do I need if I'm so behind on jewelry making I don't even have anything listed on my website? Ha ha ha! What on earth would I be marketing?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So back I go into the studio... I actually *AM* working on jewelry today. Mostly because I have new students coming on Sunday so I'm brushing up. </span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-65963510643137294402020-06-25T09:37:00.000-07:002020-06-25T09:37:23.315-07:00My Cloisonne Enameling Shelf<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">First, we must laugh at me. Well, at least I made it through 9 weeks (more or less). Then the snowball started. It was custom orders, then pandemic, and gallery closings, and tutorials, etc. I am OFF the schedule, completely, of feeling the need to fill a quota. As I said on Facebook, I've gone feral (in more ways than one).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">On Saturday, I will catch you up on jewelry I've made recently. On Friday, I'll catch you up on my latest tutorial. And tomorrow, I'll show you the results of my comparison of finishing techniques for cloisonne.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">But today I show you my cloisonne enameling shelf. Not my enameling station... that's just my large work table with whatever set up I need for the day's project (kiln, torch, sifting, wet-packing, decals, graphite, liquid enamels, crackle, etc). And not my regular enameling shelf (I've got two other places for enamel, but this one I'm showing you today is specific to cloisonne).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Recently, it came to my attention that as I got more involved in cloisonne enameling (and thus accumulated more "things"), I needed a new space. If you are like me, finding space for a new space in your work studio is next to impossible. But, because I spent three days cleaning garage #2, I can move things from garage #1 into garage #2, then I can move things from the studio into garage #1 (things I don't use on a daily basis).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So here's my new space.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 800px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I'm showing you because I want you to see, it's nothing fancy. The "space" was put together using two piece of furniture I had in the house. The bottom is a tv stand. And on top of that, I have a cheap shoe rack. (Both items can easily be found at most thrift stores.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And for those who want to explore my space, read on...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #1: Some enameling do-dads by "</span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/702912868/cheryl-annes-bead-trivet-bead-trivet-kit" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">I Love Enamels</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">" and </span><a href="https://eugenia-c.com/product/enamelling-kit-2-shipping-handling-included/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Eugenia Chan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. Some eutectic solder that I have not tried yet. And a small fortune in </span><a href="https://jooltool.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">JoolTool</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> wheels.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 144px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1109px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #2: On the left is a tray of my finished test pieces. I have each enamel color tested on fluxed silver, bare silver, and bare gold. This whole tray will be for my leaded colors and I'll have to start another tray when I start making test strips of the unleaded colors. The tray on the right has small containers of the already washed and sifted enamels that I have made color test strips for. So basically, these are the colors I want to use ASAP (because they were wet at one point and I hear the shelf life on washed enamels is... well, not as long as the ones that haven't been washed... which is another reason to only wash a small amount at a time).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 144px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1109px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #3: My "</span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/680181614/enamel-catch-tray-for-metal-artists" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">I Love Enamels</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">" catch trays for sifting over. These are luxury items, but I like them and I figure I work with enamels enough that I can have some (okay a lot) of luxury items. Put it this way, though... I have about 50 luxury items and I don't have a hydraulic press... so I'm sure it all balances out. Next is my set up for sifting enamels for cloisonne. The rest of the set is in my regular enamel area. The tray on the right has enamels I've sifted and washed, but not yet made color test strips for (hey, these things take time!). By the way, if you want to know what little jars I use for my wet-packs, it's </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079S3913C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">these</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. As I said, I only wash a little bit of enamel at a time... and every container I have has the enamel name on the lid as well as on the container itself. This is a no-brainer move.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-3.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 187px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 998px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #4: On the left is a tray of odds and ends that I use for cloisonne. Some nice </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/674540608/1pc-paint-brush-professional-animal-hair" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">tiny brushes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> from Pearly Karpel, some blue fuse (for champleve), cloisonne wire, (the foil and blue-stic were on my work table when I took this photo), needles, tissue blades, etc. The box on the right has my "fines" (fines are the very tiny particle residue from sifting). I usually use the fines as counter-enamel on test pieces, or pieces where the back won't show (see example in tomorrow's blog post). Here are </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Z37GV1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">the containers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> I use for those (again, label the lid as well as the container, trust me).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-4.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 187px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 998px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #5: Left to right... Ninomiya (Japanese leaded) enamels, Hirosawa (Japanese leaded) enamels, a cookie sheet full of firing racks (my new </span><a href="https://www.enamelartsupply.com/tools/firing-rack-s2edr" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Merry-Lee Rae firing rack</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> was in use when I took this photo... I'd gotten the 3x3 and next time I order from Enamel Art Supply, I'm getting the 4x4 one.), and finally a couple of the 6-trivet firing racks.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-5.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 135px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 905px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #6: Pearly Karpel enamels, a bowl of regular firing trivets, a </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/686848646/pearlys-enameling-station-for-torch-fire" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pearly Karpel enameling station</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">, (and behind that) a heavy sheet of steel which is great to protect things when working with hot items, and finally a regular tripod for torching.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-6.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 308px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 903px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Shelf #7: (Which is actually two shelves)... Upper: box of extra do-dads for enameling, alundum stones, Squeegee oil (the other oils are behind that one), and a cookie sheet with heavy mesh squares and </span><a href="https://www.riogrande.com/product/woven-fiber-4-1-2-kiln-disc/350049" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fiber disks</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. Lower: Sunshine enamels (for painting), a bowl of </span><a href="https://eugenia-c.com/store/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Eugenia Chan's awesome enameling baskets</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">, a bowl of </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/688392917/3-point-trivet-for-torch-firing" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pearly Karpel's awesome trivets</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-shelf-7.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 257px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 674px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And while we're here, I may as well explain some of the things you can see around the cloisonne station...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Let's start at the bottom left. I have my dust buster because there are always little messes I want to clean up immediately (for example, I like to clean up the initial firescale that comes off the backs of my pieces right after I've applied the counter-enamel... I don't like things like that left to possibly contaminate anything for the rest of the work session). Above that is a chart from Rio that I refer to a lot because is has some handy info, like what size drill bit to use for which gauge wire, etc. The next three items (top left) are my two saws and a necklace I made. I like my Green Lion for most of my sawing, but I use the larger German saw if I'm cutting a piece of sheet that is more than 3" (German saw has a deeper throat). The shelving unit on the right holds my Thompson enamels. And the thing at the bottom right of the photo is my </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HW9XM7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">robot vacuum</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;"> that I love. It cleans the floor after every work session, fits under almost all of my stations, and has a tray I can look through to see if it swept up anything I prefer to keep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/enamel-storage-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 1200px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 900px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So there you have it. A peek into my studio to see that I may not have a beautiful storage set-up, but what I have is organized and functional. :-)</span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-74334059933825159572020-06-25T09:36:00.001-07:002020-06-25T09:36:43.968-07:00A Comparison of Cloisonne Finishing Techniques<p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-11.