so SILENCE! or I KILL you! why did I ever ...oh, wait. never mind
(LOL - not really. Just had to say that. Its become a frequent expression in our house - thanks a LOT Lisa)
OK, so if you know me
- You know that for the past ohhh, 5 years maybe, I've taken part in the Year of Jewelry (YOJ) project which is a piece of jewelry a week for an entire year. (here are some excerpts - 2005, 2006, 2007 )
Part of the fun of the YOJ was playing.
Like making this 100% cold connected ring. How bizarre!
I found I explored a lot more.
For instance, these earrings were drilled, milled, reticulated, and soldered. Just more play.
And I LOVE the results!
(sadly, I lost one of the earrings)
One year, maybe 2, I got all the weeks done, if not posted at the right time. I took a year off in there somewhere and then last year I joined it again -
but I fizzled out about halfway through - participation was down overall and there were only 3 of us posting at that time, and I just ran out of steam.News: I joined this year. (2011)
- You might know that I almost joined the "Ring a Day" project last year too.
But then I decided that would just be insanity. I barely get my family fed every day so there wasn't much hope for a ring a day. (I did pop in from time to time to see all the rings - wow, the creativity is admirable!)
- You probably don't know that I THEN saw that there was going to be a Ring a Week (RAW) project - and if you know me you DO know that rings are 'my thing'....I wub 'em.
Making them, wearing them...........giving them away. For those reasons, I just HAD to join the RAW challenge.
<- Just the tiniest sample of some rings
And at the end of 2011, I'll have that many more - AT least! (I think...didn't count those...)
So.
Now even if you don't really know me - you know a few things about me.
I'm a joiner.
I'm a sucker.
The end.
