I'm so excited I've made some woven rings. Here they are. I oxidized one and left the others shiny. I've gotten a lot of positive feedback already from just wearing them, and a couple of "Oh when are you going to sell those". I LOVE making different pieces.

Well, I finally got around to taking a picture of the pieces I made in Seattle.

I'm back. It was great. I took classes from Jeannette Cook, Kriss Silva, Lisa Claxton and Natalie Cohen. I picked up some great little helps. My friend and I actually got to help teach one of the classes!! I'll be posting pictures of the pieces I made soon.

Yeah! I'm off, all packed and ready to go. Very nervous, but excited too.

Well, tomorrow I'll be leaving to take some jewelry design classes in Seattle Washington. I'm excited to learn some new techniques. I'll make sure to post pictures of the results when I get back. The Puget Sound Bead Festival is being held at the same time, so hopefully I'll find some new and unique beads to add to my designs. I'm always on the look out for something that is out of the ordinary. The last really interesting bead I got was a freeform boro bead that became the center piece of "Mermaid"; which can be seen on my necklace page http://www.piecesofclass.net/Necklaces.html I've gotten a lot of great feedback on that piece. I think it's because the bead is beautiful.

Come back in a few days to see if I found anything interesting in my travels to Seattle.

Leanne

Hello!!! This is my first blog. I'm a jewelry artisan and have been designing unique pieces of jewelry for about 4 years now. I have a website; which is always a work in progress. It can be found at http://www.piecesofclass.net

I love chain work. I like to pair gemstones and pearls with chain maille and viking knitting into unique pieces of jewelry. Of course I also do less than unique pieces :) but I like to do the more unique pieces the most.

I've also started a new line of jewelry to help a friend support her best friend who is recovering from breast cancer surgery. This new line of jewelry is called Lorelle's Gift and can be found on my website at http://www.piecesofclass.net/LorellesDream.html please take a look. To start the fund off I'm donating 40% of the proceeds to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in Lorelle's name.

Leanne