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 519px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">How did this start? Tangentially, like everything else in my life. A couple days ago, I was making test pieces of some of my new enamels.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 532px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 800px;" /><br /><br />Two of the pieces I made were particularly striking. These are<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Pearlykarpel" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Pearly Karpel</a>'s Kelly Green #463 and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/712573863/pearlys-enamel-powder-no-213-transparent" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Blue Lake #213</a><br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />… so I decided I wanted to make something with them. Then I remembered that I had been wanting do some testing to compare hand-finishing of cloisonné versus finishing using a JoolTool. My M.O. to date has kind of been to use both, but I want to isolate the methods in order to determine any differences. Also, I know a number of awesome enamellists who mention not liking to use the JoolTool in the finishing process. I don’t know if it’s because they just prefer other methods or if there’s something specific it does that is not good for the process.<br /><br />So I grabbed two thick copper pieces that I had in a bin, cleaned them, and gave them a counter-enamel. Then I created the fronts: flux and fire, silver foil and fire, flux and fire, cloisonné wires and fire, first layer of wet pack and fire, second layer of wet pack and fire, third layer of wet pack and fire, fourth layer of wet pack and fire. <br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-7.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 417px;" /><br /><br />I made both pieces similar (for comparison) but not identical. <br /><br />When the enamel was at or just a smidge below the top of the wires, I began the two different finishing methods.<br /><br />The first piece was finished all by hand, using only four different <a href="https://diamondcoretools.com/products/diamond-sanding-strip" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">grits of diamond filing sticks</a> (and water, or course). <br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 766px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br /><br />After the 800 grit file, I washed the piece well before fire-polishing back in the kiln. Here are the results…<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-4.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 402px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-5.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 489px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-6.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 776px;" /><br /><br />The first time I filed a cloisonné piece by hand, I learned the hard way that I was also taking off a certain amount of skin, mostly from my left thumb. Thanks to a friend, I learned about these awesome <a href="https://www.ottofrei.com/Japanese-Rubber-Leather-Finger-Guards" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">finger protectors</a> at Otto Frei.<br /><br />The piece looks good and feels smooth. I think I need to work on my hand filing, because the very center of the piece has less saturated color than the outer parts, leading me to believe when I file, I go over the center twice as often as I go over any other parts. Darn! Aw well… next time.<br /><br />So then I took the second piece and finished it using the <a href="https://jooltool.com/products/enamel-fused-glass-polishing-kit" style="color: #a4baeb; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">JoolTool</a>. I only used the coarse, medium, and fine diamond sanding wheels (and water, of course).<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-8.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 450px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br /><br />As before, after sanding/polishing I cleaned the piece and put it back into the kiln for a fire polish.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-9.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 477px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-10.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 577px;" /><br /><br />If you follow me on Facebook, you have heard me say more than once that I am trying to learn cloisonné from books and online resources. There are limitations to that kind of learning, but I can’t take any in-person classes until the pandemic has abated so for now… there are pieces of the puzzle that are missing.<br /><br />One such piece is… when I fire polish, my enamel sinks just enough to make the surface not feel like one smooth piece of glass anymore. Okay, so I can sand/polish it again… but then I have to fire polish it again and will run into the same problem.<br /><br />Here are the three things I can think of to try to combat this problem. Other people end up with cloisonné that is smooth as glass and I want that too. It’s just an aesthetic difference, but I’d like to know I can do it.<br /><br />I can try sanding/polishing with finer and finer grit (I have the option with both methods) and continue to fire polish hoping that as some point, things stay level. <br /><br />I can try sanding/polishing by hand and NOT fire polish in the kiln.<br /><br />I can sift a thin layer of clear over the whole surface and fire that to smoothness.<br /><br />Just more experimenting. Also I may write a follow up blog post about the use of cerium oxide in the finishing process.<br /><br />So what’s my conclusion? Hand filing might take longer but you can have more control. The JoolTool can be faster, but that goes hand in hand with accidentally removing something you didn’t intend to. And seriously, the way I do it there wasn't a huge time difference. Does that mean I know what I'm doing? No. But with my limited newbie knowledge, they took roughly the same amount of time. <br /><br />Granted, I made my big error using the hand files, but I learned from that (don’t pass over the center so much!). Both pieces are very smooth on top (just the slight sinking of the enamel from the fire polishing as described above). <br /><br />Also, note that I only sanded up to 800 grit with the diamond sanding sticks (the by-hand filing) while the JoolTools wheels may have given a higher grit effect (no clue what "grit" their "fine" is). I will be trying finer grit sanding on these pieces so stay tuned for that.<br /><br />I’m sure I’m not skilled or knowledgeable enough to understand why some enamellists don’t like the JoolTool. Moving forward, and until proven otherwise, I may continue my hybrid method of using both the hand files and the JoolTool because at this moment I don’t see a difference. <br /><br />I’m thinking that as I progress and refine my skills, maybe then I’ll have a more discerning opinion.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/cloisonne-storage-11.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 692px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 800px;" /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-27005323871570416632020-06-25T09:35:00.002-07:002020-06-25T09:35:54.676-07:00My Open Front Cuff Ring Tutorial<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">As promised, this blog post is just to show you my latest tutorial (</span><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/online-workshop-open-front-cuff-rings?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here to see the listing with all the detailed info</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/online-workshop-open-front-cuff-rings?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Open-Front-Cuff-Ring.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 450px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The tutorial is called "</span><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/online-workshop-open-front-cuff-rings?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Open Front Cuff Rings</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">" and in the instructions I show you two different basic ways to make the rings... open and slightly adjustable... or with a stone (and not adjustable). Within each of THOSE basic styles, there are still so many variations. My template has several different shapes for the ring band itself... and then you can do other things to the metal to further design the ring in other directions (etching, rolling, hammer textures, stamping, saw-piercing, etc).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">In the second part of the tutorial, I show you how to set stones on these ring shanks using pre-fabricated bezels.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3082PrasioliteSilverCuffRing1_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3087GarnetSilverCuffRing2_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Here's one without a stone, but I etched the metal first (you may want to check out my </span><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/product/simple-copper-etching-tutorial?tid=161" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">simple copper etching tutorial </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">too).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3090EtchedCopperCuffRing2_800.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So many variations to try!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The tutorial is a combination of thorough handout with lots of text and images (also links to supplies)... AND videos showing most of the processes. You have access to the videos for life... there is no cut-off date.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">You also get to join a private Facebook group for only customers of this tutorial where we share experiences, tips and tricks, inspiration, and more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Check out these photos from some of my first customers of this tutorial. These rings are amazing!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">First up, beauties from Tina Faxas (</span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jewelrybymaree" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here to see her awesome website</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">)...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Tina%20Faxas%E2%80%8E%201.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 388px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Next we have Lin Karrels...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Lin%20Karrels%E2%80%8E%201.