sketch

sketch
Originally uploaded by wildflowerdesigns

oops, after swearing that i never ever sketch, i sketched something.
i have some lovely desert landscape like jasper stones that need a little something native pierced on the back.
hopefully i will get to this project in the near future.

yay, faceted stones!!

lavender
Originally uploaded by wildflowerdesigns

there are not many options for local classes and two children limit things even more.
so i play, i experiment, and i yell when things work and when they don't.
often, this allows me to push and even ignore boundaries that others cannot.
for a while i have wanted to add faceted stones to my work, but it seemed so scary to me.
i have admired so many of my peers and how they have been able to set almost any stone imaginable, but i figured that would never be me.
but now it is!!!!
i am not taking about tube setting either; i completely fabricated these settings from scratch.
now that i have done it once, i plan on adding even more sparkle to my collection.

(oh, these will be the least expensive pair because i got a sweet deal on the stones!!)