Just wanted to update on my ice cream experiment with the Chai syrup I made. The syrup was exactly sweet enough to use for the ice cream. I churned it in my KitchenAid stand mixer ice cream attachment. I used heavy cream with some half and half. The taste was wonderful. Texture- not so wonderful. [...]
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Jul 18
Back from the Jax
Yesterday was my travel day back from Floyd, VA, home of the Jacksonville Center for the Arts. My five day Basic Jewelry Fabrication class went over very well. With a full enrollment of 5 creative women, we transformed the glass studio into a metalsmithing mecca. I was impressed and inspired by the original designs each [...]
Apr 12
Hey Look! It’s different.
My Monday morning was spent getting Wendy to the airport at an ungodly hour (her description not mine) to meet with her Dad in Orlando then on to Boston. Then fighting a bad case of rush hour traffic to get back home and get Jack out the door for bloodwork. I was in no condition [...]
Apr 10
Working on WordPress
So I’ve been thinking for a while that I wanted to upgrade the WordPress version I use here. Well because I did the original installation myself back in 2006, this is not easy. Give me time as I try to get all my old stuff on here. For now all the old stuff is at [...]
Apr 04
Light Painting
glowing Originally uploaded by silvergoldberry Most of my art the last few years has been jewelry. But in the last few months I’ve been trying to get back to my roots. I’m very happy with the water color I did last fall and I’ve been finding myself enjoying taking pictures even more. In fact I [...]
Nov 29
The Secret Lock Pendant
Did you ever have one of those projects that seems to haunt you for years? My Dad had the “Roll Top Desk”. He bought the plans, the wood, started it, stalled, decided he needed to get a router and 30 years later, my family still jokes about it. The wood got used for other things, [...]
Nov 11
What I’ve been up to..
This is what my bench looked like last night. The four pierced pieces are all finished and are in the tumbler along with the ring which I straightened out and now have to re-black after polishing. I added a bail to the star of david on the left, the two heart designs have had bezel [...]