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 600px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 446px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And Leslie Litt...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Leslie%20Litt%E2%80%8E%201.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And Susan Sandeno...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Susan%20Sandeno%E2%80%8E%201.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And Maritza Heurtas...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/maritza_huertas-1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">And Dianne Culbertson-Jacques (you can see </span><a href="https://divelladesigns.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dianne's beautiful creations if you click here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">)...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/Dianne%20Culbertson-Jacques%E2%80%8E%201.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 600px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">You guys are rocking it!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">There are more but I'm waiting for their permission for me to share their images here. Stay tuned...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-26801763581960986182020-06-25T09:34:00.003-07:002020-06-25T09:35:00.091-07:00A Few Cloisonné Pieces and A Mermaid<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Okay, let's catch you up. What have I made since the last time I showed you my jewelry?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I wanted to try setting some enamel cabochon (cloisonné, to be specific) into traditional bezel settings. By "traditional", I mean flat wire, not gallery wire or scalloped or serrated. Those other wires are very easy to "push over" which is a good thing when it comes to pushing metal up against glass... but I like the look of a traditional bezel setting at times (most times) so wanted to see if I could do it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I made two pieces at the same time (because there's a lot of "waiting" time when doing enamel... waiting for the wetpack to dry, waiting for the kiln to reach temp, waiting for the firing, waiting for the piece to cool, etc. So if you're working on two pieces at once, you always have something to do while the other piece is in "wait" mode. So the first one I did was inspired by a friend's water color painting. I went off the rails and totally ignored her awesome color scheme... I got more into trying out as many new colors as I could and ended up with this.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3095AbstractDesignCloisonne1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">If you're not familiar with the technique of cloisonné, you start with a piece of metal (I usually cut it from a large sheet of silver or copper). Then I anneal and dome the metal. Next I add a counter-enamel (fire a couple of layers of enamel on the back or reverse side which alleviates some of the pressure of the enamel that will be going onto the front). Then if I've used copper as my base I have to flux (fire clear enamel) onto the front, then I fire a thick sheet of pure silver foil to the piece, then I fire another layer of flux over the silver, then I cut and shape as many pure silver wires (the cloison) and set them onto the piece and then fire those into place. After all that, it's a matter of building up layers of color by placing wetpack (moistened enamel that has been sifted and washed) into each cell (or cloison area). The piece gets fired after each layer is added and I usually add about 8 layers. After that, I sand the piece to make a level surface. I start with 120 grit and work my way up gradually to about 2000 grit. Then the piece gets washed and put back into the kiln for a final firing. Yay! After that, I start fabricating the bezel that will hold the new cloisonné piece.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Here's a photo of part of the process. This is where I'm beginning the wetpacking of the enamel into the cells using a very tiny brush.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3095AbstractDesignCloisonne6.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 447px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 400px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">This is the second piece I did alongside that first piece.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3094CloisonneBlackBackground1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The other piece of jewelry I made was this custom order mermaid with larimar. I created the chain from sterling silver using the technique of Viking knit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/3093MermaidLarimarPendant2.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 500px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-49549156077277155542020-06-25T09:34:00.000-07:002020-06-25T09:34:04.285-07:00My New Studio Assistant, A Robot Vacuum<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">You may think this blog post is not metalsmith related, but you’d be wrong… in my world anyway.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Last June I was in some hot springs and got to talking with another traveler there. Somehow we ended up talking about the fact that she got and loves her Roomba (robotic vacuum… you’ve seen the videos of cats riding around on them). </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I used to think I was the kind of person who would NEVER have something like that. It just seemed so frivolous. But I started thinking about it. I started thinking about how every night when I’m done in the studio, I go to the hall closet and haul out the huge floor vacuum. I unplug things to find room for it to be plugged in, then I move furniture as I vacuum, occasionally switching to the hose attachment so I can get into the corners and under furniture. My vacuum has a bag system so if I think there’s a chance I sucked something precious up… I’m usually SOL (or disgusted by performing open bag surgery on a big spread out sheet).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So yeah, this robot vacuum thing was starting to look better. After much research, I decided on the </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HW9XM7" style="background-color: white; color: #a4baeb; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 1.15em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ecovacs Deebot N79S</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">. It was in my price range ($179) and had good reviews.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/robot-4.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 298px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The vacuum comes with an app you can download. I ended up not downloading it for two reasons. One, the app got bad reviews for requiring way too many seemingly unnecessary permissions. They do explain somewhere why they need all those permissions, but I wasn’t interested. I am getting along fine without the app. The second reason is that I don’t NEED the app. I don’t ever run the vacuum when I’m not there. I like to be there in case he gets stuck; if he sucks up something too big or gets in a corner he can’t get out of, he stops and just calls out waiting for help. Also, have you not heard the dreaded Roomba stories of people who come home to find their robot vacuum has gone over some dog poop and spread it throughout the house?! Yeah, no. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">The robot has a remote control that works perfectly well for me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So here you can see a typical mess on the floor. Not only are there a lot of little paper cuttings (from me cutting cloisonné foil), but over on the left (just under the table) you can see a ton of residue from sawing and sanding.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/robot-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 600px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 800px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So it’s really nice to just reach for the remote at the end of my workday and turn the vacuum on for an hour or two (when his battery is low he automatically heads back to his charging station).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Here’s what the floor looks like afterward.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/robot-3.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 600px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 800px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Oh, another thing that thrills me is he can get under furniture that my regular vacuum can’t. Notice that station just behind him in the photo there. He slides smoothly right under that shelf, which is great because that’s one of my sanding and polishing stations so the amount of ick under there is incredible. And then if you look in the upper right of that photo you’ll see the bottom of my kiln stand. That’s a corner and he goes right over that steel sheet, under the metal shelf, and gets into that back corner to clean. Yay!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">He has a little tray that gets cleaned out each session. Since I like to just let him run himself until he runs out of battery and goes back to the charging station on his own, MY habit is to clean the tray out before each vacuuming session. I think it’s a good idea for you to pick a time, before or after vacuuming, and stick with that until it’s habit because running him with a dirty tray isn’t a good idea.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Now, speaking of the dirt tray, look how easy it is for me to sift through quickly to see if he’s sucked up any important silver or stones.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><img alt="" src="https://www.brackendesigns.com/sites/brackendesigns.indiemade.com/files/images/robot-1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px; height: 596px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 500px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Don't forget to wipe his eyeballs once in a while. In order to know where furniture is and not run into it, he has laser sensors (or something like that). His plan is NOT to crash into all the furniture, like pong, before redirecting. Rather, he sees something ahead and stops an inch or two from it and changes direction. If you see/hear him crashing into furniture before he turns, that’s a sure sign you need to wipe his eyeballs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">Now, I don’t know if this is just my house or what, but I woke up one night at 2am because I heard a weird noise only to find out my vacuum was off doing his thing. I do know that if there’s a power outage, he starts vacuuming when the power comes back on but I have caught him taking charge more than once without me initiating anything. So now I turn him off when he’s on the charger, just so he can’t run amuck without me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">I also don’t “program” him. Instead I just use the “auto” feature which pretty much means he vacuums as much as he can get to, including doing the edges. The edges is an awesome feature. He goes along the edge of the room, hugging the wall, cleaning as he goes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">My floors are wood, but the reviews say he works on carpet too. