Mitra Friant's Jewelry Blog

Still testing this thing

I'm really jazzed about this blog. My old one lived on my home computer so if I was at work or on the road I couldn't update it. This thing lets me update from anywhere and I can post pictures all the time.  I LOVE that!

I'm headed home for the long weekend where I WILL WILL WILL make a bunch of fun silver and glass pieces!

Grinding...

Here's a little new work from me. I got a grinder on a whim when a friend had buyer's remorse and decided to try to make some stuff that aren't organic beads encased in clear (although my friends keep making those and they ARE cool!). 

So I made these funky slices that I'll be incorporating into new jewelry for my first-ever jewelry show. Here's the prototype of one of my bracelet designs too. Forgive the crappy picture as I am at home with a camera barely clinging to life and the battery charger is at my office. Will I ever get it together?

New Blog

Well it's just a little insane how much time I can waste doing computer geekery. So tonight I decided to change my blog from my old software (which just wasn't practical) to something that I might actually USE every now and then.

So I spent the last two hours researching every blogging service and software I could find. This leads me to Typepad which I am going to try for a month. We'll just see if it's worth it.

Meanwhile, I should be making jewelry for a show I have in a month. My ability to rationalize doing EVERYTHING but making this jewelry is amazing. Last night I updated my whole rubber stamp website (Impression Obsession) and tonight I am contemplating adding a blog to it so I can show sample projects more easily. I get obsessed with the techno-geekery and I can't stop myself.

So enough of this...I am committing myself to pretty much non-stop beady work this long weekend. I'm gonna give this software a workout..