{"id":66091,"date":"2018-03-26T00:09:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=66091"},"modified":"2018-03-26T00:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:09:20","slug":"hear-ye-321","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66091","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ye!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome New Sisters! (click for current roster<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Merit Badge Awardees (click for latest awards<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is CJ Armstrong<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

CJ Armstrong (ceejay48, #665) has received a certificate of achievement in Make It Easy for earning the Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert Levels of the Jewelry Making Merit Badge!<\/p>\n

\u201cBEGINNER: I\u2019ve been making jewelry for about 10 years and have accumulated all manner of tools and supplies. I have quite a selection of beads, which include plastic, glass, wooden, metal, clay, ceramic, stone (semi-precious), etc. in every size and shape. I also have tiger tail, nylon, elastic, waxed cording, chains, memory wire and all kinds of pin backs, ear wires, jump rings, split rings, a variety of clasps, etc. Some of my favorite things to work with also include charms, ribbons, and even buttons.<\/p>\n

I have already established that Celtic design jewelry is my favorite, but I also like simple designs using semi-precious stones. I used to have a lot of costume jewelry that I wore for work, but since retiring, I hardly wear any of that and gave most of it away. I had some pieces that were turquoise, made by Navajo silversmiths; most of that I gave to family members, except for a few favorite pieces. I do not try to replicate these pieces because I\u2019m not native. But I still have all my Celtic-style jewelry, which I plan to keep and still wear and I\u2019ve made some of my own Celtic-style pieces.<\/p>\n

INTERMEDIATE: I am a self-taught jewelry maker, but learned quite a bit from my husband, who is a silversmith himself and has made a lot of jewelry as well. With what I learned from him, some printed material, and trial and error on my part, I became quite skilled at it and have made dozens of pieces in all kinds of styles and combinations of beads, wire, etc.<\/p>\n

I like to buy a lot of my supplies from Fire Mountain Gems and have been able to learn a lot from the info they provide. I have made more than the required beaded and spiral-wired piece of jewelry<\/p>\n

EXPERT: I have made bracelets, necklaces, earrings, cell-phone charms, keychains, zipper pulls, lanyards, pins\/brooches, and stick pins, and have used beading\/wire\/charms to embellish papercraft projects such as cards, journals, and tags.<\/p>\n

I have sold many pieces through the local farmers’ market and a variety of craft shows\/bazaars. I have made custom orders for folks wanting a particular style or color and I have made many pieces for gifts, usually either a matching necklace and earrings or bracelet and earrings. The cards, journals, and tags were also sold through these venues. I have made matching sets for my daughter and we have matching breast-cancer awareness bracelets (more than one) and lanyards. The rings I have made were using elastic cording and beads.<\/p>\n

The necklace and bracelet in the photo are a Celtic design set that I made for myself. The necklace uses waxed cord and a section of memory wire with the beads and charms. I have had a lot of fun making jewelry and it\u2019s been nice to sell some pieces\u2014that certainly is a compliment to me. Perhaps there is more of that in the future!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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