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f0119; font-family: Alice, serif; font-size: 20.7px;">So yeah… completely happy with my purchase. So happy, in fact, I bought a second one for my living room.</span>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-21977339220642318112020-06-16T07:26:00.002-07:002020-06-16T07:26:56.396-07:00Yes, I was away for awhileBut I'm back now and plan to add some awesome content.<div><br /></div><div>Just a quick catch-up... I've been learning cloisonne...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LviPUqv9Zj9tsOv-g4PemXOAKyo-V9hgvRRvw2yWMcMDfBFnIwBY3fUNXnivvnt8XgMO6qMBdGUIas8u4uQnNojtn0N_dQcJ5ZQGISZykoY2a4DAE0ZqEu8msCvXUQh6LGjT6skhIxk/s1000/3102ButterflyCloisonne_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LviPUqv9Zj9tsOv-g4PemXOAKyo-V9hgvRRvw2yWMcMDfBFnIwBY3fUNXnivvnt8XgMO6qMBdGUIas8u4uQnNojtn0N_dQcJ5ZQGISZykoY2a4DAE0ZqEu8msCvXUQh6LGjT6skhIxk/s320/3102ButterflyCloisonne_2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhyphenhyphenPsmHqEAVgcJrDhWKfz49ciQctXdnUJhlky8XXaClP22TrHIlVJ8wS6-9wDiMCQGH9OIyNeScjFZ1xzSosy1ZNEp2bP3vVKawdIci7M2RBrDw46S5VL6o5VO7ozIAccIpxVcbmCHZs/s1000/3101OrangePlantCloisonne_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhyphenhyphenPsmHqEAVgcJrDhWKfz49ciQctXdnUJhlky8XXaClP22TrHIlVJ8wS6-9wDiMCQGH9OIyNeScjFZ1xzSosy1ZNEp2bP3vVKawdIci7M2RBrDw46S5VL6o5VO7ozIAccIpxVcbmCHZs/s320/3101OrangePlantCloisonne_1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_60PSAiXV1j9AUiUZNPHOH0aUp90Pc6suSrEJdM_0bb-wM0ThhYs5BxVkZXtYFxkeBTeD70RGxsg5BJSGR3e0-HdnOqdwlja0CeDclCHjKs6a0DIbZPu1pRcDVBOJJwSrK-ZgcalJyc/s1000/3099SpiralsCloisonnePendant_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_60PSAiXV1j9AUiUZNPHOH0aUp90Pc6suSrEJdM_0bb-wM0ThhYs5BxVkZXtYFxkeBTeD70RGxsg5BJSGR3e0-HdnOqdwlja0CeDclCHjKs6a0DIbZPu1pRcDVBOJJwSrK-ZgcalJyc/s320/3099SpiralsCloisonnePendant_2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-21112889321561187982017-11-23T10:00:00.001-08:002017-11-23T10:00:20.066-08:00The Organizing Journey Day 23 -- It's That Time of Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I remember reading, while I was pregnant many years ago, that in the days before going into labor many women have a burst of energy specifically geared toward "preparing the nest".<br />
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This is sort of how I feel about New Year's Day. Starting in late November, I start feeling like I want my house in order.<br />
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And so here I am back at it in earnest (between all my other life obligations and segues). I've kind of managing to keep the kitchen and living room clean (okay, it's mostly because I've had a lot of company lately). But I also made a decent dent in my bedroom. And as I was cleaning/organizing, I kept finding things and going, "Oh wow, I have been looking for that."<br />
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So last week a friend was over and was mentioning that she needed to pick up some scrap leather. I have some! Bah! You guessed it... I have no idea where. I have no less than 20 boxes of stuff that needs to be sorted for the workroom. While I won't be getting rid of everything, I will be storing the less used items off-site (meaning, in the garage or something).<br />
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It bugs me, seriously bugs me that I don't know where something is when I want it. I am determined to put an end to that. A place for everything and everything in its place.<br />
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As a start to that, there is that "first step" which is just the bulk organization tactic. It works, though. For example, I may not have time to SORT all the pieces of paper in my life, but if I have all the unsorted papers in one pile, at least, that's just one pile I have to look through when I'm looking for something. It sounds daunting but not HALF as daunting as running around LOOKING for pieces of paper hither and yon.<br />
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So yeah, I'm excited to get this over and done with once and for all and then just MAINTAIN.<br />
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I also am hoping (fingers crossed) to get all the things listed on eBay or Etsy that I no longer want/need in my life yet are too good to just throw away or donate (yes, I'm stingy like that). But seriously, a lot of what I have is niche stuff... and I'd rather have it go to someone who actually wants it than to think it's going to sit in some thrift shop for life.<br />
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So this is going to be brief because I have to get back to it now. But I just wanted to touch base and let you know I *am* working toward the goal and I'll show you some of the good ideas I am implementing (when I get around to taking photos). Right now I'm just gonna say the dollar store is your friend. Don't go elsewhere for storage bins. :-)<br />
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Yeah, so organizing has taken a back seat for now. I'm not happy about that, but it is what it is. I've got two more jewelry shows then I can get back to it with renewed vigor. In the meantime, I've decided to share a personal experience with you. This is one I'll be blogging about hopefully on a semi-regular basis. It has nothing to do with jewelry making or with organizing, but that's why blogger has tabs. :-)<br />
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The short version of the story is that seven months ago I decided to try the "elimination diet" to see if I could pin point any food intolerances that were zapping my energy. Yes, I'm overweight and that contributes to being tired, but I felt there may be something else going on. We need to listen to our intuition. I'm a great believer in that.<br />
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In April 2017, I did six weeks of the hardcore elimination diet--where you
cut out the foods that are most frequently the culprits (gluten, sugar,
dairy, nightshade, citrus, corn, alcohol, soy, nuts, coffee, etc). [You
can get lots of info if you google “elimination diet”.] Anyway, I
re-introduced the foods one at a time and take note of any symptoms.<br />
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The other way to do this is just cut out one food for a certain amount of time and see if you notice a difference. As I see it, though, the problem with that is that if you are intolerant of multiple foods, you’ll never know it by cutting out only one at a time.<br />
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It was a pretty strict diet but it didn’t seem as hard as I thought it was going to be. <br />
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The results: cow's milk gives me migraines, yeast gives me eczema, sugar gives me the heebie jeebies, corn makes my ears itchy inside and stuffs them all up.<br />
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Of those four items, corn is the hardest to avoid. I just got back from grocery shopping and it's pretty clear to me that I can never again buy even the slightest of processed foods. Things I thought were "safe" (regarding all my food intolerances) have hidden agendas. I'm doing a 3-day show this weekend and wanted to find foods I can snack on throughout the day because meals are hard during shows, and I thought "Oh I'll get some roasted almonds". But no. They are roasted in oils that most likely contain corn. Hmph! (Either that or canola oil which I want to avoid.)<br />
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I have to accept that my life is now "Make it yourself or you don't eat" (pretty much). I'm leery of anything that says "spices" or "flavoring" or other vague things. So I picked up celery, radishes, carrots, and raw almonds (I can roast them myself at home in coconut oil).<br />
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The days of convenience food are over but I am now migraine free, eczema free, and free of stuffed ears. It was worth it. I do think I have more energy but that one is a work in progress.<br />
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Am I mad at the medical community for telling me (for seven years) that my ears itch because I must be getting shampoo in them when I wash my hair? Am I mad at the medial community for never considering that forty years of migraines might have been avoided had someone thought to consider food sensitivities?<br />
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I don't know. I'm certainly disappointed, but I can't say I'm surprised.<br />
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When we look back on archaic medicine and laugh (or shudder) at some of the things they did (ingesting mercury to cure irregularity problems) or thought (smoking cigarettes cures asthma and cancer)... it makes me realize that the early 21st century will eventually be looked back at with the same (or at least) similar shock and derision (assuming the human race survives).<br />
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But I do see a time in the future (I mean, it's in the present too but in such minuscule amounts!) when people will have a better understanding of the gut's role in our health. The importance of a healthy, whole-foods based diet will be clearly understood. Sugar will be a thing of the past (I can't picture that, but it's so detrimental to our health it saddens me no end). I believe most illnesses stem from inflammation in the body and I believe that most inflammation is caused by what we eat.<br />
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I realize that doctors are excellent for trauma situations but I'm hesitant to make them the "go to" for illnesses or other complaints.<br />
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Anyway, just wanted to update you on the latest with my elimination diet. In my next entry I want to share some of the foods I'm enjoying. Due to sensitivity to copyright issues, I won't be re-posting recipes from books that I own, but I will be referencing them and the page numbers. I'll also be giving you hyperlinks to online recipes I'm trying. I will give you my opinion on the outcomes as well as informing you of any tweaks I make.<br />
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Here's what I'll show you next. This was awesome!<br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-37742795375640450722017-09-12T07:00:00.000-07:002017-11-09T14:17:16.109-08:00Day 21 – The Elimination Diet and Getting Rid of Clothes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I’ve got that same excuse that many Americans have… I’m “between
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this legit… I really am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was almost
