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Mardi Studio: September 2008
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Black Gold, Earrings Part II. Just finished this pair for the Black Gold series; prefabricated chains in 18kt gold, blackened sterling, with glossy black spinel briolettes, 18kt beads and rondelles of sparkly black garnet:. As usual, the photo isn't very good. it's on my must-do list for today, to play around with the new camera lens and settings. *sigh*. Links to this post. Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Moments later I had ten little clay "keishi pearls" to fire. With m...
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Mardi Studio: Black Gold Series
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Friday, September 19, 2008. A sneak peek of the Mardi Black Gold series:. Today is another day immersed in this little series, with a second pair of earrings nearly finished. I was discussing (actually, ranting) to JP a couple of nights ago over dinner, the problems I have photographing my jewelry.and I had read in a few places that in order to bring more of an item into sharp focus, a low f-stop (excuse my terminology, I think that's what its called; a photographer I'm not! I've been an avid crocheters ...
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Mardi Studio: March 2008
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Monday, March 24, 2008. My original shop banner in Etsy is 760px wide so considerable changes were needed to fit into the 660px width that my blog template calls for! Open your photo-editing program (ie, Photoshop), and open your banner into it. Now click on File and choose New, and in the window that pops up, type in the dimensions that you need for your blog banner. The new canvas will be exactly the size needed. But wait, it still doesn't fit! Links to this post. Saturday, March 22, 2008. There are so...
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Mardi Studio: June 2008
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Thursday, June 12, 2008. Busy, Busy, Busy. I've been so busy! Major renovations to the house, custom orders that I've been working on, site updates to Mardi Studio.com. Including a gallery of some of my recently sold pieces, and a slew of family get-togethers are some of the reasons that I've been in absentia! In other news: For the past few weeks Mardi Studio has been the Fashion Spotlight on the main page of the Fashion channel on TalentDatabase.com. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mardi Studio: Black Gold, Earrings Part II
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Black Gold, Earrings Part II. Just finished this pair for the Black Gold series; prefabricated chains in 18kt gold, blackened sterling, with glossy black spinel briolettes, 18kt beads and rondelles of sparkly black garnet:. As usual, the photo isn't very good. it's on my must-do list for today, to play around with the new camera lens and settings. *sigh*. I am really drawn to these earrings. They are beautiful! I love the black spinel and the black garnet. Thank you, Misti!
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Mardi Studio: Silver Experiment
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Last year I wanted to give PMC clay a try. I asked for, and received, a PMC silver clay kit for Christmas. Nothing fancy, but enough to give it a go and experiment. But that little packet of clay was so intimidating, not to mention playing with the fire in that little "hot pot" kiln! And so the kit was stashed away at the bottom of my supply closet, to await a heroic moment when I'd get up the nerve to try. Nowhere in the directions did it say that they would look this way af...
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Mardi Studio: April 2008
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The difference a day makes. I like this one much better than what I did yesterday, and hindsight had me cutting down on the 18k beads from every other to every three pearls. Light and summery, with a gorgeous lemon quartz focal bead. Choker length at just over 16 inches, akoya pearls and faceted 18k gold beads are hand knotted on silk with a brilliant step-faceted lemon quartz focal bead for a more modern look to the basic pearl necklace. Links to this post. Monday, April 21, 2008.
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Mardi Studio: Black Gold, Parts II & III
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Thursday, September 18, 2008. Black Gold, Parts II and III. I had a stellar day today, very productive (and without any interruptions, so no wonder)! Speaking of sketchbooks, these are two that I use, the beautiful Sari brocade ribbon ties an inspiration in itself. They're to be found at the lovely shop of a lovely Etsian, Rumah Kampung. I've always found this time of year to be the most inspiring for me and already I'm finding myself working with gemstones that reflect the colors of autumn. The main foc...
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Mardi Studio: February 2008
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Friday, February 29, 2008. Chantilly In A Treasury. It was a great start to the day when I received a convo from my BFF Brenda. To let me know that she'd snagged a treasury and featured my Chantilly earrings in it! I've made several treasuries of my own, but had never been featured in one, so thank you, sweetie xoxo! Links to this post. Saturday, February 23, 2008. Today was the day to get out the micro torch and fire it up! Why didn't I do this sooner! Deb is not only an amazing jewelry designer. So now...
