November 8, 2012

This is a picture of my cat, Tabby, for whom my shop with Kauai made items,  Tabby's Intuition is named for.  We got her in 1999, when my flute student brought her over to the house for me to see her.  She was found at the airport, where there were many stray cats.  Of course, we had to keep her!  We don't know how old she was when we got her, but the vet said that he thought she was about 8 months old.  She lived until 2010.  She was a very smart cat who learned to use  the regular "people" toilet, and we still remember her fondly.  We miss our Tabby girl.

I have been making wire jewelry since 2010.  I started it to pass the time while I spent almost every evening with my Dad at his assisted living apartment.  While I sat at his round table, which I still have, he would give his approval of my jewerly creations.   He was lucky to be able to live there, and it was a comfort to know that he could get help if he needed it.  Of course, there's no place like home, which is why I went to visit him almost daily.  If I couldn't be there, my husband would go in my place.  This went on for 17 months until his death at the age of 90 in 2010.  His illness caused a great deal of stress.  More than I was aware of at the time.  Still, I think about him everyday. 

The good news is that I am still making wire jewelry, and my jewelry making has evolved in the almost three years that I have been doing this.  I started out making long link necklaces and many dangle type earrings.  Now I am making rings, wire wrapped cabachon pendants, bracelets, and name jewelry.  When I do a craft show, I make the name earrings and pendants on the spot.  I will add the name rings at the next fair. 

My etsy.com shop will be opening soon under the name of TabbysIntuition.  I planned to open it by November 1st, but I soon discovered that the hardest part was taking good pictures.  Also, doing the descriptions and posting the pictures is taking more time than I anticipated.  But it is coming along.   I will feature rings, pendants, necklaces and maybe some earrings.  In addition to name jewelry, I will also have a Blood Moon section of the shop devoted to jewelry inspired by the CW show The Vampire Diares.  All of my jewelry is Kauai made, and made by me.

This Tree of Life was a custom order.  It is made of argentium and rose quartz. 

This is a necklace that I upgraded for a custom order.  It had gold plated beads and a gold plated clasp.  It was knotted with cotton string.  I took it apart and exchanged the original beads and clasp for 14k gold filled.  I also restrung and knotted the necklace between each bead the way pearls are strung by using silk thread made for knotting pearls. 

Here is anothe Tree of Life that I did in copper.

Until next time,
Susan