unintentional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to discover if I
had any food intolerances that could be causing my migraines or my eczema or my exhaustion, I decided to try the “elimination diet”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It was a pretty strict diet but it didn’t seem as hard as I
thought it was going to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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A side effect (other than no migraines [dairy], no eczema [either wheat or yeast], and more
energy) is that I lost 15 pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
yes, I am in transition for clothing size. </div>
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Anyway, I want to streamline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like, instead of having six cardigans, maybe
I can do with two or three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But mostly
if there are clothes I’ve outgrown or just plain old don’t wear anymore, I will
take them to the garage sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last
garage sale I took a big 100% cotton fantastic bathrobe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a tough decision, but there’s no way I
need more than one bathrobe (I got rid of both of the ones on the right).</div>
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The closed shoes are all going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t wear closed shoes anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I wear anything other than sandals or Keens,
the balls of my feet hurt so badly the next day (or later than same day) that I
can barely walk.</div>
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But I still have piles and piles of clothes and as I see it
there is no need for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do they
say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of people wear
only 20% of their closet 80% of the time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do have a drawer (well, it’s a box, but for
the sake of normalcy we’ll refer to it as a drawer) of scruffy t-shirts for
work, I can’t remember the last time I wore socks...<br />
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... and I really only need a
handful of nice clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Underwear, I
need a ton of (triple-digit summers means lots of showering and changing).</div>
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BTW, not to self: stop buying red things!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more red towels, dish pads, socks,
t-shirts, pajamas, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They sit in the
hamper until I have a full load of “red” things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So stupid!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I need to buy all neutral clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ha ha ha!</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-50679882191469656462017-08-31T07:00:00.000-07:002017-11-15T05:56:58.705-08:00Gratitude Segue: Thank You For Letting Me Be An Artist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This necklace just sold at the gallery today. That makes me happy, of course. But maybe not in the exact way one might think.<br />
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First of all, any and all sales are good. Selling my work lets me continue doing my work, something I thoroughly enjoy (and it keeps me out of trouble). But my first reaction when that piece sold was happiness that "someone understood what I'm saying". <br />
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I'm not a great communicator. You'd know this easily if you knew me in person. I often stumble on words and spend time reaching for the elusive way to tell you how I feel. then the next person comes along and speaks so eloquently and I'm like, "Yeah, what she said."<br />
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So when I make a piece of jewelry that really speaks to me, something that has a subject or a technique that is special for some reason, I feel like the buyer and I "communicated" in some way.<br />
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Kind of like they're saying, "I get you, Laura." And that's a nice feeling.<br />
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My jewelry is not speaking in any literal sense of the word. While there can occasionally be an actual "story" behind the inspiration for making a piece, that's not a given. The communication I am talking about having with the customer is a bit more ethereal. <br />
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One of the reasons I tend to make jewelry that I like is because it makes me happy. I've had jobs where I have to do what others want. But in my studio, I can mostly make what I want. I say "mostly" because I do take on the occasional custom order and while I still like doing custom orders, it's more stressful than me just experimenting and creating without a finite plan.<br />
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But I digress. This blog post is my round about way of saying that I appreciate all y'all who look at my jewelry and feel something, whether it's thumbs up for a job well done or a passionate "I have to have that" because I'm telling a story you want to hear. I appreciate each and every one of you.<br />
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So thanks! When you buy (or even comment on) my pieces that are maybe a bit off the beaten path, it makes me feel closer to being in communication with you. </div>
Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-24860827466925170672017-08-19T07:00:00.000-07:002017-08-19T07:00:01.091-07:00The Organizing Journey Day 20 -- You Can Sit On Your Butt and Still Be Organizing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20 –You Can Sit
On Your Butt and Still Be Organizing</div>
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You know what else counts as organizing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going through your email, putting appropriate
ones into folders, deleting ones you don’t need, unsubscribing from newsletters
you don’t read, etc.</div>
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That counts for other things on your computer/mobile device
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Organize them into folders so you can find
what you need when you need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick
everything else into an “archive” folder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I create an “archive” folder in just about every main category on my
computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any file I’m probably never
going to open again goes in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I
don’t just delete it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not THAT ready
to let everything go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But “archive”
keeps them out of my hair and makes looking for important things much easier.</div>
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New habit: Every night before bed I open the “gallery” of
photos on my phone and delete anything I know I don’t want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes seconds because if I do it every
day, I’m only looking at photos I took that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Easy peasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And doing that every night keeps me from having to spend hours one day deleting
photos I don’t want because I ran out of room or just because I don’t want to
see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Some could argue that there’s no difference in seconds each
day versus hours every couple of months/years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Probably not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I feel better
with a continually clutter-free environment.</div>
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Now, you know what I’ve been up to lately?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not organizing, that’s for sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
need to make peace with the fact that I have a full-time job (and then some)
and organizing will only take place in my free time (you should hear me
laughing as I type THOSE words).</div>
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But I need to stop beating myself up over the fact that of
late I’m getting NO organizing done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, if cleanliness is close to organizing, I did mow and weedeat the
entire orchard when I got back from my Tahoe show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then after that I scrubbed the ceiling of the
bathroom upstairs, cleaned the tub, and did some caulking repairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that counts toward organizing… the
orchard and the upstairs bathroom now make me happy and don’t get me stressed
out.</div>
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Yeah, Tahoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show
was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, it was probably my
best show to date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was also great
because the company was fabulous, the customers were fabulous, my vendor
neighbors were fabulous, and the organizers of the event were fabulous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I have 4 or 5 more shows before the
year is out.</div>
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I’m making this one short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just letting you know that even when you delete email, organizing
photos, or even move a few files around… you are organizing, so keep it
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You and me both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great
undertakings.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Samuel Johnson)</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-17719445358854370942017-07-20T07:00:00.000-07:002017-07-20T07:00:16.016-07:00The Organizing Journey Day 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 19 – Sorting the Sorting Table</div>
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So today I’m actually cleaning/organizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what do you know… I feel GUILTY for not working
in the studio!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh my gosh, I’m a lost
cause!</div>
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I got up at 5am and did my two hours of orchard work, then I
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Sometimes cleaning is so tangential it almost feels like I’m
spinning my wheels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My self-appointed task
today was to clean off the love-seat in my bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically use it as a storage point for
