Friday, November 29, 2013

How to Wire Sew on Swarovski Crystals

I hadn't expected it to be so long between the first and second parts to this post. But when it gets super busy in the studio like it has this past month, I still keep my Facebook and Twitter pages humming along so you can always get bitesize bits of what's going on in my studio. I'd love you to join me over there too! So much has been going on at Mill Lane Studio - a pressing book deadline, a rush job that I just couldn't pass up, interstate guests, my youngest daughter's 21st birthday, her graduation from University.... the list goes on! But one of the happiest occasions was my son's wedding. As the jewellery designer in the family, it was my privilege and honour to create a hair accessory for his bride. You got to see a little glimpse of the piece in the last post where I shared one of the challenges I was faced with when making the piece. Today, I share with you how I overcame another design challenge using the components I had to work with. This ...