Jorgensen Studio Silversmith

I have been busy the past week or so and I have added a bunch of new designs to the etsy shop. http://www.jorgensenstudio.etsy.com Two new designs in the Tutu line and two new pairs of tribal hoops like the ones pictured above. A new pendant and earrings that are a new feather design and there are more to come! I have pictures to take of a new pair of mod earrings in sterling and blue patina copper. I have had a burst of creativity lately, and have a couple of big orders to get out. It seems I am always more creative when I am busy. Busy makes me a bit nervous too. I always stress that I won't meet my deadlines. This week I am making a new necklace for my daughter to wear to prom. We designed it together and it's something new so I always sweat about if it will turn out, and if I can get it the way I see it in my head. She has a fabulous dress and she will look like a movie star. My youngest and I both are a bit under the weather so it makes getting things done more difficult...

Come celebrate March with me and the other Florida Etsy sellers! Here is an easy way to get a pair of Jorgensen Studio earrings for free or some other really fabulous piece. Personally, I've got my eye on the terrarium by Greenbriar . Come take a look and join the fun. http://etsyfest.blogspot.com/

Isn't it odd how most things come full circle. When I was young, in my early twenties, I lived for a brief spell in Louisville, Kentucky. It was after I left Indiana and before I found my way to Florida. I have been a bit of a drifter. I lived in the "arty" area of Bardstown Road. I picked the area because it was boho and cool and the rent was cheap. We had a really big one bedroom apartment over a bakery with one wall made of red brick. It smelled so good every morning. Life was hard then & I didn't stay long, which turned out to be a really good decision. So why am I reminiscing? There s a new location where you can find my jewelry & it so happens to be on Bardstown Road in Louisville, Ky just down the street from where I lived. The little gallery is called Luna Boutique right next to the Avalon Restaurant. http://www.lunaboutique.net/home.html If your in the area stop in and tell Mary Beth that Joanna sent you. Full circle. Karma.

The new gemstones arrived today. What a spectacle. They traveled far and looked the part. The mail lady even had a comment on how cool the package looked. The box was wrapped in cloth and sealed with wax and stamped to hold the thread in place that it was sewn up with. A lovely muslin with dark cinnabar sealing wax. So beautiful in itself. My daughter was so enamoured with this wrapping that she had to come tell me while I was in the shower. I opened it to find my gems wrapped old school style in gem papers with pencil labels. I was so excited to open each little parcel. I had ordered 1 each of 7 different stones specially cut to replace the quartz on the dark moon pendant which is no longer available. I must say right off the bat that the ones that I thought would be nothing like what I wanted turned out to be the most lovely. There is a grey agate that looks grey at first blush but shimmers a golden earthy brown that really gives the stone a lot of life and character. My second fav...

I've been featured on an indie shopping blog! I really like the set up of this one. Simple but lots of pictures to look at. Come see .... http://indieicing.com/2009/oxidized-dreams/

The first in the tufted series has been listed in the Etsy Shop. I am so excited about these new pieces and can't wait to make more! Such fun to make and so smooth. I was fondling it like a worry stone. Sterling silver hammered into a tufted shape with an amethyst cabochon for a button. Fabulous! Look for rings and earrings to match coming soon. If you don't want to wait, contact me for custom pieces and be the first! http://www.jorgensenstudio.etsy.com

The babies are getting bigger. I have moved them form the chicken jail (read dog crate) to a bigger space on the covered patio that is surrounded by chicken wire. I gues it is just a bigger chicken jail. the two little ones moved into the bigger digs in the crate, although their growth really seems to be stunted. I am hopping the little one makes it. She is so tiny and is not growing well at all. I really worry about bing able to reintergrate her into the flock. Above is a picture of one of the frizzles. Frizzles feathers grow so that they stick out and curl. Kind of like perpetual bed head. lol Funny looking but really cute. I do have two silkies in this mix and really hope that they are a hen and a rooster so I can breed them. They are so cool. They have black skin and grey meat. Mine are bright white and totally fuzzy balls. I am still worried that these are all roosters instead of straight run as I had thought. I did talk my friend Gina into the idea that she needed chickens too. H...