clean laundry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, putting clothes away
is an issue for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like hiding
them away and I don’t like having to pull them out of hiding when I need
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the system is being tweaked so
there isn’t so much “hiding away” anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You’ll see.</div>
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In the meantime, here’s the love-seat. </div>
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Wow, there’s actually a lot of potential for positive change
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from cleaning off the
love-seat, I need a more appropriate bed cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love this blanket because it’s lightweight and SUPER soft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But ick… I do not like the looks of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to fix the thing on the wall with
pockets (for bookmarks, flashlight, glasses, etc).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dunno… maybe I should get rid of it
entirely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not into the wall color,
but I hate painting, so the jury is out on that at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do, however, have a ton of artwork that
needs to be hung up and I see prime real estate there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Oh, so back to the tangential thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I got all the clean clothes off the
love-seat (including winter sweaters!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s 107 degrees outside right now… why are my winter sweaters still out
and about?!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, once they were gone
I saw how dusty the exposed parts of the couch covering were so I popped that
into the wash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I pulled the
nightstand out and ew… dust bunnies!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
vacuumed and mopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But see, these
little things add up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cleaning clothes
off a couch isn’t just cleaning clothes off a couch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things that it leads to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Okay, so now I’m tackling the large table that’s been using
up about 80% of my bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started out as a sorting place and ended
up being a catch all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must eliminate
all the catch-alls in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
shared this image with you a couple weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then there isn’t a single square inch of free table surface.</div>
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Yes, I feel guilty about not being in the studio today but I
feel really good about getting some cleaning/organizing done.</div>
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At the end of the day, all the clothes were put away and I’d
actually tackled everything that was on and under the big “sorting” table in
the bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a shot of one closet
wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not totally aesthetically
pleasing (yet) but it’s a great start as far as clean and organized goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important thing is that I can FIND
what I need without rummaging through boxes, bags, piles, etc.</div>
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And now I have to spend a day in the studio, so I won’t get
back to organizing until Friday.</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Day 18 – Quit Being So Hard On Yourself </div>
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Okay, first off, you may have noticed I’m NOT posting every
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just not feasible for me and
rather than bury myself in an “all-or-nothing” game, I’ve decided… YES, I’m
still organizing my life… and NO, I can’t do it full time… and YES, I still
want you to be a part of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there it
is… I’ll do it as I can, just like I do everything else in my life.</div>
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Which has been (my life, I’m talking about) a bit chaotic
lately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the mess and chaos and STUFF
is stressful and depressing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I plow
on, taking time here and there to organize even though other parts of me are
screaming, “You need to make jewelry for your upcoming show!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You need to list jewelry on your website… it
currently looks like bat barf!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You
need to list some workshops because you have students who are waiting for
projects!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You need to make a video
tutorial because you have people waiting for that!” You need, you need, YOU
NEED!!!</div>
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Chronic over-thinker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Critical + over-thinking = much unhappiness.</div>
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Yes, I am very hard on myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something I need to work on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here’s an interesting conundrum…</div>
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What if *I* am the negative person?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I not “hang out” with myself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, this is not an option.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So… I truly, truly have to work on being less
critical of myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How shall I
start?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, I always tell others, here’s
the order of things:</div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span>Know what you want to change</li>
<li>Start noticing when you “blow it”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously at first you’re going to notice
AFTER you blow it… that’s fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what this step is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No need to beat
yourself up… just say, “Ah, there was an opportunity to change that
habit/thing/behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recognize it and
eventually I will catch myself BEFORE I act.”</li>
<li>You will eventually catch yourself before you do
the behavior… or even in the middle of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may not CHANGE the behavior or you may not do a great job of it, but
catching yourself before the deed is done is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Super important.</li>
<li>As you start catching yourself in the moment of
and/or before a potential bad habit, you will begin to have a chance to change
your behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now is when your training
comes in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Training?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What training?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, have you been reading articles or going
to therapy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are lots of techniques
out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do some research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can share some of my ideas with you (at a
later date).<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Eventually, you will catch yourself more and
more often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will “fake it ‘til you
make it”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And someday you will find that
it has not only become a habit, but that your new reactions are sincere and
genuine and you are a changing (or changed) person.</li>
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Anyway, I did something amazing today (truth: totally not
amazing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the mail came, I
immediately took it over to the kitchen table, opened each envelope and
package, threw most of it in the garbage, and put the rest where it belonged
(supplies in the studio, coupons in the coupon file, etc).</div>
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Why was this amazing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Of course, the only reason I could do this is because the
kitchen table was clean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But really, these stupid little things (daily
mail) add up… fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a laundry basket
of “crap” that I’ve pulled from my car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I would bet 90% of the contents of that laundry basket is
trash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I didn’t feel like “sorting
it” or “dealing with it” right away so I put it aside for later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As a matter of fact, let’s do this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s see just how much of that laundry
basket full of car contents is trash that has been taking up valuable real
estate in my house for the past month.</div>
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So left to right and then clockwise I’ve got:</div>
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<li>Things that need to go somewhere specific (back
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<li>Papers to deal with this week</li>
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Today I also decided I needed to get rid of “high-maintenance”
items in my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of which is
little water fountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love them… the
humidity they add to the air and the sound they make and how they look… but
they are too much work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to clean
them often and constantly fill them with water… oh, and I have to be very
careful where I put them (spills).</div>
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So they go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sigh…</div>
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In their place, I am purchasing these less aesthetically
pleasing, but more practical <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BBOFMJM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00">humidifier/diffusers</a>.</div>
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I bought that one on Amazon Prime Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next one I’ll have to pay regular price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like the mist that comes out, the
