Reflection

I am feeling a little melancholy today. It has been raining all day, the days are shorter and I made a wood stove fire. Summer is almost done and autumn is pushing it's way in. My " sister from another mother " came over with a gift, a gorgeous bottle of red called, ' A shot in the dark', we sat and enjoyed a glass and caught up on the day and other events. Here is what the back of the bottle read, and it sums it all up for me.

" Life has it's ups and downs. It can be both brutal and beautiful. You can hole yourself away to avoid life's pain,but then the beauty seldom finds it's way in. It's only when you attempt to go where you cannot go, or do what you cannot do, that you can achieve what you are truly capable of doing. Sure,you might tumble. You might fall. So what? Take a chance. Go way out on the limb. Dare to try-even if it's just a shot in the dark."

I ripped it off the bottle and will carry it with me.

M xo ( mixed metal Mimi )

More Recycling/Upcycling

I really like the way this one turned out, the stunning blue jasper and the warm rich copper compliment each other beautifully. I may enter this piece in our local fall fair in hopes of winning the grand prize, a ribbon. There is a recycling section. I will let you know how I did.

M xo ( mixed metal Mimi )

Summer workshop

Here I am at a summer workshop working with some traditional silversmiths techniques. After this workshop I got my husband to carry a log up to the treehouse so that I could hammer, stamp, cut out discs...
I am looking forward to more workshops next summer.

Check out my apron, I made it out of a pair of my husbands old work pants, upcycling ...it's a good thing.
Mimi ( mixed metal Mimi )

Cabs and Stones

I have collected some cabs and stones for futur projects. There are Red River Jasper, Picasso Jasper ( one of my faves ), Onyx Agate, Flame Jasper, and Crazy Lace Agate ( another one of my favorites ) It is supposed to rain on saturday...so in the shop I will be.
Keep posted for some new designs.

M ( mixed metal Mimi )

Front page on Etsy

It was a beautiful warm sunny day today, perfect, but it got even better when I checked in on my Etsy shop and e-mails. My " Copper Daisy" necklace made it to the front page. It got 300+ views in one day, needless to say all my other items got some attention as well. I also received a lovely compliment from a very talented jewelry artist, and to top it all off I was asked to do an interview. I will keep you posted on where you can read it as soon as I can.

How fun is that!

I am currently working on some new pieces that I will photograph and list in the store soon.

Mimi xo ( mixed metal Mimi )