auto-shutoff, the optional cycling lights, and the essential oils diffuser part
of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how long it lasts with
our well water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t be bothered to
use distilled water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hm… maybe I
should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I should keep a gallon of
distilled water under the kitchen sink and… well, let’s see how it goes with
well water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it ends up being a
problem, then I can switch to distilled water.</div>
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Oh and there was one more little moment in the studio
(remember, those little things add up!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I needed some E6000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use E6000 about
five times a year, if that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the
<a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-organizing-journey-day-17.html">earbud
holder I made</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I need it
for.</div>
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So here’s the E6000 I have in my regular glue place.</div>
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This is SO not working for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use only a teeny tiny bit each year and the
stuff just hardens up and is really hard to get out of the tube, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also takes up more space than I need for
such a seldom-used product.</div>
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So I bought some of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CB3BZBW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage">these</a>
(they come 4 to a pack).</div>
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More expensive, absolutely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Er…. Maybe. I mean, if the larger tube ends up being unusable, then no,
it’s not more expensive to pay more for the little ones that actually last
longer for me and my usage than one large tube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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I tossed the large tube in the garbage and put one of the
tiny new tubes in my “glue place”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
remaining three unopened little tubes will store well in my “studio supplies”
box that stays in storage until I run out of a staple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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See, that’s how it works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I keep a certain amount of “things” in my studio (glue, tape, latex
gloves, etc) and I keep more of those things in a box (or five) in my storage
shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I run low of something in the
studio, I know I have more in the storage shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And when I take the penultimate of any item from the storage shed, I
order more immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will show
images of the storage shed when we get to that area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do a once a year purging/cleaning every
summer so it’s coming up pretty soon. </div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Day 17 – I Refuse to Quit</div>
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Yes, I did skip two days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m feeling overwhelmed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not by organizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t even GET to organizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just overwhelmed with other commitments.</div>
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These piles and boxes are taunting me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel like my living space is getting
smaller and smaller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ah well, hopefully
soon.</div>
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So as tempting as it is/was to stop pretending I’m on an
organizing journey, I won’t go there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
refuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will find the time to do this
even if it’s Mount Olympus in front of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe if I piled all my boxes and my piles into one heap, it WOULD be as
big as Mount Olympus… seriously, I have a lot of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s not stupid stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, there’s a certain amount of stupid
stuff, but I anticipate ridding myself of that as soon as I really get
started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, the stuff I have is
necessary and useful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just NOT
organized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have dressers with empty
drawers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cabinets with empty
shelves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Storage containers with no
contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s because in my hectic life,
I want everything at my fingertips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
nothing ever gets put away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The solution
will be a compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Putting things
away, but leaving them in my sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll
see.</div>
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Here’s an example of something I started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are my spices (on the right).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having my spices with all the labels facing
me is totally what I need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t be
digging through a cupboard, rotating each bottle trying to look at the
label.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is so me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But as you can see, I have only done half my spices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I probably did this a year ago… and still
have not taken a couple of hours to complete the job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My inner critic is calling me a loser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which reminds me of one of my favorite
songs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE">Loser by Beck</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which, if I’d KNOWN the title… well, okay, so
I only heard the song on the radio and never saw the title written anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For years I thought he was saying “I’m a
lizard, baby, so why don’t you kill me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apparently I’m not the only one because the first comment on that video…
Meaghan, I love you!</div>
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I, too, was younger when I got the lyrics wrong… but
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Okay, back to organizing (and not calling myself a loser…
seriously… I have to quit that kind of thinking).</div>
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As you are my witness, I will finish my organizing!</div>
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I did get some time in the studio today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have two half-finished pendants and one
that’s in queue for patina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
annealed a piece of silver again, because I’m trying to figure out why I’m
having such issues annealing silver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Copper I can do fine… silver.. .oh my gosh, I make it HARDER than when I
started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ack!</div>
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I’ll show you the goods after the stones are set and the
pieces are polished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m trying to get some
new work into the gallery before Thursday.</div>
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I’ll get a better photo of my newest “skinny drawers” (in
the studio), but for now let me show you what’s in a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are bits and pieces that have no current
home, and some have no purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
was tired of seeing them on my work table every day so I put them into these
drawers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll go through them (y’know,
organizing them) later on, but for now it keeps the clutter off my work
surface.</div>
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I see a lot of half-finished projects in there.</div>
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And here’s something I have to deal with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not just this (in the photo)… things like
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There are LOTS of things like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Items that have no purpose, but I feel like I
should keep them in case I need them someday or because they have sentimental
value.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, not sentimental value,
really… more like, effort value.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Something I worked on for a certain length of time so even if I have no
purpose for it, I feel bad throwing it away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe I can make one big treasure box and put ALL the things that fit
into this category into the box and then I’ll put it in storage and 20 years
from now it’ll be fun to go through, but in the meantime it’ll be out of the
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While I generally want things that are visually pleasing,
sometimes I opt for functional until a more aesthetic options rolls
around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It dawned on me today that I
hate ear bud cords.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And every time I
want to use my earbuds, I have to untangle them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which makes no sense to me ‘cause all I do
when I’m done is lay them down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
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So I googled “earbud storage” or something like that and
ended up on a Pinterest board, that took me to <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/pippa/5-easy-and-adorable-ways-to-organize-your-cords?utm_term=.pu9kag3qz#.gx9GBQqJn">this
post</a>, with the brilliant idea to glue two clothes pins together (here they
are in my vise with E6000 between them)…</div>
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… to become this perfectly practical tool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One clip end holds the pin jack, the other
clip end holds the ear buds, and the cord wraps around the two clips together.</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-789183201294936552017-07-05T07:00:00.000-07:002017-07-05T07:00:18.982-07:00The Organizing Journey Day 16<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 16 – The Little Things</div>
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Okay, so I did spend most of today in the studio working
(after the orchard chores).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I made a
conscious effort to do something I’m not in the habit of doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every time I used a tool or some material or
created garbage, I dealt with it… immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a little thing in action, but a huge thing in progress toward a
good habit.</div>
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After I cut copper solder, I put the “copper solder box”
back on the shelf and I put the clippers back in the lazy Susan.</div>
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After I got the stone I needed, I changed the stock amount
on my inventory sheet, then I put the tray of stones back into the cabinet.</div>
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After I opened the box from MonsterSlayer, I put the invoice
in my invoice folder, put the wrapping materials in the garbage (except those
that get recycled which went into the recycle bin), and I put the metals into
their appropriate drawers. </div>
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It felt weird and good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Weird only because I’m used to leaving everything out after I’ve used it
(y’know, don’t want to interrupt the work flow).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And good because as I put things away (which
really only took seconds at a time.</div>
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Unfortunately, I haven’t been doing the same in the
kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had company this weekend and
I tend to not do dishes when I have company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sigh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now just about
everything in my kitchen needs washing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll either do it tonight or tomorrow (I have more energy in the morning
so it’s easy for me to always procrastinate on stuff like that… but it’s true).</div>
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I was looking at organizing tips on the internet the other
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots and lots of tips for organizing
purses, shoes, make up, and nail polish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have so few of these things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yay!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can breeze right on past
those things… and kids’ items too.</div>
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I also looked at photos that make me realize I *am* on my
way to minimalism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the things in
the photos from the internet… just too much stuff!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted I am one person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s different if it’s a whole family,
but I think it still bears consideration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I mean, look at your stuff and saying, “Do I really need this many of
this thing?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a time some of my
cupboards may have looked like this.</div>
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As soon as I finish this current bracelet order and get out
my other two orders, we will sink our teeth back into some real
organizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel REALLY good when I
can get rid of stuff, then sort out what’s left and organize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m so excited!</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-52639152374023873062017-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:002017-07-04T07:00:03.826-07:00The Organizing Journey Day 15<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 15 – Day Off</div>
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Not a day off from blogging because this is like when I
needed that “perfect attendance” certificate in 7<sup>th</sup> grade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, just a day off from organizing.</div>
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Although I do have some things to share with you they will
wait until tomorrow because it’s almost 10pm (WAY past my bed time) so I’m
actually calling it a night without writing my post on my daily progress.</div>
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I’ll be back tomorrow and to make up for today’s lame post I
promise I will share some good tips with you.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-82049304391492717902017-07-03T07:00:00.000-07:002017-07-03T08:15:06.744-07:00The Organizing Journey Day 14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 14 – Distractions Take Two, or Three, or Four</div>
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Tomorrow, a half a month will have gone by since I started
and I’ve done barely anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
look at the boxes and piles of “stuff” that needs to be sorted, I’m
anxious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Worried about the huge amount of project ahead of me, but
excited about the prospect of having some if not all of it sorted, organized,
dealt with.</div>
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So maybe my goal for today is to be chill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are boxes of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being upset about it doesn’t change the
number of boxes.</div>
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I haven't done yoga or meditating in months. I've
eaten terrible food choices the past week. I'm not taking care of
myself. I’ve got four custom orders sitting on my workbench (meaning on
my list… they are nowhere near my workbench).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all right now only existing in theory, not practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And today
I have to process SRAJD applications, clean a very messy kitchen, still do my
outside chores, pay my bills, strip and wash my bedding, then get into the
studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've got to get all my houses in
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And here’s the guilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Right on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s remember, my
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As I type, I’m looking at a variety of silver wire sitting
in front of me (on my computer desk) and it’s taunting me with the possibilities
of things I can make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did manage to
make ONE thing this past week (in preparation for a class I was teaching).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made this pair of earrings with my rolling
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I look forward to finishing the custom orders and start on
new work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let’s get on with it!</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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Day 13 – Listen to Yourself</div>
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Yes, you have to listen to yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because yourself (your intuition) talks a
lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s a very quiet voice so
often, if not always, gets over-looked.</div>
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You know how it is: you empty the change in your purse
because you’re tired of carrying around the extra weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then later that day you’re at a parking meter
that only accepts change and there you are on your hands and knees looking
under the car seat for even a few dimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And you say to yourself, “Man, I thought about keeping a few coins in my
purse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t I listen to
myself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I should have kept some
change.”</div>
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Yes, yes you DID know that… you said that to yourself in
that tiny, quiet voice… and it got overlooked.</div>
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So we must train ourselves to start listening to us, to our
intuition… and eventually, our inner voice will become louder and will be heard
more often.</div>
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For a year or more I’ve had my recycling bags tucked in here
behind my wall separator and just in front of the baker’s rack. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it was the perfect out-of –the-way
but still convenient place for my cans/bottles, cardboard, and newspaper.</div>
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Then remember on <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-4.html">day
4</a> when I showed you the before and after photos of my kitchen.</div>
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Just for that day, I ended up moving the recycle bags when I
moved everything else that was there on the floor in my kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I moved them because I was cleaning
the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I hadn’t put them
back yet and that night I was cooking dinner and realized how nice it was not
having the bags there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It’s THAT kind of thing you have to listen to when you start
to organizing your living space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it
feels good to have something in or not in a place, you need to listen to that
feeling and honor it.</div>
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So I will see what “feels” right and not right as we
continue this journey.</div>
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great hearing from you all and finding
out that I’m not alone in this journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share your tips, tricks,
ideas and experiences too, in the comments section.</div>
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To see the beginning of this journey, <a href="http://laurabrackenblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-organizing-journey-day-1.html">click
here</a>.</div>
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